Royal's ships 2023/24

[Chiliburn]

20 hours ago, arxcards said:

Ahoy Icon fans - a quality read/review from her inaugural.

Gary Shteyngart: Crying Myself to Sleep on the Icon of the Seas - The Atlantic

This bloke has an interesting view of Icon here Geoff .

Its going to be a big money spinner as they come from near and far .

 

 

[arxcards]

1 hour ago, Chiliburn said:

This bloke has an interesting view of Icon here Geoff .

Its going to be a big money spinner as they come from near and far .

 

 

More of a fish out of water story Phil, but an interesting comparison from an "outside" writer vs all of the social media guff. Full of stereotypes, and a few cultural in-jokes, but an attempt at situational comedy within a travel story.

 

Yes, it won't change anything. The story is more about general cruising weirdness anyway.

[Chiliburn]

1 hour ago, arxcards said:

More of a fish out of water story Phil, but an interesting comparison from an "outside" writer vs all of the social media guff. Full of stereotypes, and a few cultural in-jokes, but an attempt at situational comedy within a travel story.

 

Yes, it won't change anything. The story is more about general cruising weirdness anyway.

I like where uncle Bob first saw Icon ,he said he let out a Gordon Ramsay .

[Jean C]

[sad face] Any hopes I had that maybe one day NZ might attract more cruise ships to its ports have been dashed, quote from article re reduced bookings for 24-25 season -

 

"Reasons for the drop in bookings included increased operating costs in New Zealand, higher port fees and regulatory fees from central government, difficulties around hull cleaning regulations, global competition, and concerns about access through the Red Sea, Lloyd said from the United States."

 

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[Hogbay]

On 4/17/2024 at 6:05 AM, arxcards said:

Ahoy Icon fans - a quality read/review from her inaugural.

Gary Shteyngart: Crying Myself to Sleep on the Icon of the Seas - The Atlantic

Too bad made the unavailable comp list" is it any Wonder.... " great song by keaen . Will try Wonder of the Seas .