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Forced to Evacuate the Allure or Oasis of the Seas? Prepare to Become a Navy Seal!

By Jim Walker on December 16, 2013
Posted in Worst Cruise Line in the World

Allure of the Seas - Enough Life Boats?When the executives at Royal Caribbean trotted out the Oasis of the Seas several years ago, they took special efforts to tout that the evacuation and life saving systems on this huge ship were the best in the world. After all, this was the largest, most technologically advanced, and most expensive cruise ship in the…

Your Tax Dollars At Sea – Who Pays When Things Go Wrong on Cruises?

By Jim Walker on December 15, 2011
Posted in Taxes

This week the United States Coast Guard rescued two cruise passengers – one ill young man from the NCL Gem cruise ship sailing off the coast of North Carolina and a second young woman from the Explorer cruise ship who was suffering from an appendicitis attack near Key West Florida. 

When we report on these type of rescues…

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