Queen Victoria Assisting Sail Boat in Distress

[omah1975]

2 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

 

No, not that one. That was Corporal Jones. 😀

[exlondoner]

Nor that. Mine may not be a very well known quotation, perhaps. Sorry for starting this.

[North West Newbie]

4 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

Nor that. Mine may not be a very well known quotation, perhaps. Sorry for starting this.

 

Could it be "I think you're entering the realms of fantasy there, Jones"?

[exlondoner]

Quite so.

[D&N]

The suggestion keeps cropping up that;  sinking of a cruise ship could be the end of the industry as we know it.

A bit more than 10 years ago a ship with 4,252 passengers and crew on board sank with loss of 32 lives.

 

While that incident was horrific, the cruise industry seems to have survived.

[sogne]

2 hours ago, ace2542 said:

And consider a higher death toll than 9/11 if they could actually sink a cruise ship and such a trap might be the only way they could do it. Consider if did happen it would be the end of the industry as we know it. Lets pray to god it never does.

I hope u r not having nightmares about this.

[exlondoner]

47 minutes ago, D&N said:

The suggestion keeps cropping up that;  sinking of a cruise ship could be the end of the industry as we know it.

A bit more than 10 years ago a ship with 4,252 passengers and crew on board sank with loss of 32 lives.

 

While that incident was horrific, the cruise industry seems to have survived.

 

And didn't the cruise ship Achille Lauro get hijacked years ago? Doesn't seem to have stopped the growth of the cruise industry.

[omah1975]

2 hours ago, exlondoner said:

 

And didn't the cruise ship Achille Lauro get hijacked years ago? Doesn't seem to have stopped the growth of the cruise industry.

 

Yes it did, in 1985.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achille_Lauro_hijacking

[broberts]

3 hours ago, D&N said:

The suggestion keeps cropping up that;  sinking of a cruise ship could be the end of the industry as we know it.

A bit more than 10 years ago a ship with 4,252 passengers and crew on board sank with loss of 32 lives.

 

While that incident was horrific, the cruise industry seems to have survived.

 

I was on Emerald Princess when that happened. I recall that many crew appeared stunned and were having difficulty dealing with the news. Passengers didn't seem that affected.