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“promising to tick off 375 ports around the world, visiting 135 countries and all seven continents. The ship will cover more than 130,000 miles over the three y
by nelsonic 4y ago
“promising to tick off 375 ports around the world, visiting 135 countries and all seven continents. The ship will cover more than 130,000 miles over the three years, taking in iconic sights from Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue and India’s Taj Mahal, to Mexico’s Chichen Itza, the pyramids of Giza, Machu Picchu and the Great Wall of China. It even slots in trips to 103 “tropical islands.” Of those 375 ports, 208 will be overnight stops, giving you extra time in the destination.“
Sounds epic for retired people who want to see the world!
But is it profitable for the cruise company… what happens if they realise this half way through the journey and are forced to cancel the rest of the trip?
- ytdytvhxgydvhh 4y agoTaj Mahal? That’s hundreds of miles from the coast. I guess this company is hoping to make the real money by offering excursions to people who are tired of being on the ship long term.
- tgv 4y agoI think the Great Wall is even further, unless you can dock in Pyongyang. Utterly ridiculous.
- ourmandave 4y agoSounds painful. You're on a boat filled with tourists making stops at tourist traps. After the 30th "tropical island" port, will you even bother to get off the boat? To wander around souvenir shops or try the local cuisine, again.
- arkitaip 4y agoIsn't that the way most Westerns go on holiday anyways? Doing the same things at the same places like everyone else?
- buggy6257 4y agoCalm down your biases. Take a trip to Australia and tell me that Japanese and Chinese tourists don’t do the exact same thing. Turns out tourist traps exist for a reason. People seem to enjoy them.
- buzzerbetrayed 4y agoPerhaps. But that doesn’t mean people would want to do that 103 times in just 3 years.
- kenjackson 4y agoI’ve done a few cruises and there’s nothing stopping you from doing your own thing. When we went to Korea, for example, we just had a driver and hit all the stops we wanted for the day.
- AlecSchueler 4y agoI think the issue is more with the depth of the experience, because as you say it's only what you want "for the day." In the shorter timeframes you're allowed the worry might be that you only see what the material aspects of life are like, but never really get a sense of what it's like to inhabit that world. Though even with that in mind I guess different people could be looking for different things when they visit a place.
- dagw 4y agoI've admittedly only done a cruise once, but I saw it as sampling from tasting menu. After my cruise there where two places (out of 8) we'd stopped that I really felt I wanted to see more of, so I went back to those places on later vacations and explored them more.
- bdcravens 4y agoAt many stops, “local” cuisine includes Jimmy Buffet Margaritaville.
- nelsonic 4y agoOne person’s dream is another one’s nightmare. I’ve been on cruises as a child and they felt claustrophobic. But got to see some cool places and you can definitely do your own thing in each port or just stay onboard relaxing. I think that as a way to go around the world and see 130+ countries in a year it would be awesome. You’d be pretty sick of it by the end but at least you’re not stuck rotting in some retirement community doing puzzles and watching daytime TV. Again one person’s pleasure is another’s poison.
- V__ 4y ago> Carnival Corporation (...) took in $4.75 billion in ticket revenue, and sailed 36.4 million passenger days. That comes out to $131 per person, per day. This would be about $47.815 per year. Not that far off. [1] https://www.cruzely.com/how-much-a-cruise-costs-in-2020/ https://www.cruzely.com/how-much-a-cruise-costs-in-2020/
- Waterluvian 4y agoIt feels like it’s either a move of desperation or they’re just filling empty space and you’ll inevitably get lesser service and upsells everywhere.
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