I would like to point out one positive perspective, if I may. NC will not be starting w/ an all new shipboard/shoreside staff. A hefty percentage of the onboard staff & crew will be coming back. And after a long conversation this afternoon w/ my OC shoreside cruise consultant, I also learned that a lot (exact % unknown) of the off sales staff have already returned. We’ll never know what incentives the crew might have been promised for their returning. But their supposed loyalty speaks volumes to me. They were abruptly let go; & had to scramble to find comparable employment. Yet they seem to be eager to rejoin the OC crew family. Maybe they were not appreciated enough or adequately rewarded financially at their new posts. For me, those friendly faces & their impeccable service were much more important to some, than their supposed old vessels. The fact that these ships are the perfect size, layout & level of comfort (IMHO), I’ll take those old sisters any day over almost any new build.