Castro: Cruise Ships No Longer Welcome in Cuba

CASTRO sent most of the cubans here

The message <22392-4305336B-87@storefull-3355.bay.>
from pocomount@ (Surfer E2468) contains these words:

> This wil not bother us,as we have no desire to go to cuba.

Many however do. From reading the Spanish forums it appears to be one of
the better and most friendly places to visit in the Caribbean,

People seemed to have missed the point of this press release. Cruises
are still going to Cuba and Holiday Dream has a weekly changeover
there. All that seems to have happened is that the Italian middle man
[company] has been booted out now they have set up and got the cruise
industry running smoothly, so all the foreign exchange income goes
directly into Cuba's coffers. Provided the Cubans can continue to run
things, they will be quids in, on the other hand everything may collapse
if they can't.

--
Pam

Anybody think the directors at the big cruise lines are licking their
lips waiting for Castro to die and Cuba to open up? Have cruise lines ever
wanted to go to Cuba? If they ever do, wouldn't that have a negative effect
on Key West since Cuba is so close to the Keys, why not bypass the Keys and
head to Cuba?

Cuba is a big island too. Cruise ships would obviously head to Havana but
I assume there would be one or two other places in Cuba that would be
interesting for ships to visit.

Even in the absence of Commander in Chief, Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, the
communist infrastructure is still in place and the Revolution will still
prohibit tourist cruise ships from docking in their ports.
Cruise ships were once welcome in Havana just a few years ago, but the
island quickly discovered that passengers were only spending a few hours in
port, leaving their garbage behind and using their already overflowing
toilets.

Ideally Cuba wanted to broker a deal so that passengers would be forced to
spend the night on land in one of their hotels in order to generate more
revenue for the communist dictator.
We all know that that plan would NEVER get approval from any cruise line.

I.V.

"Von Fourche" <khonakong@m> wrote in message
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>
>
> Anybody think the directors at the big cruise lines are licking their
> lips waiting for Castro to die and Cuba to open up? Have cruise lines
> ever
> wanted to go to Cuba? If they ever do, wouldn't that have a negative
> effect
> on Key West since Cuba is so close to the Keys, why not bypass the Keys
> and
> head to Cuba?
>
> Cuba is a big island too. Cruise ships would obviously head to Havana but
> I assume there would be one or two other places in Cuba that would be
> interesting for ships to visit.
>
>

Thus spake "Von Fourche" <khonakong@m> :

>
>
> Anybody think the directors at the big cruise lines are licking their
>lips waiting for Castro to die and Cuba to open up? Have cruise lines ever
>wanted to go to Cuba? If they ever do, wouldn't that have a negative effect
>on Key West since Cuba is so close to the Keys, why not bypass the Keys and
>head to Cuba?

Not as long as Raul is in power. And given that he's even more of a
hardliner, his successor will probably not be much of a fan of the US.
And the 40 year embargo hasn't made very many friends in Cuba.

>
> Cuba is a big island too. Cruise ships would obviously head to Havana but
>I assume there would be one or two other places in Cuba that would be
>interesting for ships to visit.
>

From Canadian friends who have been there, there's not much
infrastructure outside of Habana.
--
dillon

How much power does it take to run a server farm?
A googlewatt.

> Anybody think the directors at the big cruise lines are licking their
> lips waiting for Castro to die and Cuba to open up?

Isn't it funny that any American with the means can visit South Viet Nam on
a cruise ship, but not Cuba?

In article <1154567395.504184.312730@75g2000cwc.. com>,
"NWLB" <NathanWLB@> wrote:

> I think if Cuba falls into chaos from a lack of a strong central
> government, then we are looking at a long, slow, painful process of the
> island opening to the cruise industry. If the government, under
> whomever, displays the ability to keep the country intact, and opens
> the nation to less risky investment than has been the case, you could
> see a rapid change. There surely is enough private money that is
> waiting to build in Cuba, which could keep the unskilled labor force
> working in construction and such.

And think of all the cheap houses in Miami if everybody really returns
like they say they will.

Kurt Ullman wrote:
>
> And think of all the cheap houses in Miami if everybody really returns
> like they say they will.


Yeah really!!!

Jeff

The message <1154567395.504184.312730@75g2000cwc.. com>
from "NWLB" <NathanWLB@> contains these words:

> The tourist industry could massively
> improve the income of vast swaths of the population. That added
> income, if inflation can be contained, would drive massive improvements
> in living conditions.

Cuba already has a major tourism industry, and that includes many
cruises throughout the year from non-US based lines at 3 different
ports; Pullmantur homebase a ship in Havana sailing weekly cruises.
Cuba is a BIG holiday destination for Europeans. Many friends and
relatives have, without exception loved their stays. I don't think any
are too worried about the lack of Americans being there.. plenty of
other Caribbean Islands to choose from.

--
Pam

"Air" <magwaus@operamail.com> wrote in message
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> The message <1154567395.504184.312730@75g2000cwc.. com>
> from "NWLB" <NathanWLB@> contains these words:
>
> > The tourist industry could massively
> > improve the income of vast swaths of the population. That added
> > income, if inflation can be contained, would drive massive improvements
> > in living conditions.
>
> Cuba already has a major tourism industry, and that includes many
> cruises throughout the year from non-US based lines at 3 different
> ports; Pullmantur homebase a ship in Havana sailing weekly cruises.
> Cuba is a BIG holiday destination for Europeans. Many friends and
> relatives have, without exception loved their stays. I don't think any
> are too worried about the lack of Americans being there.. plenty of
> other Caribbean Islands to choose from.

Anyone else see The Colbert Report's "Cuba Libre" feature. Stephen Colbert
suggests America take over Cuba by sending a fleet of Carnival Cruise ships
and dropping strip malls with Sunglass Huts. Okay, it sounds funnier when
he said it. You can still catch it on ComedyCentral.com 's Motherload
section.