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[BF] Complimentary Cruises on 'Spectrum of The Seas' for First Responders That Helped Fight Bushfires @ Royal Caribbean

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[BF] Complimentary Cruises on 'Spectrum of The Seas' for First Responders That Helped Fight Bushfires @ Royal Caribbean
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tightarse on 15/02/2020 - 13:09 cruisepassenger.com.au (3380 clicks)
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Royal Caribbean is to move one of its newest and biggest ships to Australia and offer free cruises to those who helped fight the bushfires, the line has announced on a blog. “In light of the ongoing Coronavirus issues in China, Royal Caribbean has announced it will move Spectrum of the Seas to Australia as a gesture to thank the humanitarian efforts put forth to combat the wildfires”, says the Royal Caribbean fans’ blog, an unofficial site run out of the US. “Spectrum of the Seas will travel to Australia and be deployed on complimentary cruises sailing from Sydney in support of Australia’s first responder community, who worked tirelessly over many weeks of the bush fire crisis.” Further details of the cruises and itineraries are still being worked out, and an announcement is expected next week.

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  • theguyrules on 15/02/2020 - 13:14
    +16

    Great gesture

    • Maz78 on 15/02/2020 - 13:23
      +80

      So the reality is "We can't dock in China due to the Mexican Beer Virus, so let's go anywhere else to dock and say we're doing a good thing for the first responders".

      • dukeGR4 on 15/02/2020 - 13:56
        +36

        not a bad thing

      • Alzori on 15/02/2020 - 16:16
        +19

        Well they could just dock and sit idle somewhere which would be cheaper for them.

      • Okayy on 15/02/2020 - 16:59
        +5

        They are a Business? Not a charity.

      • djones145 on 15/02/2020 - 17:22
        +3

        yeah but other countries are not letting people dock aswell, the last shop had to doc.in Cambodia cause Thailand, japan, Guam, Philippines etc wont let them dock, and they dodnt.even.have any cases

      • gromit on 15/02/2020 - 17:29
        +13

        They didn't have to do anything, they could have docked and saved money and used it as a chance to do maintenance or such that they normally have to rush. They are doing a good thing.

        • goraygo on 15/02/2020 - 19:28

          They are using the volunteers as advertisement.

          People are scare of being trapped on the ship while Coronavirus.

          So they give this trip free with “high visibility” to public.

          If the people from this trip don’t catch the virus after they arrive back, they would say, cruise ships are safe and customers come back alive, there is nothing to worry about.

          It is way better than sitting at the dock losing money.

          • ripprind on 16/02/2020 - 15:16
            +2

            @goraygo: I think you are completely right. I think people who don't recognized this are kidding themselves. But bearing that in mind, we have to take what we can and some people will get a free/cheap trip out of it, so good for them!

      • 4agte on 16/02/2020 - 09:10
        +8

        How horrible of them Maz78. Can't wait I hear about all your efforts and good deeds.

        Singapore dock is still fully operational. They could have gone there to dry dock which would have been considerably cheaper. They offering cruises. They aren't dry docking.

    • rc681 on 15/02/2020 - 17:43
      +1

      They probably make some money or at least cover their cost from guest's purchases, and plus get to dock at AUS ports what a great idea from the marketing department.

    • josephnds on 16/02/2020 - 13:14
      +1

      Would hazard a guess that they had a slew of cancellations, but not enough to warrant canning their shedule / contracted services. Provides an awesome advertising ploy put of a bad situation.

  • PlagueistheCheap on 15/02/2020 - 13:15
    +45

    Bad timing for cruises

      • PlagueistheCheap on 15/02/2020 - 13:20
        +8

        No, becuase ports will be reluctant to let you dock.

      • raptormesh on 15/02/2020 - 13:22
        +67

        Ah yes Wuhan, the province next to the sea.

        • strangeloops66 on 15/02/2020 - 13:56
          +9

          *City.

        • tg on 15/02/2020 - 21:30
          -4

          Wuhan is 800+ km from the sea.
          It is just like saying, Gold Coast, the city next to Sydney :)

      • strangeloops66 on 15/02/2020 - 13:27
        +1

        I think kronicmastigator was replying sarcastically to PlagueistheBargainer's comment. Please confirm.

        Note to self: always refresh before publishing a comment.

      • plasmoske on 15/02/2020 - 14:03
        +7

        People just don't get sarcasm online haha

    • Stinge Master on 15/02/2020 - 13:24
      +1

      Username checks out

    • shortgum on 15/02/2020 - 16:22

      Not all cruise should be bad. Any cruise ship sail only inside Australia pacific borders since from Nov19 till now still pretty safe to my opinion

  • Wampus on 15/02/2020 - 13:23
    +22

    People will be staying away from cruises in droves, so this is a good option for them to fill some cabins and regain some public goodwill

    • Logical on 15/02/2020 - 17:09
      +4

      Until they are quarantined due to gastro or other bug.

