Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome this week to The Joy of Cruising Podcast, Justin Sorrell aka MrBucketlist . Justin is a video creator and influencer and the creator of the 19k subscribers MrBucketlist YouTube channel where you get to follow his adventures not only on the seas but anywhere else. You see MrBucketlist is a certified thrill seeker, never He cruises exclusively solo, which is relatively atypical for men, and has done 30 Solo Cruises—...
Jul 17, 2025•36 min•Ep. 198
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am proud to host Christian McBride , multi Grammy-winning jazz superstar bass player! We talk about performing at sea, and hear about Christian’s inaugural charter cruise, Christian McBride's World at Sea, January 20-27, 2026. The cruise will be on Celebrity Summit from Ft. Lauderdale, stopping at Jamaica and Grand Cayman. Christian McBride is creating a new kind of experience for jazz fans w...
Jul 14, 2025•40 min•Ep. 197
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast I am delighted to welcome back a special guest, my cohost Cheryl. As some of you know we are largely in the bucket list checking stage of our lives and just got the opportunity to check one off. I will warn my listeners from the cruise community that this episode is about a land trip—don’t want to be accused of inviting you here under false pretenses. Yes, we cover cruising 99% of the time but th...
Jul 10, 2025•30 min•Ep. 196
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome back Judi Cohen , travel writer extraordinaire known in the cruise community as Traveling Judi. I featured Traveling Judi in my second cruising book, Cruising Interrupted amzn.to/3seFU8y in a section called “ Cruisers Like You and Me... Sort Of .” Traveling Judi is an ardent world cruiser with a penchant for nontraditional, smaller, and even tiny ships relative to main...
Jul 03, 2025•58 min•Ep. 195
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Jennifer Halboth , CEO for the Americas, Riverside Luxury Cruises . We have had several small ship and river cruise specialists on the podcast as well as leaders from some of the lines, and of course passionate cruisers providing us their cruise reports from their time on various small ship and river cruise. This is the first time we have exclusive focused on Riverside Lu...
Jun 30, 2025•43 min•Ep. 194
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Carlene Reid, creator of the See It With C YouTube channel, Instagram, and Facebook page. Carlene starts each video, “Hi, my name is Carlene . I work a 9-5 but travel the world as if I don’t.” Carlene is a lifelong traveler and educator who has turned her passion for traveling and teaching others into a growing community of travel aficionados. She has visited almost 40...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 193
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast I am delighted to welcome Helena and Dustin, two “cruisers” with a once-in-a-lifetime harrowing tale with a happy ending on Carnival Splendor . Another one of those world-wide new human-interest stories I love bringing to the listeners of The Joy of Cruising Podcast. Dusty and Helena are two Australians in their late 30s who have been living off-grid for the past three years. Their journey began ...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 192
Send us a text This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am proud to welcome Josh Christina , Recording Artist, scene-stealing, piano-wielding frontman, and veteran headliner of several cruise lines. Listeners know I am as passionate about music and comedy as I am about cruising so when I get a chance to have a conversation with someone who has performed on cruise ships, I am in my glory. Josh Christina is a dynamic and passionate musician whose love for piano rock has taken him on an incredi...
Jun 19, 2025•40 min•Ep. 191
Send us a text This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast I am delighted to welcome Gian and Angie, two cruisers living out two amazing stories on a cruise ship. That’s right, two amazing stories. The first is living on a cruise ship, Villa Vie Odyssey for the next three years, circumnavigating the globe and in the process visiting 147 countries across all seven continents—425 port stops in all. Anyone who is a regular listener of The Joy of Cruising Podcast knows I wouldn’t hesit...
Jun 16, 2025•58 min•Ep. 190
Send us a text This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Jodi Murphy, Director, Strategic Partnerships , Regent Seven Seas Cruises. I have long had desire a desire to sail Regent Seven Seas, stemming from my research in my first cruising book, The Joy of Cruising amzn.to/3lAfyON, where I research an organization, Friends of Festival at Sea which organizes very high-end group cruises to exotic locations, many on Regent, which at the time I wasn’t very familiar with. Sin...
