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Curacao has beautiful beaches. Grand Turk has 1st class snorkeling.

Interesting. I think there is a market - look at all the cruises booked with only 5% max unvaxxed (kids).

Pent up demand is the only tail wind the cruise lines have going for them. Fuel prices, Covid shenanigans, crew issues, supply issues, inflation in general are some of the headwinds. Decreases in disposable income directly counter the pent-up demand. A lot of folks are having to make hard choices right now.

I have a difficult time trying to fathom the logic in insisting on bottomless drinks while lamenting the costs, insofar as to having to plan my vacation around drinking. Just go have fun. - Zero Sympathy Team

Not an expert but ships burn a heavier fuel, and like a chimney you can get soot buildup and a chimney fire. So my guess is a buildup of soot that eventually caught fire. [Soot is partially burned fuel].

Some of us love to go on cruise vacations because we want to get away from our.....phones.👀

This makes me sad. Best cruise we had was on Sunshine.

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Enjoy Roatan. Beautiful place! We've done private tours twice (Victor Bodden) and NEVER felt the least bit uncomfortable. 1st time it was my wife and I for $80 total. All day with a guide - went wherever we wanted. Included the zip line too.

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear it, did it really make a sound?

We did Spencer in Fall 2019. For some reason I thought he did CC but no. Once that was cleared up we scooted by boat to the land portion. There was a little wait, and no water or beverage on the van until people started asking, and water was brought. Land portion was ok - the banana plantation portion was literally a drive by. Back on the boat to the Pitons - first there and was uncrowded. Lunch was tasty and I don't recall being hungry afterwards. Plenty of Piton beer. Spenser did seem to be feeding a lot of hangers on though. As for the staff - disinterested seems like a good description. We met a local at the each selling wild fruits (some I'd never seen) and I tried them all. He as very friendly and unobtrusive. We left a little early due to weather and hit a torrential downpour on the way back. On the way back there were boat issues - after phone calls it was gas (we think) so we stopped at ?? and got some fuel. Back to the docks in plenty of time. By the time we got back on the ship it came an absolute horrendous thunderstorm. Portions of the ship were flooding from all the rain, and the town was having serious issues we could see. The entire harbor muddied up. Crazy storm. Overall it was a good day, but not without hiccups. The marketplace will sort out the issues - if Spencer gets too many complaints he won't be in business much. All the issues are readily fixed - it just takes want-to.