Cruise Radio - Doug Parker

There is a totally awesome cruise podcast called Cruise Radio. It is hosted by one of my best cruise friends Doug Parker. You can find almost everything cruise related. There is a little blog there too. The podcasts are very good and about 20-30 minutes long, just the right amount of time. There are guest speakers on almost every single episode. They have everything from food reviews to cruise reviews, and everything in between! I am just telling you that whenever you can make sure that you tune into !It won't be a mistake and you can a catch up on all of your cruise news so tune in now! Have a great cruise day ~ Jennifer You can also follow Doug Parker on Twitter - @CruiseRadio

The Allure of “Anytime Dining”

Written and submitted by Mikey Faust!

Anytime Dining, Freestyle Dining, Your Time Dining. It’s all one in the same, but one cruise line introduced it, Norwegian Cruise Line. Recently many other cruise lines have adopted this new dining feature including, Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Princess, Holland America, and many more. I recently tried Anytime Dining on my cruise onboard the beautiful Carnival Freedom and I cannot wait to dine at my own time again! Each night you eat at a different table, with a different view, with a different waiter! It’s great! You can even request a certain table or waiter, and they will give you a call buzzer, so you can wander around until your table is ready! It really helps you relax on your vacation, as you decide when to go to dinner, and you can stay on your own schedule. If you haven’t tried Anytime Dining, then I strongly suggest you do, if it doesn’t cost you extra, then why wouldn’t you take advantage of it?

Cruisers Connect

This blog post was written and and given to me by Chris Harms, the Cruisers Connect Founder!

Cruisers Connect is the premier social network of cruisers. Our mission at Cruisers Connect is to connect cruisers with each other all across the world, we do so with our signature program Friends At Sea—where cruisers can meet their future shipmates long before they set sail and keep in touch long after they depart their cruise. Cruisers Connect is also home to forums dedicated to specific cruise lines, port of calls, and other areas of cruising. As a member of Cruisers Connect, you can post your very own trip review, and read others for tips and experiences. Written by Cruisers Connect's iconic editorial team, Featured Articles educate and enlighten cruisers on a variety of different topics and cruise lines.

Cruisers Connect has grown tremendously in the past year. Most recently, we have introduced a mobile app for both Android and Apple Powered devices. This is the first of its kind in the industry, so I am proud that Cruisers Connect is hosting such a unique feature. In the airport headed to your home port? Marveling through one of your port destinations? On the cruise ship itself? Set sail with Cruisers Connect anytime, anywhere; for you will have all the capabilities of Cruisers Connect in the palm of your hand with our mobile app for Android and Apple Powered devices. But the app wasn’t the only thing that was recently introduced to Cruisers Connect; we have introduced a ship tracker as well. With our live and interactive ship tracking map, members can find their favorite cruise ships and other vessels without leaving the comfort of their home all in real time.

Along with all of the new additions to Cruisers Connect, we continue to refine existing sections on our site. We have recently introduced a section catered to first time cruisers, where featured articles will provide tips and guidelines to make their first cruise vacation the best it possibly could be. We also continue to boast more and more member written reviews, as well as actual stateroom pictures. But most importantly, we are connecting cruisers all across the world each and every day.

To read more about Cruisers Connect please visit www.CruisersConnect.com and discover all that we have to offer! Becoming a member is free, so what not become a member of the friendliest cruising message board online?

                                    Thanks again Chris for sending it in!

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Royal Caribbean's Concierge Policy

The new Royal Caribbean policy is that now people of any age, not just 21 years and older, can enter the Concierge Lounge at any time. People under the age of  21  used to not be able to enter the lounge between the hours of 5:30pm and 8:00pm.
The CL will not allow any bad or disruptive behavior. On two ships the CL had to report kids to their families because of bad behavior during the new hours.
The Diamond Lounge will continue to be for adults only during the cocktail hour.

Some people are not to happy with this new policy. Please leave comments so people know your opinion!

Cruize Cast

                                                                     Cruize Cast

   Cruize Cast is one of my favorite podcasts! This podcast is run by Kaleigh Lay, and her husband and co-host James! These 2 people can definetley make a good podcast!!
   Cruize Cast is about a different cruise topic each week, for instance this week's episode was about dining on cruises! That episode made me hungry!
   Kaleigh and James always have up-to-date news on their podcast, so if you are crazy for cruisig and love to know what's going on in the cruise world, listen to Cruize Cast, like I always do!

               Click HERE to go to the Cruize Cast website, and listen to their podcasts!

Mikey's Cuise Blog - Cruise Chat Talk Show!

Join Mikey Faust evry saturday for his Cruise Chat Talk Show! All you have to do is call in to Mikey and ask any cruise question! Keep reading for the phone number!August 5th will be the first episode ever!I can't wait myself for this, and I will definetley be listening to it!
Click on this picture to go to the talk shows' home page, for the number  to call into, and more details!
            
                    

Top 3 Pics Of the Week!

This is something new on this blog. It is called Top 3 Pics! Every Saturday I am going to have you send me a picture(s) and I will choose the top 3. If I do not put it up the week you send it, it will be in another one of the Top 3 Pics! And make sure that the picture has something to do with cruising!!
Thanks, I look forward to getting pictures from you!

To send me he picture contact me on Twitter for all of the details: @SunViking2
Have a great week!