December 10, 2025 • 43 mins
We map a relaxed, culture-rich route from Tampa to the Western Caribbean, mixing small-ship comforts with big-port color and clear planning tips. From Cozumel tacos to Roatan’s Maya Key, we compare cruise lines, share dining picks, and highlight what’s new on the horizon.
• relief efforts for Jamaica and how cruise lines help
• why sail Western Caribbean from Tampa and when to arrive
• ship choices from Tampa, small-ship perks, and deck life
• sea days across the Gulf and iconic Skyway transit
• top ports: Cozumel, Costa Maya, Roatan, Belize, Progreso
• etiquette on deck and elevators for a smoother trip
• Royal vs MSC vs Carnival differences and value
• itinerary vs price when choosing a cruise
• Tampa terminals, parking, and three nearby airports
• food highlights from Izumi sushi to tacos ashore
• new Royal Beach Clubs and Perfect Day Mexico plans
• merch, sponsors, and group trip options we host
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SPEAKER_00 (00:11):
And what's up, y'all?
Episode two of the 3P PierrePressure Forecast.
Hey there, if you haven't uhguessed, this is your Captain
Jesse speaking, and with me inthe studio, as always, is a
cruise coach.
How are you doing, cruise coach?
SPEAKER_01 (00:24):
What's up, Vacation Nation?
I am blessed.
Thank you so much for asking,Jesse.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (00:29):
Yeah, so we're gonna get started real quick.
Um, but since the last uhepisode, uh we had uh Hurricane
Melissa come through the greatuh island nation of Jamaica.
Um our brethren are down there,we pray for them.
Uh great place to see either bycruise ship or anywhere else.
You gotta get to Ocho Rios,Negrill, Montego Bay.
(00:50):
I mean, a beautiful island,beautiful people, and we would
pray for them uh immensely.
And uh and big shout out to allthe the cruise ships and uh the
cruise ship carriers who are uhsending boats and and ships down
there with supplies, I meanpallets of supplies, water, uh
medicine, all the necessities.
Uh we hope they get on back ontheir feet real soon, but again,
they are surrounded by water,and the only way to for us to
(01:12):
get goods to them is by uh ship,boat, or plane.
So we really hope that um youknow other the people with the
means step up and we're reallyexcited about the cruise
industry uh being one of thosefirst on on the scene to help
and give some relief.
So Yay.
Um today is the WesternCaribbean.
We're gonna talk about uh how toget there, uh what boats uh head
(01:35):
out there, and uh in the in thefamous uh ports uh that uh that
you'll see out there.
And uh to lead that charge anduh this next segment will be the
cruise coach.
SPEAKER_01 (01:47):
So this is gonna be what we call a vibe show.
Today you will see after thevibe show, we're gonna go ahead
and jump into obviously the portof Tampa Bay and the Western
Caribbean.
Uh you'll know about the cruiseships, the uh how to embark and
disembark from the port of TampaBay.
You'll know about the threeairports to to fly into in the
(02:07):
in the big um cigar city or thebig guava.
Absolutely unbelievable.
Yes.
Uh you'll know about the threeterminals in the port of Tampa
Bay.
That's right, Bakersville, akaTampa Bay, Buccaneer Country.
Uh we'll talk about the newthings to come very soon within
the next three to four yearsfrom Royal Caribbean and a few
(02:28):
of the other cruise lines.
And again, so many things.
It's gonna be absolutelyamazing.
But before we do that, we'reabout to do an industry first.
That's right, have a little bitof a vibe show and take you on a
cruise into the WesternCaribbean from the port of Tampa
Bay.
SPEAKER_00 (02:44):
And uh we're gonna start um right there, uh right
there on the cruise deck.
That's right.
SPEAKER_01 (02:50):
What you see there is the beautiful cruise deck of
the grandeur of the seas.
Again, there are there are fourcruise ships currently out of
the port of Tampa Bay.
You currently have the grandeurof the seas and the enchantment
of the seas from RoyalCaribbean.
You also have the CarnivalParadise and the Margarita of
the Sea Islander.
But what you see right there isreally what makes the smaller
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ships uh stunning from RoyalCaribbean.
Small, still stunning, and thatis the beautiful Sundeck on Deck
11.
And moving on, we have anotherpool.
And again, pools galore.
So not only do you have pools asyou can see right there as well,
hot tubs galore, again, uh niceand relaxing, a little R, West
(03:36):
Cor Western Caribbean style.
Uh simply uh you get on the shipout of the port of Tampa Bay.
Uh you you hang out maybe inchannelside for the night
before.
Again, we always urge to goahead and spend the night before
and after you get on the cruiseship, you carry on what you need
to carry on.
Room keys are regularly readyfor you at 1 30.
(03:58):
In the meantime, you hang outright there, nothing like it.
Pool side.
SPEAKER_00 (04:03):
And coach, uh remind everybody, since they're leaving
out of Port of Tampa, how longtill you get to the next port of
call?
Is it is it a uh a C day?
SPEAKER_01 (04:12):
Yeah, most of the time when when you leave uh the
port of Tampa Bay, sometimesit's one C day, sometimes it's
two C days.
So you're gonna take some time.
You're gonna go ahead and slide.
And the reason why we say that,you slide right down right
through the Gulf.
Uh again, it is so calm, it isso chill.
You are about to see somesunsets unlike you have ever
(04:33):
seen before.
And again, it is so, sorelaxing.
We urge you to do that.
Now, you those are usuallyanywhere from five to seven-day
cruise tastic adventures orseven-night cruise tastic
adventures on your way to theWestern Caribbean, and again,
places like Belize, Costa Maya,Mexico, Casumel, Mexico, Roatan,
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Honduras.
Again, you might stop at theCayman Islands as well.
And again, not only the WesternCaribbean, you might also stop
in the Southern Caribbean, whichis the ABC Islands.
That's right, Aruba, Bonaire,and Carocao.
SPEAKER_00 (05:08):
All right, moving on.
Oh, another beautiful uh deckscene.
SPEAKER_01 (05:12):
And again, deck after deck, right?
We talk about fun in the sun.
There is nothing like it.
It is just a nice tropicaladventure.
You, uh, anywhere from uh couplethousand uh guests.
So, right there, as you can see,you are on the grandeur of the
seas.
The grandeur of the seas has1992 guests, however, it is a
smaller ship, uh 74,000 grossregistered tons.
(05:37):
So, again, is one of the old oneof the oldest ships in the
fleet.
Uh, it was uh made in voyageDecember of 1996, and again, it
is absolutely stunning.
And also, besides the grandeur,you also have the uh enchantment
of the seas.
Again, not as many guests, onlyabout 1200 guests.
(05:58):
So, again, your choice, WesternCaribbean from Royal Caribbean,
or you'll also see the carnival,that's right, paradise as well.
SPEAKER_00 (06:08):
Very cool.
Oh, beautiful picture.
SPEAKER_01 (06:10):
And again, not only do we like the fun and the sun,
well, how about when the sungoes down?
And what you see right there isthe pool deck at night.
Nice, cool, calm.
Again, super, super chill, tonof R and R.
And what they do is they takethat screen and they'll put a
cinematic movie on there.
So nothing better than you andyour family maybe having a nice
(06:32):
little relaxing Mai Thai or afrozen tropical drink.
Our favorite is the MasterCard,um, which is a little bit of
mango mixed with a little bit ofstrawberry or a mock tail for
you and the kids, whichever youprefer, relaxing on that top
deck, chill upon chill, watchinga movie of your choice.
SPEAKER_00 (06:50):
Yeah, movie under the stars, watching the stars.
Unbelievable.
So, how about this one?
SPEAKER_01 (06:56):
And again, uh from the pool views.
So, again, uh day after day, werecommend spend some time on the
pool.
Now, obviously, the older styleships aren't going to have the
water slides, right?
But they will have pools galore.
And one thing we recommend, andone thing we ask for our guests,
please don't hog those chairs.
There are plenty of chairs to goaround.
The captain will attest.
(07:16):
Yes.
Have a little respect for youruh, you know, for the sailor
next to you, and not just onthis pool deck, but also when
entering an elevator, please bepatient.
If you're the third family towalk up, well, you're the third
in line to walk into that intothat elevator.
And again, respect the personnext to you, and we promise you
it will be a cruise tasticadventure, unlike ever before.
(07:38):
I love it.
There it is, that's right.
So we go from small ships to thelargest cruise ship in the
world.
250,000 gross registeredtongues, the icon of the seas
out of Miami, Florida.
Also, you have the Star of theSeas out of Port Canaveral,
Florida.
We know we're focusing on theport of Tampa.
(07:59):
However, look out.
Soon enough, out of Galveston,you might see another icon ship,
maybe the icon 4.
We will see, and not just wewill see when it comes to the
icon class ships, you will alsohear about many phenomenal
things to come from RoyalCaribbean.
SPEAKER_00 (08:17):
Yeah, more to come.
I mean, our RCI is doing someincredible things.
SPEAKER_01 (08:20):
Unbelievable.
SPEAKER_00 (08:21):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (08:21):
And that truly is what you see behind us right
there.
That is what makes the smallerships so memorable.
Not just for you, but also forthe family as well.
If you want to get a drink, yougo right there to the bar.
But that is what's known as thecentrum.
The centrum goes from deckseight to deck five.
You can find a nice seat, youand your family, or you can just
chill, overlook that balconyfrom the games to the cruise
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director to fun with the family.
And I promise you, that is trulywhat separates the older ships,
the smaller ships.
That's the difference betweenthe new, larger ships with all
these neighborhoods.
Right.
And there you see walking intothe casino, a little buried
treasure.
R.
Again, the port of Tampa Bay,the smaller ships straight to
(09:09):
the one-armed bandits, andagain, might be a hidden
treasure in that next slotmachine.
You walk up to the Casino Royalewill take care of you and your
family.
That's right.
18 and up.
And that is the beautiful andstunning channel side that you
see behind me.
Uh, we spent a lot of time therewhen I was in college, uh, back
at the University of Florida, GoGators.
Many, many hours in the 90s, wewould drive down I-75.
(09:33):
And again, there are threeterminals in Tampa Bay.
Two of them are located rightthere where you'll see that
beautiful, stunning view ofchannel side, terminal two and
terminal three, and thenterminal six, which would be at
McKay Street.
