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

March 19, 2026 Guests on cruise ships no longer way about weight. They bring their Ozempic jabber.

·35 min·3 clips

They told me with much condescension: we don't do wait lists - when a ship is sold out, we take it off the map entirely.

Cruise travel host Tom Drake discusses the bizarre discovery that Explorer Journeys removes sold-out cruises from their website instead of wait-listing, compares Crystal Cruises to Oceania pricing, and takes aim at commission-kickback travel agencies undercutting the industry.

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