On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:09:44 -0400, "George Leppla"
wrote:


"R&M" wrote in message
Just was told that on Diamond Princess 10/16 cruise there will be 11
blind peolple with their seeing eye dogs...have been given the option
of cancelling...what does the group think???

Something doesn't sound right here. This cruise is after final payment and
Princess would rather eat their own intestines than refund a cruise fare.
On top of that, in 10+ years as a travel agent I have never seen a cruise
line offer a refund on a paid cruise because of any kind of "group" that
might be on the ship. It is against every cruise line's policy that I have
ever heard to divulge the makeup of any cruise group. I can't imagine
Princess calling anyone and telling them that there were 11 blind people on
a ship... or 511 children or 211 people traveling with scooters or 811
people who would get drunk or 1211 employees of a French Canadian Bank.

I agree, I've never heard of a cruise line telling anyone about a
group on board. And like you said, Princess is NOT going to let the
money out of their hands.


OTOH... Princess does sometimes overbook a cruise and will offer incentives
to move to another ship but again, I have never heard of them giving anyone
the option of canceling.

Cancel? Sure, all the time. But I wouldn't expect any money back.
And they sure wouldn't give some cock & bull story about blind people.
That would sure **** off a bunch of people.


Beyond those issues I wonder why having 11 guide dogs for the blind would
matter to anyone other than the blind people?

This has almost all the trappings of a troll, except it's not
anonymous.

--
dillon

When I was a kid, I thought the angel's name was Hark
and the horse's name was Bob.