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What Do Carnival’s Guests Think?
posted (February 3, 2011)
And while that Travel Advisory won't affect Belize, cancellations by Carnival Cruise Lines have profoundly affected earnings by those employed in the cruise industry.

But what do the guests think of all this back and forth when their calls to Belize are cancelled? After all, they were probably looking forward to it in their vacation itinerary.

Today we had the opportunity to speak with several passengers from the Carnival Cruise Line. They told us that while they haven't been briefed on what's going on Belize they think that the controversy with Carnival and the Boat Tenders isn't fair.

Andrea Polanco
"What do the people say to you before you leave the ship and come into Belize?"

Marilyn Welch, Tousist
"Nothing, nothing about Belize. I found out all of this on cruisetrading.com before I even boarded this ship in Tampa."

Mick Hill, tourist
"We didn't hear anything, just the normal thing like on any other island like some things to do and things like that."

Andrea Polanco
"So are you aware that there is an ongoing controversy with Carnival here in Belize?"

Cindy Washburn, Tourist
"Yes I was aware of it a couple weeks before we cruise. We have read online some of the controversy and what I understood was that Carnival was being ask to pay $7 per person for tender for Belize. currently it was $5 a person and I thought it was a little ridiculous - this was going on over $2 a head considering carnival is huge corporation granted they have money to make and people to please but $2 and something they are just going to pass on us anyway so to miss out on seeing Belize and experiencing Belize over $2...I was really disappointed to think that we might miss out."

Andrea Polanco
"Having experience Belize already, how would you feel had this tour been cancelled?"

Joey V, Tourist
"I would have been very sad. When we first started talking about coming to Belize, my parents suggested going cave tubing and at first I wasn't too excited about it to tell you the truth but at the last minute my girlfriend and I decided to actually go along with it and instead of just cave tubing we had a jungle trek where the local tour guides told us about plant life and the flora and the trees and different animals and like what different pieces of bark and what leaves can do and how they are used. On the trip here instead of just 45 minutes of just sitting, it was 45 minutes of looking at our surroundings being told about the history and being told about like the growth and things that have happen here and I don't think you could get that with an international group."

Mick Hill, tourist
"I was really upset like I got cheated out of one of my favorite places to visit. I have been here before and so one of my highlights of this trip was going cave tubing and so I would have been upset. "

Marilyn Welch, Tousist
"I would have been horrible, sad and fortunately it wasn't cancelled. We were planning before the day we left. They were saying that multiple cruise ships were having and alternate port in costa Maya which part of the reason we took this particular cruise was to come to Belize, I would have been very disappointed."

The tourists that we spoke with today told us that they've had a great experience in Belize, and will still return to Belize even if they're not able to be return on Carnival, should the Cruise Line boycott Belize.





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