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From: Harry Jones on 8 Nov 2008 18:24
I was looking at an interesting itinerary on RCCL out of Panama, 7 nights,
departing every Sunday for
well into 2009. I would probably enjoy both the ship and the ports, but I
am a bit surprised by the
following caveat:


Please note that Royal Caribbean considers this sailing to be a "Latin
America Immersion" cruise. The primary language spoken onboard will be
Spanish.(all the sailings for this itinerary have this statement).
I saw this statement posted on Vacations to Go, but not on several other
cruise vendor websites.



I have not run across this before on an "American" cruiseline catering
primarily to US passengers. Is this something
new, or has this been going on for awhile? I am certainly familiar with
the multi-language policies on Costa and MSC.


I will probably do the cruise as I am reasonably competent in Spanish and if
everyone is speaking that language,
it will give me a good learning week. Perhaps the important announcements
will be repeated in English.



From: Dillon Pyron on 9 Nov 2008 23:29
[Default] Thus spake "Harry Jones" <hjones(a)prodigy.net>:

>I was looking at an interesting itinerary on RCCL out of Panama, 7 nights,
>departing every Sunday for
>well into 2009.

What ship? I can't find it in my TA guide (2008-2009).

> I would probably enjoy both the ship and the ports, but I
>am a bit surprised by the
>following caveat:
>
>
>Please note that Royal Caribbean considers this sailing to be a "Latin
>America Immersion" cruise. The primary language spoken onboard will be
>Spanish.(all the sailings for this itinerary have this statement).
>I saw this statement posted on Vacations to Go, but not on several other
>cruise vendor websites.
>

Are you sure it isn't Pulmantour?

>
>
>I have not run across this before on an "American" cruiseline catering
>primarily to US passengers. Is this something
>new, or has this been going on for awhile? I am certainly familiar with
>the multi-language policies on Costa and MSC.
>
>
>I will probably do the cruise as I am reasonably competent in Spanish and if
>everyone is speaking that language,
>it will give me a good learning week. Perhaps the important announcements
>will be repeated in English.

Yo estudio esapanol in la universidad, pero no practico in mi casa.

Lately it's been limited to "are you pregnant?" and "take a deep
breath, hold it. ... breath".

>
>
From: Harry Jones on 10 Nov 2008 08:15

Guess you need to get a better guide. This is RCCL's Enchantment of the
Seas, and this itinierary shows up on all the usual cruise agent sites.

The RCCL site makes the following statement in small print on the details
page for this itinerary, which should be enough to scare off the usual
monolinguistic
US cruise passenger, but is enough to get me on board for a week of Spanish
language and cultural
immersion:

Please note: this product has been sold almost exclusively to guests from
Latin America; therefore services and products have been added to meet their
cultural preferences in food and beverage and entertainment. While English
language assistance will be provided, the local language will be the primary
language spoken onboard. Please check with your local consulate or embassy
regarding visa requirements.

Mind you, I have learned my lesson to avoid Costa and the noisy and very
pushy Italians, but I am willing to give it a go for a week of Latino
cruising.
























"Dillon Pyron" <invaliddmpyron(a)austin.rr.com> wrote in message
news:177eh4d6mgfdtvsrqbc8ets08l5mddbo1u(a)4ax.com...
> [Default] Thus spake "Harry Jones" <hjones(a)prodigy.net>:
>
>>I was looking at an interesting itinerary on RCCL out of Panama, 7 nights,
>>departing every Sunday for
>>well into 2009.
>
> What ship? I can't find it in my TA guide (2008-2009).
>
>> I would probably enjoy both the ship and the ports, but I
>>am a bit surprised by the
>>following caveat:
>>
>>
>>Please note that Royal Caribbean considers this sailing to be a "Latin
>>America Immersion" cruise. The primary language spoken onboard will be
>>Spanish.(all the sailings for this itinerary have this statement).
>>I saw this statement posted on Vacations to Go, but not on several other
>>cruise vendor websites.
>>
>
> Are you sure it isn't Pulmantour?
>
>>
>>
>>I have not run across this before on an "American" cruiseline catering
>>primarily to US passengers. Is this something
>>new, or has this been going on for awhile? I am certainly familiar with
>>the multi-language policies on Costa and MSC.
>>
>>
>>I will probably do the cruise as I am reasonably competent in Spanish and
>>if
>>everyone is speaking that language,
>>it will give me a good learning week. Perhaps the important announcements
>>will be repeated in English.
>
> Yo estudio esapanol in la universidad, pero no practico in mi casa.
>
> Lately it's been limited to "are you pregnant?" and "take a deep
> breath, hold it. ... breath".
>
>>
>>


From: "kerry ambler" kerryamblerNO on 10 Nov 2008 11:47
dillon, it's on page 86 and is called southern caribbean. the TA guide
doesn't say anything about immersion as that verbiage came after the books
were printed. some asian cruises are also immersion.


