Will try to let this thread know what the cellular bottom-line billing
actually is:
I do recall something about "25 cents a minute for international"
calls, but don't know the minimum (if any).
Yeah, the cruise line has to make a profit to stay in bizness, and
..."free wifi" would surely induce patronage to their overall business,
as some of us are internet junkies who must have our newspapers and
news groups:
I kicked my internet addiction, though when we got to Kay West, I got a
MIAMI HERALD, and when we got to Nassau's Atlantis Hotel, I paid
news-shop a total of $10.75 U.S. for a Miami HERALD, their local
interesting & colorful tabloid, the FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, and a NY
TIMES.
Meanwhile: a typical gossipy rumor I heard is that the Celebration (or
maybe a bigger Carnival boat?) "makes" (grosses?) a "million" bucks per
5-day excursion.
As "net profit" that certainly does sound wayyyy tooooo highhhhhh; but
as sort of a "gross" take-in total revenue sum it's seemingly a
plausible figure.
Robert Cohen wrote:
> Caveat lecter: Personal or subjective
> perceptions aren't fair 'n balanced
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> It was my second cruise, completed yesterday, five nights, JackSUNville
> to Key West to Nassau to Jacksonville
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> My first semi-decadent cruise was the Royal (Imperial?)
> Empress from Tampa to Cozumel & return circa mid 1990s.
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> That Empress
> boat was of the 1940s vintage,
> and was re-conditioned subsequently more than once
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> In no
> order, except faulty memory:
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> The cuisine was enjoyable: They justifiably brag of chef's
> art/skill/talent
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> If you're fat and/or don't care, then it's nirvana:
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> Filet mignon, lobster, chauteaubriand, and sirloin are memorable
> entrees; while
> every course they bring is tasty.
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> They always have a low cal "spa" alternative too
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> Nobody could starve unlike ancestors in steerage probably experienced
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> The cabin was adequate, enough drawers & shelves
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> Hot & cold running water, shower works & drains correctly & separately
> (unlike Empress),
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> The satellite tv
> from Denver ...makes sense especially the snow reports
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> My deck was "U, floor six:
> Paid a liitle extra for a window, though they should wash window on the
> outside too.
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> Window won't open, but this is the 21st century and the ocean air may
> not be as terrific
> as Mexico City's .
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> Learning to get around the boat is not snappy, while who says life is
> uncrappy
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> Tour driver-tour guide in Key West is Jack Nicholsonian:
> : He doesn't say, "here'ss Johnnyyy," though makes Key West from fake
> trolly
> not dull.
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> I may have sort of trumped
> him on Harry Truman middle-initial/name trivia question.
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> The sea wasn't rough unlike that memorable Empress nauseating
> trip in December's
> rough sea
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> NO STING RAY JUMPED ONTO DECK so far as I know, but they may be
> covering up with a pillow case cover story about shrimp prawn crayfish
> menu extras
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> The captain was NOT drunk when I saw him in the Astoria auditorium, I
> swear
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> The Nassau ATLANTIS resort directly contrasts with bedraggled urban
> Nassau
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> I had some leftover
> British coins to convert though
> that Atlantis casino wouldn't take 'em--
> thought such would've been a slam-dunk/"yama"
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> Nassau needs a Wendy-McDonald-Burger King: Hey, Cancun has Burger King
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> Eat all meals on board the boat rather than in ports' ripoff places
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> Carnival should not charge for wifi, because guests should be allowed
> to go onto internet from cabins unlimited: the internet is analgous to
> the inducement of
> "free tv" of the 1950s
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> Swim pools: small, crowded, noisy--so don't bother as Yogi Berra
> doesn't exactly say
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> SEMI-TERRIFIC
> SUGGESTION: DEEP SEA FISHING FROM THE BOAT ITSELF
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> This cruise
> generally stays close enough to Florida coast to make phone calls on
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