Can’t they just dock the ships at port and have people pay day passes?

[sanger727]

3 hours ago, cruizergal70 said:

Years ago I might have agreed with you. However,  hearing folks talk about how great ship restaurants are (yes, even the paid ones), I get the impression that many people have had limited exposure to allegedly "upscale" restaurants on land.

sorry, that is just pretentious. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying a meal, regardless of where it comes from. I worked a job where everyone kept telling me that I had to go to the bowling alley for lunch with them, and I brushed it off as, ‘what kind of food can you get at a bowling alley’. I finally went, and it was good. Not star rated good, but still very good and something I would enjoy again. To assume that a michelin star rated restaurant must be better than something on a ship is snobbery. I’ve had excellent meals on a ship. I’ve had excellent meals on land. I’ve had meals on land in very expensive and highly rated restaurants that I hated and would never eat again. Just because a meal cost you $100 doesn’t automatically make it good.

[sanger727]

7 hours ago, Charles4515 said:

 OK I get that some people’s situation is not as good as mine. Access to great restaurants, we have a pool in our condominium etc. , a pool that we can swim laps in unlike the ships pools which I would not even get in, so a day pass would be something that appeals to some. But the answer to the question remains it would not be legally possible without going through a lot of expensive hoops, they can’t just dock the ship, and selling day passes probably would not make financial sense unless the passes were sold at a high price that most people would not be willing to pay.

 

 

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completely agree with everything you said. Not legal... wouldn’t be profitable...

 

and everyone’s views are shaped by what the have access to. I don’t have access to a pool or a beach so place a high value on those. We have a hot tub at our house and Refuse to touch hot tubs onboard. We have that every day, no interest in stewing in everyone else’s body oils, especially those that stay in them all day without a bathroom break 😱

[rkacruiser]

1 hour ago, sanger727 said:

There’s nothing wrong with enjoying a meal, regardless of where it comes from. 

 

I have had many meals during my life at small "mom/pop" type restaurants whose cuisine varied from Chinese to burgers and fries.  I remember them after all of these years because the food was good!  Very good!

 

I'm blessed by being a member of a Church, which pre-Covid, had periodic dinners.  We have some outstanding cooks in our membership.  Not haute cuisine, but food that is well prepared and delicious!   

[evandbob]

9 hours ago, sverigecruiser said:

 

The real question was if it would be profitable to offer day passes and I think that the answer to that is no.

 

I should be interested in it, depending of the price, but don't think that enough people are interested to make it profitable.

 

I should LOVE to pay for a "ship crawl". I should defenitely pay rather much to be able to tour a few ships during a day. A guided tour on maybe five ships during a day with drinks and maybe lunch on one ship and dinner on another ship should be very interesting for me. 

 

And with current COVID hotspots being most ports large enough to dock multiple cruise ships, you might bring home the virus afterwards.

 

Reality sux.

[sverigecruiser]

16 hours ago, Charles4515 said:

 

I think one ship tour a day would be enough. I have done several. A travel agent got me and some other of her customers on a them with her. We live relatively near northeast ports. The tours included lunch and were interesting. I don’t think more than one a day would be likely. The ship tours were pretty extensive, time consuming, including every cabin category. More than one a day would be tiring.

 

 

If the tour is that extensive I probably agree with you, one a day is enough.

 

The tour we did on Jewel of the Seas was not that extensive so more than one tour that day should have been possible.

[sverigecruiser]

15 hours ago, Aquahound said:

it's prosperous to believe folks who spend thousands on a cruise and who are willing to pay up-charges for restaurants, never eat out at upscale restaurants at home

 

I should probably eat at upscale restaurants at home sometimes if we had any upscale restaurants here! I live in a town with around 100000 people and of course we have "better" restaurants here but not upscale compared to some restaurants on many cruise ships.

 

One of the reasons why we can afford to pay $10000 for a cruise is that we don't eat out much in our hometown!  

[sverigecruiser]

12 hours ago, rkacruiser said:

 

This is "thinking outside the box" big time!  Please let me know where and how to sign-up!

 

A "ship crawl" in Port Everglades or the Port of Miami would be easy to do with the close docking location of so many ships on any given day.  

 

As Charles4515 implied, at the end of such a day, I would be exhausted!  But, happy!