"Dillon Pyron" <invaliddmpyron(a)austin.rr.com> wrote in message
news:177eh4d6mgfdtvsrqbc8ets08l5mddbo1u(a)4ax.com...
> [Default] Thus spake "Harry Jones" <hjones(a)prodigy.net>:
>
>>I was looking at an interesting itinerary on RCCL out of Panama, 7 nights,
>>departing every Sunday for
>>well into 2009.
>
> What ship? I can't find it in my TA guide (2008-2009).
>
>> I would probably enjoy both the ship and the ports, but I
>>am a bit surprised by the
>>following caveat:
>>
>>
>>Please note that Royal Caribbean considers this sailing to be a "Latin
>>America Immersion" cruise. The primary language spoken onboard will be
>>Spanish.(all the sailings for this itinerary have this statement).
>>I saw this statement posted on Vacations to Go, but not on several other
>>cruise vendor websites.
>>
>
> Are you sure it isn't Pulmantour?
>
>>
>>
>>I have not run across this before on an "American" cruiseline catering
>>primarily to US passengers. Is this something
>>new, or has this been going on for awhile? I am certainly familiar with
>>the multi-language policies on Costa and MSC.
>>
>>
>>I will probably do the cruise as I am reasonably competent in Spanish and
>>if
>>everyone is speaking that language,
>>it will give me a good learning week. Perhaps the important announcements
>>will be repeated in English.
>
> Yo estudio esapanol in la universidad, pero no practico in mi casa.
>
> Lately it's been limited to "are you pregnant?" and "take a deep
> breath, hold it. ... breath".
>
>>
>>


From: Susette on 10 Nov 2008 15:05
On Nov 10, 11:47�am, "kerry ambler" <kerryamblerNO S...(a)msn.com>
wrote:
> dillon, �it's on page 86 and is called southern caribbean. �the TA guide
> doesn't say anything about immersion as that verbiage came after the books
> were printed. �some asian cruises are also immersion.
>
> "Dillon Pyron" <invaliddmpy...(a)austin.rr.com> wrote in message
>
> news:177eh4d6mgfdtvsrqbc8ets08l5mddbo1u(a)4ax.com...
>
>
>
> > [Default] Thus spake "Harry Jones" <hjo...(a)prodigy.net>:
>
> >>I was looking at an interesting itinerary on RCCL out of Panama, 7 nights,
> >>departing every Sunday for
> >>well into 2009.
>
> > What ship? �I can't find it in my TA guide (2008-2009).
>
> >> I would probably enjoy both the ship and the ports, but I
> >>am a bit surprised by the
> >>following caveat:
>
> >>Please note that Royal Caribbean considers this sailing to be a "Latin
> >>America Immersion" cruise. The primary language spoken onboard will be
> >>Spanish.(all the sailings for this itinerary have this statement).
> >>I saw this statement posted on Vacations to Go, but not on several other
> >>cruise vendor websites.
>
> > Are you sure it isn't Pulmantour?
>
> >>I have not run across this before on �an "American" cruiseline catering
> >>primarily to US passengers. �Is this something
> >>new, �or has this been going on for awhile? �I am certainly familiar with
> >>the multi-language policies on Costa and MSC.
>
> >>I will probably do the cruise as I am reasonably competent in Spanish and
> >>if
> >>everyone is speaking that language,
> >>it will give me a good learning week. �Perhaps the important announcements
> >>will be repeated in English.
>
> > Yo estudio esapanol in la universidad, pero no practico in mi casa.
>
> > Lately it's been limited to "are you pregnant?" and "take a deep
> > breath, hold it. ... breath".- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

And if anyone wants to know about this cruise, Kerry is the Expert.
She knows the immersions inside and out and all 46 or so days of it.
She has educated herself immensly on it, and there is no other out
there I know that knows the ins and outs like she does of this. Kudos!
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