More Cruise Lines Stop Sailing to Antigua
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- Опубликовано: 17 мар 2019
- More Cruise Lines Stop Sailing to Antigua. Both Seabourn cruise line and Holland America cruise line have now said they will no longer be going to Antigua. This could be just the start of many more cruise lines leaving this cruise destination.
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Never go where you won't be welcomed.
The reality is that there is a lot of crime on these island sites. When we cruise 🚢 we stay on the boat for some stops.
Antigua have one of the lowest crime rates in the world.
Next I hope Nassau all cruise lines
I agree with no more Nassau stops! Most cruise line have their own private islands which in my opinion much nicer then Nassau
@Yuki BabaYaga "...unlike most Americans who can only afford to take a selfie from afar..." and you are...? Perhaps us Americans are not STUPID enough to pay "extortionist" prices to go to certain destinations riddled with street urchins that don't leave visitors alone or pick-pocket or steal. Ever travel or visit any cities in NYC? Typically, the problems associated in any given city is generally caused amongst the criminal minded (gangs, drug pushers, etc). I know! I know a MULTITUDE of people that live in cities throughout the US, including Manhattan. NONE of them have ever had any crimes committed against them... meanwhile a cousin of mine on a cruise to Cozumel, Mexico was robbed right at the port when one of the urchins there pulled a camera right out of her hands (and it was NOT a camera phone).... "Peace Among Worlds" as your avatar - You are such a bigoted, biased hypocrite.
@C Johnson I haven't been to Nassau yet and I have no intention of doing so, BUT I have spent plenty of time in NYC and I disagree with you saying "There are cities in new. York and californicate that is more dangerous in the broad daylight then ANY Caribbean city in the dark."
Why do I disagree? Because NYC has cops on every single street; you literally cannot walk without seeing one or a police substation wherever you walk--daytime. Same for the nighttime, but I won't go there at night unless I am on a tour, as we used to go to Radio City Music Hall for their Christmas show. I am not THAT confident in the night as compared to daytime.
Sorry about your friend, but one incident cannot discount an entire city. It also depended on where in the city he was--not all of it is safe, no, but the majority of it is. His van getting burglarized is usually an exception, not the norm, as you stated here: "You travel into the interior of a Country where crime is rampant, then you get ripped off and then you get upset. I GUARANTEE you that if you would travel to new York city, l.a., or san. francisco you would get the same or worse."
I personally have been walking all over NYC ALONE for years. I FEEL safe and I am safe. One place that I will NOT go is on the subway...you are looking for trouble should you go on these "underground crime centers."
NO city can "guarantee" you 100% safety--that's being unrealistic. I took the train up to Penn Station, walk upstairs to the outside (Madison Square Garden is upstairs), and then proceed to walk down the streets in either direction. By the way, Penn Station has an incredible amount of high powered guns attached to the officers, which watch EVERYONE--again, you can't go 15 feet without being near one AND there are cameras all over the place in the city...that's why a crime in NYC is solved so quickly compared to other cities of their size (8+ million). You can't even sneeze without it being recorded.
As to SF or LA, I can't speak for either of those cities, but New York? I can absolutely vouch for safety there.
Yes there is crime of course--I would be speaking in ignorance if I said there isn't any, but nowhere near what you wrote.
Aside from all this, we are to use common sense by being alert to our surroundings and NEVER look a person in the eye at or stare at anyone; for them it's a red flag that you are looking for trouble, and if you DO look a person in their eyes, then obviously you want something or your have a problem.
@Yuki BabaYaga and how do you know this?
Grew up an hour south of NYC--I would GLADLY walk the streets to window shop again if I lived that close.
AND, I WASN'T WRITING TO YOU, BUSYBODY!--MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS--YOU CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT TO BE OCCUPIED WITH!
@@johndenicola6173 Is this guy "Yuki" crazy or what?? He just won't stop being s show off--and proud of it, too!
