Given the economy and the fact that Carnival caters to one of the lower socioeconomic tiers of cruise customers, who are probably harder hit by the recession, it wouldn't surprise me if Carnival's revenues have been pretty bad for a while. So it also wouldn't surprise me if they've been cutting a lot of corners with crew and maintenance. That's just a guess, though.
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Date: 2013-02-15 05:15 am (UTC)