      • xuqi on 15/02/2020 - 17:45
        +3

        Noroviruses

    • hardya on 19/02/2020 - 10:00
      +2

      Floating hulks of disease

  • Zondor on 15/02/2020 - 13:24
    +1

    Should be forum post IMO

    • PukeyLuke on 15/02/2020 - 13:30
      +1

      @Zondor It's an (Oz)bargain for Australia’s First Responders That Helped Fight Bushfires.
      So it seems appropriate for this section?!!

    • 4agte on 16/02/2020 - 09:14

      How do you figure that? This is a free cruise. Prior to this offer any first responder would need to pay full price. Just because it does suit you doesn't mean it's not a bargain for someone. I don't get upset because Tim and Tam got free biscuits.

  • langitbiru on 15/02/2020 - 13:32
    +2

    cant see any form to fill in. This is just a post with the "free cruise onboard" information

    so it was a part of news, not a part of transactional bargain

    • langitbiru on 15/02/2020 - 13:33
      +1

      plus for the news
      neg for the wrong post location

      :-)

    • adam on 15/02/2020 - 13:39
      +6

      2% - thats an awful lot, got any reference to back that up? And "almost all" of the plastic? You think cruise ships just dump their rubbish overboard?

    • djthornton on 15/02/2020 - 13:39
      +3

      And air travel also accounts for 2%…

      While we're at it, China emits over 27.5% of global emissions, what's your point?

      • mr fox on 15/02/2020 - 13:54
        -3

        The point is air travel is primarily a necessary transit method - cruise ships are purely for leisure and therefore harder to justify for their high level of emissions.

        • djthornton on 15/02/2020 - 13:57
          +2

          Would you also advocate for banning all non necessary good produced in China? Genuinely curious where you draw the line here.

      • AussieGargain on 15/02/2020 - 22:51
        +2

        Talking about China’s co2 emissions. No developed country is innocent. Thing about where all the trash was transported to until the rubbish import was banned in China. Per capita wise, China is much lower. Stralia is actually ranked 5th.

    • SBOB on 15/02/2020 - 14:23
      +7

      Cruise ships alone output 2% of world CO2 emissions as well as dumping almost all of the plastic that enters the oceans

      yeah, I'm gonna need to see some reference for to back up those 'facts'….

      my quick google finds 0.2%… not 2%

      • entropysbane on 15/02/2020 - 14:30
        -4

        Still, that is about 15% of Australia’s total emissions 1.2% and less every year). Puts us in perspective.

        • dazweeja on 15/02/2020 - 15:46
          +2

          I think the fact that we emit more than countries like UK, France, Italy, etc, that have 2-3 times our population puts us in perspective…

          • entropysbane on 15/02/2020 - 21:23

            @dazweeja: Sure. They also use a fair bit of nuclear power to run their industry which we refuse to do. And we produce their aluminium for them, which is solidified electricity.
            Anyway, we have now dropped down to 1.08% of global emissions.
            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di…

            • dazweeja on 15/02/2020 - 23:13

              @entropysbane: So what you're saying is that we emit more than countries like UK, France, Italy, etc, that have 2-3 times our population? If we choose to burn coal in order to make aluminium, that's still our problem.

              • entropysbane on 16/02/2020 - 11:44

                @dazweeja: So we go nuclear then? Or ship aluminium refining to China or Indonesia. Why, problem solved because then the aluminium is refined under someone else’s emissions.
                Or maybe just ban aluminium? We don’t need those stinking iPhones, computers, aircraft or fuel efficient cars after all. Or wind turbines if it comes to that.

    • WaywardOne on 15/02/2020 - 15:42

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_shippi… 2.2%, but includes all ships (cargo, fishing etc)

    • LolwutMikka on 16/02/2020 - 00:51
      -1

      Lmao thanks for the info Greta

  • JohnHowardsEyebrows on 15/02/2020 - 13:37
    +25

    Unlimited drinks, including Coronas.

    • strangeloops66 on 15/02/2020 - 13:42
      +19

      Whilst reading a novel? Novel Coronas?

      • CocaKoala on 15/02/2020 - 14:28
        +7

        A zombie apocalypse novel - "The secret lab in Wuhan".

      • Melong on 15/02/2020 - 19:09
        +3

        With a side of corona pickled bat?

  • King Steuart on 15/02/2020 - 13:43
    +2

    I've heard of arsonists that join the brigade to start fires and put them out but this is some next level coordination

  • gamemaster on 15/02/2020 - 13:46
    +1

    It awesome that so many businesses are getting behind the first responders of the bushfires. At the same time I hope this doesn’t come at the cost of other charitable causes. I heard that other charities are reporting drops in donations as people are donating to the bushfires instead.

  • CocaKoala on 15/02/2020 - 13:56
    +2

    They couldn't pay me now to get on one of these things. For each his own though.

  • chumlee on 15/02/2020 - 13:57
    +26

    Next month free cruise for health workers for assisting with coranvirus victims onboard our cruises

    • db2k on 15/02/2020 - 14:02
      +2

      The month after free cruise for first responder health workers assisting bush fire victims with coronavirus?

