Sounds to me, after reading the whole article, that the cruise line did the right thing - they refunded 50% of the cruise price, plus gave out vouchers for 50% off another cruise. Sounds very fair. No-one was hurt seriously, the waves were in no way the fault of the cruise line, it's staff, or ship.
But as others have pointed out - lawyer buzzards are always circling for scraps and carcasses.
they should have paid the liner the extra cash for added excitement
Sounds to me, after reading the whole article, that the cruise line did the right thing - they refunded 50% of the cruise price, plus gave out vouchers for 50% off another cruise. Sounds very fair. No-one was hurt seriously, the waves were in no way the fault of the cruise line, it's staff, or ship.
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It's more than fair -- it was exceptionally generous. Generally speaking the cruise lines are not obligated to give you anything for Act of God occurrences like this.
I think it says alot about the cruise ship industry that only 4 people got hurt by something that years ago would have sunk the whole damn ship. Instead of the passengers counting their blessings, they've already started to count dollar bills. Disgusting. I'm sure there is something in the contract you sign that indemnifies the company from such natural acts. I hope so.