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Subject: Re: Where is the Miracle? Posted on: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:45:19 EDT

George Leppla wrote:
> "William Coleman" wrote
>
>
>>no reason given yet but on www.cruisecritic.com they report the Miracle
>>docked at another dock in Tampa and were bussed to Channelside.
>
>
> This happens when a fuel tanker gets tied up for longer than expected at
> some point in the port. The pilots say it is too dangerous to bring a
> cruise ship in when this happens, so they dock the cruise ship at a
> commercial pier and bus everyone to the terminal.
>
> Apparently this happens a few times a year.
>

This is exactly what happened. Just got off the ship Yesterday.
Embarking was definately a Miracle, and a chore. We stood in line for
over two hours. The last person wasn't onboard until 4:30pm.


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