And again, the best part ofTampa Bay is you pull right up
to that terminal, you hand thevalet your keys for only$20
(09:53):
more.
Five days, uh, usually parkingis about$95, and seven days
about$125.
Very reasonable compared toother ports that are out there.
Very cool.
And there it is.
That is truly what makes thereyou go.
Absolutely stunning.
That right there, you gounderneath the Sunshine Skyway
(10:16):
Bridge, again, only feet fromthe top of the bridge.
I'm sorry, from the bridge tothe top of that cruise ship, and
it is absolutely stunning,especially certain times of the
year.
You go under, as you can see,many people will go outside,
just like you'll see right therein that vibe show.
Beautifully and stunning,underneath that Skyway bridge
(10:36):
and a view, unlike anywhereelse.
And Jesse, how many feet wouldyou say on average is the port
of Tampa, the the waterway?
SPEAKER_00 (10:50):
So I know the right answer, but I think it was my
impression that it was at leastuh forty feet.
SPEAKER_01 (10:56):
Forty to fifty is what most of our clients would
say, and rumor has it, 12 feet.
SPEAKER_00 (11:01):
See, for a channel, even like a uh I mean you gotta
judge the tides well.
I'm I'm I'm sure if the bay is,you know, it may not be affected
too much by tides, but you canimagine if you know you gotta
calibrate the the tide withgoing over that bridge.
You don't want a collision, doyou?
SPEAKER_01 (11:17):
No, definitely not.
And obviously some of theseships, both the enchantment and
the grandeur of the seas, abouta thousand feet in length.
Right.
Uh seventy-three to eighty-fiveuh thousand gross registered
tons.
So again, we're talking a lot ofuh movement, but again, they do
it better than most ports fromthe port of Tampa.
SPEAKER_00 (11:38):
Well, I hope it's a wide channel, because if you're
trying to like, you know, uhreally stay on a a small uh you
know width, then it that's gottabe a challenge for any captain
to keep a boat you know within acertain uh uh width of a
channel.
Exactly.
Hopefully it's you know, if itis that shallow, hopefully it's
plenty wide.
SPEAKER_01 (11:57):
Yeah, I fully agree with you, Captain.
And there it is, probably themost popular destination in the
Western Caribbean.
Uh, that is Cazamel.
Again, whether you want to go toone, two, three, or four
destinations, that is the mostpopular, you have Cazamel right
there.
The second most popular would beCosta Maya, a lot of things to
come with Cazumel and CostaMaya.
(12:17):
You also have Roatan Honduras,which Royal Caribbean has done a
phenomenal job with that, andthen Belize, absolutely amazing.
And rumor has it as well,Progreso is continuing to get
more and more popular.
About half a million uh cruisershave gone through the port of
Progreso, and that is up 80%.
So hats off to the WesternCaribbean, uh, the natives
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there, and again, just welcomingus to paradise.
Amen.
Again, uh, maybe you might needto uh get on that smaller ship.
We've got a uh you know uh uhlife preserver right there.
We highly suggest do never tograb those life preservers
unless you need it, or maybe youjust want to float back to the
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ship.
Again, we don't really recommendthat as well, but that is a nice
side view.
That's right.
That is the um that is thestarboard side of the grandeur
of the seas.
Again, 12 total decks, 996staterooms, 1992 guests at
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double occupancy, and again,built in Finland, made in
voyage, 1996.
An oldie but a goodie, and oneof our favorite ships that we
cruise on with Team LimitlessTravel at least once a year.
SPEAKER_00 (13:32):
Yeah, until the uh the port of Tampa gets a uh a
sky bridge uh that that has adrawbridge feature.
Yes, you know, that's a that's afixed height, so any any ship
leaving there uh you know isgonna have to have a uh uh a
height limit, right?
So um, but just like some ofthose Viking cruises in uh in
Europe, they have to go undersome extremely short uh bridges.
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But you know, they they stillhave the boats that accommodate
and you're able to go up anddown uh those those beautiful
rivers in Europe.
So it's not again, it's notalways the the boat is always
limiting, right?
SPEAKER_01 (14:06):
Yes, sir.
And a couple things that we loveabout these ships is just
especially dining.
We'll go ahead and allude tothat here in a minute.
Again, what you saw there is themix that's from the carnival uh
paradise uh over going over tothe grandeur of the seas.
So again, whether you're inCozumel and you go left to
right, whether you want to getwith this, which is the Carnival
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uh cruise ships, or you want toget with that, which is the
Royal Caribbean cruise ships,we've got you covered.
And not just these two cruiseships, you'll also see MSC,
Holland America, Stay Tuned,Norwegian, Celebrity, which is
also part of the Royal Caribbeanfamily.
So much more.
Usually, on average, eightvessels out of the three
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Again, that right there.
Yeah.
How would you describe that,Captain Jesse?
SPEAKER_00 (15:41):
I mean, looking aft towards you know, where you're
coming from and just watchingthat horizon disappear, the the
the the prop wash, you know.
I mean, sometimes there'sdolphins and other sea life, you
know, playing in the prop washbehind you.
Sometimes they're on the bow,you know, being like that they
like to be chased by the boat.
Uh, but either way, it's um it'sjust a beautiful vista.
(16:03):
I mean, it's just I mean,especially the golf.
You know, the golf can be asstill as a mirror sometimes, and
just like this uh videorepresents, uh, yeah, it's just
um you mean you're you're theonly ripple in in the whole
ocean, you know?
SPEAKER_01 (16:16):
You know, and and again, you could be looking off
the rock climbing wall, and thatcan be your view.
That's what makes these ships sostunning.
And again, whether it'scarnival, whether it's royal,
and there you go.
That right there is the creme dela creme, the best view I've
ever seen.
Sunsets unlike anywhere else.
Yeah.
And again, from left to right,from forward to aft, nothing
(16:40):
like it.
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team.
And there she is.
Oh boy.
Again, not out of the port ofTampa Bay, utopia of the seas,
the world's biggest weekend, andrumor has it, they will have one
episode of the WesternCaribbean.
Oh.
Stay tuned.
Oh.
Sometime in 2026, they will beleaving the port of that's
(17:25):
right, the People's Port righthere in Port Canaver, and taking
one itinerary to the WesternCaribbean.
That could be exciting.
Again, as you can see, itdoesn't matter whether there's a
cloud in the sky, the grandeurof the seas, and the enchantment
of the seas, or the carnivalparadise, or the islander from
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uh Margaritavilla of the Sea.
And again, it is absolutelystunning.
The waters speak for itself.
We suggest you take a plungeright there, right off the port
in Cozumel.
Don't forget Costa Maya, somephenomenal shopping.
Don't forget Roatan Honduras.
Uh, again, you will see anotherhack from Team Limitless Travel,
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and don't forget, right there,you will see the MSC C class.
That is the seaside.
Absolutely amazing.
You will find those out of Portof Miami and Port Canaveral.
Again, too vast to go underneaththe Skyway Bridge.
But MSC is really putting theirclaws in the Caribbean market.
Uh of all the percentages whenwe talk about the Caribbean,
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Jesse, what would you say of allthe cruises in the world, what
percentage goes to theCaribbean?
Oh, 80%.
72, sir.
Okay.
72%.
So right on there.
So again, whether it's the MSC,again, MSC has some beautiful,
stunning ships.
Again, a little bit smaller, sothey're not going to be as vast
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as that C class right there withthe seaside.
Um, but again, absolutelystunning.
And again, Ocean uh K is verypopular as well, which is an uh
a marine uh reserve.
And again, we highly suggest toput that in your itinerary.
SPEAKER_00 (19:06):
Who do you think is a uh a typical MSC cruiser
versus a Royal Caribbean?
SPEAKER_01 (19:11):
You know, it really right now it's it's price point,
right?
What is worth worth?
So it has to do with what do youexpect.
A lot of clients truly are um,you know, loyalty is key with
Royal Caribbean.
Royal Caribbean does things thebest of the best.
But if you're looking to save alittle bit of money, you're
looking to go on a cruise tasticadventure, uh, again, the ships
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are a little bit laid outdifferent than Royal Caribbean,
you're not gonna find as many,um, you're not gonna find as
many uh slides, right?
A little bit more elegant whenit comes to the visuals.
So again, jaw dropping, and wehighly suggest if you want to
try a uh MSc product out of theport of Miami, the World
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America, and again, MSc standsfor Mediterranean Shipping
Company.
So they have done a phenomenal.
Job transforming themselves froma true shipping company to now
transporting sailors as ashipping company from one side
of the world to the other.
SPEAKER_00 (20:10):
Ideal.
All right.
Well, that's that's a good uhexplanation for our passengers
because sometimes it's hard tochoose.
If you're if you're loyal toRoyal and all that, that's all
you know, then what is it aboutyou know Norwegian or an MSc or
a celebrity that would make aloyal passenger decide, like,
oh, let's go enjoy this.
Is it the itinerary?
Is it the dining options?
(20:30):
I've heard that.
Is it, you know, uh some Ibelieve Norwegian had everything
inclusive, including alcohol atone time?
Yes, sir.
So it really depends on whatyour experience looks like.
And again, that could be thedining experience, excursions,
or the or the different ports ofcall.
And that includes their privateislands.
SPEAKER_01 (20:46):
And what would you say, Jesse, of everything that
you go on a cruise ship for,whether it's price, whether it's
itinerary, whether it's the shipitself, whether it's the loyalty
to the brand, what would you saybased on the clientele in the
world is number one of all ofthose?
SPEAKER_00 (21:02):
Uh clientele?
I mean, I think Royal Caribbeandominates.
SPEAKER_01 (21:06):
Right.
So obviously cruise ship wise,Royal Caribbean might have is
the creme de la creme.
But of those that I just named,from itinerary being the most
important to the ship itself, tothe brand, to um the price
point, obviously most peoplewould probably say what?
Price point.
Price point.
Right.
It's actually itinerary.
So itinerary is first based onthe travel industry, and then
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goes hand in hand, just a fewpercentage lower, would be that
price point.
And that's what MSc has reallydone a phenomenal job of.
If you want to go on a Fortniteuh out of out of any of the
local ports, uh you can simplyget on there usually for the
price with a drink package andWi-Fi included, they've done a
really good job honing into thatmarket.
Uh again, versus just getting ona royal ship.
