re: Even the Sea groans with fatigue; the Fall of the Cruise ship industry

Casinos on the coast have also begun giving away cruises, so I suspect a good portion of the undesirables come from there.

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Add in all you can drink alcohol and it becomes an issue.

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Sun, pool, and a shitload of women and alcohol is a dangerous combination…

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I have a love-hate relationship with cruises. On one hand, they are an extremely efficient way to see other countries. But the cruise lines offer heavily discounted rates that undesirables have been able to hack.

So, you could have people who paid $1000 per person on the same ship as people who pay, say $400 per person. The rooms might be nicer, but they have access to the same ship. Add in all you can drink alcohol and it becomes an issue.

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You are not wrong -- it's hard to weed out the possibility of trash on cruises.

One option is to look for cruise lines that offer a ship within a ship concept (ie, first class) where you would pay more, but you'd have a private area for just the first class passengers where his ghetto trash won't be.

NCL: The Haven
Princess: Sanctuary Collection
MSC: Yacht Club
Celebrity: The Retreat

Granted these options will all be a good chunk of change more than the regular ocean fare per person say for example in a standard balcony room, but it won't be near as pricy as Regent, Silversea, or Explora pricing as those are only higher end lines.

Whites only cruises should be a thing.

USAID and NGO dollars have found there way into pockets of society and the demographics have been living large.

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How did the Cruise line industry get here?

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It's a bit like the change in online gaming. About 15 years ago the MMO industry began moving from strictly a subscription model to free-to-play model with microtransactions. They found that they could make more money by charging low prices for mainly cosmetic and QoL things (larger backpacks, weapon skins, etc).

Cruise ships over the last 15-20 years have done something similar. They've made bigger ships with lots more amenities, but they nickel and dime access to those amenities (and then double-down on that by trying to up-sell you on those same amenities) which is a far cry from the truly "all inclusive" packages of yesteryear. Along with that, they've moved away from things like "formal night" events where more reserved, formal attire was the standard to most events being casual.

You can get an interior room for a 5-day cruise out of New Orleans to the western Caribbean for ~$425 per person. By appealing to the larger masses of poor and uncultured, they gain access to a larger revenue stream. What they have yet to realize though is that once the types who will fight over the ship being out of chicken nuggets become indelibly associated with "cruise ships" (or at least certain lines), the revenue will take a hit as all but the trashiest begin avoiding it.

You don't see this on the high end cruise lines.

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Whites only cruises should be a thing.

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Or make a new cruise line that caters to this element specifically.

Soul Sail from Wakanda to the Waves.
Never departs or arrives on time, specializes in wings, weaves, twerk offs, and purple drank. Special discounted rates for: fatherless families, large family reunions, church groups, newly released from jail on bond, and last sail before jail celebrations. No payment down, interest free financing on up to 96 month payment plans. Exclusive 10% additional off for all Altima and Sentra drivers.

You can't ban them from existing cruise lines, but you could create one that they couldn't resist.

White people and foreigners are a bad mix