Wednesday, May 21, 2008

A Failure to Communicate

Two couples in England are threatening to sue P&O Cruises over the "maiden voyage" of Ventura. They were on the two-week Mediterranean cruise from Southampton that left the same evening that Dame Helen Mirren christened the ship. They said they booked the cruise because they've always wanted to be on a ship's first cruise and claim they paid a premium for it. They are unhappy because the ship was delivered to P&O a bit early and the line added a previous two-night cruise to Belgium which was open to the public. The couples claim that was actually the "maiden cruise."

The unhappy couples claim the maiden cruise was the first cruise on which paying passengers were carried. The line claims the maiden cruise was the first one after the christening. In the CND article, we looked at the issues surrounding the situation.

The complete article appeared in the May 21, 2008, edition of Cruise News Daily.