Jun 12, 2025•53 min•Ep. 189
Send us a text This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast I am delighted to welcome back again to The Joy of Cruising Podcast Rich and Jazzy, creators of the amazing A Rich and Jazzy Life brand. A Rich and Jazzy Life is comprised of their top ten 110K cruise channel on YouTube; Melanin at Sea (MAS), their 115K Facebook affinity to group known for its legendary group cruises and, in my opinion the most influential cruise croup on Facebook; companion Instagram accounts and more. You...
Jun 05, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 188
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome back to The Joy of Cruising Podcast Paul and Carole , creators of one of the top cruise brands in the world, Paul and Carole Love to Travel . They are dominant on every social medium platform they are on, and whether you classify them as cruise influencers or cruise content creators they are among the world’s leader as either. Most importantly to me is that Paul and Carole are passionate cruisers, and just about e...
May 29, 2025•51 min•Ep. 187
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome back Linzi and Mark Cowgill , creator of the UK-based Suite Natured blog, YouTube channel, and Instagram platform. Over a year ago, I reached out to Linzi and Mark to come on the podcast to talk about transatlantics, in advanced of our first transatlantic cruise around this time last year on Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady Ep 91. Suite Natured, Transatlantics . It was a fu...
May 22, 2025•59 min•Ep. 186
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Presley Pfereka , a crew member for Azamara luxury cruise line. I have long observed with awe and fascination cruise ship crew from the Captain to entry-level crew members and have hosted on The Joy of Cruising Podcast a cross-section of ship crew, both former as well as active over the past years. I would love to delve into their lives in an in-depth manner both on th...
May 15, 2025•59 min•Ep. 185
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast, a special group of guests, The Chefs : Jerome Brown aka Chef Rome, the chef to the stars with over 35 years of professional cooking, the go-to chef for celebrities worldwide; Chicago Chef George Outlaw specializing in elevated soul food with bold and unusual food combinations; Chef Sondra (Dra) Rhodes bringing creole and southern country cuisine to your table; and, Chef Ri...
May 12, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 184
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome back to The Joy of Cruising Podcast Sheri of Cruise Tips TV. Sheri is a special friend to me, having been featured in my first two cruise books, The Joy of Cruisinghttp://amzn.to/2EAMddF and Cruising Interrupted http://amzn.to/3seFU8y , and then being my first choice for the initial episode of The Joy of Cruising Podcast which she graciously accepted Episode 1 . Sheri returned to the podcast for Episode 93 . Today...
May 08, 2025•55 min•Ep. 183
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am proud to welcome Dr. George Alexakis, a former colleague of mine from Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers. George is a Hospitality Professor at FGCU, and he did some work some collaboration with the organization I led, which was the Office of Continuing and Off-Campus Education. George and I always had a good rapport given our mutual interests—not just in continuing ed but hospitality...
May 05, 2025•57 min•Ep. 182
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , Belencia Wallace, creator of Ladybug Travel of Facebook, Instagram, and with its 55k following on TikTok, which is where I met her. I was amazed to learn Belencia decided last year to leave her professional career to embark on a full year at sea. Belencia sails on a variety of Royal Caribbean ships and estimates her one-year journey to cost approximately $100k. When Belen...
May 01, 2025•56 min•Ep. 181
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast I am delighted to welcome Racquel and Vincent, two cruisers who have never been on a cruise ship. Yes, you heard that right. All of you, well the vast majority of you—I know we have listeners who aspire to take their first cruise—the vast majority of you have been on cruise ships, yet unlike most of you Racquel and Vincent have cruised around the world. Confused? Well, with respect to mainstream ...
Apr 24, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 181
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome JD Harbor, author of the new seafaring novels, Emerald Tide , and Sapphire Seas. They are both set aboard a luxurious cruise ship and were inspired by JD’s own experience. You see, he met his wife onboard a singles cruise in 2014, and they have sailed together ever since. Man, that sounds fun! As JD notes, “Meeting my wife on that cruise is proof that the magic of the ...
