The measures all passed to restrict cruise ship traffic. Last I read was the vote was being questioned as to it's legality.Someone on this board said the locals were having an election Nov 2020 to see if they would keep it open to cruise ships or not.
Anyone following that election? Thanks.
Of course, it's academic as no cruise lines are going there currently anyway.Wah. I was hoping for the opposite. Thanks gang!
Were they letting in smaller ships. Like maybe the magic and the wonder? What’s diamonds international going to do just sell to the Fish market crowd now?short answer .. voters said cruise ships should take a hike . . .
I pulled this from one of the links I provided:Were they letting in smaller ships. Like maybe the magic and the wonder? What’s diamonds international going to do just sell to the Fish market crowd now?
LOL! I always wonder how any of those do enough business to keep so many of them open all over the place.What’s diamonds international going to do just sell to the Fish market crowd now?
Well the start up of Disney cruises will be able to meet that number for a while until they ramp upto full capacity. (Which won’t happen very quickly)I pulled this from one of the links I provided:
One of the referendums prohibits cruise ships with more than 1,300 passengers from docking in Key West. That would affect even the smallest ships from Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Norwegian Cruise Line and Disney Cruise Line.
A second referendum limits the number of daily cruise ship visitors to 1,500.
A final referendum gives docking priority to cruise lines that have the best health and environmental records.
The Magic/Wonder have a passenger load of 2700 passengers, so they wouldn't be allowed to dock.
Usually, such restrictions are applied using the maximum number of passengers, regardless of how many are cruising on a particular cruise. Considering that cruise lines book their berthing rights years in advance, if the legality of the measure is confirme, they will not sail there anymore.Well the start up of Disney cruises will be able to meet that number for a while until they ramp upto full capacity. (Which won’t happen very quickly)
25% is 675
30% is 810
50% is 1350
Who knows this could go on for years if new strands keep popping up.
From what I am reading the locals are enjoying it.While a significant number of tourists in Key West were from Ships, only 15% of tourist spending comes from cruisers. The city feels a 15% hit is totally worth it. Covid may have changed that opinion, but I personally don't think it has.
It would be a pretty horrifying precedent of the vote of the local population were overturned in this case.
It is still a bit of a gross precedent: "you will take these tourists and LIKE IT!!!"This article explains both the original local vote and the efforts to pass a state law that would have the effect overturning it by not allowing local governments to regulate state seaports.
https://cruiseradio.net/key-wests-cruise-ship-ban-could-soon-be-reversed/
Or from a different perspective, "you will not take people's livelihoods away without passing a state law". It's all in how you look at it.It is still a bit of a gross precedent: "you will take these tourists and LIKE IT!!!"
It's what they tell us here in Orlando.It is still a bit of a gross precedent: "you will take these tourists and LIKE IT!!!"