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For my cruise which is a 15 day TA I was quoted $105 for the 250 minutes if purchased online. As mentioned, in a previous cruise I was allowed to upgrade my 250 min to unlimited for the difference. Whether or not I can do this remains to be seen as you suggest. My guess is since the unlimited Premium is $287.50 more NCL would absolutely agree to take my money!
But here is my question regarding the 250 anytime internet - for $105 if purchased online. I wonder if it is comparable to the unlimited wifi purchased online for $315 for my cruise or the premium wifi purchased online for $382.50 for my cruise. Regardless since I won't want to stream it seems to me I should just purchase online 2 $105 packages online! 500 minutes will be plenty and would save me $105 by not upgrading to the unlimited wifi package (if allowed).
Has anyone considered that option?
Off topic, but did you ever find that spreadsheet you were looking for? I provided a couple of links for you in the thread you started and was just wondering.
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Which cruise are you going on?
Carnival Paradise on October 5th, as long as we still can by then. Keeping my fingers crossed. Just had friends return after sailing in the Habana Cup, the sailboat race from St. Petersburg, FL to Havana. They really enjoyed it. About 75 boats were in the race.
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Booked an ocean view today for $319 per person fare only for a four day cruise. Add a $75 visa and the usual fees.
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Just wanted to say, "Thank you!" to everyone who has provided so much information and followed through on sharing all the reports about the salvage.
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http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/last-sponsons-removed-from-costa-concordia-wreck
Last Sponsons Removed from Costa Concordia Wreck
The last two sponsons were removed from the Costa Concordia wreck this week, and the vessel is ready for transfer to dry dock. Deck 0 is watertight and the hull has been restored to autonomous buoyancy.A decision will be made on Monday about which day next week the wreck will be towed to Dry Dock no. 4, where the final dismantling operations will occur over the next few months.
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We knew it would happen sooner or later:
Four months after he was found guilty of causing the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia, in which 32 people were killed, Captain Francesco Schettino is to publish a memoir dedicated to the families of the victims.The book titled Le Verità Sommerse (Submerged Truth) and written by Italian journalist Vittoriana Abate, features the captain's account of the events that caused the cruise liner to ran aground in January 2012, with some unheard eyewitness accounts and details, the publisher said.
In a move that is likely to outrage some, the volume, which has Schettino's name on the front cover, includes a dedication to those who lost loved ones in the tragedy.
"They are owed the truth more than anyone else," he was quoted as saying in the Italian press.
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http://www.youreporter.it/player/ext/videotopic.phtml?vkey=ad4bbf67a4784009a645ac042688cd7e
Animation of the dismantling of the Concordia.
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:-(It will be driven by three tugs, plus one support, and accompanied by four patrol boats and several anti-pollution vessels. Around the convoy passing boats will be prohibited in a circular area of 500 meters. To keep afloat the wreck they will use the 30 boxes that were used to keep floating in Concordia from Giglio in Genoa.Once out of VTE, the hull will be towed to the east for a distance of 10 miles. It should arrive at their destination at around 9 am. The decision to do so navigate at night is also due to the need not prevent movement in and out of the port of ships and ferries.
Once docked in the area of repairs, the Concordia will be covered with tarpaulins that completely hide the wreck. And the Ship Recycling consortium (led by Saipem and San Giorgio del port) will proceed to the dismantling of the bridges from 14 to 2. Only then, what remains of the ship will be moved into dry dock 4 of the port of Genoa and put in dry . Concordia there will be demolished to permanently cease to exist.
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Another article: http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/costa-concordia-ready-for-last-journey
The journey is planned for Sunday May 10, but a final decision will be made after a safety meeting with local authorities and will depend on weather conditions. The 10 mile journey will take about 20 hours (24 including mooring). -
http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/09/world/schetttino-trial-closing-arguments/
Closing Arguments
Will Justice be Done?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/08/verdict-costa-concordia-captain-schettino-due
Verdict Expected This Week
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Here is another link with some more details:
Divers and rescue personnel have long suspected that Mr Rebello’s body was still on the ship, conjecturing that he ended up being trapped because he had stayed behind to help panicked and frightened passengers get off the sinking vessel.Today’s discovery would appear to support this theory since his body was found trapped under heavy furniture on that side of the ship which rested on the rocky sea floor in shallow water just 150 yards from the Giglio shoreline.
