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Nooffa Subject wrote:

Orval Fairbairn wrote:

It seems that Carnival ships are making headlines with their breakdowns.
With the cruise industry so hungry for customers, their profit margins
must be pretty thin. Are they cutting into essential maintenance in
order to defray operational costs?


No.

I just read in the Wall Street Journal that they just upped their annual
maintenance budget from $400 million to $800 million, so the answer has
been "yes."