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Truth of Celebrity Cruises(very upset)
13 years ago
My parents just returned from a cruise in Alaska. From the sounds of it, I thought it would be something great to do later in life.
Then I learned that most of the ports you stop at, are in fact, owned by the cruise ships, and they do not hire the locals to work the shops.
If I were to go on a cruise, I would want to meet locals, and see some actual native artwork, or be able to learn about their culture and lives through the people that live there.
But, even after all of that it was not what made me so upset. The fact that my aunt and uncle (who also went on this cruise) did a kitchen tour. As it turns out, there are a group of people who are solely in the kitchen to separate the leftovers on plates, bones, paper and garbage, and scraps. The scraps they then take and throw over board, this attracts herrings; which then in fact attract the whales.
When by parents did the whale watching tour she noticed that one of the boats had one whale that just stayed around it the entire time. When my mom inquired to someone if they chummed for whales they stated that "we couldn't feed them fast enough"
But by throwing scraps over board and feeding the herring. It is in a way also chumming for whales, because the whales then follow the boats. I understand wanting to see whales, but by doing this; they start to think that any boat will have some kind of tasty morsel for them; which could spell big trouble for the whales.
Also, it turns out that one of the islands where the whales go to calf, they are going to be putting in a port for all of these other cruise ships. So, I cannot imagine that they won't disrupt the calfing process.
I can safely say, that I no longer wish to go on a cruise. If I do go to Alaska I would much rather go with locals,perhaps on a nature adventure, and also learn more about the customs and living conditions of the people who live up there, and not from people who are paid by a large company of cruise ships.
Then I learned that most of the ports you stop at, are in fact, owned by the cruise ships, and they do not hire the locals to work the shops.
If I were to go on a cruise, I would want to meet locals, and see some actual native artwork, or be able to learn about their culture and lives through the people that live there.
But, even after all of that it was not what made me so upset. The fact that my aunt and uncle (who also went on this cruise) did a kitchen tour. As it turns out, there are a group of people who are solely in the kitchen to separate the leftovers on plates, bones, paper and garbage, and scraps. The scraps they then take and throw over board, this attracts herrings; which then in fact attract the whales.
When by parents did the whale watching tour she noticed that one of the boats had one whale that just stayed around it the entire time. When my mom inquired to someone if they chummed for whales they stated that "we couldn't feed them fast enough"
But by throwing scraps over board and feeding the herring. It is in a way also chumming for whales, because the whales then follow the boats. I understand wanting to see whales, but by doing this; they start to think that any boat will have some kind of tasty morsel for them; which could spell big trouble for the whales.
Also, it turns out that one of the islands where the whales go to calf, they are going to be putting in a port for all of these other cruise ships. So, I cannot imagine that they won't disrupt the calfing process.
I can safely say, that I no longer wish to go on a cruise. If I do go to Alaska I would much rather go with locals,perhaps on a nature adventure, and also learn more about the customs and living conditions of the people who live up there, and not from people who are paid by a large company of cruise ships.