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You just couldn't make it up.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/costa-concordias-captain-coward-lectures-students-how-manage-panic-1460003
More here:
Costa Concordia captain's seminar sparks row at Italy's biggest university
Sapienza University says it condemns action of professor who invited Francesco Schettino, who is on trial charged with manslaughter
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Do I remember right that today and tomorrow they are going to search Decks 3 & 4 to try and find Russell. They seem to think he could be more likely on Deck 3
Disturbing, but this article states that they have found a skull, but also says that a headless body was found in the same area previously.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/costa-concordia-human-skull-found-aboard-cruise-liner-1460069
ETA Another link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2717885/Bone-fragments-shipwrecked-Concordia.html
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A photo gallery with 68 photos of Concordia submitted by readers.
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http://www.ilsecoloxix.it/p/speciali/2014/07/28/ARyqLTQB-tramontana_ormeggiatori_rimorchiatori.shtml
Genoa - "The boss wants them all to eight," says the ormeggiatore to your colleague. "And we fix them all at eight," replied Marco Serra, 41, 17 craft behind. Was it difficult? "You want the truth? No, it's our job. " It must have been exciting. "Well, it's not every day that you participate in an unique in the world." Here's Concordia safety in the port of Pra '- Voltri . Close to the breakwater by a mooring system deliberately extraordinary: 13 cleats (on the pier does not look for the number 13, good luck has it that it jumps from 12 to 14), which are 16 cables were pulled blue sky.Why do not you tell that the Genoese save on polypropylene. The cables can be abbittati to "8" or plan, that is pulled round. Both systems work, depends on many variables to choose what to do. The leader who wanted to abbittati "8" Alessandro Serra, the man who worked at the dock yesterday with his 16 colleagues. "Captain often different shades of thought between those who have the cards in the project and those who prefer to rely solely on seamanship skills. - He says - Between us there is always a moment of confrontation and debate. Then he proceeds. objective is to deliver the work in a workmanlike manner . "
Sixteen mooring on the breakwater, 4 pilots on board Concordia, 8 tugs carrying three people each. 's three categories which paid tribute to the professionalism of the port of Genoa. The entry of Concordia in Vte and mooring in front of the dam Pegli have not submitted unexpected details. But a job well done is in the details.
Detail the tugboat Blizzard you decide to keep attached to the wreck with a cable up to the dock. It was not planned. The idea was the commander of the pilots, John Lettich, after around 8 in the morning the wind had started to pull over 20 knots. A north wind subsided, Concordia has started to maneuver, but prudence is never too much and experience makes the difference.
So much so that the South African super expert Nick Sloane was immediately agreed with Lettich, who was on board together with his assistant Francesco Bozzo and pilots Antonio Anfossi and Michael Good morning . "It was an operation carried out in the best way. - Says Lettich - Really no critical moment, apart from the wind in the early morning. The turn to the left before the entrance is well managed. Yet the approach to the dam did not create particular problems: the ship never took momentum. "
"Everything went as planned. - Confirms the Bignone commander who was aboard the Concordia - There was a bit 'worried the wind of early morning, but Concordia has always been safe »
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http://www.ilsecoloxix.it/p/genova/2014/07/29/ARfCrzRB-concordia_ricerche_sopralluogo.shtml
This article translated a bit better:
Genoa - Summit on the Harbour this afternoon to discuss how to organize the search for the body Russel Rebello , the last of Concordia missing. The meeting was attended by all the forces who will be taking part in the operation: police, financial police, navy, harbor authorities, shipyards St. George and the fire brigade.
Meanwhile, tomorrow there will be an inspection by divers of the Navy, the police, the financial police and firefighters to agree better job, which will begin on Monday materially . The research, coordinated by the provincial commander of the fire brigade Raffaele Ruggiero, will take place in two phases. The first will last 15 days and will focus on decks 3 and 4, first soaked and now resurfaced.
Rescuers are convinced of being able to find Robello at this early stage, because from the testimony and from the plane of the collection points of the ship in case of emergencies, there is the conviction that the former waiter is on deck 3 , not far from point where it was found the last missing.
If, however, the research did not immediately successful, continue with divers on deck 2 - still submerged - but in that case, the operations should be coordinated with those of the dismantling of the ship.