Ty Don. You are absotively awesome. HUGS and blessings
Went there many years ago nothing particularly special about Antiqua
It's about time the Boss of the cruise industry sets an example. Carnival could buy another island.
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽Don, thanks for the update!
Thanks Don
Went there twice. Once with Disney and once with RC. Glad I had the chance. I liked the island.
You're the BEST Don!
Woo hoo! Is it weird that I find this to be exciting!?
I know what you mean. I don't know why, but screw Antigua. I think it's a mob mentality 😂
oh Antigua you got Served by Carnival.
Good to hear. Like someone said in the last video, they shouldn't bite the hand that feeds them. Agree with the other commenter. Bahamas should be next. I'm glad I went when things were still good there.
I don't think celebrity is going there .I wanted to book a southern out of Puerto Rico .I didn't see Antigua in the itineraries.
Incredible. My wife and I spent our honeymoon in Antigua almost thirty years ago. We flew into VC Bird Airport. We were treated WONDERFULLY ! I guess times are changing. Are they doing the same with Air Travel? Too bad for the people of Antigua that have to deal with the ignorance of their Government leaders in this manner; they sure know how (if their issue is with all travel) to ruin the industry which their very existence depends on.
Great Video
Hi Don love your Vlogs
Appreciate REAL cruise news you do Don.
Pretty much mess with one, you mess with us all in terms of the cruise lines
@Yuki BabaYaga And you know this HOW??
Thanks for the continuous updates Don. Hopefully the Antigua Government will come to their senses. On the other hand if they cleaned up the crime it would be worth paying a bit more.
It was inevitable wasn’t it? Thanks Don.
We're going to Antigua next year on the Celebrity Silhouette. Wondering if Celebrity decides to stop sailing to Antigua too...maybe if RCCL does.
Good on Carnival. Screw Antigua, there's better islands who are more welcoming
You sound stupid you dont even know whats really going on.
Thanks for the quick update Don. Interesting how the dominos have started falling already - go cruise lines! Read that Antigua’s economy is 60% tourist dollars so, um, to snub these lines really makes them look like arrogant morons. And who wants to visit snob island? Or have it on their itinerary? But perhaps they feel the crowds on their island are just not worth it anymore... or they struck oil or something. Well more $ for the scads of beautiful hospitable islands around them.
thanks Don...i bet the shop owners will be upset
We were to Antiqua a couple of times, never had a problem. So sorry for all that is going on there. Hopefully they can resolve the problems.
I am on Celebrity Summit this November. I do hope that it stays on the itinerary. The islands have to realize they have to join together to have power
Our Princess cruise in November is no longer going to Antigua - now going to St. Maarten instead.
Nassau next
Antigua is on my ANTHEM itinerary next Jan. We shall see....
Hi Don...👍👍👍
Good afternoon Don
If they don't care for Americans , why bother going there. There are many other ports that would welcome the added revenue.
@Yuki BabaYaga More Americans visit Antigua than the next two countries combined (UK and Canada). Imagine hating a country so much you'd like to see another country cripple it's economy.
@Yuki BabaYaga Wow.... someone has some serious anger issues....
@Yuki BabaYaga WOW!! How insulting to us Americans. Not ALL Americans are cheap, especially if you take into consideration the cost of cruising, plus our high cost of living here.
@Yuki BabaYaga PLEASE GO NOW! AND STAY THERE, SINCE YOU ARE ANTI-AMERICAN!
Don, yes there are also Princess, Costa, P&O, Aida and Cunard. I dont know which cruise lines go there, The UK cruise lines have historic links with Nelson's shipyard, cricket etc but there are lots of islands. They will be in a real mess if Royal Caribbean and its associates follow suit.
@Yuki BabaYaga You go first.
I never heard of Antiqua anyway.--another sea day will be fun anyway.
I've heard of it but I really don't care what they think about us. They have nothing to say about us, with their own crimes and other problems, but to not want us there? One less island American people will be supporting.
