everybody it's Bruce here with traveling with Bruce got an update here some
cruise news for August the 26 Monday the story right now that is dominating the
news of with regard to the cruise business is the tropical storm durian
durian is on her way to becoming a hurricane probably in the next 24 to 36
hours and she has already affected the itinerary of a number of ships including
the Allure of the Seas one of the big races class ships the symphony of the
Seas and now the harmony of the Seas all three of Royal Caribbean's Oasis class
ships are changing their itineraries to avoid the tropical storm or a hurricane
they do not want to get into rainy weather heavy seas anything like that
especially with the outdoor pool shows like you have here on the back of these
ships so Royal Caribbean has taken the allure of the Seas over to the Western
Caribbean towards Cozumel they're doing the same with the harmony of the Seas
are moving it right over to the Western Caribbean away from the Eastern
Caribbean symphony of the Seas will stay in the Eastern Caribbean but will avoid
the storm and so it will not visit San Martin she will avoid that spot she'll
end up with another sea day and then she'll stay in calmer waters now over at
Disney the Disney Fantasy is also being shifted they're moving the Disney
Fantasy to the Western Caribbean to avoid all of the Eastern Caribbean
turmoil so good move on the on the part of these cruise lines now here at
Carnival we have news here that continues to evolve it's to do with the
Carnival Vista the Carnival horizon in particular it's the sky rides these sky
rides have been problematic almost from the day they were created the first few
months they were okay then mechanical issues unreliability we've now found
that they've been shut down on both ships for close to two to four weeks now
we're told another four weeks for each which tells me
are in effect rebuilding the entire unit they may call it down for maintenance
and they're trying to downplay the severity of it but 150 feet above the
waterline is not enough to spare this ride from getting salt spray and I think
they've got to replace the entire track so another month now other news there
are two new cruise lines that are going to be hitting the water in the next six
months here's the first one the Ritz Carlton yacht collection here's the ship
being launched just last month touching water for the very first time of course
it's not painted yet it's still in its raw form but you can certainly see what
the ship is going to look like from an outline point of view this is six star
cruising at its best 149 Suites are going to be on this ship all the Suites
have have basically a balcony 298 guests will be allowed on the ship maximum
tipping is included beverages included Wi-Fi included it's six star luxury this
is going to be a hit with the folks who love staying at the ritz-carlton hotel
and looking for six star cruising the other new Cruise Line coming is virgin
voyages with the Scarlet lady Richard Branson's Cruise Line set for April 1st
2020 no kids on this ship at all must be 18
and older to be on here no daily tipping gratuity charges will be charged Wi-Fi
is included because they're going after the Millennials the Generation X Gen Y
crowd know specialty dining there's no buffet there's no extra charge for any
of the food offerings available on this Cruise Line they have their own private
island in the Bahamas that they're going to be frequenting they're looking at
four and five day cruises to start with and then they'll modify the itinerary
going forward they're absolutely targeting the active Cruiser they call
their customers sailors and they're looking for a lot of activities onboard
DJ's onboard DJ's will be at the private island as well so if you're looking for
an active party atmosphere without children around this is the cruise line
for you and so far it's been a hit the the story is that
the bookings are very strong and they have two other ships on order if not
three other ships on order so they're expanding rapidly there you go there's
the news of the day of the tropical storm Dorian Carnival the repositioning
of cruises and we'll stay on top of this story with the two new cruise lines
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Gillian everybody bye for now