(21:53):
Probably with Royal Caribbean,you will pay bits and pieces
more for the odds and ends.
But again, whether it's it'sMSc, whether it's Royal
Caribbean, whether it'sCarnival, whether it's NCL,
which is Norwegian, we have youcovered.
And that this picture right heretruly, truly explains why Royal
Caribbean is one of the mostpopular cruise lines.
What you see nearest to us is anOasis class ship.
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So that's gonna have seven oreight neighborhoods, right?
It's gonna be a floating city,just like we talk about.
Usually five to seven thousand,eight thousand uh cruisers on
it.
And then what you see in thebackground is going to be that
vision class.
That vision class, again, may ormay not really soon be replaced
with the discovery class.
So again, stay tuned.
We talk about many things tocome with Royal Caribbean, but
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again, that's the grandeur,that's the serenade, those are
the vision and radiance classes,usually, like I said, anywhere
from about um 70 to 90,000 grossregistered tons versus the front
ship anywhere from 225 to23600,000 gross registered tons.
So, really, the grandeur of theseas could probably fit inside
(22:59):
of any of those OASIS classes.
No kidding.
SPEAKER_00 (23:02):
That is quite the comparison, yes, sir.
SPEAKER_01 (23:05):
And again, we talk about itineraries, that is a
very popular art mural rightthere.
We talk about culture, we talkabout what sets the Western
Caribbean apart from everywhereelse.
That is Costa Maya, absolutelystunning, colors upon colors,
and again, safety is a bigpriority for them.
You'll do all your shopping inone centralized location.
You might dip your feet in somewater as well.
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But again, culture is truly whatseparates the Western Caribbean.
And there it is right there.
Just a year ago, a year and ahalf ago, our youngest daughter,
we simply said, Hey, what do youwant to do this summer?
She says, All I want is a tacofrom Mexico.
So there you see, right there, alittle uh carne asada, my
favorite.
Oh, yeah.
A little bit of uh verde salsa,uh, a little bit of lime, and
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washing it down with a littlebit of uh uh you know juice
right there.
And again, there is nothing likeit.
You want true authentic foodfrom Mexico.
No kidding.
You take a little dip in thepool, you're you're you're
you're skating over on the Gulf,right over to the Western
Caribbean, and that was one ofthe first things we did.
And as you can see, there's somuch to do, but please try an
(24:14):
authentic taco from Mexico.
No kidding.
SPEAKER_00 (24:17):
Getting hungry already.
SPEAKER_01 (24:19):
There you go.
And there is our hack we talkedabout earlier.
That is located in Costa Maya.
I'm sorry, that is uh Roatan,Honduras.
Yeah, that is the Maya Key.
And as you can see, so manythings to do there.
Wildlife galore, um, Jesse.
Uh, go ahead and just explainsome of the things you see right
there on that beautiful signage.
SPEAKER_00 (24:39):
Yeah, if I was reading, yeah, on the right
column you see uh sea lions, wegot the aviary, which is where
all the birds are at, uh jaguaruh habitat, you got small cats
habitat, uh we have white facedmonkeys and spider monkeys, a
toucan.
So you have like it's it's likea little zoo over there, but of
all the indigenous uh species ofanimals.
SPEAKER_01 (25:00):
And again, not just the animals, you will see the
planes, they fly right over theisland.
It's got a beautiful andstunning pool.
So you go from pools to beaches,absolutely amazing.
Again, grandeur of the seas,right there, row it on Honduras,
do a little shopping, you take alittle tender over to Maya Key,
and again, you are treated trulylike royalty.
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I'm saying, look at that.
We got some ruins, it lookslike.
That's it.
You know, again, culture,culture, culture.
That's the best way we candescribe the Western Caribbean.
And again, as you can see, thatis right there, the grandeur of
the seas pulling right into uhthe port of Roatan, Honduras.
They've done a really, reallygood job of making sure your
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your family safety is the numberone priority.
You'll go in, you'll see uh uhfrom the minute you pull up to
the port, you get to do someshopping there, you jump on a
tender, you go to a few of thekeys around, just like you saw
there with Maya Key.
Again, absolutely stunning.
Grandeur of the seas,enchantment of the seas, and
again, Paradise from Carnival,and don't forget the smaller
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islander from uh Margaritavilleof the Seas.
And there it is.
That just stare at it.
Just take three seconds andstare at it.
That right there.
SPEAKER_00 (26:25):
And pictures don't do all the justice.
SPEAKER_01 (26:28):
No, but if we're gonna talk about pictures, now
you're making me hungry.
I know, right?
And we're gonna go ahead andstart off with dessert.
Again, some of the specialtyrestaurants you see on board,
you have the chef's table, youhave Chop's Grill, you have the
Giovanni's table, and then youhave a zoomy.
Now, one thing with the zoomy isyou don't have the hibachi
tables, but you'll always havetheir signature desserts.
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The top of the screen rightthere is gonna be the lovely
lava cake, and then the mochiballs on the bottom.
Again, their version of icecream.
We're not big on the pistachioflavored, so you can see two
strawberry mango right in themiddle with a little bit of
strawberry paste.
SPEAKER_00 (27:04):
Yeah, we got garnish, show me.
SPEAKER_01 (27:06):
Absolutely amazing.
And again, working our way fromdessert to the main course,
sushi upon sushi.
Uh it is absolutely stunning.
And you're gonna see, you know,sushi, many people think sushi
means raw.
Right.
And that's actually not thecase, just like the captain's,
you know, talking about now.
Um, again, he's delved in alittle bit of uh sushi
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restaurants in his lifetime.
Oh, yeah.
Uh, and again, just thepresentation is what knocks it
out of the box for RoyalCaribbean Azumi.
Whether you want to do the Azumihibachi, which is our favorite
on the larger ships, whether youwant to do sushi, or the whether
you want to do a big plate and asmall plate, like you're gonna
see um on these other sizedships, it is hands down our
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favorite, and it is truly athree-course meal.
Getting a little zoom in rightthere.
Jesse, go ahead and describewhat you see.
SPEAKER_00 (27:57):
Well, on the left, it it looks like some kind of uh
either lettuce or cabbage, somekind of thin wrap with cooked
rice and looks like some othercooked ingredients.
Everything looks great.
SPEAKER_01 (28:10):
Possibly a veggie roll.
SPEAKER_00 (28:11):
Veggie roll, yeah.
I was gonna say, or maybe like aum a dissected uh a spring roll
of some sort.
Uh here we have the tempura ontop of uh a traditional uh sushi
rice uh roll.
I see some seaweed in there aswell.
And tempura, of course, uhflaky, delightful uh batter that
they they have.
SPEAKER_01 (28:31):
You can't forget the spicy mayo and the eel sauce on
the right.
No, no, that's our favorite.
SPEAKER_00 (28:36):
Yeah.
Yeah, I think it's everybody'sfavorite.
And then on the right, you seesome inside out uh with the tuna
on the on the outside, and lookslike some avocado, perhaps, some
uh looks like also some tempurain the middle, pickled ginger,
and your Japanese horseradish,aka wasabe.
Wasabi all of it looks amazing.
SPEAKER_01 (28:56):
Sushimi I love sashimi.
You know, zooming in a littlebit more, that is obviously that
is what most people wouldconsider sushi.
Uh beautiful, nice slab of tunaright there in the front, all
the way to the shrimp on theend.
Again, whatever you'd like, theywill make it to your liking.
And again, sushi's not foreverybody, but we highly suggest
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try it once.
I was not a fish person growingup, but I can tell you, I love
me sometimes.
SPEAKER_00 (29:23):
Well, I think uh the sushi is more entry-level.
Sashimis just fresh cut fish.
Correct.
Correct.
Uh sushi usually alwaysincorporates a rice and a
seaweed.
Sometimes not, sometimes, butit's usually always prepared as
a roll, right?
Sashimi, that's just fresh, rawfish.
SPEAKER_01 (29:39):
And again, nice, beautiful slabs right there,
colors beyond belief.
SPEAKER_00 (29:43):
Yeah, I see all your omegas there.
Some that looks like probablylike a chilled shrimp.
You don't want to eat rawshrimp, but they'll they'll uh
cook it like usually a poach orsomething, and then serve it um
just slightly cooked, uh with uhwithout the shell there, and uh
yeah, looks like some um hamachior some snapper, some salmon,
some tuna, uh and a seaweedsalad.
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All of it looks amazing,beautiful presentation.
Love how Japanese cook.
SPEAKER_01 (30:09):
Nigeri is one of my favorites as well.
Again, uh that's where they takea little bit of the fish, as you
see here, they put it a littlebit over rice.
Again, just had some yesterday.
Yeah, baby.
And again, whether you want togo raw, whether you want to go
uh seared, or you want to haveit fried.
The tempura is hands down ourfavorite.
SPEAKER_00 (30:30):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (30:31):
Uh I believe Jesse and I have had conversations.
You could even have asparagustempura, and it is absolutely
amazing.
And truly, again, you dip it ina little bit of soy sauce, it is
phenomenal.
Top to bottom, that tempurabatter makes it.
SPEAKER_00 (30:48):
Yeah, how do you get kids to eat uh their veggies?
You know, just batter it, deepfry it in tempura, and uh man,
it just makes a good snack onthe go.
And whether it's uh soy or panzuor whatever the serving sauce
is, a little dipping sauce goesa long way.
And uh yeah, you know, andthat's one thing about cruising.
You could you could be in Mexicoeating fine Japanese cuisine,
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like there's no rules, andusually there's so many dining
options that uh it all makessense.
So anyway, that was a greatslideshow.
Yay, coach.
I appreciate that.
I don't want to have to add upan applause track right there.
A little vibe show right there.
SPEAKER_01 (31:23):
And again, yeah, just a couple things.
We know we talked a lot aboutthe grandeur of the seas.
You have the enchantment of theseas, which also has 12 decks.
I know we alluded to the Utopia,which has 18 decks, again, a
little bit smaller, only 1,100uh staterooms, 2,200 guests, uh
again, 82,000 gross registeredtons.
Uh again, a little bit older aswe talk about 1997.
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Both of these ships are again.
Vision class.
Uh again, we would say staytuned because the Discovery
class might be replacing those.
And again, from the SunshineSkyway Bridge to Sunsets, valet
parking, a big port with smallships, ease of embarking and
disembarking, and just minuteson and off top to bottom.