I was just trying to decide on a 2021 Carnival cruise from Charleston and it was between two Eastern Caribbean cruises with the difference being Antigua and St Lucia as a last port. Guess this means I will go with St Lucia. But now I wonder if I want to do the Eastern or the Southern haha
Oh my God
Been to Antigua dirty dangerous island.
I haven't seen any updates on this topic. I'm wondering what the latest is since my itinerary for our October Symphony of the Seas trip changed from St. Marteen to Antigua.
I’m going on celebrity reflection next January that’s supposed to go to Antigua do you think it will be ok? I’ve never been to Antigua so I really hope I can go.
Not sure if it was was addressed are many cruise ship choosing to get away from the more dangerous ports in the Caribbean since there are other places to go it can they have some kind positive presence
It's not an issue of danger but rising port fees in Antigua
@@JourneywithKiraDee And you know this how? You no longer live there, so how would you know?
@Yuki BabaYaga You need a reality check. You are CRAZY!
Family, news, internet, common sense does NOT make us cruisers CHEAP or trashy.
Get off this NOW!
@Yuki BabaYaga
Except I AM NOT cheap and trashy nor am I "entitled," but it certainly sounds like YOU ARE, with your pompous self-righteous attitude!
Didn't I mention that we have a Savings Account? Do you think we drained it?
we CHOSE to get rid of credit cards--why pay interest on a purchase?
Example: A $50 sweater, with say 18% interest, will cost you $59.00--you lost the $9.00--it goes to the creditor. How is that a deal?
Where do you live, in the ghetto of an island country?
So--you said you travel--BIG DEAL--SO DOES EVERYONE ELSE HERE ON THIS POST!
I have traveled to all but 20 states in the U.S, I have also been to foreign countries, so what's your point?
@Yuki BabaYaga PS: Just because I live on SS does NOT mean that I cannot afford a cruise. SS income is NOT counted on 1040s, nor does it prohibit me from having money in the bank.
For all your BRAGGING that you know so much, YOU DON'T KNOW A THING!
I heard there are talks between the cruise lines and the islands government. Wonder how that is going.
Uphold the Constitution if this video is any indication, not very well.
Just a frienndly note Don. But the island's name is pronounced AN-Teeg-AH not AN-Teeg-WAH
I mentioned that fact on his last video on this subject, but either he didn't see it, doesn't believe it or doesn't care.
An-Tee-Gwah is in Guatemala, and a nice city too.
@@tazman572 nope! Caribbean folks and antiguans (an-tee-gans) cringe every time someone says an-tee-gwah
Thanks for sharing the correct pronunciation for Antigua
@@tazman572 My guess is he has never been there..... If you have been there you would know there is noooooo WAH!!!!
Now if RCCL bails, then they are talking quite a bit of lost revenue as they sail to Antigua monthly. Have not looked at Celebrity yet.
Choices, choices.. is there anything significant in Antigua that draws visitors?
It has a sea
@@dumbbellenjoyer you funny 😄😂
Antigua hoped to gain yet more money with crazy high fees, well let's see how they like losing tens of millions in revenue now. I think it's funny.
Come on cruise lines... bail on Bahamas!
@Yuki BabaYaga And your nationality, "Baba-Gag-a ?"
@Yuki BabaYaga there are decent Americans that are cheap because that's all they can afford to do. I personally don't want to go into debt for a cruise, if i like what i saw in a port of call id probably would return back to explore more deeply into a country.
@Yuki BabaYaga What is up with you calling ALL Americans cheap?? Why do you say that all the time, and if you ARE American, why bash the American people? this is like your third or fourth anti-American comment here so far. What is wrong with you?
You can always live somewhere expensive to fit your tastes...
@Yuki BabaYaga
We are all aware of the costs involved with a foreign port--us Americans also have costs involved in our own ports--but to constantly put down Americans as being "cheap" is really disgusting for you to say that.
How do you know the "locals aren't thrilled with being overrun with people making noise and leaving the place full of trash"? Did you take a survey of the locals? Did your tourist guide tell you that?
