arura christmas cruise 2023

[poole boy]

at the caribbean drinks meeting the captain told us he had been told by paul ludlow that aura would have another 5 years in service for p&o until 2008 and that if the ship kept getting the number of passengers it had got in the last few years they would give it another 2 until 2010 this news was warmly applauded by all in the room

[barney]

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Am I missing something here?

[Meg 50]

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Am I missing something here?

presumably there's rumours that she's about to go?

BUT - why doesn't P&O see that the numbers show that people like the smaller ships and reconsider producing yet another leviathan?

[towny44]

?
Am I missing something here?

presumably there's rumours that she's about to go?

BUT - why doesn't P&O see that the numbers show that people like the smaller ships and reconsider producing yet another leviathan?

The problem is that the smaller ships need to have over 90% occupancy before they make a profit, whereas the leviathans start making profits from 60% occupancy.

[barney]

So where does 2008 and 2010 come in to the equation ????

[oldbluefox]

I think pooleboy means 2028 and 2030 but I may be wrong.

[poole boy]

quite correct old bluefox sorry had only just got home and was knackered

[Mervyn and Trish]

The worry is I just read the dates without blinking....