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Uh Port of Tampa Bay is handsdown one of our favorites, aka
Cigar City.
Again, short little drive overto Ybor City.
Uh you have Bayshore Boulevardwith the longest sidewalk in the
world.
And Jesse, how long would yousay that sidewalk is?
SPEAKER_00 (32:22):
I know Bayshore Drive.
Um, how many feet that sidewalkis?
Oh, feet?
Yeah.
Long?
Yeah.
Well, if it's miles, it's got tobe about 45.
No, about five, I would say fivemiles, maybe like six thousand
feet.
SPEAKER_01 (32:34):
4.5.
So that was a trick question.
I tried to get you right there.
A little stump the captain rightthere from the cruise coach.
I was calculating, I'm like,mmm.
Okay.
And what else do you think Tampamight be known for?
SPEAKER_00 (32:46):
Well, it's got the cigars, Ebor.
So you have the old town, right?
The Latin quarter.
Um it's the Bulls, home of UUSF.
Sure.
Uh St.
Pete Clearwater, Sarasota.
Right.
SPEAKER_01 (32:59):
Um which is the airports, which we'll talk
about.
SPEAKER_00 (33:01):
Okay.
And uh yeah, just uh white sandbeaches and beautiful sunsets.
SPEAKER_01 (33:06):
First passenger flight, 1914.
Oh.
And also known, rumor has it, asthe lightning capital of the
world.
That's been very fun.
What sport?
SPEAKER_00 (33:17):
Oh, the hockey team, right?
SPEAKER_01 (33:18):
There you go.
Yeah.
Yeah, there you go.
And again, like Jesse and I werejust alluding to, if you want to
fly into the beautiful andstunning port of Tampa, you can
fly into Tampa Internationaljust minutes away from the port.
You have the St.
Pete Clearwater port and theSarasota Bradington port.
And again, it is absolutelyamazing, just like here, uh Port
Canaveral, three airports to flyinto will get you right over
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from Port of Tampa, right overto the Western Caribbean or the
Southern Caribbean.
SPEAKER_00 (33:46):
Yeah, here I hear that.
So uh and one thing about Tampaas well, you're right there uh
by Orlando.
So you could easily go toTampa's own bush gardens.
You could again, we alwaysrecommend doing the surf and
turf, you know, you bookend eachcruise with a couple days in
either that host city whereyou're sailing out of or an
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adjacent city.
It's not too far fetched tomaybe fly into MCO in Orlando,
enjoy a couple days at a themepark in Orlando, Walt Disney
World Universal.
You have your pick, SeaWorlds.
I mean, there's there's so manyof them.
And then uh and then uh youknow, get an Uber or something
else, and or maybe so even someuh van line.
Some of the uh cooperatinghotels will have vans that that
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uh go to Tampa.
Uh but yeah, there's all kindsof ways to bookend your vacation
so you can enjoy a little bit ofuh land and then a little bit of
water.
We call it the surfing turf.
SPEAKER_01 (34:38):
Perfect.
And again, just we don't want toleave the carnival paradise out
of it.
No Guy's Burger Joint is a verypopular eatery on there.
The Blue Iguana Cantina, pizzagalore, bonsai sushi, Lido
Marketplace, coffee bar.
Some places would be to kind ofhang out, the piano bar, the
dance club, blue iguana tequilabar, and the red frog rum bar.
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So whether you like tequila orrum, they've got you covered.
Again, a little bit of an oldership built in 1998, uh, gross
tonnage, about 71,000 grossregistered tons, 2600 capacity
uh total, and team members about900.
State rooms about a little overa thousand, but not just the
cruise ships.
So you I know you've beenwaiting on this, and I know
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we've talked about it.
Here are some cool things theWestern Caribbean has to offer.
We'll just go through, kind ofslide through these really
quick, really fast.
December 2025, not necessarilyin the Western Caribbean.
Royal Caribbean will have itsRoyal Beach Club Paradise Island
in Nassau.
So if you spend a lot of time onNassau, we highly recommend it.
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It is the first ever privatebeach club exclusive to Royal
Caribbean.
It is what's called the UltimateDay Beach Experience, about$129
per person.
Your drink package should carryover, and here we go.
These are the next few that aregonna blow your mind.
All right, let's hear it.
December 2026, Royal Beach ClubCozumel.
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Oh, so not just on the normal uhsmaller islands, we've got that
right there.
Now that'll be exclusive toRoyal Caribbean as well, just a
small, just a short 10-minutedrive.
Uh, they're still working on howthey're gonna do that.
You'll have zones everywherefrom chill to family to party,
swim up bar, uh, beach spacegalore, cabanas, snorkeling,
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kayaking, restaurants, andstreet markets.
So stay tuned.
And here we go.
We're talking the first everoutside of the North American uh
culture, L'elepa.
Lelepa.
Absolutely amazing.
First private destination againoutside of uh North America,
September of 2027, the biggestsombrero in the world.
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Oh.
Costa Maya, perfect day Mexico,rumor has it, over 31 slides,
twice the size of Coco KBahamas, 220 acres of land, five
zones, uh Fiesta, uh, plaza,chill beach, Costa Maya Club, El
Hideaway, so an adults-onlyspot, and the Splash Cove.
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Those are the uh spots that aregonna be absolutely cruistastic.
And don't forget from RoyalCaribbean, Icon 4 in 2027, icon
five in 2028, Oasis class 7,number 7 in 2028, and like we
talked about earlier, theDiscovery class, which in our
opinion will probably bereplacing the Vision class.
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So just like we talked about theenchantment, just like we've
talked about the grandeur, staytuned, Royal Caribbean doing
some big things.
SPEAKER_00 (37:38):
So much big things.
Um, and then before we go, wejust have to do a quick shout
out to our amazing uh uh youknow, we we've been doing like
so many things behind thescenes, and one of those was
like, well, what about merch?
Because not just best of thebest.
Yeah, because I mean cruisecoach, like you you know the
power of uh branding and havingI mean everybody recognizes you
(37:59):
with those shirts now.
When you go on, everybodyrecognizes the logo.
That's it.
They come up to you, they knowwho you are, you're the
personality uh that everybodysees on TikTok and Instagram,
and uh and of course, peerpressure porkast would not be
complete without our ownmerchandise.
So we have to give a big shoutout to FlowMason.
SPEAKER_01 (38:16):
Jesse.
Um that man right there has gotsome things going on, Jesse.
Yeah good old Steve Huss rightthere, an old friend of Team
Limitless Travel, an old friendof yours.
I know you're rocking a cup withhis logo right there.
We just saw him at Jason Noon'sconcert.
So again, it's family galore.
Again, FlowMason, Bromasin,many, many things as you'll see
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You simply go to Floma.com, yousimply go to uh merch partners,
and you go ahead and click onpodcast, and you will see the
unbelievable R stuff rightthere.
SPEAKER_00 (38:51):
Oh, there it is.
SPEAKER_01 (38:52):
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SPEAKER_00 (39:12):
I know it.
Look at that.
We got the collab, we got the wegot the branding, cruise coach
FlowMason.
It includes a little bit ofeverything, the 3P on the hull
of the ship, of course, the uhcross on top, that's it, the
mic.
It's got all of our uh signatureimagery.
So we have again mics andcrosses and and ships.
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It says everything you need tosay about the peer pressure
portcast.
And if you're a fan of any oneor all three, it makes a great
addition to your wardrobe.
And of course, when you sailwith us, you know, everybody's
gonna be sweating your stees.
That's all it is to it.
But yeah, look at all theFlomaison headwear.
Can you shop here?
Get some of his uh long sleeve.
These are all uh part of uhSteve's uh Flomazin uh creation.
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Got the got the Florida flags,got all the festive shirts.
SPEAKER_01 (39:58):
And again, if you want to.
Collab with Flo Mason, just letus know.
We'll get you over to him.
We also want to thank a few ofour other sponsors as well.
Jesse Hall with the Space CoastCollective at LPT Realty.
Again, Misty at Amara Salon andSpa.
If you want to get your hairdone, nails done, you want to
get your lady right.
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Again, so many things.
The cruise coach will have youcovered.
You want to go on a cruise, youwant to go anywhere in the
world.
We do more than cruises.
And again, not just cruises.
We want to invite you on a grouptrip with us.
(40:40):
We just got off a Halloweencruise with 36 clients.
We have uh groups that are inthe hundreds.
So if you have a celebration youwant to have had, give us a call
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Again, the captain, the cruisecoach, peer pressure portcast,
and Jesse, do you mind if I prayus out and uh say a little uh
condolences and uh thank uh thegood Lord for keeping those safe
in Jamaica?
SPEAKER_00 (41:19):
Yes, absolutely.
SPEAKER_01 (41:19):
Dear Lord, we love you and we thank you.
We thank you for everyopportunity and every blessing,
Lord.
We just pray that you'll be withthe the islands and the area of
Jamaica and anyone else who hasbeen um basically paralyzed from
uh Hurricane Melissa or anyother hurricanes that have come
through.
We know the state of Florida hasbeen spared and we thank you so
much, Lord.
We just pray that you'llcontinue to build these areas
(41:41):
unlike they've ever been builtbefore.
You must we know you mustdeconstruct before you
reconstruct, Lord.
We pray for any family dealingwith any heart wake, heartache
from any of these hurricanes orany of these natural disasters
or even mental health.
Lord, we pray for every sailorto keep them safe on any cruises
here with peer pressureportcasts or with any of the
cruise lines, Lord.
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We know that your light willshine brighter than anybody
else.
We pray that you will be justcontinuing to light the darkness
out of this world.
And again, Lord, we know thatthis world exists because of
you.
We love you and we thank you,and we just pray that if someone
does not have a relationshipwith you, they can simply reach
out to us and we will get themand connect with our favorite
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church locally, or if they justwant to have a conversation
about you, Lord.
Our ears are open.
We know that please guide ourvoices, please guide our
actions, and we pray thateverything we do, Lord, is done
in your light.
We love you and we thank you,and we know that Peer Pressure
Portcasts cannot exist withoutyour light, Lord.
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We love you and we thank you.
In your name we pray.
SPEAKER_00 (42:46):
Amen.
That was lovely.
Thank you so much, Coach.
Thank you to all of our VacaNation audience.
We love you guys, and uh that'sit.
