Coco Creek

I have booked Lindblad's NG Explorer for Antarctica in Dec, 2010. I have had and will have some great trips and I expect this expedition to be at the very top.

MASTER: Panagiotis Mantzavinos

Hotel Director: Anton Winkler

Cruise Director: Rich Clesen

CC Host(ess): Jonelle (last name unknown)

Party Band: D'Version

Rendezvous: The Sensations

String Quartet: Elan

Michael's Club: Keith Turner

A Cappella: The Neptunes

Future Cruise Sales: Laura Goor

Andy - Do they cancel sailings like the airlines cancelled flights to keep their heads above water? Sail only partially full at what percentage? You tell me what happens next....a credit give back may be a small price to pay to be able to sail at all on a booked date. Do I like it? No. But I'm not alone.

Airlines costs are highy fixed. An incremental flights costs basically the fuel and not much else. The crew is paid whether or not the airplane flies or not based on their union contracts.

Cruise lines--I do not really know. The incremental costs on a cruise include the waiters and stateroom staff who almost entirely paid by tips. Entertainment workers are incremental costs who can let go without heavy expenses. Food is an incremental cost. At some point, it is profitable to sale and it is profitable to sell the remaining staterooms at whatever price you a cruise line can get.

June 26--Fly to Vancouver, BC from Florida

June 27--Depart on Millennium

June 28--Cruise Inside Passage

June 29--Ketchikan--Misty Fjords Boat and Floatplane Wilderness Adventure

June 30--Juneau--Glacier Dogsled Adventure via Helicopter and Mendenhall Glacier & Gardens

July 1--Skagway--Eagle Preserve Wildlife River Adventure and Cruise

July 2--Icy Stait Point--Spasski River Valley Wildlife and Bear Search and Whale and Marine Mammals Cruise

July 3--Hubbard Glacier

July 4--Train to Anchorage, Check out Anchorage and 4th of July stuff and catch evening plane home.

I know yours is a common position, but I personally don't understand it. The results are the same - you miss out on a port or a cruise. I don't see why the CAUSE is more important to people than the effect when it is the effect that impacts you... :confused:

It is simple to me. An event that happens during a cruise is a happenstance of fate or just plain bad luck. A defect in the propulsion system that is known, but not disclosed in the ordinary course of business, is just plain deception. The former is fate, the latter is deliberate.

What an education? Thank all for alerting me to a problem with M-Class that Celebrity did not share with me.

Losing a port in a cruise or having a cruise cancelled due to an act of nature I can accept. Losing part of a cruise because of a technical malfunction that Celebrity knows about but chooses not to disclose when you book a cruise is not.

I think I will stick with Celebrity for a Carribean cruise I have booked. After all, I will be content just to float around in the water. But when it comes to Alaska or Hawaii, I think Celebrity just lost my business.

What do you guys recommend? RCL? Princess?