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  1. Hi Chief, I think there's a solution for that, by setting up a Content Delivery Server on board the ship. Most people will watch more or less the same content, so the on shore server can redirect the TV or browser to the ship's server.
  2. Not really if you look at footage of the actual emergency on Costa Concordia.
  3. And leave nice suites empty because people bought an ocean view while they'd love to upgrade for $20? There has to be some mechanism to make both guest and line happier.
  4. Yes, I don't understand how it works exactly. Maybe they auction one upgrade at a time, cabin by cabin?
  5. Auctions have been around for a while, but maybe not in the cruise industry 🙂 It will make you bid until you're not interested anymore. Don't know the details but this is much more transparent than asking "how much would you pay for an upgrade". The winner could be paying much more than needed to beat the competition, maybe $50 dollar would have been enough because nobody was interested. So in fact, this may even be disadvantageous for the line. Maybe they do this when the higher category doesn't sell and any money is good?
  6. I asked the same question before: Somewhat useful answers were: sail Disney (that doesn't have a Casino), or ask the purser (guest relations) to block your card. I don't see why the ships don't make it easier to simply set a limit. They have limits on drinks, and some might want to protect themselves by not cruising at all. Also, the Casino is not the huge money maker on ships believe it to be.
  7. It's already being spent right now on ships isn't it? When the ships will sail again at 100% or even more, they will have more income than ever. I remain an optimist 🙂
  8. Dumping water from the laundry feels worse than perfectly natural feces and a bit of paper? I'd think that life in the ocean can deal with or may even welcome a bit more poop but isn't very enthusiastic about detergents?
  9. Ports that require protection from rats coming from a ship? That sounds absurd. There must be rats everywhere in every port. The maybe one ore two rats that find a rope to get to land won't solve that problem. I'm amazed (but that's my middle name) that it would the port that requires rat guards. I'd think it would be the ship protecting itself.
  10. Why would the port require them, instead of the Captain wanting a clean ship? Rats coming from the ship?
  11. Could you make that 100% using electricity (like an electric fence)?
  12. The other question is what is 2018 money worth after 7 years. FCC "money" must put a smile on the accountants face at current inflation rates. It's not "a new cruise in the same cabin", it's "you can get a new cruise but at a lower deck. And forget about the package". Also, https://thepointsguy.com/guide/future-cruise-credit-certificate/ FCC seems to have the worst conditions possible. I believe we have been here before, but I wonder if CCL needs to show how much of the FCC was given out/bought in a year and how much of that was actually redeemed. And how that shows up in the balance. Casinos at Sea offered me $250 to cruise again. Limited time, limited ships, limited so much that the expected value (cost to CAS) was worth less than the chocolate covered strawberries I got from X. I can't believe that if CAS sends 1000 offers of $250, their accountant really believes that CAS will have to cough up $250,000 until most of the offers weren't used. During Covid, FFC might have been the life vest of cruiselines without much repercussions after Covid.
  13. Please don't tell me the arguments I've heard for 9 years over and over again. It IS possible to make a exception for cruise ships. I once proposed to then simply make a list of ships that are cruise ships and can hire foreign workers. US waters are US waters and the US can decide what the laws are. It took Covid to make it happen, but such law HAS been adopted. There is an actual list of ships in law. I haven't heard about ferries or tour boats appealing because now they should be able to hire Indonesians, too. PVSA originally wanted to protect an industry moving people from A to B. (fun fact: it was introduced because steam ships exploded). Now, people fly to A and fly back from B. If the very reason for a law is outdated, it should be refined or abolished. Or at least, lawmakers should rethink it. IMHO, PVSA solves precisely nothing.
  14. You're explaining such a weird set of rules over and over again. Not sure why you believe these rules are honestly meant to make the world better. Because we agreed to not discuss this matter anymore, please do ignore this post, but I believe PVSA helps exactly nobody.
  15. The article is a bit ambiguous. . The ship is also equipped with drones and helipads, which would be useful in search and rescue operations. At least drones can drop life rings which already happens. Searching is the hard part I think, but the drones get cheaper, smarter and more autonomous (i.e. no crew training needed), every month. Maybe 2 years to have companies prove it works. Then 5 years until CDC demands having drones available for MOB situations (because someone at CDC found a way to define a MOB as a way to introduce diseases to the US, and now he gets the people and budget and a pay raise). I'm willing to bet most cruise ships sailing in US waters have drones within 10 years.
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