The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
Media & Entertainment Podcasts
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!
Location:
United States
Description:
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!
Twitter:
@drake_show
Language:
English
Contact:
4079738864
Episodes
May 8, 2024. Boeing under investigation again! In the airline business the customer is always wrong!
5/8/2024
A Jewish JetBlue passenger was unhappy with the flight attendant's Free Palestine pin, so they called the cops on him!
Port Klawock will be the new hotspot in Alaska!
The Nasa launch with a Boeing capsule scrubbed at the last minute!
People are happier with Disney Cruise Line than the parks!
Princess will homeport from San Juan in 2025!
Duration:00:35:23
May 7, 2024. Sprit making merchandising changes! What! More fees? BVI sad that the Breakaway cancelled calls!
5/7/2024
Carnival Cruise Lines celebrates 30 years of sailing from New Orleans!
Spirit is making changes to try and be profitable!
Tortola officials say the cancelation of the NCL Breakaway will result in millions of lost revenue!
The new Disney build will feature a Haunted Mansion with ghost fish!
Carrying small snakes in your pocket is not allowed TSA security in Miami!
Duration:00:35:27
May 6, 2024. HAL guarantying a glacier visit! Perillo Tours getting hosed by hotels in Italy!
5/6/2024
Princess is already pimping the 2026 solar eclipse cruise!
Holland America giving a 15% credit if your ship does not visit a glacier!
Perillo Tours is struggling to find hotels in Itlay with which to work!
Hyatt is following Marriott and Hilton and adding Pelotons!
Our way or the highway? Another Boss jumps ship at Four Seasons Yacht!
Duration:00:36:55
May 3, 2024. How do you build four new cruise ships and none fit through the Panama Canal?
5/3/2024
Cunard is showing off its first new build in fourteen years!!
Virgin fixes the Brilliant Lady so they have one ship that bo through the canal!
The life raft that fell off the Delta 767 ends up in front of the lawyer suing Boeing!
You can sail across the pond on the QM2 for a little more than two premium economy seats!
St. Lucia turns over the port to people who know what they are doing!!
Duration:00:34:04
May 2, 2024. NCL is right and the stranded couple from Utah are wrong! Be on time people!
5/2/2024
Cruise ships are not private taxis. You should return the ship by the time you are told to return!!
The Italian shoots down a Holy Hemmoroid drone and protects sailors' lives!!
Virgin will finally debut its fourth ship!! Next year!!
Ashford Hospitality gives fourteen Mariott properties back to the lenders. Better luck next time!!
The Feds spank Southwest for their December 2023 meltdown!
Villi Vie Residences still plans to sail. Just not yet!!
Duration:00:37:11
May 1, 2024. Is Explora Journeys headed in the right direction? NCL adjust Breakaway itinerary!
5/1/2024
The Houthis fire is on four ships, and it is missing everything!!
Explora Journey's boss is confident about the line's future!
NCL Breakaway has adjusted the itinerary due to technical issues!
Princess adjusted the 2025 World Cruise because of the Holy Hemorrhoids!
Who the hell does this Guru think he is!!
Duration:00:36:42
April 30, 2024. Royal Caribbean Group attracting more first-time cruisers! Teased by a Virgin? Virgin teasing the Briliant Lady's deployment!
4/30/2024
Gloria Gaynor will perform on Crystal in October!
UA Coast evacuates a young man (65) from a Holland America ship!
Margaritaville at Sea Islander passes sea trials!
Virginia man arrested for having "bullets in his backpack" in Turks and Caicos!
Did NCL holdings bosses take pay cuts this year to please stockholders?
Duration:00:36:07
April 29, 2024. Radiance of the Seas stuck in Vancouver! Hertz dumping another 10K EV duds!
4/29/2024
Hertz is selling another 10,000 EV cars that customers do not want!!
You are not going anywhere! Royal Caribbean sends all the guests home from Radiance of the Seas!
Houthis missiles damage a non-combatant tanker hauling Russian oil!
Dallas Fort Worth airport is spending millions on a grid to power EV cars that no one will rent!
Torstein Hagen will control 87% of the voting stock after launching the IPO!
Duration:00:35:05
April 26, 2024. Venice begins charging admission! UK Navy shoots down Holy Hemorrhoid missile!
4/26/2024
Norovirus visits the Sapphire Princess!
UK Navy intercepts Houthis missile and helps save non-combatant lives!
Explora Journeys appoints a new President for North America!
"Little Petey" and other officials break ground for Brightline West!
Is Southwest considering selling seat assignments?
Duration:00:35:09
April 25, 2024. Royal Caribbean skipping their Haiti private island for the summer! The Holy Hemmoroids fired on a US owned freighter!
4/25/2024
The Iranian-backed wack jobs fired on a US-owned freighter, but US forces shot down the missile. God Bless our military!!
The Sun Princess is christened in Barcelona, where some residents wish that cruise ships would never visit!
The Guru actually likes the new DOT regulations forcing the airlines to pay for their mistakes!!
The Guru agrees with NCL President Herrera that the best vacation value is a cruise!!