"Our goal is to intervene where the inspection has not been done - the admiral said Melone at the end of the meeting -. Without the inspection we will meet again to make a specific plan of action. "
As learned, the teams that will participate in the research will be those inside the wreckage of the fire, with their core SAF (Speleological Alpine river), capable of operating in critical scenarios, the nuclei of Coast Guard divers, the police and the Guardia di Finanza, who have already operated at Giglio to search for bodies inside the vessel tilted into the sea and the Operations Group divers Comsubin the Navy.
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A gallery of aerial photos of the docking.
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http://www.ilsecoloxix.it/p/genova/2014/07/30/ARMRoUSB-concordia_disperso_ricerche.shtml
Genoa - The research activities of Russel Rebello aboard the Concordia will start Tuesday or Wednesday 5 August 6. This is what was announced in a press release of the Harbor of Genoa in which he explains that the research will focus initially, as well as on deck 4 (fully emerged) on deck 3, that the findings of the research already accomplished the island of Lily, should be "more probable location of the victim at the time of capsizing."The research says the statement, which will be implemented are to start after a second secure access on board in the forward area of the wreck, beyond that already achieved in this area aft and also to meet the need to provide separate access to the research teams compared that used by the workers on the site after it has been finalized and the preparation on the dock of the breakwater facilities for the logistics of the Joint research team, composed of divers of the Fire Nuclei of Genoa, the Group Divers Command Commandos of Navy in La Spezia, Genoa Coast Guard, the Guardia di Finanza and Carabinieri of Genoa, who will be joined on the platform is provided by the medical-health 118 Genoese, as well as emergency crews of surface and underwater in case of evacuation Instant operators bruised or in case of fall in water.
In everything should work on the wreck about 50 workers per day , divided into six teams that could probably operate simultaneously on the three "bridges-target ', ie the 3 bridge, the bridge 2 and bridge 1: Two teams for each bridge.
Today there was the visit by police divers and firefighters on the wreck. "Our goal is to intervene where the inspection has not been done - the admiral said Melone at the end of the meeting -. Without the inspection we will meet again to make a specific plan of action. "
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Concordia, the grumbling of fishermen
Fishermen Pegli Pra comment on the bans on fishing and navigation issued by the Harbour after docking of the Costa Concordia on breakwater
Anybody speak Italian?
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Photo Gallery of boat tours of the Costa Concordia in Genoa.
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Hi Everyone I am back.
Thank you all for the great work you all did over the last two weeks. I kept in touch as and when I could and I will spend part of today catching up.
As for my cruise on Costa Deliziosa I am afraid I cannot comment at the moment for legal reasons. If or when I am able to comment I will do it as a separate thread. Needless to say sadly it will not be a recommendation for Costa.
Welcome home!! Good to have you back!!
Sorry to hear things did not go well.
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http://www.thecommentator.com/article/5086/the_costa_concordia_two_and_a_half_years_on
The Costa Concordia: Two-and-a-half years on
Because of the extraordinary length of time a court case in Italy requires, the incident has gone out of the public perception for a bit. But Schettino’s trial is now in progress, along with five crew members. The papers show pictures of him, as part of the evidence, being taken to the wreck.As news of the stranded ship spread that night, a flotilla of boats set off to help the struggling passengers ashore. Few accounts seem to have mentioned the cool handling and efficient reaction of the coastguard service.Then there were the divers who, knowing that the ship was perched precariously on a ledge and could shift at any time, nevertheless risked their lives to search for survivors: raw heroism.
Few seem to have recalled the swift action taken to make sure the vessel’s fuel was pumped out, to avoid an environmental disaster.
Few told of the good people of Giglio who took the shipwrecked in and cared for them.
That January night was a shameful one for Francesco Schettino and for Costa Cruise Lines. It was not a shameful one for Italy.
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How are you getting news for the trial? Is the trial on hold right now?
Here is an article that gives some details about how Schettino is off house arrest and able to attend a party in Ischia.
http://www.ibtimes.com/while-costa-concordia-towed-disgraced-captain-schettino-parties-1636894
There is a concise summary of the trial here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia_disaster#cite_ref-263
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John, I'm surprised you didn't weigh in on the sister thread on the latest from Capt Coward.
I just posted it for him. :rolleyes:
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in Aruba
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Found these online as I was looking for the same thing.
https://spaaruba.com/sea-escape-massage/
https://arubafloatingmassage.com/