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Osprey
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If this flu thing will just blow over, the whole thing has given me a plan to make big bucks. I go up to Catavina, get Sr. "Gotta peso", drag his butt
down to Cabo and the two of us just hold out our cups near the marina dock as the cruise ship passengers pass by. It is obvious the passengers are
looking for authentic Mexican flavor in all things -- that's why they're here! We don't need no stinking playeras.
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MrBillM
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Cruise Ship Gambling
As I stated, I have little insight into the subject since I've never had ANY experience with Cruise Ships other than using them to advantage in
Puerto Rico and St. Thomas to get around town.
BUT, I found what it was I had been thinking of from years back (1993) :
New state gambling law jeopardizes cruise business; port officials decry the effects of cruise ship cutbacks. (regulation of off-shore casino
gambling)
Article from:
Los Angeles Business Journal
Article date:
March 29, 1993
Author:
Deady, Tim | Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1993 CBJ, L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group,
Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
A little-noticed new state law regulating off-shore casino gambling could have the unintended effect of driving away cruise line business from local
ports, according to port and tourism officials.
At issue is a law that went into effect on Jan. 1 that prohibits casino gambling on passenger ships that make successive stops at California ports.
Although the law is aimed at gambling vessels, cruise ships that make scheduled successive stops at San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco could not
operate on-board casinos while off the coast of California.
Already, one major cruise line has halved the number of stops at Avalon on Catalina Island because of the law, and local and ...
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Question Answered.
As I said, my only experience with Cruise Ships was in San Juan and Charlotte Amalie. We found, by accident, that we could travel from the Cruise
Ship Docks in both locations to and from the town centers by boarding the trolleys or busses provided for the Cruise Ship passengers. They simply
assumed you were one of the passengers. Saved on Taxi fares.
That's the sum total of my Cruise Ship experience.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
If this flu thing will just blow over, the whole thing has given me a plan to make big bucks. I go up to Catavina, get Sr. "Gotta peso", drag his butt
down to Cabo and the two of us just hold out our cups near the marina dock as the cruise ship passengers pass by. It is obvious the passengers are
looking for authentic Mexican flavor in all things -- that's why they're here! We don't need no stinking playeras. |
My best laugh for a long time. Thanks Jorge. 
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Bajahowodd
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My description of the details of the Jones Act is the controling factor. Your Google find about a news story from 1993 doesn't complete the story. In
fact, the California Attorney General ruled that this law did not apply to commercial cruise ships. Only to the so-called cruises to nowhere, which
were floating casinos. As I noted in my original post, NCL absorbed a tremendous cost to be able to transport passengers among the Hawaiian Islands.
Foreign flagged vessels cannot transport passenger between two US ports unless they make a foreign call.
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MrBillM
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Holy Jesus and Maria Too
W-T-F ?
I don't have the whole story ? Go back to the original post. I ASKED a Frigging question about a story I had read in the newspaper (in 1993) that I
VAGUELY remembered had SOMETHING to do with Gambling and Cruise Ships. I WONDERED what that had been and whether it would affect the current
situation.
Although I guess it might give some odd satisfaction to beat this into the ground, KNOWING doesn't mean anything since I started out by saying I knew
almost nothing about it.
Never Stepped on a Cruise Ship. Never Will.
Well, the SS Catalina back in the 50s, but that doesn't really count.
BUT, thanks.
BTW, in the interest of "Accuracy" and the "Whole Story", Odd's assumption that I "Googled" the story is inaccurate. I don't use Google as a search
engine.
Glad we cleared that one up.
[Edited on 5-3-2009 by MrBillM]
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Actually, you might enjoy a cruise. They are dirt cheap right now and the food is fantastic. Not to mention, if you book a balcony cabin and use room
service, you'll never have to worry about crowds. No dressing up. No BS. One of my most favorite experiences was a cruise to the Black Sea two years
ago. We were on a small ship (680 passengers), had a balcony cabin. We transitted the Dardenelles heading to Istanbul, having champagne brunch on our
balcony.
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