On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 12:47:15 -0600, "Byker" <byker@do~
rag.net> wrote:
>"Phantom_View" wrote in message
>news:oa3sqf9ub0c3lj393...@4ax.com...
>
>On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:10:46 -0600, "Byker" <byker@do~
rag.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Wg35qf8P8
>>>
>>>I hope all the other passengers enjoy their
>>>indefinite stays confined to their cabins...
>>
>> I think that industry is OVER, maybe forever.
>> None have the financial resources to withstand
>> another lockdown (and that may not be the last).
>> Those ships are EXPENSIVE. Maintaining them
>> is EXPENSIVE. Without lots of cash coming in,
>> well, the Love Boat will return a few bucks as
>> scrap metal ....
>
>Yet keels continue to be laid down. As far as Royal Caribbean is apparently
>concerned, it's full speed ahead. "There is not a lot of information about
>the ship that is available yet since it's still under construction. However,
>the Wonder of the Seas' move to the outfitting dock marks the first time the
>ship has been in water, the Orlando Sentinel reported."
>
https://tinyurl.com/yx8mkk7b
Then RC gets to declare bankrupcy first.
There has been some popularity. I think it is because so
many have gone stir-crazy.
The Biden lockdowns will dry up their cash reserves however.
Actually, zeps of modern design and materials really could be
a cheaper "cruise-ship substitute". They will not carry thousands
of course - so the companies will charge a lot more for tickets.
>I wonder if the fine print tells the patrons that they have to undergo 14
>days of quarantine afterwards...
Sure, just put up the colored 3-d glasses and read the text
in a mirror :-)