BSeabob:
I was checking the Celebrity cruise schedule for 2011.
It looks like they've dropped Charleston, SC as an embarkation port.
With the "Mercury" going to TUI as "Mein Schiff 2," and the "Century" doing the Alaska run in 2011, Charleston will be just another port of call. Then, they lose even that status after the "Mercury's" Valentine's Day Bahamas run from Baltimore in 2011.
March's Norovirus outbreak (with the attendant bad press and negative cash flow) has obviously had an effect.
The grumbling and bad feelings from my fellow passengers on that cruise didn't help either, doggone it!
I hope RCL/Celebrity doesn't abandon Charleston altogether.
If Princess can dock the 115kT "Crown Princess" at Charleston's Concord St. cruise terminal, I know a Celebrity "M" class can dock there as well.
I guess it's "Wait and See" mode for now.
anton
Chief Yo-Yo, etc. etc.
