Charles

In article <czhOj.4786$iK6.399@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com>, Ray Kloc
<raymondkloc@> wrote:

> The seas were calm , it was cloudy and misting a little , but it
> didn't occur to me , or anyone else aboard the tender , that the
> weather was any kind of an issue . There was , however , some strange
> activity at the dock , a very animated conversation between the crew
> of the tender and some local officials . Then , the crew came back ,
> announced the weather was too bad and Haiti was cancelled .

Even if it was calm then, if the forecast was for bad weather coming in
that could be the reason to cancel. Royal Caribbean once had 1500
passengers stranded overnight at Coco Cay when the weather turned bad
after they tendered in. They don't want a repeat of that. What really
is your point? As you say RCI controls all the activities at Labadee,
its just like being on the ship. Most passengers rave about the stop
and look forward to it. It is in RCI's interest for the stop to be
made, not cancelled.

> He also said R.C contributes millions of dollars every year to the
> Haitian government , whatever government happens to be in contol at
> the time , and it's a pretty well known fact . This greatly increases
> safety , as both the current government , and anyone else trying to
> be the NEXT government usually prefer to keep R.C. happy .

It's not surprising that RCI would contribute a lot of dollars to the
Haitian government. I would expect the cruise lines do that in many
countries including the United States. For example last week Carnival
put out a press release announcing a contribution of 2.5 million to
hospital in Miami and RCI announced a GIVE day in Wichita.

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Charles