The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake

The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake

After almost 30 years of performing stand-up comedy on cruise ships worldwide, Tom Drake has seen everything, done everything, and so now he knows everything! 
 
That is why he is called the "Guru of the Seas." 
 
His podcast delivering all of the day's cruise and travel news can be heard every Monday thru Saturday, as Tom says, wherever people "pod their cast."
 
Offering an "unfiltered view" of the cruise and travel industry, Tom delivers the news and then gives his opinion on what it all means, or as Tom says, "it's the days' news with a bit of commentary."
 
If you are a fan of cruising, or maybe someone who gets frustrated with air travel, or maybe someone who likes to laugh and enjoys a little bit of frank, honest opinion, you will enjoy this podcast!
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The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
September 6, 2024. Swiss Airlines buy new first class cubicles that are too heavy!

Ritz Carlton's new and bigger yacht, Ilma, is now sailing!

Explora Journeys Explorer 2 will have a Godmother concerned about marine life!

Flying First Class on Swiss Airlines will be a heavy experience!

Oceania rolls out "Your World Included," a return to who they are!

Jason Gelineau,  a former executive at Explora Journeys, has launched his own consulting firm! The Guru says good luck to a good guy!

 

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Sep 6, 2024 4:58 AM
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The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
September 5, 2024. Is Prince Harry's Travalyst a money grab?

Carnival Corp. committed to buying Alaskan seafood for their hotels and ships

Is Travalyst a Prince Harry money grab?

Carnival's John Heald tells guests that the ships will not show the September 10 debate!

A Brookings brainiac says Iran can not control the Houthis, so they are not a proxy!

It will cost five bucks more to visit Cozumel on a cruise ship next year!

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Sep 5, 2024 7:21 AM
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September 4, 2024. Thirteen-year-olds can stay alone in a cabin on Carnival? Good idea?

The Iranian Backed Wack Jobs say the tanker they attacked that might cause an environmental disaster is the fault of the U.S. military!

Guests who left glasses behind on a Carnival were upset that they could not reboard on debarkation day!

Carnival rules allow teenagers to stay unsupervised in their own room!

American Cruise Lines's newest build will have the largest Signature Suite on any of their ships!

Hotel housekeepers are on strike, demanding more money. Guru says give it to them!

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Sep 4, 2024 7:28 AM
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September 3, 2024. Ritz Carlton attempting to create a new category of cruising. Yachting with 448 guests!

VShips Leisure CFO loves the new Ritz Carlton yacht with 448 guests! Ritz is also a client!

Some Carnival guests want the motion light in the bathroom removed so they can fall and smack their heads some more!

The Guru's favorite airline, Norse Atlantic, is in financial trouble!

Performing Stand-Up Comedy on a cruise ship is tougher than anywhere else on the planet!

God Bless America in Yiddish sounds great!

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Sep 3, 2024 7:35 AM
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September 2, 2024. Hulu's Doctor Odyssey will not be great PR for the cruise industry!

The USS United States might be more popular under the water than on top of it!

Hulu's show on a ship will be terrible for the cruise industry!

Boutique hotels are all the rage, but not for the Guru!

People are paying 150,000 annual retainers for travel advice. Listen to the Guru!

Flying first class? You are paying for the seat and not the service!

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Sep 2, 2024 7:56 AM
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Aug.30, 2024. Does anyone book a cruise because of the jewelry stores?

Florida Federal Judge sentences a pervert crew member to 30 years in Jail!

Explora Journeys announces partnership with Bucceletti Jeweliers of Italy!

Carnival guest is so that they cannot take their favorite bartender to the steakhouse!

Margaritaville at Sea Islander will now sail four days to the Bahamas!

The Villa Vie world cruise is still stuck in Belfast!

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Aug 30, 2024 3:29 AM
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Aug. 29, 2024. Oceania will homeport in Tampa in 2026. The Guru loves this!

Norway will be requiring zero emissions, but they can walk the walk!

The carpet in an airport will calm you down. Something has to!!

Seabourn Odyssey is preparing to sail off to Japan after being sold!

Ritz Carlton Yacht Club is welcoming a Bvlgari boutique!

The USS Theodore Roosevelt deployment extended thanks to the Houthis)no blowfish).

 

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Aug 29, 2024 2:43 AM
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Aug. 28, 2024. Royal Caribbean decides the bigger the better and orders another Icon!

Carnival Corp will renovate Half Moon Cay to make way for Carnival Mega-Ships!

Viking is slowing down its expansion into China!

Four rocket scientists get arrested on MSC after attempting to get money from the casino using fraudulent credit cards!

