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From: Rusty on 9 Mar 2010 12:32
If you've sailed Royal Caribbean, can you tell me what, if anything,
they have in the way of Port Lectures? I'm looking for good, clear
information about the ports before we get there, and not just shopping
or tour sales info.

Thanks very much for any info you can share.

Rusty
From: peter on 9 Mar 2010 13:13
On 3/9/2010 6:32 PM, Rusty wrote:
> If you've sailed Royal Caribbean, can you tell me what, if anything,
> they have in the way of Port Lectures? I'm looking for good, clear
> information about the ports before we get there, and not just shopping
> or tour sales info.
>
> Thanks very much for any info you can share.
>
> Rusty
I think the quality of the nonshopping port lectures really depends on
the particular sailing. RCI does have them and in our experience they
were OK, but not as good as those on Celebrity or HAL, but again, it all
depends on the person they happened to have hired on your particular
cruise.
From: Stu on 9 Mar 2010 13:34
X-No-Archive: yes On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:32:36 -0800 (PST), Rusty
<rustybwilson(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>If you've sailed Royal Caribbean, can you tell me what, if anything,
>they have in the way of Port Lectures? I'm looking for good, clear
>information about the ports before we get there, and not just shopping
>or tour sales info.
>
>Thanks very much for any info you can share.
>
>Rusty

I don't know about RC, but on both of our Carnival cruises they had a
half hour long port chat, then questions. The handouts they gave us
were a list of shops who have ripped off cruisers (and should be
avoided), and a list of safe shops to buy from. The fellow who did the
talk actually shopped in most stores, so he knew what he was talking
about.
From: George Leppla on 9 Mar 2010 13:35
Stu wrote:
> X-No-Archive: yes On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:32:36 -0800 (PST), Rusty
> <rustybwilson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If you've sailed Royal Caribbean, can you tell me what, if anything,
>> they have in the way of Port Lectures? I'm looking for good, clear
>> information about the ports before we get there, and not just shopping
>> or tour sales info.
>>
>> Thanks very much for any info you can share.
>>
>> Rusty
>
> I don't know about RC, but on both of our Carnival cruises they had a
> half hour long port chat, then questions. The handouts they gave us
> were a list of shops who have ripped off cruisers (and should be
> avoided), and a list of safe shops to buy from. The fellow who did the
> talk actually shopped in most stores, so he knew what he was talking
> about.


FWIW... the shops that any cruise line recommends are paying the cruise
line to make that recommendation. They get a fee and a certain % of the
sales. Did you ever notice that when you make a purchase, many of the
shops will ask you what ship you are on... and sometimes even your cabin
number.

That isn't to say that the shops recommended aren't good, but the port
talk is actually more of a paid advertisement. There are other
shops/stores that may have as good or better deals... but they aren't in
the program.


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George Leppla

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From: Ray Goldenberg on 9 Mar 2010 13:58
On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:34:14 -0600, Stu <info(a)foodforu.ca> wrote:

>The fellow who did the
>talk actually shopped in most stores, so he knew what he was talking
>about.

Hi Everyone,

Only the gullible or naive believe the above. The person is usually
compensated by a company that is hired to promote certain stores so
that is what he really knows. <:+)
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