Is the island SILENT, since you stated they don't want "people making noise"? And trash? Are you absolutely 100% positive that all the trash is from the AMERICANS? Did you do a survey on that, too?
Overall it certainly doesn't sound like a very friendly place to go, according to you, who talked everyone on this post NOT to go there, mainly because we are not wanted, we make "too much noise," and every single person that disembarks a ship leaves trash all over the island, and let's not forget, all of us Americans are CHEAP!!
Seems that you are wealthy--if you don't care for the American people whom you consider to be "cheap," then why are YOU living here in the U.S., when with your $$$ you can go live elsewhere--anywhere that you're happy to live so you won't be surrounded by "cheap" Americans!
@Yuki BabaYaga Since it seems that your money is unlimited, then why don't you go fly there and stay?
More private islands, less dangerous ports.
Yuki BabaYaga 24 days in the Mediterranean? You call that lame? 😂😂😂😂
Yuki BabaYaga Sure you are.
Yuki BabaYaga You seem to have issues. Hope you can get professional help soon.
Yuki BabaYaga You Just described yourself. 😂😂😂😂
who won the favorite cruise line survey??
I have always said vote with your feet and wallets. There are other more attractive ports of call.
I would like to know what the Antigua government and the cruise lines have been demanding or offering. As in all negotiations both sides could be inflexible.
there is info on the web if you look
Timmy Barker I have only stopped at Antigua once. Jamaica is another place pressure should be put on to clean up their act.
Wowsers thanks Don for theses great 👍🏻 info vlogs’ this boycott is getting serious now’ I wounder how many will go next’ will it also be to the other islands 🌴 as well??🤩👍🏻🚢⚓️
Dumb negotiations on the part of the island..... you have one island, the ships have countless islands...
@Yuki BabaYaga WRONG!! Cruise companies pay VERY heavily for the "privilege" of porting there. Get the facts before you yak!
Yup, but since they're so isolated and\or ignorant they have no idea that WE don't need THEM. At all.
@Yuki BabaYaga WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM, CALLING ME AND OTHERS HERE "CHEAP"??
IF YOU ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE--AND YOU HAVE TO $$$ TO PROVE IT, THEN WHY DON'T YOU BUY ALL OF US A CRUISE?
How absolutely INSULTING you are!! Telling ME that these countries can go back to being nice, quiet palces for THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD A GOOD VACATION--
EXCUSE ME, BUT WHEN DID YOU SEE MY BANK STATEMENT LATELY? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHETHER I CAN AFFORD ANYTHING OR NOT??
You are one despicable snake who is also sadistic to boot. HOW DARE YOU accuse me of all this that you run your mouth about!
Let me tell you something: you are LUCKY that I don't know you or where you live, or I;d report you for harassment!
Oh Antigua...be careful whatcha wish for 🤫
I wonder if part of this is the issues with Antigua's anti-LGBT laws starting to cost the cruise lines customers who don't want to spend time at ports where they're afraid to get off of the boat.
Interesting point. Is that true?
@@noturningbackever493 Yes, 8 of the islands in the former British West Indes (Jamaica, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Saint Vincent, Grenada, and Saint Kitts) still have laws against homosexuality. In Antigua's case you can theoretically get up to 15 years in prison. While they're rarely enforced, people will harass openly LGBT people and count on the laws to keep them from going to the police about it.
@@stormydragon2668 I guess because it's THEIR country, they can pass whatever laws they want. Not every country is as liberal as the U.S.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Antiguan government raised rates because they don’t want cruise ships stopping there. The Island seems to cater to a richer jet set clientele.
Easier to just say, "No, you can't come here any longer", eh? I would think they have quite a bit of money invested in the port facilities. All of that gets written off if they ban cruise ships. Maybe they just don't want Americans?
@@HAL_NINER_TRIPLE_ZERO and Canadians too.
What I find interesting is how many nationalities are on a cruise ship besides Americans! Interesting eh?
Now that this has taken place, we'll see what happens next and how it affected this island.
