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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by RRRICH: I was not aware of the insurance limitations for cruise ships, but it doesn't matter, since I have only been on one cruise in my life, which was on an American line (Carnival) [/QUOTE]Rich, you were NOT on an American line. While Carnival Corporation (N-CCL) is a US corporation, its vessels are all registered (flagged) "off shore". That sovereignty has jurisdiction with their admiralty laws applying. As I've noted around here, I am a mariner going way back serving in the Fairfield Navy during the '50's with my final "cruise" during 1983 (sail 1977). It was one thing to sail "Trans-At" back in days when ocean transport comprised some 50% of the market, as that was how you got there - just like train through, say, about 1955. But the "contrived merriment" of the Love Tub leaves me cold, however I once had a girlfriend who "loved the Love Boats"; so we went. When passengers board a foreign flagged vessel (which essentially means any passenger carrying ocean-going vessel nowadays), they are stepping into a legal "no man's land'. There have been enough incidents that have made the headlines of late to bear that out - and the cruise lines use this "no man's land" to their advantage as they peddle their "tons of fun" product. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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