darmanad Posted July 17, 2005 #1 Share Posted July 17, 2005 In Spector v Norwegian (decided last month), the US Sup Ct held that cruise ships are public accomodations and that the ADA is generally applicable to foreign flag ships that cruise in American waters. There are some limitations on the application of the ADA´s provisions, to wit, ADA mandates that would interfere with overall ship safety will not be enforced. In addition to the obvious impact this will have on cruise ship facilities, one wonders whether differential pricing that favors customers of one residence/country over another will run afoul of the federal law that prohibits discrimination in public accomodations based national origin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted July 17, 2005 #2 Share Posted July 17, 2005 This is old news....the decision was made weeks ago and discussed here at length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darmanad Posted July 18, 2005 Author #3 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Sorry Splinter, I didnt see the ealier thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceanwench Posted July 23, 2005 #4 Share Posted July 23, 2005 This is old news....the decision was made weeks ago and discussed here at length. It was? On this board? Maybe you could provide a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenie2 Posted July 23, 2005 #5 Share Posted July 23, 2005 It's been discussed in several threads, but here's a link to the main one: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=187858 Candy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceanwench Posted July 24, 2005 #6 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Thanks for the link. That thread was here was more than a month ago, and I must have missed it. It didn't go very far. Certainly it was not discussed "at length" given the few posts on the thread. There is no harm in discussing things that have been discussed before. Otherwise, most of the boards here wouldn't have many threads! [Kids in diapers in pool, smoking, chair hogs, dress codes, smuggling alcohol, etc.] Also, this topic is not dead at all --> it still has to be determined just how much of the ADA the cruise lines will have to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenie2 Posted July 24, 2005 #7 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Yes OW, I agree this is far from over. The Supreme Court decision is just the start -- they still are in the process of developing new ADAAG for passenger vessels, not to mention the disposition of this case by the lower court. We discussed it in another thread (not the one I listed the link to), but I can't find that one -- it was titled something else and the conversation drifted. To be fair, everything cruise lines have done up to this point in regards to access has pretty much been voluntary, and market-driven. So I think they should be commended for that. It's pretty confusing when you have no access standards, so the cruise lines pretty much have had to guess at access features. I think the ADAAG Passenger Vessel Guidelines will help clarify this for everybody. In the long run, those will be more important than this Supreme Court decision. Candy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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