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Just be aware this isn't "direct"...so if you're in doubt about any of the lines mentioned, be sure to call THEM...oh yeah, be sure you're confident the rep you're speaking to is reasonably intelligent and well informed...not always the easiest thing to do.
I also see that HAL is seeing higher interest in longer roundtrip voyages. This is the same market that NCL seems to be looking at for the future. Looks like the industry is changing and I am sure will continue to do so for the next number of years.
I'm not opposed to change - especially when it results in progress and/or enhanced experiences ð¤ lol; however, HALs decision to test longer itineraries negatively impacts my ability to cruise w/them. I am still employed FT and, therefore, accountable to others for my time, which prevents me from cruising on their longer voyages. I don't want to go to CCL (or...) as I'm not their target demographic (ie I am older & prefer a more mellow experience w/fewer children). I am sure I am not alone in this.
Yep.. Stil shaking my head over the self test and self reporting. Seems a bit nonsensical . "Here's a test, here's the answer, welcome aboard"
Sort of like the muster drills ????
Yep.. Stil shaking my head over the self test and self reporting. Seems a bit nonsensical . "Here's a test, here's the answer, welcome aboard"
Remember "open book tests"??? this makes THAT almost legitimate....what an absurdity!!!!!
Yep.. Stil shaking my head over the self test and self reporting. Seems a bit nonsensical . "Here's a test, here's the answer, welcome aboard"
Personally I think the lead sentence of paragraph 6 of the article sums it up perfectly: 'Demand is definitely going to go up' Isn't that the whole point of this?
As I've stated before, I have been very suspect of all the rosy booking numbers the lines have been spouting for the past year. I think they conveniently used the percentage increase in booking numbers right after the shutdown to convince the public there is strong demand. After all, any increase from zero can be spun as a positive sign.
If demand is really so strong, what's with the rush in dropping all the requirements?
I saw an article on Cruise Industry news this morning that Fred Olson is cancelling winter cruises now because of a lack of demand.
I also see that HAL is seeing higher interest in longer roundtrip voyages. This is the same market that NCL seems to be looking at for the future. Looks like the industry is changing and I am sure will continue to do so for the next number of years.
Years of cruising have taught me several things about the industry...and while generalities usually rear up and bite you.....Cruiselines lie....and can cover it by hidden statements buried in all their booking info. FED laws a few years ago mandated that credit card contracts, loans etc, be written in plain english. I can remember when it wasn't that way. I know many of us in here can. The cruiselines somehow aren't covered by that...the devil is in the details. (This is a prerecorded announcement..HAH!). .a certain line even managed to lie outright to a Federal judge, and got caught. (something to do with ocean dumping...nothing important in this day and age, right???) So if they don't feel the need to test, its NOT because some mahogany row denizen got up one morning and said..."HEY! lets not test? who cares?" Its because the pols and extremely high level bureaucrats told them it was ok...as one pol said way back in the day.."never let a good crisis go to waste.."...and I'll add..."never let your resolution to a good crisis go to waste........even if it doesn't actually resolve it"..
BTW, just made our dinner reservations for ours of 12/22.....10/22 is all set as well.....thanks for reminding me...altho what that has to do with this, I'll never know....
Remember the early days of the pandemic when they were all talking about installing thermal scanners in their terminals (and as I recall some articles even stated on the ships) to identify and weed out the people with an elevated body temperature? No one with a fever would have been allowed to board, or if they developed a fever while on board they would have been immediately quarantined. To my knowledge they haven't pursued that. They probably couldn't do it for legal reasons, but to me it's a sign that they "knee jerk" from one extreme to the other.
Like others have said.................we'll just have to wait and see how this unfolds.
Personally I think the lead sentence of paragraph 6 of the article sums it up perfectly: 'Demand is definitely going to go up' Isn't that the whole point of this?
As I've stated before, I have been very suspect of all the rosy booking numbers the lines have been spouting for the past year. I think they conveniently used the percentage increase in booking numbers right after the shutdown to convince the public there is strong demand. After all, any increase from zero can be spun as a positive sign.
If demand is really so strong, what's with the rush in dropping all the requirements?
They still have to adhere to codes restrictions and requirements of the destination ports.
Things are changing quickly. Let's hope no one regrets it!
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