That's an episode two wrap up.
Follow us, and we'll take youstill.
And what's up, y'all?
Episode two of the 3P PierrePressure Forecast.
Hey there, if you haven't uhguessed, this is your Captain
Jesse speaking, and with me inthe studio, as always, is a
cruise coach.
How are you doing, cruise coach?
SPEAKER_01 (00:24):
What's up, Vacation Nation?
I am blessed.
Thank you so much for asking,Jesse.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (00:29):
Yeah, so we're gonna get started real quick.
Um, but since the last uhepisode, uh we had uh Hurricane
Melissa come through the greatuh island nation of Jamaica.
Um our brethren are down there,we pray for them.
Uh great place to see either bycruise ship or anywhere else.
You gotta get to Ocho Rios,Negrill, Montego Bay.
(00:50):
I mean, a beautiful island,beautiful people, and we would
pray for them uh immensely.
And uh and big shout out to allthe the cruise ships and uh the
cruise ship carriers who are uhsending boats and and ships down
there with supplies, I meanpallets of supplies, water, uh
medicine, all the necessities.
Uh we hope they get on back ontheir feet real soon, but again,
they are surrounded by water,and the only way to for us to
(01:12):
get goods to them is by uh ship,boat, or plane.
So we really hope that um youknow other the people with the
means step up and we're reallyexcited about the cruise
industry uh being one of thosefirst on on the scene to help
and give some relief.
So Yay.
Um today is the WesternCaribbean.
We're gonna talk about uh how toget there, uh what boats uh head
(01:35):
out there, and uh in the in thefamous uh ports uh that uh that
you'll see out there.
And uh to lead that charge anduh this next segment will be the
cruise coach.
SPEAKER_01 (01:47):
So this is gonna be what we call a vibe show.
Today you will see after thevibe show, we're gonna go ahead
and jump into obviously the portof Tampa Bay and the Western
Caribbean.
Uh you'll know about the cruiseships, the uh how to embark and
disembark from the port of TampaBay.
You'll know about the threeairports to to fly into in the
(02:07):
in the big um cigar city or thebig guava.
Absolutely unbelievable.
Yes.
Uh you'll know about the threeterminals in the port of Tampa
Bay.
That's right, Bakersville, akaTampa Bay, Buccaneer Country.
Uh we'll talk about the newthings to come very soon within
the next three to four yearsfrom Royal Caribbean and a few
(02:28):
of the other cruise lines.
And again, so many things.
It's gonna be absolutelyamazing.
But before we do that, we'reabout to do an industry first.
That's right, have a little bitof a vibe show and take you on a
cruise into the WesternCaribbean from the port of Tampa
Bay.
SPEAKER_00 (02:44):
And uh we're gonna start um right there, uh right
there on the cruise deck.
That's right.
SPEAKER_01 (02:50):
What you see there is the beautiful cruise deck of
the grandeur of the seas.
Again, there are there are fourcruise ships currently out of
the port of Tampa Bay.
You currently have the grandeurof the seas and the enchantment
of the seas from RoyalCaribbean.
You also have the CarnivalParadise and the Margarita of
the Sea Islander.
But what you see right there isreally what makes the smaller
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ships uh stunning from RoyalCaribbean.
Small, still stunning, and thatis the beautiful Sundeck on Deck
11.
And moving on, we have anotherpool.
And again, pools galore.
So not only do you have pools asyou can see right there as well,
hot tubs galore, again, uh niceand relaxing, a little R, West
(03:36):
Cor Western Caribbean style.
Uh simply uh you get on the shipout of the port of Tampa Bay.
Uh you you hang out maybe inchannelside for the night
before.
Again, we always urge to goahead and spend the night before
and after you get on the cruiseship, you carry on what you need
to carry on.
Room keys are regularly readyfor you at 1 30.
(03:58):
In the meantime, you hang outright there, nothing like it.
Pool side.
SPEAKER_00 (04:03):
And coach, uh remind everybody, since they're leaving
out of Port of Tampa, how longtill you get to the next port of
call?
Is it is it a uh a C day?
SPEAKER_01 (04:12):
Yeah, most of the time when when you leave uh the
port of Tampa Bay, sometimesit's one C day, sometimes it's
two C days.
So you're gonna take some time.
You're gonna go ahead and slide.
And the reason why we say that,you slide right down right
through the Gulf.
Uh again, it is so calm, it isso chill.
You are about to see somesunsets unlike you have ever
(04:33):
seen before.
And again, it is so, sorelaxing.
We urge you to do that.
Now, you those are usuallyanywhere from five to seven-day
cruise tastic adventures orseven-night cruise tastic
adventures on your way to theWestern Caribbean, and again,
places like Belize, Costa Maya,Mexico, Casumel, Mexico, Roatan,
(04:54):
Honduras.
Again, you might stop at theCayman Islands as well.
And again, not only the WesternCaribbean, you might also stop
in the Southern Caribbean, whichis the ABC Islands.
That's right, Aruba, Bonaire,and Carocao.
SPEAKER_00 (05:08):
All right, moving on.
Oh, another beautiful uh deckscene.
SPEAKER_01 (05:12):
And again, deck after deck, right?
We talk about fun in the sun.
There is nothing like it.
It is just a nice tropicaladventure.
You, uh, anywhere from uh couplethousand uh guests.
So, right there, as you can see,you are on the grandeur of the
seas.
The grandeur of the seas has1992 guests, however, it is a
smaller ship, uh 74,000 grossregistered tons.
(05:37):
So, again, is one of the old oneof the oldest ships in the
fleet.
Uh, it was uh made in voyageDecember of 1996, and again, it
is absolutely stunning.
And also, besides the grandeur,you also have the uh enchantment
of the seas.
Again, not as many guests, onlyabout 1200 guests.
(05:58):
So, again, your choice, WesternCaribbean from Royal Caribbean,
or you'll also see the carnival,that's right, paradise as well.
SPEAKER_00 (06:08):
Very cool.
Oh, beautiful picture.
SPEAKER_01 (06:10):
And again, not only do we like the fun and the sun,
well, how about when the sungoes down?
And what you see right there isthe pool deck at night.
Nice, cool, calm.
Again, super, super chill, tonof R and R.
And what they do is they takethat screen and they'll put a
cinematic movie on there.
So nothing better than you andyour family maybe having a nice
(06:32):
little relaxing Mai Thai or afrozen tropical drink.
Our favorite is the MasterCard,um, which is a little bit of
mango mixed with a little bit ofstrawberry or a mock tail for
you and the kids, whichever youprefer, relaxing on that top
deck, chill upon chill, watchinga movie of your choice.
SPEAKER_00 (06:50):
Yeah, movie under the stars, watching the stars.
Unbelievable.
So, how about this one?
SPEAKER_01 (06:56):
And again, uh from the pool views.
So, again, uh day after day, werecommend spend some time on the
pool.
Now, obviously, the older styleships aren't going to have the
water slides, right?
But they will have pools galore.
And one thing we recommend, andone thing we ask for our guests,
please don't hog those chairs.
There are plenty of chairs to goaround.
The captain will attest.
(07:16):
Yes.
Have a little respect for youruh, you know, for the sailor
next to you, and not just onthis pool deck, but also when
entering an elevator, please bepatient.
If you're the third family towalk up, well, you're the third
in line to walk into that intothat elevator.
And again, respect the personnext to you, and we promise you
it will be a cruise tasticadventure, unlike ever before.
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I love it.
There it is, that's right.
So we go from small ships to thelargest cruise ship in the
world.
250,000 gross registeredtongues, the icon of the seas
out of Miami, Florida.
Also, you have the Star of theSeas out of Port Canaveral,
Florida.
We know we're focusing on theport of Tampa.
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However, look out.
Soon enough, out of Galveston,you might see another icon ship,
maybe the icon 4.
We will see, and not just wewill see when it comes to the
icon class ships, you will alsohear about many phenomenal
things to come from RoyalCaribbean.
SPEAKER_00 (08:17):
Yeah, more to come.
I mean, our RCI is doing someincredible things.
SPEAKER_01 (08:20):
Unbelievable.
SPEAKER_00 (08:21):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (08:21):
And that truly is what you see behind us right
there.
That is what makes the smallerships so memorable.
Not just for you, but also forthe family as well.
If you want to get a drink, yougo right there to the bar.
But that is what's known as thecentrum.
The centrum goes from deckseight to deck five.
You can find a nice seat, youand your family, or you can just
chill, overlook that balconyfrom the games to the cruise
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director to fun with the family.
And I promise you, that is trulywhat separates the older ships,
the smaller ships.
That's the difference betweenthe new, larger ships with all
these neighborhoods.
Right.
And there you see walking intothe casino, a little buried
treasure.
R.
Again, the port of Tampa Bay,the smaller ships straight to
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the one-armed bandits, andagain, might be a hidden
treasure in that next slotmachine.
You walk up to the Casino Royalewill take care of you and your
family.
That's right.
18 and up.
And that is the beautiful andstunning channel side that you
see behind me.
Uh, we spent a lot of time therewhen I was in college, uh, back
at the University of Florida, GoGators.
Many, many hours in the 90s, wewould drive down I-75.
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And again, there are threeterminals in Tampa Bay.
Two of them are located rightthere where you'll see that
beautiful, stunning view ofchannel side, terminal two and
terminal three, and thenterminal six, which would be at
McKay Street.
And again, the best part ofTampa Bay is you pull right up
to that terminal, you hand thevalet your keys for only$20
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more.
Five days, uh, usually parkingis about$95, and seven days
about$125.
Very reasonable compared toother ports that are out there.
Very cool.
And there it is.
That is truly what makes thereyou go.
Absolutely stunning.
That right there, you gounderneath the Sunshine Skyway
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Bridge, again, only feet fromthe top of the bridge.
I'm sorry, from the bridge tothe top of that cruise ship, and
it is absolutely stunning,especially certain times of the
year.
You go under, as you can see,many people will go outside,
just like you'll see right therein that vibe show.
Beautifully and stunning,underneath that Skyway bridge
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and a view, unlike anywhereelse.
And Jesse, how many feet wouldyou say on average is the port
of Tampa, the the waterway?
SPEAKER_00 (10:50):
So I know the right answer, but I think it was my
impression that it was at leastuh forty feet.