Royal Caribbean is not slowing down on Icon builds!

A Landslide in Ketchikan claims at least one life!

 

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Aug 28, 2024 5:54 AM
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Aug. 27, 2024 All NCL Holdings ships will be bigger in the future! PortMiami can deliver shore power to five ships at once!

Discount airlines are now offering a better flight for a few more bucks!

Ambassador Cruise Line is leading the way with Croquet!

US Navy Admiral says permission was not granted to take out the Iranian Backed Wack Jobs!

PortMiami completes shore power installation in record time!

Norwegian Cruise Line will increase the size of their new ships by 38%!

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Aug 27, 2024 4:16 AM
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Aug.26, 2024. Thanks to Boeing, two U.S. astronauts are stuck in space until 2025! Some think that over tourism is killing the planet!

One U.S. Vice-Admiral says that we can not defeat the Holy Hemmorroids!

See Norway and help save the planet on Havila Voyages!

Seabourn announces new shows. Guru says it is hard to find anything new in these!

Princess will have two ships in the Caribbean in 2026 because they feel that "Some Like It Hot."

Is overtourism more annoying than the Norovirus?

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Aug 26, 2024 10:46 AM
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Aug. 24. 2024. Delta CEO moves on! Windstar going old school with new builds! Viking losing money but going in the right direction! Huh?

Southwest is asking customers if they would like to pay for checked bags.

Norwegian shore power company connected five ships at once, and the lights in Norway started on!

Windstar's new 224-passenger builds remind the Guru of days past!

Viking boss is happy with the company's direction despite losing money again!

Delta CEO Spanos leaving to pursue other opportunities!

 

 

 

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Aug 24, 2024 3:7 AM
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Aug. 23, 2024 Now you've done it. The Holy Hemorrhoids may have caused an environmental catastrophe in their own backyard!

Despite billions in orders, the Meyer Werft shipyards are in financial trouble!

NCL will offer more ports on smaller ships in Europe in 2026. Smart move!

Explora Journeys hopes to snag sailors at the America's Cup to sail on their ships!

North Korea is open for tourism, but stupid Americans are forbidden to visit!

Guests on ships who remove the gratuities are not concerned with service. They are just cheap! Stay home!

 

 

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Aug 23, 2024 3:30 AM
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Aug. 22, 2024. Galveston is the new "hot" cruise port? Who knew?

MSC breaks ground for their new termnal in Galveston!

The Mayor of Bordeaux wants to move the cruise ships away from the city!

BAAAD! New Zealand officials determined to stop tourism to sheep land!

Boeing facing new scrutiny about pilot seat design in the Dreamliner!

The State of Florida forces Port Canaveral not to expand!

 

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Aug 22, 2024 8:26 AM
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Aug. 20, 2024. Guests attacking comedians onstage on a cruise ship not a great idea!

Travel writers are finally realizing cruising is still the greatest vacation value!

With the pandemic in the rearview mirror, cruise lines can not order new ships fast enough!

Porked again! The FAA is giving out 291 million in grants to help save the planet!

Aida will skip the Suez in 2025 to avoid the Holy Hemorrhoids!

Serenade of the Seas is the latest ship delayed by the Dutch wackos in Amsterdam!

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Aug 20, 2024 7:2 AM
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Aug. 20, 2024. Guests complaining about the comedian. There's a surprise!

Guests can now sleep in an Igloo on the back of the ship in Greenland! Why?

The grossest place in a hotel room is in a bucket!

Rubber ducks are showing up at Unesco sites, and some people are unhappy!

Port of St. Maarten expects 1.5 million happy cruise guests next year!

If you want to visit Brazil now you'll have to prove you have at least $2000 in the bank. The Guru thinks to visit Brazil $1.50 would be enough.

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Aug 19, 2024 7:19 AM
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Aug.17, 2024. It feels like there is a new energy to improve at HAL! Italy will be overcrowded for the next two weeks!

HAL's 133-day pole-to-pole Grand Voyage will run hot and cold!

Carnival brand verbally berated by an angry Duck hater!

Italian officials telling fellow Italians to be less noisy is wrong!

Holy Hemmoroids attack the same ship for a third time and miss again!

The UK version of the US State Department tells people that the Caribbean hurricane season will be rougher than usual!

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Aug 16, 2024 6:31 AM
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Aug. 15, 2024. Spirit Airlines is the safest flyer for the second year!

Spirit Airlines is the safest US flyer for the second year!

A&K Travel arranges 500 million in credit with Citibank!

The granddaughter of the designer of the USS United States is the person trying to save it!

