American Xenophobia?

[smithysrat]

I know this is a predominantly American userbased site (even though it is .co.uk) but I think this homepage blog headline is going a little too far!!!



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[Elizanessie]

Can you explain please what you see as wrong with it ? :confused:

[smithysrat]

Liz,

There's nothing technically wrong with it....just thought it would appeal to the our Brit dry sense of Humour..... read it again

"There are a dozen Brits aboard the fire hit carnival splendour.......would it put you off cruising?"

The Brits or the fire?

Leave it there, I think it's quite funny!

[Elizanessie]

Liz,

There's nothing technically wrong with it....just thought it would appeal to the our Brit dry sense of Humour..... read it again

"There are a dozen Brits aboard the fire hit carnival splendour.......would it put you off cruising?"

The Brits or the fire?

Leave it there, I think it's quite funny!

Phew...I thought I was missing something :o

I guess as cruising is so new over here it may put some folks here off cruising....bit like "London comes to a stand still when heavy snow falls":eek:...umm when they what they mean is one inch of snow has fallen.

[BristolGolfer]

Phew...I thought I was missing something :o

I guess as cruising is so new over here it may put some folks here off cruising....bit like "London comes to a stand still when heavy snow falls":eek:...umm when they what they mean is one inch of snow has fallen.

Hey Elizanessie what do you mean ...cruising is so new over here ... didn't the Pilgrim Fathers do the first transatlantic cruise from Plymouth (Devon - UK) to the USA???? ha...ha..

[Elizanessie]

Hey Elizanessie what do you mean ...cruising is so new over here ... didn't the Pilgrim Fathers do the first transatlantic cruise from Plymouth (Devon - UK) to the USA???? ha...ha..

Being only 49 I can't remember that far back :p:D

[jocap]

I agree...think it's hilarious! :D;)
New to cruising? My OH first sailed, as a little boy, in 1948, on the Cape Town Castle. As he tells it, it was a matter of transport, rather than a holiday, and you didn't have the same luxury in your cabins as today...mainly bunk beds, and bathrooms and loos down the corridor. Though, as he says, most hotels didn't have en-suites, either.
Our friends used P&O to travel back and forth to Hong Kong in the 50s, and it was dinner jackets every night! They used the long journey as the beginning of their holiday, and after a few weeks in the UK, looked forward to the long sleepy days at sea.
OH loved cruising to and from South Africa, and it certainly beat a week on the beach at Brighton!
Jo.

[smithysrat]

And correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't QE2 built in Glasgow by Cunard long before Carnival even existed? :rolleyes:

[smithysrat]

I agree...think it's hilarious! :D;)
New to cruising? My OH first sailed, as a little boy, in 1948, on the Cape Town Castle. As he tells it, it was a matter of transport, rather than a holiday, and you didn't have the same luxury in your cabins as today...mainly bunk beds, and bathrooms and loos down the corridor. Though, as he says, most hotels didn't have en-suites, either.
Our friends used P&O to travel back and forth to Hong Kong in the 50s, and it was dinner jackets every night! They used the long journey as the beginning of their holiday, and after a few weeks in the UK, looked forward to the long sleepy days at sea.
OH loved cruising to and from South Africa, and it certainly beat a week on the beach at Brighton!
Jo.

I'm only 32 now but my first cruise was on Canberra when I was 18 then, and our cabin only had a bunk, we had to walk down the corridor to the shared bathroom. Canberra was obviously built as a liner but we Brits pioneered the modern day cruise. Funnily enough the "Cape Town Castle" that you mention may well have been the old Transvaal Castle, owned by the British Union Castle line that used to ply that route, what became of her? She was purchased in 1972 by a little known American company called Carnival Cruises, renamed Festivale and was their flagship for several years.

[Goldryder]

Cruising is another thing that we invented that another country tries to claim credit for <tongue in cheek>

Splendor's fire won't stop me cruising, nor should it stop anyone else from doing so. A ship is like a car or a bus...all mechanical and all have the occasional whoopsie from time to time. If a car or bus caught fire...would it stop people using them?...erm...nope...same with a ship.

Oh and I started life at sea as a 6 month old on Queen Mary...the PROPER one ;)

[jocap]

Thanks for the update about that ship- OH will be delighted!
Ally- we were at a lecture about ship building in Whitehaven, today, and how, when the iron ships came in, the local builders had to take their work to deep water in Liverpool, where they became White Star, then Cunard. You'll know the history of that, of course, but this was fascinating to us!
Jo.

[BARBYDOLL]

My first cruise was a school trip in 1963 on the "Dunera", which I think was a converted troop ship. The cost was £28 for 2 weeks. We sailed from Newcastle upon Tyne and we visited the Channel Islands, Lisbon and Vigo in Spain. It was very exciting for a 14 year old! We had "Boys" and "Girls" dormitories (with bunks) on different sides of the ship and were supervised by our teachers. We had lectures and lessons every day on the places we were visiting and had to keep a log-book. Can't remember much about the food, as it was probably school-dinner type. I can remember the tours, though. I think this is what started me off on my interest in travel, which has remained with me all my life.