SPEAKER_01 (10:56):
Forty to fifty is what most of our clients would
say, and rumor has it, 12 feet.
SPEAKER_00 (11:01):
See, for a channel, even like a uh I mean you gotta
judge the tides well.
I'm I'm I'm sure if the bay is,you know, it may not be affected
too much by tides, but you canimagine if you know you gotta
calibrate the the tide withgoing over that bridge.
You don't want a collision, doyou?
SPEAKER_01 (11:17):
No, definitely not.
And obviously some of theseships, both the enchantment and
the grandeur of the seas, abouta thousand feet in length.
Right.
Uh seventy-three to eighty-fiveuh thousand gross registered
tons.
So again, we're talking a lot ofuh movement, but again, they do
it better than most ports fromthe port of Tampa.
SPEAKER_00 (11:38):
Well, I hope it's a wide channel, because if you're
trying to like, you know, uhreally stay on a a small uh you
know width, then it that's gottabe a challenge for any captain
to keep a boat you know within acertain uh uh width of a
channel.
Exactly.
Hopefully it's you know, if itis that shallow, hopefully it's
plenty wide.
SPEAKER_01 (11:57):
Yeah, I fully agree with you, Captain.
And there it is, probably themost popular destination in the
Western Caribbean.
Uh, that is Cazamel.
Again, whether you want to go toone, two, three, or four
destinations, that is the mostpopular, you have Cazamel right
there.
The second most popular would beCosta Maya, a lot of things to
come with Cazumel and CostaMaya.
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You also have Roatan Honduras,which Royal Caribbean has done a
phenomenal job with that, andthen Belize, absolutely amazing.
And rumor has it as well,Progreso is continuing to get
more and more popular.
About half a million uh cruisershave gone through the port of
Progreso, and that is up 80%.
So hats off to the WesternCaribbean, uh, the natives
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there, and again, just welcomingus to paradise.
Amen.
Again, uh, maybe you might needto uh get on that smaller ship.
We've got a uh you know uh uhlife preserver right there.
We highly suggest do never tograb those life preservers
unless you need it, or maybe youjust want to float back to the
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ship.
Again, we don't really recommendthat as well, but that is a nice
side view.
That's right.
That is the um that is thestarboard side of the grandeur
of the seas.
Again, 12 total decks, 996staterooms, 1992 guests at
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double occupancy, and again,built in Finland, made in
voyage, 1996.
An oldie but a goodie, and oneof our favorite ships that we
cruise on with Team LimitlessTravel at least once a year.
SPEAKER_00 (13:32):
Yeah, until the uh the port of Tampa gets a uh a
sky bridge uh that that has adrawbridge feature.
Yes, you know, that's a that's afixed height, so any any ship
leaving there uh you know isgonna have to have a uh uh a
height limit, right?
So um, but just like some ofthose Viking cruises in uh in
Europe, they have to go undersome extremely short uh bridges.
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But you know, they they stillhave the boats that accommodate
and you're able to go up anddown uh those those beautiful
rivers in Europe.
So it's not again, it's notalways the the boat is always
limiting, right?
SPEAKER_01 (14:06):
Yes, sir.
And a couple things that we loveabout these ships is just
especially dining.
We'll go ahead and allude tothat here in a minute.
Again, what you saw there is themix that's from the carnival uh
paradise uh over going over tothe grandeur of the seas.
So again, whether you're inCozumel and you go left to
right, whether you want to getwith this, which is the Carnival
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uh cruise ships, or you want toget with that, which is the
Royal Caribbean cruise ships,we've got you covered.
And not just these two cruiseships, you'll also see MSC,
Holland America, Stay Tuned,Norwegian, Celebrity, which is
also part of the Royal Caribbeanfamily.
So much more.
Usually, on average, eightvessels out of the three
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terminals from Port of TampaBay.
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Again, that right there.
Yeah.
How would you describe that,Captain Jesse?
SPEAKER_00 (15:41):
I mean, looking aft towards you know, where you're
coming from and just watchingthat horizon disappear, the the
the the prop wash, you know.
I mean, sometimes there'sdolphins and other sea life, you
know, playing in the prop washbehind you.
Sometimes they're on the bow,you know, being like that they
like to be chased by the boat.
Uh, but either way, it's um it'sjust a beautiful vista.
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I mean, it's just I mean,especially the golf.
You know, the golf can be asstill as a mirror sometimes, and
just like this uh videorepresents, uh, yeah, it's just
um you mean you're you're theonly ripple in in the whole
ocean, you know?
SPEAKER_01 (16:16):
You know, and and again, you could be looking off
the rock climbing wall, and thatcan be your view.
That's what makes these ships sostunning.
And again, whether it'scarnival, whether it's royal,
and there you go.
That right there is the creme dela creme, the best view I've
ever seen.
Sunsets unlike anywhere else.
Yeah.
And again, from left to right,from forward to aft, nothing
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like it.
Just you, a little bit ofprescription to paradise from
Peer Pressure Portcast and PeerPressurePortcast.com.
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paradise.com as well.
And we've got you covered,whether it's the captain,
whether it's the cruise coach,or the peer pressure portcast
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team.
And there she is.
Oh boy.
Again, not out of the port ofTampa Bay, utopia of the seas,
the world's biggest weekend, andrumor has it, they will have one
episode of the WesternCaribbean.
Oh.
Stay tuned.
Oh.
Sometime in 2026, they will beleaving the port of that's
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right, the People's Port righthere in Port Canaver, and taking
one itinerary to the WesternCaribbean.
That could be exciting.
Again, as you can see, itdoesn't matter whether there's a
cloud in the sky, the grandeurof the seas, and the enchantment
of the seas, or the carnivalparadise, or the islander from
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uh Margaritavilla of the Sea.
And again, it is absolutelystunning.
The waters speak for itself.
We suggest you take a plungeright there, right off the port
in Cozumel.
Don't forget Costa Maya, somephenomenal shopping.
Don't forget Roatan Honduras.
Uh, again, you will see anotherhack from Team Limitless Travel,
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and don't forget, right there,you will see the MSC C class.
That is the seaside.
Absolutely amazing.
You will find those out of Portof Miami and Port Canaveral.
Again, too vast to go underneaththe Skyway Bridge.
But MSC is really putting theirclaws in the Caribbean market.
Uh of all the percentages whenwe talk about the Caribbean,
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Jesse, what would you say of allthe cruises in the world, what
percentage goes to theCaribbean?
Oh, 80%.
72, sir.
Okay.
72%.
So right on there.
So again, whether it's the MSC,again, MSC has some beautiful,
stunning ships.
Again, a little bit smaller, sothey're not going to be as vast
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as that C class right there withthe seaside.
Um, but again, absolutelystunning.
And again, Ocean uh K is verypopular as well, which is an uh
a marine uh reserve.
And again, we highly suggest toput that in your itinerary.
SPEAKER_00 (19:06):
Who do you think is a uh a typical MSC cruiser
versus a Royal Caribbean?
SPEAKER_01 (19:11):
You know, it really right now it's it's price point,
right?
What is worth worth?
So it has to do with what do youexpect.
A lot of clients truly are um,you know, loyalty is key with
Royal Caribbean.
Royal Caribbean does things thebest of the best.
But if you're looking to save alittle bit of money, you're
looking to go on a cruise tasticadventure, uh, again, the ships
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are a little bit laid outdifferent than Royal Caribbean,
you're not gonna find as many,um, you're not gonna find as
many uh slides, right?
A little bit more elegant whenit comes to the visuals.
So again, jaw dropping, and wehighly suggest if you want to
try a uh MSc product out of theport of Miami, the World
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America, and again, MSc standsfor Mediterranean Shipping
Company.
So they have done a phenomenal.
Job transforming themselves froma true shipping company to now
transporting sailors as ashipping company from one side
of the world to the other.
SPEAKER_00 (20:10):
Ideal.
All right.
Well, that's that's a good uhexplanation for our passengers
because sometimes it's hard tochoose.
If you're if you're loyal toRoyal and all that, that's all
you know, then what is it aboutyou know Norwegian or an MSc or
a celebrity that would make aloyal passenger decide, like,
oh, let's go enjoy this.
Is it the itinerary?
Is it the dining options?
(20:30):
I've heard that.
Is it, you know, uh some Ibelieve Norwegian had everything
inclusive, including alcohol atone time?
Yes, sir.
So it really depends on whatyour experience looks like.
And again, that could be thedining experience, excursions,
or the or the different ports ofcall.
And that includes their privateislands.
SPEAKER_01 (20:46):
And what would you say, Jesse, of everything that
you go on a cruise ship for,whether it's price, whether it's
itinerary, whether it's the shipitself, whether it's the loyalty
to the brand, what would you saybased on the clientele in the
world is number one of all ofthose?
SPEAKER_00 (21:02):
Uh clientele?
I mean, I think Royal Caribbeandominates.
SPEAKER_01 (21:06):
Right.
So obviously cruise ship wise,Royal Caribbean might have is
the creme de la creme.
But of those that I just named,from itinerary being the most
important to the ship itself, tothe brand, to um the price
point, obviously most peoplewould probably say what?
Price point.
Price point.
Right.
It's actually itinerary.
So itinerary is first based onthe travel industry, and then
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goes hand in hand, just a fewpercentage lower, would be that
price point.
And that's what MSc has reallydone a phenomenal job of.
If you want to go on a Fortniteuh out of out of any of the
local ports, uh you can simplyget on there usually for the
price with a drink package andWi-Fi included, they've done a
really good job honing into thatmarket.
Uh again, versus just getting ona royal ship.
(21:53):
Probably with Royal Caribbean,you will pay bits and pieces
more for the odds and ends.
But again, whether it's it'sMSc, whether it's Royal
Caribbean, whether it'sCarnival, whether it's NCL,
which is Norwegian, we have youcovered.
And that this picture right heretruly, truly explains why Royal
Caribbean is one of the mostpopular cruise lines.
What you see nearest to us is anOasis class ship.
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So that's gonna have seven oreight neighborhoods, right?
It's gonna be a floating city,just like we talk about.
Usually five to seven thousand,eight thousand uh cruisers on
it.
And then what you see in thebackground is going to be that
vision class.
That vision class, again, may ormay not really soon be replaced
with the discovery class.
So again, stay tuned.
