{"podcast":{"title":"Cruise Talk Weekly","slug":"cruise-talk-weekly-7479564","podcast_index_feed_id":7479564,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/592235/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/592235","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/a/9/5/aa95656f143ed6cb16c3140a3186d450/Cruise_Talk_with_Tommy__Tony-20260408-zsfkz7dmmd.png","author":"Tony Barnette","episode_count":32,"summary":"Welcome to Cruise Talk Weekly with Tommy and Tony. Each week break down the latest happenings in the cruise travel and the cruise industry as only we can. Buckle up here we go. Video version of the podcast published on the Cruise Talk with Tommy and Tony YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@cruisetalktnt).","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T00:17:06.675564+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cruise-talk-weekly-7479564"},"episode":{"title":"13. Cruise Delays, Great Port Cities and More Carnival Controversy","slug":"13-cruise-delays-great-port-cities-and-more-carnival-controversy","published_at":"2025-12-08T15:09:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cruise-talk-weekly-7479564/13-cruise-delays-great-port-cities-and-more-carnival-controversy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cruise-talk-weekly-7479564","url":"https://88e4fc59-d17a-49e3-a45f-37711fab5e8a.libsyn.com/13-cruise-delays-great-port-cities-and-more-carnival-controversy","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/88e4fc59-d17a-49e3-a45f-37711fab5e8a/CTW13_-_Audio_Final.mp3?dest-id=5146610","summary":"We are back for another episode of cruise talk weekly. In this episode Tommy and Tony break down the biggest stories in cruising from last week. They take a look at delays that impacted P&O and Royal Caribbean cruise ships. They also talk about the recent gratuity / service fee increase over at Carnival cruises. Timestamps: 00:00 - Cruise Delays 13:21 - Cruise Ports that Dominate 34:00 - Carnival Increases Gratuities Questions / Comments email us at questions@cruisetalkweekly.net Copyright 2025 Cruise Talk Weekly","meta_description":"We are back for another episode of cruise talk weekly. In this episode Tommy and Tony break down the biggest stories in cruising from last week. They take…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3952,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cruise-talk-weekly-7479564/episodes/13-cruise-delays-great-port-cities-and-more-carnival-controversy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cruise-talk-weekly-7479564/13-cruise-delays-great-port-cities-and-more-carnival-controversy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}