 

 

 

I should love to arrive at port of Miami at 6 in the morning for a ship crawl day!

 

 First ship could be breakfast and a tour. 

 

Second ship could be just a tour

 

Third ship could be lunch, tour and a drink.

 

Fourth ship could be tour and drinks.

 

Fifth ship could be dinner, tour, drinks and some kind of entertainment.

 

I should love that day! 

 

The next day five new ships could be docked...  

[sverigecruiser]

12 hours ago, jocap said:

An excellent day out, but I seem to remember there were forms to fill in some days before the event, and you had to take your passport which was kept on shore until your return. 

 

When we visited the Jewel of the Seas in Stockholm we also needed our passports. I don't remember any forms. 

[chengkp75]

43 minutes ago, sverigecruiser said:

 

When we visited the Jewel of the Seas in Stockholm we also needed our passports. I don't remember any forms. 

Due to most cruise lines' and ports' ISPS (International Ship and Port Security) codes, visitors to ships need to be vetted in advance, so most lines ask for some form of ID a few days prior to the visit, so that checks can be made via international data bases.  Again, it will vary by cruise line and by port, but this is pretty standard, and if the ship or port doesn't require advance vetting, then the person is generally required to be escorted the entire time they are within the port limits or on the ship.

[sverigecruiser]

12 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

Due to most cruise lines' and ports' ISPS (International Ship and Port Security) codes, visitors to ships need to be vetted in advance, so most lines ask for some form of ID a few days prior to the visit, so that checks can be made via international data bases.  Again, it will vary by cruise line and by port, but this is pretty standard, and if the ship or port doesn't require advance vetting, then the person is generally required to be escorted the entire time they are within the port limits or on the ship.

 

We were invited by our TA and she had all information they might need so maybe she did it for us.          

[chengkp75]

Just now, sverigecruiser said:

 

We were invited by our TA and she had all information they might need so maybe she did it for us.          

Yes, that would be the case, and you needed your passport as photo ID while in the port.

[jocap]

10 hours ago, sverigecruiser said:

 

We were invited by our TA and she had all information they might need so maybe she did it for us.          

Yes, the forms we filled in were through the TA who organised the visit.

[rkacruiser]

13 hours ago, sverigecruiser said:

 

I should love to arrive at port of Miami at 6 in the morning for a ship crawl day!

 

 First ship could be breakfast and a tour. 

 

Second ship could be just a tour

 

Third ship could be lunch, tour and a drink.

 

Fourth ship could be tour and drinks.

 

Fifth ship could be dinner, tour, drinks and some kind of entertainment.

 

I should love that day! 

 

The next day five new ships could be docked...  

 

While a tour that began at 6:00 A.M. would require me to arise considerably earlier than I normally do (in my state of retirement), your proposed itinerary is excellent.  I'll sign on.

[evandbob]

TOM CRUISE CHARTERS TWO HURTIGRUTEN SHIPS TO KEEP MISSION IMPOSSIBLE AFLOAT

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Actor Tom Cruise has hired two Hurtigruten cruise ships for a month in an attempt to continue filming the latest Mission Impossible movie in Norway.

 

Just another way to get income from an idle ship.

[Cruzaholic41]

Ugh. So money and influence can put cast and crew of hundreds on a cruise ship and be exempted from mandatory 10 day quarantine. I’d make a timely comparison, but it’s a taboo topic on these boards. 😡

[capriccio]

22 minutes ago, Cruzaholic41 said:

Ugh. So money and influence can put cast and crew of hundreds on a cruise ship and be exempted from mandatory 10 day quarantine. I’d make a timely comparison, but it’s a taboo topic on these boards. 😡

 

In addition "the cruise line has now been reported to the local police over certain crew members not having the right work permits..two unions in Norway have reported the cruise line to authorities, saying that if the cruise shop is being used as a hotel, then the Filipino crew onboard require work permits."  (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/tom-cruises-mission-impossible-7-cruise-ship-reported-to-police/ar-BB18B5Lq)

 

[donaldsc]

On a scale of 1 to 10 where 1 would be totally uninterested and 10 totally interested, I would rank my interest to be about -3000.  I don't think that it is a really good idea.

 

DON