4 episodes
Just Cruisin' with Larry Larry Jackson, Cruise Reviews, Cruise News, Cruise Deals
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2.3 • 17 Ratings
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Larry and Lynda Jackson are a cruise vacation planning store specializing in assisting individuals and groups in planning their ideal vacations in order to create the experiences and memories of a lifetime. We are locally owned and operated and conveniently located in Viera since 2003. Listen Saturday mornings at 3:00 PM for money saving tips on our radio show Just Cruisin on WMMB AM 1240 and 1350
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Silversea Alaska
On this weeks show Larry details their most recent cruise with Silversea to Alaska. For those of you looking to step up to luxury Silversea's Alaska is a great option. In other Alaska cruise news; Norwegian Sun hits an iceberg. Royal Caribbean's Ovation of the Seas develops propulsion issues. Royal Caribbean President Michael Bailey says the industry got a bad rap during Covid. Larry details their upcoming Tunnel to Towers fund-raising cruise on Wonder of the seas. And finally in sad news, Larry signs off from WMMB but invites you to catch his podcast.. How was your week?
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Oceania Cruises with Jill Hanlon
On this weeks show it's All about Oceania Cruises with Jill Hanlon. Regional Director Of Sales And Marketing for Oceania Cruises joins Larry to discuss whats new at Oceania. Jill details the history of Oceania including their upcoming 20th anniversary. Oceania is noted for three things: small luxury ships, curated travel experiences, and five star cuisine according to Hanlon. Jill details the six ships currently in the water with Oceania and previews the upcoming new ship, Oceania Vista. Larry raves about the onboard dining overseen by the renowned Jacque Pepin, and Jill details the specialty dining. Learn what's included with on an Oceania cruise as Jill describes the OLife Choice program and more.
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River Cruising the Mekong and Nile
On this weeks show Larry details the inaugural cruise of the Wonder of the Seas from Port Canaveral, a fundraiser for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. In cruise news: CDC drops inbound Covid testing, a boon for travel. Cruise lines return to Australia, Princess leads the way. Larry's main feature this week details two of his favorite river cruises. AmaWaterways Vietnam and Cambodia along the Mekong. And the discover the secrets of the Nile and Egypt Larry details his experience on one of the early river cruises in Egypt in 2005.
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Azamara Cruises with Lionel Garcia
On this weeks show it's All about Azamara Cruises with Lionel Garcia. Strategic Business Development Manager at Azamara Cruises joins Larry to discuss whats new at Azamara. Larry and Lionel discuss the history of the line, does anyone remember Renaissance Cruise Line. Lionel details where they sail, whats included, the dining and what Azamara likes to call AzAmazing Evenings. Larry raves about the food as Lionel details some of the dining experiences such as White Night dining. Azamara specializes in country intensive cruises a program unique to Azamara, Lionel provides details. And finally Larry and Lionel discuss upcoming voyages and the launch of their newest ship the Azamara Onward.
Customer Reviews
Ugh!
Fine info, but incredibly brief. That vast majority of the episodes are nothing more than repeated a commercial for this travel group. I want more info about actual travel, not how to contact you every few minutes!
Too much politics, too little cruise info
Between his regular reminders that he is “proud” of Ron DeSantis, comparing complicated cruise contracts to a “Nancy Pelosi bill” (whatever that is), referring to the pandemic as the “panicdemic” and his borderline racist mocking of “Zambibwia” (apparently supposed to be either Zimbabwe or Zambia, but the point was definitely to ridicule a “backwards” African country, I felt this should have been listed as a political podcast, not a cruise or travel podcast. I’m not a flaming lefty or anything - I have views that span the political spectrum - but I like to keep my politics separate from my vacation podcasts.
Also, the descriptions don’t match the show’s content. For example, one show was advertised as a discussion of the Celebrity Reflection, which I was interested in because I was considering a cruise on that very ship. What I heard instead - in between the DeSantis infomercials - was mostly advertisements for his travel agency, and just a brief mention that he’d been on the Reflection - NOTHING about the ship itself.
On his most recent show, he mentioned another great deal he was involved in where the price was “$3,830 for two people, which comes out to about $1,500 each” … I’ll leave it to you to do the math.
No masks, really?
I had been enjoying this podcast until I heard that you would meet clients in person and unmasked? People like this is why we are still fighting this horrible pandemic and cannot travel. I immediately stopped the podcast and UNSUBSCRIBED.