CRUISE NEWS: Dining Changes, Pricing Shake-Up, Sickness Update & More
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The video provides several updates regarding the cruise industry, including changes to dining management, sickness outbreaks, and new pricing structures. Royal Caribbean has updated its unlimited dining package to allow guests to modify reservations through their order history after the initial booking. Regarding health concerns, a sickness outbreak is reported on the Crown Princess in Australia, leading to a recommendation for passengers to spend time ashore during a deep cleaning process in Darwin. In Alaska, the city of Skagway has approved a memorandum of understanding to limit daily cruise passengers to 7,000 and designate Saturdays as quiet days for small ships. A research team identified Costa Cruises as having the worst reviews among twenty analyzed lines, citing overcrowding and lack of amenities. Additionally, Apple announced that fifteen airlines will now allow travelers to share AirTag locations to assist in tracking lost luggage. Celebrity Cruises is also implementing a new pricing structure called Celestial One, which replaces traditional beverage packages with a pay as you go system. Finally, the creator notes that climate protesters recently confronted passengers arriving at Port Chalmers in New Zealand.
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to help control the spread of illness we are conducting a comprehensive shipwide cleaning and disinfection program
the cruise line that stood out as the worst was Costa cruises
Apple revealed this week that 15 Airlines have agreed to begin accepting fine my item locations from their passengers
Celestial cruises is changing their price in structure and they are getting rid of their beverage packages
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