Princess is rolling out their version of "above the riff-raff accommodations"!
Duration:00:34:52
April 24, 2024. Azamara adjusting itineraries because of world politics! California politician busting Clears's chops!
4/24/2024
Germany removes their one frigate from protecting ships! Can't they send another one?
Celebrity cruises are going on three- and four-day cruises and offering a visit to Royal Caribbean's Coco Cay!
Azamara will spend more time in Alaska and Canada/New England!
California politician wants Clear to have their own checkpoints at the airport!
Fincantieri floats out the latest NCL mega-mother!
Duration:00:34:38
April 23, 2024. Amsterdam officials now trying to limit river ships from visiting! Who elects these people?
4/23/2024
Suprise Suprise! Fincantieri will not have Star Princess ready for its inaugural sailing!
Carnival President Christing Duffy is inducted into the CLIA Hall of Fame!
Royal Caribbean releases its "we have cleaned up our act" environmental report!
Amsterdam officials vote to reduce riverboat visits going forward!
The one German frigate in the Red Sea protecting their freighters is going home. Thanks for stopping by!!
Duration:00:28:54
April 22, 2024. Paying 1.7 million for a 140-day World Cruise in a 4443 sq, ft suite is not that crazy!
4/22/2024
Holland America's new "Glacier Day" is really just lipstick on an Iceberg!
1.7 million for the "Big Suite" on Regent seems more reasonable when compared to New York City's luxury hotels!
Airlines are struggling to enforce a dress code among exhibitionists and idiots!
Carnival to the rescue again! Sunrise rescues 27 Cuban refugees!
Amsterdam adds more rules to reduce tourism and discourage investment!
Duration:00:35:10
April 19, 2024. Rotal Caribbean bosses are all counting their cash! Richard Branson giving awsay more cruises
4/19/2024
Sir Richard gives away another 200 Virgin cruises!
Seabourn announces Godparens of the new Pursuit!
Will music festivals at sea replace those on land?
More news about transparency pricing in the cruise industry!
Royal Caribbean took home over 17 million last year. Slightly more than the employees at sea!
Duration:00:35:05
April 18, 2024. Carnival thinking about offering a World Cruise? Another San Francisco hotel defaults on loans!
4/18/2024
The owners of the Kimpton in San Francisco decided to walk away from what they owed.
One small town in Iceland will host 255,000 cruise guests this summer!
Margaritaville at Sea Tampa will present Conky-Tonkin as one of their production shows!
Carnival Corporation is leading the way in transparent pricing!
Holy Hemmoroids force MSC to cancel their fall Grand Voyage!
Duration:00:37:45
April 17, 2024. Should cruise lines offer mental health services? Never enough! Port Canaveral moving ahead with another terminal!
4/17/2024
USA Today's article questions whether cruise lines offer enough help for mental health situations!
Port Canaveral's John Murray says the new terminal four will not be dedicated to one cruise line!
The US has spent one billion dollars defending other countries' freighters from the Holy Hemorrhoids!
A Carnival passenger tampers with an in-room water bottle and posts a video showing her infantile behavior!
The amazing US Coast Guard performs a long-distance evacuation from the Disney Fantasy!
Duration:00:34:29
April 16, 2024, Explora Journeys needs help spreading the word about their one of a kind product!
4/16/2024
Icon of the Seas now has an assisted hearing system!
Delta will change its boarding process beginning in May. Simpler? Probably not!
US Coast Guard and Navy combine to rescue three fishermen in Micronesia!
The Guru says the DOT should not increase Chinese flights to the U.S.!
Oakland officials go ahead with the name change of their airport despite the threat of legal action!
Duration:00:33:18
April 15, 2024. Viking going to Outer Mongolia! A warning light on a Boeing plane forces an itinerary change!
4/15/2024
An Air Canada 737 Max 8 flight lands in Boise instead of Vancouver after the pilot sees a warning light is on!
Are you ready for Outer Mongolia? The Guru is not!
A United passenger reports a Newark ticket agent offered to ignore an overweight bag for a tip!
The cost of the new Oceania and Regent ships will be 20% higher than the previous builds!
Silversea's CEO has left the building and the company!
Duration:00:34:46
April 12, 2024. ASTA not happy about Viking's push to book more guests direct! HAL rolling out new shows with the same old content!
4/12/2024
HAL VP of Entertainment Bill Prince announces new productions shows!
Viking's Torsten Hagen is happy to book guests in any way they can!
Bark Air will fly your puppy on a G5 for 6-8K one way.
Windstar Cruises is acquiring two more small ships!
Bolivian guests in Spain with fake papers are being deported back to Bolivia!
Duration:00:36:13
April 11, 2024. Order a new cruise ship with only 1% down! MSC will have swingers!
4/11/2024
MSC World America will have swingers, thanks to the Cliffhanger!
Carnival Mardi Gras Captain and crew recognized for their lifesaving efforts!
United flight diverted thanks to a service dog that did not care for the onboard meal!
Jetblue now charges extra for bags during peak periods!
Juneau officials are asking cruise lines to cut back on guests in 2026!
Duration:00:34:56