[Etienne]

The cruise industry is turning into a bubble of NASDAQ proportion, if you ask me. People will move on to another fad, eventually.... And gas prices are going to hurt. Bad.

RCCL already has a few turbine powered ships that are all but mothballed, only cruising during the high season. But then, gas turbine ships were never really a good idea for the private sector, anyway. (Well, ok, excluding some fast ferries)ç

Also, eventually, people like that cruise ship victim site will convince the government to impose flagging limitation on cruise ships coming into the US (Yeah, ok, they'll just fly the passengers to Mexico, but Mexico could join the bandwagon... Then all the other caribean countries. Right. Obviously gonna happen) - Or people will prefer to travel on ships flagged decently. That'll cut a swat of their profit. Huge one.

I think the Cruise industry might be growing faster than it's pot.