We talk about many things tocome with Royal Caribbean, but
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again, that's the grandeur,that's the serenade, those are
the vision and radiance classes,usually, like I said, anywhere
from about um 70 to 90,000 grossregistered tons versus the front
ship anywhere from 225 to23600,000 gross registered tons.
So, really, the grandeur of theseas could probably fit inside
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of any of those OASIS classes.
No kidding.
SPEAKER_00 (23:02):
That is quite the comparison, yes, sir.
SPEAKER_01 (23:05):
And again, we talk about itineraries, that is a
very popular art mural rightthere.
We talk about culture, we talkabout what sets the Western
Caribbean apart from everywhereelse.
That is Costa Maya, absolutelystunning, colors upon colors,
and again, safety is a bigpriority for them.
You'll do all your shopping inone centralized location.
You might dip your feet in somewater as well.
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But again, culture is truly whatseparates the Western Caribbean.
And there it is right there.
Just a year ago, a year and ahalf ago, our youngest daughter,
we simply said, Hey, what do youwant to do this summer?
She says, All I want is a tacofrom Mexico.
So there you see, right there, alittle uh carne asada, my
favorite.
Oh, yeah.
A little bit of uh verde salsa,uh, a little bit of lime, and
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washing it down with a littlebit of uh uh you know juice
right there.
And again, there is nothing likeit.
You want true authentic foodfrom Mexico.
No kidding.
You take a little dip in thepool, you're you're you're
you're skating over on the Gulf,right over to the Western
Caribbean, and that was one ofthe first things we did.
And as you can see, there's somuch to do, but please try an
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authentic taco from Mexico.
No kidding.
SPEAKER_00 (24:17):
Getting hungry already.
SPEAKER_01 (24:19):
There you go.
And there is our hack we talkedabout earlier.
That is located in Costa Maya.
I'm sorry, that is uh Roatan,Honduras.
Yeah, that is the Maya Key.
And as you can see, so manythings to do there.
Wildlife galore, um, Jesse.
Uh, go ahead and just explainsome of the things you see right
there on that beautiful signage.
SPEAKER_00 (24:39):
Yeah, if I was reading, yeah, on the right
column you see uh sea lions, wegot the aviary, which is where
all the birds are at, uh jaguaruh habitat, you got small cats
habitat, uh we have white facedmonkeys and spider monkeys, a
toucan.
So you have like it's it's likea little zoo over there, but of
all the indigenous uh species ofanimals.
SPEAKER_01 (25:00):
And again, not just the animals, you will see the
planes, they fly right over theisland.
It's got a beautiful andstunning pool.
So you go from pools to beaches,absolutely amazing.
Again, grandeur of the seas,right there, row it on Honduras,
do a little shopping, you take alittle tender over to Maya Key,
and again, you are treated trulylike royalty.
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I'm saying, look at that.
We got some ruins, it lookslike.
That's it.
You know, again, culture,culture, culture.
That's the best way we candescribe the Western Caribbean.
And again, as you can see, thatis right there, the grandeur of
the seas pulling right into uhthe port of Roatan, Honduras.
They've done a really, reallygood job of making sure your
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your family safety is the numberone priority.
You'll go in, you'll see uh uhfrom the minute you pull up to
the port, you get to do someshopping there, you jump on a
tender, you go to a few of thekeys around, just like you saw
there with Maya Key.
Again, absolutely stunning.
Grandeur of the seas,enchantment of the seas, and
again, Paradise from Carnival,and don't forget the smaller
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islander from uh Margaritavilleof the Seas.
And there it is.
That just stare at it.
Just take three seconds andstare at it.
That right there.
SPEAKER_00 (26:25):
And pictures don't do all the justice.
SPEAKER_01 (26:28):
No, but if we're gonna talk about pictures, now
you're making me hungry.
I know, right?
And we're gonna go ahead andstart off with dessert.
Again, some of the specialtyrestaurants you see on board,
you have the chef's table, youhave Chop's Grill, you have the
Giovanni's table, and then youhave a zoomy.
Now, one thing with the zoomy isyou don't have the hibachi
tables, but you'll always havetheir signature desserts.
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The top of the screen rightthere is gonna be the lovely
lava cake, and then the mochiballs on the bottom.
Again, their version of icecream.
We're not big on the pistachioflavored, so you can see two
strawberry mango right in themiddle with a little bit of
strawberry paste.
SPEAKER_00 (27:04):
Yeah, we got garnish, show me.
SPEAKER_01 (27:06):
Absolutely amazing.
And again, working our way fromdessert to the main course,
sushi upon sushi.
Uh it is absolutely stunning.
And you're gonna see, you know,sushi, many people think sushi
means raw.
Right.
And that's actually not thecase, just like the captain's,
you know, talking about now.
Um, again, he's delved in alittle bit of uh sushi
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restaurants in his lifetime.
Oh, yeah.
Uh, and again, just thepresentation is what knocks it
out of the box for RoyalCaribbean Azumi.
Whether you want to do the Azumihibachi, which is our favorite
on the larger ships, whether youwant to do sushi, or the whether
you want to do a big plate and asmall plate, like you're gonna
see um on these other sizedships, it is hands down our
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favorite, and it is truly athree-course meal.
Getting a little zoom in rightthere.
Jesse, go ahead and describewhat you see.
SPEAKER_00 (27:57):
Well, on the left, it it looks like some kind of uh
either lettuce or cabbage, somekind of thin wrap with cooked
rice and looks like some othercooked ingredients.
Everything looks great.
SPEAKER_01 (28:10):
Possibly a veggie roll.
SPEAKER_00 (28:11):
Veggie roll, yeah.
I was gonna say, or maybe like aum a dissected uh a spring roll
of some sort.
Uh here we have the tempura ontop of uh a traditional uh sushi
rice uh roll.
I see some seaweed in there aswell.
And tempura, of course, uhflaky, delightful uh batter that
they they have.
SPEAKER_01 (28:31):
You can't forget the spicy mayo and the eel sauce on
the right.
No, no, that's our favorite.
SPEAKER_00 (28:36):
Yeah.
Yeah, I think it's everybody'sfavorite.
And then on the right, you seesome inside out uh with the tuna
on the on the outside, and lookslike some avocado, perhaps, some
uh looks like also some tempurain the middle, pickled ginger,
and your Japanese horseradish,aka wasabe.
Wasabi all of it looks amazing.
SPEAKER_01 (28:56):
Sushimi I love sashimi.
You know, zooming in a littlebit more, that is obviously that
is what most people wouldconsider sushi.
Uh beautiful, nice slab of tunaright there in the front, all
the way to the shrimp on theend.
Again, whatever you'd like, theywill make it to your liking.
And again, sushi's not foreverybody, but we highly suggest
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try it once.
I was not a fish person growingup, but I can tell you, I love
me sometimes.
SPEAKER_00 (29:23):
Well, I think uh the sushi is more entry-level.
Sashimis just fresh cut fish.
Correct.
Correct.
Uh sushi usually alwaysincorporates a rice and a
seaweed.
Sometimes not, sometimes, butit's usually always prepared as
a roll, right?
Sashimi, that's just fresh, rawfish.
SPEAKER_01 (29:39):
And again, nice, beautiful slabs right there,
colors beyond belief.
SPEAKER_00 (29:43):
Yeah, I see all your omegas there.
Some that looks like probablylike a chilled shrimp.
You don't want to eat rawshrimp, but they'll they'll uh
cook it like usually a poach orsomething, and then serve it um
just slightly cooked, uh with uhwithout the shell there, and uh
yeah, looks like some um hamachior some snapper, some salmon,
some tuna, uh and a seaweedsalad.
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All of it looks amazing,beautiful presentation.
Love how Japanese cook.
SPEAKER_01 (30:09):
Nigeri is one of my favorites as well.
Again, uh that's where they takea little bit of the fish, as you
see here, they put it a littlebit over rice.
Again, just had some yesterday.
Yeah, baby.
And again, whether you want togo raw, whether you want to go
uh seared, or you want to haveit fried.
The tempura is hands down ourfavorite.
SPEAKER_00 (30:30):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (30:31):
Uh I believe Jesse and I have had conversations.
You could even have asparagustempura, and it is absolutely
amazing.
And truly, again, you dip it ina little bit of soy sauce, it is
phenomenal.
Top to bottom, that tempurabatter makes it.
SPEAKER_00 (30:48):
Yeah, how do you get kids to eat uh their veggies?
You know, just batter it, deepfry it in tempura, and uh man,
it just makes a good snack onthe go.
And whether it's uh soy or panzuor whatever the serving sauce
is, a little dipping sauce goesa long way.
And uh yeah, you know, andthat's one thing about cruising.
You could you could be in Mexicoeating fine Japanese cuisine,
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like there's no rules, andusually there's so many dining
options that uh it all makessense.
So anyway, that was a greatslideshow.
Yay, coach.
I appreciate that.
I don't want to have to add upan applause track right there.
A little vibe show right there.
SPEAKER_01 (31:23):
And again, yeah, just a couple things.
We know we talked a lot aboutthe grandeur of the seas.
You have the enchantment of theseas, which also has 12 decks.
I know we alluded to the Utopia,which has 18 decks, again, a
little bit smaller, only 1,100uh staterooms, 2,200 guests, uh
again, 82,000 gross registeredtons.
Uh again, a little bit older aswe talk about 1997.
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Both of these ships are again.
Vision class.
Uh again, we would say staytuned because the Discovery
class might be replacing those.
And again, from the SunshineSkyway Bridge to Sunsets, valet
parking, a big port with smallships, ease of embarking and
disembarking, and just minuteson and off top to bottom.
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Uh Port of Tampa Bay is handsdown one of our favorites, aka
Cigar City.
Again, short little drive overto Ybor City.
Uh you have Bayshore Boulevardwith the longest sidewalk in the
world.
And Jesse, how long would yousay that sidewalk is?
SPEAKER_00 (32:22):
I know Bayshore Drive.
Um, how many feet that sidewalkis?
Oh, feet?
Yeah.
Long?
Yeah.
Well, if it's miles, it's got tobe about 45.
No, about five, I would say fivemiles, maybe like six thousand
feet.
SPEAKER_01 (32:34):
4.5.
So that was a trick question.
I tried to get you right there.
A little stump the captain rightthere from the cruise coach.
I was calculating, I'm like,mmm.
Okay.
And what else do you think Tampamight be known for?