@@jetstream6389 You think? How? US Americans pay exorbitant prices for their cheap trinkets and other things, such as the excursions and restaurants.
If the rich want to go there, fine with us Americans. We don't need them, they need US.
where is Antigua? :) sarcasm
Caribbean.
Suburb of East St. Louis!
@@phrewilly8556 Willy you are kidding me. All these years I thought Antigua was in the Caribbean . My geography is beyond rusty . LHM ( Lord Have Mercy ). Gawd Luv Ya , Willy . Ahmen and Ahwomen .
That’s gonna be bad news to the entire Antigua tourist industry. Unless the government gives in & starts to negotiate “in good faith”, it’s gonna be a “kick to the nuts” to their tourist industry.
Hi I really enjoy your channel but a short video doesn’t really need such a long intro. Maybe you could put your self celebratory snippet at the end of your video?.
friendly reminder: an-teegh-a not an-teegh-ga
no big deal - take off dirty nassau too!
@Yuki BabaYaga Again with the "cheap" Americans??? No other country's people visit them at all? NO ONE?
I hardly doubt that, yet you have some sort of hatred for Americans. How about their OWN "cheap" residents?
They don't do what you say us Americans do? Can't DARE say otherwise--been to several islands and ALL the people either live in middle class or are poverty stricken--and their "houses" prove it: run down, falling apart, not taken care of, or not caring about it or they don't have the money all you "rich" Americans do...the list is endless. Most of these Caribbean Islands are poor, so how can you make such blanket statements as you have been doing over the past week?
PLEASE STOP BLAMING AMERICANS for other countries' problems!! The small amount of cruise ships that land on these islands in no way equates to their OWN trash, etc. The cruise ships are NOT there every single day all year long, so stop accusing Americans of being the problem!
@Yuki BabaYaga I am not "b----y" as you say, but you are ATTACKING ME and
I will NOT stop telling you to GET OFF MY BACK--NOW!
YOU KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THEIR HOUSE LOOKS BETTER THAN MINE???
HOW IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU KNOW THAT? YOU THINK I LIVE IN FLORIDA, WHICH I DON'T, SO HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY KNOW WHAT MY HOUSE LOOKS LIKE?
MY HOUSE IS BRAND NEW--AND YOU KNEW THIS?
YOU ALSO KNOW HOW MUCH TAXES I PAY???
HOW DO YOU KNOW?? You can't even figure out where in the US I live, yet you can tell me what I pay in taxes?? THAT IS CRAZY!
YOU ARE NUTS! CERTIFIABLY NUTS!
ONE MORE COMMENT AND I WILL REPORT YOU!
@Yuki BabaYaga ONCE AGAIN, NO I AM NOT "B----Y" as YOU predict.
MOST OF THESE ISLANDS NEED THE TOURIST'S $$$, so don't give me that trash!
IT HAS BEEN PROVEN FOR YEARS THAT THEY NEED OUR MONEY AND THAT OF OTHER COUNTRIES' PEOPLE, SO STOP TRYING TO CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE--IT WON'T WORK!
YOUR ANALYZATION IS A LIE
IF YOU WOULD STOP BASHING ME, YOU MIGHT BE SEMI-NORMAL--but then again, I don't' think so!
This breaks my heart. We just got back from our Panama Canal cruise on Holland America. We were in Antigua and fell in love with it. More people need to see that little town. And it is in the country Guatemala not an island.
Dude, as much as you cruise, you would think that you would know how to pronounce Antigua by now. Its AN-TEE-GA.
I think that is how we say it in Canada and the UK.
Antigua is doing a very foolish thing they will regret it.
Don, Love your content but please change that intro! lol.
Folks! Take it from someone who is from the Caribbean and lived in Antigua for many years. It is "an-tee-ga". The local politely cringe when you pronounce the "u" and call it "An-tee-gwah".
@C Johnson wow. no need for the aggression dear. I was simply trying to clarify for those in the comments who were disagreeing over pronunciation. And if you've never been, you're missing out. It's a lovely island with lovely people. Blessings!
