Worlds Largest Cruise Ship.

[Captain Kong]

Que Sera,Sera.
Brian

[j.sabourn]

Was that before or after she met Rock Hudson. JS

[Keith Tindell]

I see Swan Hellenic cruise company has gone tits up, Portsmouth has lost 19 planned visits from them next year, dont wonder they have gone broke if one of the planned visits is Portsmouth, and the best they can come up with, know locally as the ar**** of England , sorry if that offends anyone, kt

[Captain Kong]

One of the very best cruises I ever was on Swan Helenic`s MINERVA, a very nice small ship, only 300 passengers.
From B.A. to USHUAIA and then round Cape Horn and down to the ANTARCTIC CONTINENT, landing in several places with the Penguins, Elephant seals, for 35 days and calling Deception Island and sailing through the Caldera of a volcano and swimming surrounded by ice, bergs in a very warm sea from the volcano.
at Elephant Island where Shackleton left his men to go for help, South Georgia and seeing Shackleton`s grave. Then to Tristan da Cunha and then three days in Cape Town An Incredible tour and experience. it would have been worth more than double the money.
She is a very popular ship.
Brian

[Keith Tindell]

Was Brian, apparently all stranded passengers are being sent home ok, and all passengers that had booked being reimbursed, shame to have that happened, kt

[Captain Kong]

Hi Kt

the Directors of the company were taking pay of up to One Million Pounds each, Lord Stirling is the boss..
The company only made half a million.
so that's why it has gone.

The ship is in Marseille froggy france, and her cruise to the Canaries due on the 3rd Jan has been cancelled.

[j.sabourn]

Hope the crew on ship get payed, and if they don't, know enough to use their first lien on the ship and have sold, if necessary to pay their wages. have seen it done once from a distance in Montreal to a sister ship I was on with a Yugoslav crew. The only one who doesn't have a lien on the vessel is the master. Unless of course all this part of old maritime law has been changed to suit the foreign parliament in Brussels, JS

[John Arton]

I see on the BBC news site that Carnival cruise are to issue passengers with a medallion type internet connection that willow allow passengers to purchase from the ships shops, unlock your cabin door as you approach, trace friends who are onboard, and navigate around the ship etc. Wonder if they will guide you to your lifeboat, or just cause gridlock ?. Won't be bothering me anyway, kt

Keith
Is this what you saw regarding Carnival. It seems to be something that enables Crew Members to give better service to the passengers.
High Tech on High Seas: Carnival Unveils Wearable Technology on Ships – gCaptain
rgds
JA

[Keith Tindell]

John, very like that, only this was stated for passengers, open your cabin door as you approach, track where your friends are onboard etc. So it seems it's going to be a dual role for crew and passengers, kt

[Captain Kong]

track where your friends are onboard etc

Hi KT, does that mean, if I have an "assignment" with some young lady on my next cruise ship, SHE can find me at it??
Don't think I will like that ,
Cheers
Brian