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FM123

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8. Some people never learn!

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2020, 08:35 AM

May 2020

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What pandemic? Carnival Cruise bookings soar 600% for August trips [View all] babylonsister May 2020 OP

Ewwwwww.. Petri dishes. Squinch May 2020 #1

No cruise for me until 2021 jimfields33 May 2020 #6

I think there'll be one more crash of those stocks but after that it will go well. Squinch May 2020 #7

I agree jimfields33 May 2020 #10

I don't think it's dumb. But it might seem that way for a bit before a durable rise. Squinch May 2020 #11

We're in this together jimfields33 May 2020 #13

Lol! Squinch May 2020 #14

I'm waiting until 2021 myself Vogon_Glory May 2020 #19

To me it just makes sense jimfields33 May 2020 #28

Why the surge? People have been penned up for months... brooklynite May 2020 #2

humans are seriously flawed. spanone May 2020 #3

Yuck spinbaby May 2020 #4

Forget about the virus.... jberryhill May 2020 #5

It's unlimited now? AirmensMom May 2020 #16

If you pay for a drink package jberryhill May 2020 #17

Some people never learn! FM123 May 2020 #8

K&R, Trump has ***CONVINCED*** Wall Street CV19 is over or has subsided nationwide its not uponit7771 May 2020 #9

Wishful thinking. Cruises are sickly. pwb May 2020 #12

I'm somehow always surprised about the stupidity of people. AirmensMom May 2020 #15

I expect another surge with opening up and I hope it shuts the cruise lines down through the summer. woodsprite May 2020 #18

A great majority of Americans don't know how to sacrifice. Baitball Blogger May 2020 #20

600%? Hugin May 2020 #21

Right compared to 3 days before the announcement...when all cruises were cancelled. cbdo2007 May 2020 #26

I wouldn't take a cruise right now if you paid me. Initech May 2020 #22

+1, n/t area51 May 2020 #29

Dumb, dumb, dumb. lark May 2020 #23

Does This Have Anything To Do With A Refund Policy?.... global1 May 2020 #24

I don't know, but I do know babylonsister May 2020 #27

I must admit... Being the only passenger on a 14 story super liner with a crew of 3,000 answering Hugin May 2020 #30

+1 llmart May 2020 #31

Good luck with that! bamagal62 May 2020 #25

So, they went from 1 to 6 bookings? n/t Pobeka May 2020 #32

Exactly. This doesn't definitively mean there was a huge influx of people. writes3000 May 2020 #33

Death at discount rates. Saved cash can be used for funerals. kairos12 May 2020 #34

You First! should be a national movement, that herd thing and all... Baclava May 2020 #35

Crazy as hell..Then when they get sick they will want to dock somewhere helpisontheway May 2020 #36

I wouldn't have taken one before this. My husband calls them floating petri dishes. redstatebluegirl May 2020 #37

They better planon being out there for months if leftyladyfrommo May 2020 #38