C Johnson
Don’t think the people of Antigua are going to miss you not visiting their country one little bit. It’s that kind of attitude that gives travellers a bad name. Also don’t come to the UK we are at breaking point with rude a holes as it is, don’t need another one.
I have never been there nor do I intend to, but for the "gua" at the end, most people will pronounce it as "gwa," due to the spelling. We pronounce words phonetically which means that we pronounce the word as it is spelled. Can't blame us for not knowing.
I have even seen commercials years ago pronouncing it "AN- TEE-GWA."
@C Johnson Amen to that! Shortly I am sure we will all see how their restrictions\extortions affected them, and any other island that has this bright idea to exclude cruise ships. Hmm--money for our economy, or no money for our economy? We will see soon.
@@noturningbackever493 hi dear. I completely understand the mispronunciation. I've never been to many countries and probably still do mispronounce many of them. Once I find out the correct way to say it though I try to say it the way it should be. Just as I do with regular words I may not have been familiar with. I've been trying to figure out if i need to edit my initial posts as many persons seem to take a personally. My intent was and still is, to bring awareness and is by no means a "shade". As to never wanting to go to Antigua. That's a personal choice, but I would dear to say, that your missing out. Blessings!
Caribbean islands are all the same. Yawnfest
Bad news for Antigua. Taking away the cruises will hurt their economy and their people. Bad news
But according to several posters here, Antigua does NOT want us "cheap" Americans, only rich people, so now we get to find out the truth very soon!
That's THEIR problem...they refuse us, so they lose out in the long run. Cruise companies pay heavily to port in these countries. Now we get to see how great their idea is doing for them.
@Yuki BabaYaga DEAD WRONG, BUT IF THAT'S WHAT YOUR WARPED MIND THINKS, THEN THAT'S FINE.
@Yuki BabaYaga WRONG AGAIN, SMART GUY!
Thank you for pronouncing it as Antigua. As it is spelled. I can't explain why it annoys the hell out of me when someone pronounces it "antiga". As in "antee-gah". I asked them if they mean Antigua, just to make sure that we're talking about the same place, and yet they insist on butchering it. I hate to sound like a jerk, but it makes me want to find a phone book just to hit them upside the head with.
The people of Antigua pronounce it An-Teeg-Ah. You wuldn't want people mispronouncing your name. It is simple courtesy.
@@ProfessorJohnB people mispronounce my name all the time. And yet, while this does not bother me, the Antigua thing does. So I guess it depends.
People keep pronouncing it as "Antiga" because that's how it's pronounced in the Caribbean and the actual island of Antigua. We cringe, when people say an-tee-gwah. We have found that Americans and European ignore this directive though. Please ignore the letter "u"
@@ladymaiden2308 I know that but how would people in the US and Canada feel if others called them the YOU-KNITTED-STAT-AYS or CAN-AY-DER?
Ah, you are wrong. The u shouldn't be pronounced. Have you been to Antigua? The locals will correct you with Anteeeega. I know it is hard to believe, but the American and Canadian ways of speaking aren't always grammatically correct in the rest of the world.
Do you know what "Reiteration" means? Your one person I would not, and I mean not like to be stuck on a long hall flight with. Man you can talk a lot of dog poo.
Its time for all carribean countries to unite and show these cruise liners that they cant com in the region and do as they like and as for this video this guy have no idea what he is talking about. antigua will stand strong with or without the rest of the W.I
Go back and live there and stop living here, where you CAN make enough money to survive, if you're so worried about them! Here's a suggestion to you: Why don't YOU write letters to every cruise company and tell them that they can't come into the region...see how far that gets you!
"Do as they like"?? The cruise companies pay VERY heavily to port there--far more than they get in return AND they dock, let cruisers off the ship and then they leave, so how is that "do as they like"?
What EXACTLY are they doing? WE spend $$$ to tour the islands; without American's money and the money from other countries touring them, they'd still be back in the stone age!
Thanks Don