CNBC "Mad Money" Interview with Frank Del Rio - today

[BBWC]

Another interview with Del Rio. Quite a bit of information about future plans.

https://thepointsguy.com/news/norwegian-cruise-ceo-frank-del-rio-future-of-cruising/

[greykitty]

16 minutes ago, BBWC said:

Another interview with Del Rio. Quite a bit of information about future plans.

https://thepointsguy.com/news/norwegian-cruise-ceo-frank-del-rio-future-of-cruising/

Interesting interview - del Rio is a good rep for his lines.  Probably way too early for him to discuss how they're going to, possibly, refinance the expensive money they raised this week or L Catterton's role going forward.  And, not the purpose of his hitting the media rounds right now anyway, I suppose.

[mrlevin]

No one has mentioned that Mr. Del Rio said three NCL, one Oceania, and ONE Regent to start.  I imagine it will be Splendor in Caribbean starting 28 November (nine nights) or 7 December (seven nights).  

 

Marc

[mrlevin]

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[Bellaggio Cruisers]

42 minutes ago, mrlevin said:

No one has mentioned that Mr. Del Rio said three NCL, one Oceania, and ONE Regent to start.  I imagine it will be Splendor in Caribbean starting 28 November (nine nights) or 7 December (seven nights).  

 

Marc

We booked the 11/28 cruise and already bet that’s the first one to sail. 
sheila

[wristband]

Hello Bellaggio - this is off topic so I apologize.  I have been curious...

 

You and your husband were on Navigator NY - NY (as was I) 2 years.  In Murmansk, you had a great difficulty getting help to go up the gangplank with your scooter in the late afternoon.  After you boarded, port went dark - no police, no Russian port crew, gangplank was raised but Navigator did not depart as scheduled.  That evening, the captain announced we would not depart for Solvestsky - instead it would remain overnight in Murmansk and no one could get off (no taxi there anyways!).  Reason given was "weather related" but the sea was calm in late July and the next day was sunny and pleasant.

 

I am not faulting the decision but curious if you know the reason to eliminate Solovetsky?

[Bellaggio Cruisers]

4 hours ago, wristband said:

Hello Bellaggio - this is off topic so I apologize.  I have been curious...

 

You and your husband were on Navigator NY - NY (as was I) 2 years.  In Murmansk, you had a great difficulty getting help to go up the gangplank with your scooter in the late afternoon.  After you boarded, port went dark - no police, no Russian port crew, gangplank was raised but Navigator did not depart as scheduled.  That evening, the captain announced we would not depart for Solvestsky - instead it would remain overnight in Murmansk and no one could get off (no taxi there anyways!).  Reason given was "weather related" but the sea was calm in late July and the next day was sunny and pleasant.

 

I am not faulting the decision but curious if you know the reason to eliminate Solovetsky?

Hi

Sorry we did not get to meet on that cruise. Yes, that was me trying to get help to get my scooter back onboard. 

I agree that we all questioned why we were unable to go to Slovetski Islands. All three were Russian ports. There were no storms, as suggested. It rained most of the day we were in Murmansk. We remained at dock all night. It was very strange. I think that Murmansk is still a very important Russian naval port. Then the next day we sailed for Archangel, skipping Slovetski Islands. The weather was beautiful on Archangel. 
I guess we will never know......

Sheila and Herb

[SusieQft]

Perhaps there was a secret Russian military operation they wanted to keep you away from....

[Bellaggio Cruisers]

4 minutes ago, SusieQft said:

Perhaps there was a secret Russian military operation they wanted to keep you away from....

We will never know.......

 

[JMARINER]

4 hours ago, wristband said:

Hello Bellaggio - this is off topic so I apologize.  I have been curious...

 

You and your husband were on Navigator NY - NY (as was I) 2 years.  In Murmansk, you had a great difficulty getting help to go up the gangplank with your scooter in the late afternoon.  After you boarded, port went dark - no police, no Russian port crew, gangplank was raised but Navigator did not depart as scheduled.  That evening, the captain announced we would not depart for Solvestsky - instead it would remain overnight in Murmansk and no one could get off (no taxi there anyways!).  Reason given was "weather related" but the sea was calm in late July and the next day was sunny and pleasant.

 

I am not faulting the decision but curious if you know the reason to eliminate Solovetsky?

I too was on that cruise (just the middle sections). I was told that the there were problems with the local tour operators. Specifically the few Monks that ran the Monastery didn't want visitors.  As the Monastery is the main reason to go to Solovetsky, it was decided to cancel the stop. Apparently, ships going to  Solovetsky is in the category like Pitcarins Island and the Falkland,  often missed.

 

As to the overnight in Murmansk, some crew did get off. However passengers would have need a Russian visa to debark. Beside is was a very long drive back  to the city.

J