Icon not worth current prices

[Engineroom Snipe]

4 hours ago, ChutChut said:

(this was right before Covid, though). 

Those days cannot be compared to "after Covid.".

 

No judgement, just an observation.

[LobsterStalker]

5 hours ago, ChutChut said:

How are lots of people affording these prices? Credit card debt is at an all-time high, most older Americans don't have anywhere near the retirement savings they should, the majority of Americans don't have $1,000 in emergency savings, car loan delinquencies are at pre-Covid levels and rising, and salaries haven't kept pace. Moreover, there's a stealth debt no one can really gage - the buy/now-pay/later as those companies don't report to credit agencies. Just don't get how people are paying these prices....

I believe you solved your own mystery 

 

 

[kwokpot]

On 2/8/2024 at 10:39 AM, UNCFanatik said:

Lastly, the Pearl does nothing for me. I thought it would be more like the Sphere in Vegas. 

The primary purpose of the Pearl is to be a structural element to support the ship so that there can be panoramic windows on the Promenade. That they were able to create an attraction with it is an added benefit and wasn't the primary objective.