Norwegian Cruise Lines: Reservation, shmeservation

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/499072p-420758c.html

Have a reservation? Tough
Have a plane ticket? Tough
Had plans? Tough

I hope they take a major PR hit for just bouncing these people. I care less about the circumstances about why the boat is now not available, but to do this then offer just $100 off your next cruise? I'd rather take the S.S. Minnow.

 

All the norovirus you can eat? Not a chance, buddy. I'll watch the vomit scene in "Stand By Me" but I won't live it in real life.

I have no desire to go on a cruise.

 

How can you write an article like that with no apparent effort to get a comment from the cruise line?

 

They didn't get their deposit back? Wow.

 

With all of the problems the cruise line industry is having (various viruses, stories of crime on and off the boat, people disappearing, etc.), why would anyone want to get on one of these ships?

 

The number of cruises where people are stricken by a ship-wide virus is a very small percentage of cruises.
Crime on and off the boat.. crime happens in the cities, suburbia, rural areas, etc. you just need to exercise the same cautions you would anywhere else -- lock valuables in a safe, don't wear anything too gaudy to attract to yourself, etc.
People disappearing off boats .. if I'm not mistaken, the majority of those cases have happened on cruises in the Medeterrian, not cruises in the Bahamas.

So don't rag on cruises unless you've actually been on one or more.

 

I mean it could have been worse. They could have been stuck on a boat WITH Ross O'Donnell for a week...

 

I guess this gives new meaning to their slogan "Freestyle cruising" -- they're free to cancel your reservation and kick you off the ship whenever they want.

 

Right on Joe. I took a cruise (albeit in 1985) and thoroughly enjoyed it. The illnesses and abductions aren't as common as you think or are led to believe. And the whole experience really is fantastic.

 

Well, we were considering taking a cruise for a vacation in the near future. Won't be with Norwegian now, that's for sure.

 

Took the Tread family on a Disney Cruise in January. First time any of us had been on a cruise and we had a great time. Can't think of a bad thing to say about it other than St. Maarten wasn't as spectacular as people we talked to seemed to think it was.

 

I've been on two cruises, and am thinking about taking MrsExpendable for our tenth in a couple of years. Very enjoyable experience.

Come on. A bad day of norovirus on an island is better than a good day at work.

Okay, it's not.