      <too early??>

      • kronicmacstigator on 15/02/2020 - 14:25
        +1

        You'd think three hundred sixty five degrees is enough to kill the coronavirus though

  • umoddbro on 15/02/2020 - 14:02
    +2

    Comes with complimentary breakfast with a side of nCov.

  • voteoften on 15/02/2020 - 14:04
    +4

    I hope they stick and do paid cruises after these are done. Spectrum is beautiful. I wonder how they decide who get the suites, balconies, insides, etc.

    • kronicmacstigator on 15/02/2020 - 14:25
      +1

      Probably by rank…

      • strangeloops66 on 15/02/2020 - 16:10
        +1

        Shane Fitzsimmons in the captain's quarters?

    • Agarwal on 16/02/2020 - 09:15

      Yeah it would be awesome to have a Royal Ship to choose in the winter months. South Pacific will be cooler, but still nicer than a Melbourne winter, or it could do FNQ, Darwin trips.

  • ChillBro on 15/02/2020 - 14:05

    Are there actually medical staff on cruises? Or do you just have to suck it up til you're back on land?

    • kronicmacstigator on 15/02/2020 - 14:26
      +6

      They always have 'qualified' medical doctors onboard. Whether they are competent or not is another matter

      • muncan on 15/02/2020 - 16:16
        +5

        So just like any doctor?

      • diazepam on 16/02/2020 - 00:09

        Pretty much.
        Would argue that there's very limited scope though, because it'll only be history and examination.
        Investigations (include fluids, blood, imaging, etc.).

        Wouldn't want to work in that sort of environment, just seems a little pointless.

        • Justtip on 16/02/2020 - 11:27

          Can confirm some cruises have pathology testing - Chem20, CBE, Gas and the like. Don't know about radiology though - doubt it.

  • voteoften on 15/02/2020 - 14:11
    +11

    Lol, I remember one year a dad at my daughters school who owns lots of resorts said he'd shout all the girls to a 5 night stay with their DADS at his resort as a nice father daughter fancy "camp". The amount if notching and whining that ensued was embarrassing. The resort offered is very expensive. So the dads wanted to bring the rest of the family as well. Wives, grandma's, siblings, siblings partners, etc etc. It was completely forgotten by some that this was being offered as a nice fun alternative to the dad and daughter outdoor camp.

    I wonder if this will devolve into a situation where distant rellies of the firies will start demanding that they come along as well. 😜

    • Stone Monkey on 15/02/2020 - 15:51
      +2

      The eligibility criteria will need to be clearly defined or this could become messy.

    • WT on 16/02/2020 - 12:28

      now taht you mention it, this sounds like a sausage fest

  • kronicmacstigator on 15/02/2020 - 14:29
    +1

    The irony is I'm not a firie but have training in a related field with plenty of experience and knowledge in PTSD. Would absolutely love to come along and just help them out. PTSD for a disaster on this scale is almost guaranteed to be affecting A LOT of emergency services workers. Just a question of percentages and others… may not recognise they have it or just simply need the help now to ensure it's not long lasting.

    It's DEFINITELY a great help, the cruise will take their mind off things and alleviate it but then again… there can be nothing to do on a cruise given enough time so naturally you can draw back into yourself psychologically and…

    I think a good measuring stick would be the consumption of booze on the cruise!

    • King Steuart on 15/02/2020 - 14:33
      -8

      Taking a cruise would put my mind on how big my carbon footprint is and how it's affecting the climate causing the fire season to be longer and dryer, but I get my information from science not thoughts and prayers

      • entropysbane on 15/02/2020 - 21:29
        -1

        The science? Or the politics?

  • dust on 15/02/2020 - 14:32
    +3

    Is it ironic that cruises are awful for the environment/climate change?

    • strangeloops66 on 15/02/2020 - 15:01
      +4

      You would need to offset that "awfulness" with the savings in having 200* (*substitute for actual no. of households on board each cruise) houses basically in black out, no cars being driven by the car owners aboard, etc. Short answer: probably not ironic.

        • Gravy on 15/02/2020 - 15:31
          +6

          Actually it's not a weird way to think at all and I was about to mention exactly the same thing on a comment further up the page. It may not offset the environmental impact completely but would certainly go some way to doing so.

          Not saying that cruises are good for the environment but you have to take stuff like this into consideration when calculating impact.

      • kronicmacstigator on 15/02/2020 - 16:01
        +1

        Failed to mention that the effect that the fires had/have on the climate would be even MORE catastrophic if we didn't have these volunteers to help put the fires out in the first place! (Gave you a plus BTW) Due to the fact they'd be bigger and burning longer.

        • 1st-Amendment on 16/02/2020 - 13:21

          Fire is part of nature. So how is nature behaving normally bad for nature?
          What do you think happened before humans were around to interfere?

    • 1st-Amendment on 16/02/2020 - 13:18

      How is it ironic?

      • mapax on 16/02/2020 - 13:37

        People think that cruise ships contribute to climate change, they believe that manmade climate change caused the bushfires, which in turn needed cfa/rfs volunteers, who are now being given free trips on cruise ships?

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