SPEAKER_00 (32:46):
Well, it's got the cigars, Ebor.
So you have the old town, right?
The Latin quarter.
Um it's the Bulls, home of UUSF.
Sure.
Uh St.
Pete Clearwater, Sarasota.
Right.
SPEAKER_01 (32:59):
Um which is the airports, which we'll talk
about.
SPEAKER_00 (33:01):
Okay.
And uh yeah, just uh white sandbeaches and beautiful sunsets.
SPEAKER_01 (33:06):
First passenger flight, 1914.
Oh.
And also known, rumor has it, asthe lightning capital of the
world.
That's been very fun.
What sport?
SPEAKER_00 (33:17):
Oh, the hockey team, right?
SPEAKER_01 (33:18):
There you go.
Yeah.
Yeah, there you go.
And again, like Jesse and I werejust alluding to, if you want to
fly into the beautiful andstunning port of Tampa, you can
fly into Tampa Internationaljust minutes away from the port.
You have the St.
Pete Clearwater port and theSarasota Bradington port.
And again, it is absolutelyamazing, just like here, uh Port
Canaveral, three airports to flyinto will get you right over
(33:40):
from Port of Tampa, right overto the Western Caribbean or the
Southern Caribbean.
SPEAKER_00 (33:46):
Yeah, here I hear that.
So uh and one thing about Tampaas well, you're right there uh
by Orlando.
So you could easily go toTampa's own bush gardens.
You could again, we alwaysrecommend doing the surf and
turf, you know, you bookend eachcruise with a couple days in
either that host city whereyou're sailing out of or an
(34:07):
adjacent city.
It's not too far fetched tomaybe fly into MCO in Orlando,
enjoy a couple days at a themepark in Orlando, Walt Disney
World Universal.
You have your pick, SeaWorlds.
I mean, there's there's so manyof them.
And then uh and then uh youknow, get an Uber or something
else, and or maybe so even someuh van line.
Some of the uh cooperatinghotels will have vans that that
(34:28):
uh go to Tampa.
Uh but yeah, there's all kindsof ways to bookend your vacation
so you can enjoy a little bit ofuh land and then a little bit of
water.
We call it the surfing turf.
SPEAKER_01 (34:38):
Perfect.
And again, just we don't want toleave the carnival paradise out
of it.
No Guy's Burger Joint is a verypopular eatery on there.
The Blue Iguana Cantina, pizzagalore, bonsai sushi, Lido
Marketplace, coffee bar.
Some places would be to kind ofhang out, the piano bar, the
dance club, blue iguana tequilabar, and the red frog rum bar.
(34:59):
So whether you like tequila orrum, they've got you covered.
Again, a little bit of an oldership built in 1998, uh, gross
tonnage, about 71,000 grossregistered tons, 2600 capacity
uh total, and team members about900.
State rooms about a little overa thousand, but not just the
cruise ships.
So you I know you've beenwaiting on this, and I know
(35:21):
we've talked about it.
Here are some cool things theWestern Caribbean has to offer.
We'll just go through, kind ofslide through these really
quick, really fast.
December 2025, not necessarilyin the Western Caribbean.
Royal Caribbean will have itsRoyal Beach Club Paradise Island
in Nassau.
So if you spend a lot of time onNassau, we highly recommend it.
(35:42):
It is the first ever privatebeach club exclusive to Royal
Caribbean.
It is what's called the UltimateDay Beach Experience, about$129
per person.
Your drink package should carryover, and here we go.
These are the next few that aregonna blow your mind.
All right, let's hear it.
December 2026, Royal Beach ClubCozumel.
(36:03):
Oh, so not just on the normal uhsmaller islands, we've got that
right there.
Now that'll be exclusive toRoyal Caribbean as well, just a
small, just a short 10-minutedrive.
Uh, they're still working on howthey're gonna do that.
You'll have zones everywherefrom chill to family to party,
swim up bar, uh, beach spacegalore, cabanas, snorkeling,
(36:24):
kayaking, restaurants, andstreet markets.
So stay tuned.
And here we go.
We're talking the first everoutside of the North American uh
culture, L'elepa.
Lelepa.
Absolutely amazing.
First private destination againoutside of uh North America,
September of 2027, the biggestsombrero in the world.
(36:48):
Oh.
Costa Maya, perfect day Mexico,rumor has it, over 31 slides,
twice the size of Coco KBahamas, 220 acres of land, five
zones, uh Fiesta, uh, plaza,chill beach, Costa Maya Club, El
Hideaway, so an adults-onlyspot, and the Splash Cove.
(37:10):
Those are the uh spots that aregonna be absolutely cruistastic.
And don't forget from RoyalCaribbean, Icon 4 in 2027, icon
five in 2028, Oasis class 7,number 7 in 2028, and like we
talked about earlier, theDiscovery class, which in our
opinion will probably bereplacing the Vision class.
(37:31):
So just like we talked about theenchantment, just like we've
talked about the grandeur, staytuned, Royal Caribbean doing
some big things.
SPEAKER_00 (37:38):
So much big things.
Um, and then before we go, wejust have to do a quick shout
out to our amazing uh uh youknow, we we've been doing like
so many things behind thescenes, and one of those was
like, well, what about merch?
Because not just best of thebest.
Yeah, because I mean cruisecoach, like you you know the
power of uh branding and havingI mean everybody recognizes you
(37:59):
with those shirts now.
When you go on, everybodyrecognizes the logo.
That's it.
They come up to you, they knowwho you are, you're the
personality uh that everybodysees on TikTok and Instagram,
and uh and of course, peerpressure porkast would not be
complete without our ownmerchandise.
So we have to give a big shoutout to FlowMason.
SPEAKER_01 (38:16):
Jesse.
Um that man right there has gotsome things going on, Jesse.
Yeah good old Steve Huss rightthere, an old friend of Team
Limitless Travel, an old friendof yours.
I know you're rocking a cup withhis logo right there.
We just saw him at Jason Noon'sconcert.
So again, it's family galore.
Again, FlowMason, Bromasin,many, many things as you'll see
(38:36):
on the website.
You simply go to Floma.com, yousimply go to uh merch partners,
and you go ahead and click onpodcast, and you will see the
unbelievable R stuff rightthere.
SPEAKER_00 (38:51):
Oh, there it is.
SPEAKER_01 (38:52):
So again, whether you want to buy one of our peer
pressure port class uhexclusives, or you want to buy
any more uh from Flow Mason,he's got you covered, the best
in the business, Flowmazon,Bromasin, Triple P, 3P, Peer
Pressure Portcast, and ExclusiveFirst.
SPEAKER_00 (39:12):
I know it.
Look at that.
We got the collab, we got the wegot the branding, cruise coach
FlowMason.
It includes a little bit ofeverything, the 3P on the hull
of the ship, of course, the uhcross on top, that's it, the
mic.
It's got all of our uh signatureimagery.
So we have again mics andcrosses and and ships.
(39:33):
It says everything you need tosay about the peer pressure
portcast.
And if you're a fan of any oneor all three, it makes a great
addition to your wardrobe.
And of course, when you sailwith us, you know, everybody's
gonna be sweating your stees.
That's all it is to it.
But yeah, look at all theFlomaison headwear.
Can you shop here?
Get some of his uh long sleeve.
These are all uh part of uhSteve's uh Flomazin uh creation.
(39:55):
Got the got the Florida flags,got all the festive shirts.
SPEAKER_01 (39:58):
And again, if you want to.
Collab with Flo Mason, just letus know.
We'll get you over to him.
We also want to thank a few ofour other sponsors as well.
Jesse Hall with the Space CoastCollective at LPT Realty.
Again, Misty at Amara Salon andSpa.
If you want to get your hairdone, nails done, you want to
get your lady right.
(40:19):
She's just a few minutes withAmara Salon and Spa right there
from 528 on the way to PortCanaveral here.
Again, so many things.
The cruise coach will have youcovered.
You want to go on a cruise, youwant to go anywhere in the
world.
We do more than cruises.
And again, not just cruises.
We want to invite you on a grouptrip with us.
(40:40):
We just got off a Halloweencruise with 36 clients.
We have uh groups that are inthe hundreds.
So if you have a celebration youwant to have had, give us a call
at Peer Pressure Portcast.
We got you covered.
Discounts on rooms start off atabout 16 sailors, eight rooms or
more, and it just gets biggerand bigger from there.
(41:00):
Again, the captain, the cruisecoach, peer pressure portcast,
and Jesse, do you mind if I prayus out and uh say a little uh
condolences and uh thank uh thegood Lord for keeping those safe
in Jamaica?
SPEAKER_00 (41:19):
Yes, absolutely.
SPEAKER_01 (41:19):
Dear Lord, we love you and we thank you.
We thank you for everyopportunity and every blessing,
Lord.
We just pray that you'll be withthe the islands and the area of
Jamaica and anyone else who hasbeen um basically paralyzed from
uh Hurricane Melissa or anyother hurricanes that have come
through.
We know the state of Florida hasbeen spared and we thank you so
much, Lord.
We just pray that you'llcontinue to build these areas
(41:41):
unlike they've ever been builtbefore.
You must we know you mustdeconstruct before you
reconstruct, Lord.
We pray for any family dealingwith any heart wake, heartache
from any of these hurricanes orany of these natural disasters
or even mental health.
Lord, we pray for every sailorto keep them safe on any cruises
here with peer pressureportcasts or with any of the
cruise lines, Lord.
(42:02):
We know that your light willshine brighter than anybody
else.
We pray that you will be justcontinuing to light the darkness
out of this world.
And again, Lord, we know thatthis world exists because of
you.
We love you and we thank you,and we just pray that if someone
does not have a relationshipwith you, they can simply reach
out to us and we will get themand connect with our favorite
(42:23):
church locally, or if they justwant to have a conversation
about you, Lord.
Our ears are open.
We know that please guide ourvoices, please guide our
actions, and we pray thateverything we do, Lord, is done
in your light.
We love you and we thank you,and we know that Peer Pressure
Portcasts cannot exist withoutyour light, Lord.
(42:43):
We love you and we thank you.
In your name we pray.
SPEAKER_00 (42:46):
Amen.
That was lovely.
Thank you so much, Coach.
Thank you to all of our VacaNation audience.
We love you guys, and uh that'sit.
That's an episode two wrap up.
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