Posted on 08/01/2022 2:42:40 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
Furthermore, they are allowing up to 20% of the passengers to be unvaccinated, subject to testing within 3 days of boarding for cruises of all durations.
-PJ
My husband has booked 6 from August to February and ALL the SUITES on Celebrity are FULL...every class of suites!
Carnival offered $1 billion in 10.5% unsecured notes in May to pay down 11.5% secured notes due next year.
Well, I guess they found someone foolish enough to want to get hosed in a bankruptcy while a best case secenario is barely keeping up with inflation.
Thanx. I see I’m a year or so out of touch. GB
and this all means what ???
Like - Eh ???
we just got a refund from Viking - they still require the Jab, even though the countries and airlines do not
Not been on many cruises have you? Lots of younger couples and families. The ships are like theme parks with roller coasters and slides
I was just asking the list if they had an opinion on the thread. - Tom
ps Looks to me like the big 3 cruise lines are drifting into a legal Ponzi Scheme, by paying off old borrowed debt by using newly borrowed debt. -Tom
I went to Alaska w/the GF in early June on NCL. Ship was 50% full. There was slightly more crew than there were passengers.
Yes like a Ponzi scheme
Carnival was and remains a cash cow. They obtained the lower rate notes in a higher rate environment because smart-people-with-money were willing to lend to them at a lower rate.
We’ve been on Freedom at least 3 time. It’s a great ship.
I’m sure she’ll have a great trip!
You have no chance to survive. Make your time
“I went to Alaska w/the GF in early June on NCL. Ship was 50% full. There was slightly more crew than there were passengers.”
That is an expensive cruise.
The 5 & 7-day cruises out of Florida and Galveston are 100%
We’re not ready to return to cruising, Tom. Some People are being quarantined on every cruise. I read that Princess keeps Deck 12 available if you test positive & have to be quarantined.
Which lines did you book? any of them longer than a week?
Libor one year is 3.7; WSJ Prime is 5.5. They are still paying pretty hefty margins.
Looks like the big 3 are shuffling deck chairs, trying to stretch out their viability until they receive either a buyout, a bailout, or interest rates fall to near zero again. None of the options seem highly likely to end in their favor.
It is painful to watch a perfectly enjoyable and usually profitable travel and leisure industry in a slow motion train wreck, through no real fault of their own.
Yes....some 8 days....Celebrity and Princess for 15 days.
As long as there is a good casino onboard, I am sure she will.
I will also tell her to visit tie Sphink's lounge. -Tom
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