Apr 17, 2025•54 min•Ep. 179
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast I am delighted to welcome back a special guest, my cohost Cheryl. We are largely in the bucket list checking stage of our lives, and just got the opportunity to check one off—a cruise on a luxury cruise line, specifically Explora Journeys and its first ship, Explora I. Let me preface with a brief overview oo the main categories of cruise lines: Mainstream-Carnival, Royal Caribbean, NCL Premium-Ce...
Apr 14, 2025•35 min•Ep. 178
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Shelton and Ke' creators of the YouTube channel, Your Favorite Couple . As frequent listeners know, I enjoy watching cruise YouTube videos and from time to time I get introduced to potential The Joy of Cruising Podcast guests. That’s how I met Shelton and Ke'. I enjoyed their fun, informative video style and their diverse choices in terms of cruising and sensed similar...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 177
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast I am delighted to welcome back again to The Joy of Cruising Podcast Mikkel and Dan, creators of the Sometimes Sailing cruise website and Instagram . Mikkel and Dan are special friends, that I got to know when I wrote about Sometimes Sailing in my latest book release, The Joy of Cruising Again http://amzn.to/3lAfyON where I wrote about their penchant for small ship cruising as well as “ship-within...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 176
Send us a text This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Cheryl Cooper , creator of the SIG the Solo Cruiser YouTube channel, Instagram, and website. As frequent listeners know, I watch cruise YouTube videos incessantly. Cheryl has carved out a solid niche as a specialist in solo cruising with high quality content and reviews from a solo cruising perspective of a diverse array of cruise lines and cruise ships—many I have sailed or plan to sail. Accordingly, her channel...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 175
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul. I am delighted to welcome back this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , Prof Cruise. I first met Prof Cruise featured her in my 3rd cruising book, The Joy of Cruising Again amzn.to/3lAfyON , to The Joy of Cruising Podcast . Yes, Sarah really is a former university professor—but her passion for cruising not only contributed to her decision to move on from teaching, but also directly influenced her family’s decision regarding where to live...
Mar 27, 2025•58 min•Ep. 174
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Emma & Jack, creators of the YouTube channel, Live A Little . As frequent listeners know, I enjoy watching cruise YouTube videos and from time to time I get introduced to The Joy of Cruising Podcast guests. That’s kind of how I met Emma & Jack. I say kind of because normally I just watch videos and then perhaps transfixed by someones video style, or sense of hu...
Mar 20, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 173
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast , I am delighted to welcome Peta-Gaye and Allan , creators of the My Cruising Family YouTube channel, Instagram, and blog. As frequent listeners know, I enjoy watching cruise YouTube videos and from time to time I get introduced to The Joy of Cruising Podcast guests. That’s how I met My Cruising Family (with their fun, mostly family-oriented videos often accompanied by a Jamaican beat.) I also oc...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 172
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and this week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast I am delighted to welcome back Nancy and Dale Houchens. I learned about Nancy and Dale when I read articles about them in both USA Today and Miami Herald . The Houchens retired in 2015 to a life—planned well before their last day at work—of living on cruise ships. I wrote a feature about the Houchens, Living On Cruise Ships in my new book, The Joy of Cruising Again amzn.to/3lAfyON in a section ca...
Mar 13, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 171
Send us a text Hello, passionate cruisers! This is Paul and welcome to The Joy of Cruising Podcast , and in this special episode we meet members of the World-Renowned London Community Gospel Choir (LCGC) and discuss their participation in this summer’s Caribbean Gospel Choir Workshop Cruise on the stunning new MSC World America. I am delighted to welcome the founder of LCGC , Bazil Meade; Kaylin Cain, who is coordinating the Caribbean Gospel Choir Workshop Cruise, and long-time member of LCGC , ...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 170
Send us a text This week on The Joy of Cruising Podcast join me and guest Peter Knego, a maritime historian, journalist and creator of YouTube’s MidShipCinema , currently working on a video about the fascinating career and sad end of the Pacific Princess , Princess Cruises much loved ship that was the “star” of the Love Boat TV series that changed the face of cruising forever. With 2025 as the 60th anniversary year of Princess Cruises now unfolding, Peter will share what was and special about th...
Mar 06, 2025•48 min•Ep. 169
