I remember seeing a lot of them interviewed by the media as they go off the ship and calling it an “adventure” or “memorable”.
The cruise line offer was fair.
I don't see it that way. However, their demands are ridiculous. But the offer? There are those who were on that cruise who never want to even look at a cruise ship again. Yet, the only compensation offered involves taking more cruises.
I suspect most cruisers used to naively believed that if anything this bad happened, there'd be an evacuation. I doubt they expected anything this horendous could happen.