Amsterdam is developing a protocol for dealing with the super glued lock-blocking wack jobs!

Is Bologna the new tourist hot spot in Italy? The Gura says Baloney!

 

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Aug 15, 2024 6:22 AM
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Aug. 14, 2024. Rye Playground will welcome a six-story tall duck this weekend! Not related to our duck!

American Airlines diverts a plane that was on the way to Miami to the Bahamas, and it goes downhill from there!

Alaska Airlines is investing in a new aircraft design company trying to save fuel and the planet!

According to JD Power, The Luxury Collection by Marriott is better than any other luxury hotel chain!

Would a six-story high 10-ton duck make you smile? Maybe in Rye, New York!

We had the story first and almost got it right!

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Aug 14, 2024 6:35 AM
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Aug. 13, 2024. Disney fleet will total ships 13 by 2031. Princess now offering lightning fast internet fo a price!

Cruiseport operations will work to make Miami's staff more customer-centric at the port!

Disney announces four more new ships by 2031!

Virgin Voyages is going all in on Solar Eclipse cruises!

Viking Holdings will release 2nd quarter results on August 22.

Protesters glue themselves to the locks in Amsterdam and delay Regent Mariner by one day!

 

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Aug 13, 2024 6:25 AM
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Aug. 12, 2024. Orlando's new terminal C design is laughable! Cruise lines will need to find 20K new workers. Good Luck!

Seven boneheaded protesters force Royal Caribbean to drop back and punt in Amsterdam!

Ready to ticket a turtle? You will have to wait a little longer for Lindblad's new ships!

Delta is now number one in canceled flights in July!

Breeze will start its Newark service in November!

20K new crew members will be needed in 2025 to fill new ships!

 

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Aug 12, 2024 5:52 AM
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Aug. 8, 2024. NTSB Boeing investigation revealing layers of mismanagement and incompetence! MSC sponsoring a gas guzzling movie with Brad Pitt!

Boeing's dirty laundry is on display during the NTSB investigation!

Norwegian Cruise Line extends military appreciation discounts to Canada and upsets other countries!

MSC-sponsored Formula One movie will include an Academy Award-winning actor!

The July 30th US air strike in Iraq eliminated a Yemeni drone specialist! See Ya!

A Belgian tourist in Death Valley receives a California hot foot treatment!

 

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Aug 8, 2024 4:7 AM
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Aug.7, 2024. Royal Caribbean will spend 100M on Allure to make it like Utopia! Uruguay reducing tariffs to attract more ships!

Royal Caribbean boss says they have been successfully attracting millennials to cruising!

Azamara Onward celebrates 25 years in service. The French built a ship that would last!

Odyssey of the Seas rescues 77 stranded refugees!

Two drunk Brits escape jail time after stealing 97K of jewelry onboard MSC Virtuosa!

Royal Caribbean is investing 100M into Allure of the Seas! It's an expensive tweak!

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Aug 7, 2024 4:16 AM
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Aug. 6, 2024. MSC continues to focus on reducing carbon emission but does the consumer really care?

An NJ man is arrested for propositioning an American Airlines flight attendant on a flight! The Guru is just hoping for a little quicker service!

Delta and Crowdstrike bosses are exchanging verbal blows ahead of a legal battle!

Disney will remove any rubber ducks to protect the oceans!

MSC remains focused on saving the planet by Tuesday. The Guru thinks customers don't care!

The Disney Treasure floats out in Germany!

 

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Aug 6, 2024 6:32 AM
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Aug. 5, 2024. Is Global Ports going private to hide their business dealings? Happy Trails Stein Kruse!

The  Alaska Railroad agrees to purchase the new Seward cruise terminal!

United and Delta suspend flights to Israel!

A Carnival guest ruined her cruise by not following procedures to have her own slot tournament!

Stein Kruse ends his career with Carnival Corporation!

Global Ports Holdings going private! Why so private?

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Aug 5, 2024 4:49 AM
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Aug. 2, 2024. The DOT should regulate airlines but not run them! Back off Mayor Pete! Explora Journeys celebrates lasting one year!

Carnival Celebration Key will have an adults-only area. No rug rats allowed!

NCL will tweak the Encore in dry dock and add an adults-only pool area and more bedrooms in the Haven!

The DOT wants to force airlines to give away seats to kids under 13. Airlines are not Denny's, where the Kids Eat Free!

NCL Holdings boss says onboard spending has not dropped after the pandemic because a cruise is less than a hotel stay!

Explora Journeys is celebrating one year with an onboard credit giveaway! 

 

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