Porthole readers have zero awards for X?

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cruisebuddy

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I finally coughed up a few bucks and subscribed to Porthole magazine. Why didn't anyone stop me??? OK, I'm trying to make light of the subject, but imagine my surprise when my first issue arrives, the 2007 Reader's Poll issue, and Celebrity doesn't win ANY awards? Not even Best Gangway, I mean NOTHING! How can that possibly be? At first I thought that maybe they were owned by Carnival or something, with all of the awards that Carnival and her sister lines won, but RC won a few as well, so that really has me wondering what the heck? Anyone has any insight, or should I try and get my money back? I'm a cruise junkie and will read anything about cruising, but this really made me mad.

Did I mention that X was my favorite line?
 
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BSeabob

Guest
You didn't ask :)

those awards that everyone talks about be it from that mag or others are always just gathered from out of the air as far as I'm concerned anyways.

I recall getting that mag once many yrs ago and never looked at another actually.
 
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Mbandy

Guest
=yeah

Not sure what the criteria is =huh but if Celebrity didn't win anything I'd say the awards are pretty useless.
 
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Ted_D

Guest
Why would we be surprised? Anyone that is a regular reader of something called "Pothole Magazine" would have strange opinions anyway.

LOL

Ted
 
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Barry

Guest
...Porthole is most commonly read by first time cruisers,read a few of the editors interviews and that's the target. Had one a moment ago and lost it just go to PPI group (the publisher) and Google him and readership. NOW...almost all of the nine publications they put out are owned by Carnival Corp. Just look at the list there and see for yourself. Not saying that he/they are biased (but I certainly do imply it don't I? :) but don't bite the hands that feed you either huh? I would go to any of the other lists for 2007 and take a peek...


here is a link to PPI <http://www.ppigroup.com/>

edited for bit for bite :)
 
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wave runner

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I would disagree with the OP about Porthole magazine. I read it quite often and think it is a very good cruise magazine. As the OP indicated and I would agree, that I don't always agree with all of the ratings from these cruise polls. These polls do, however, give a person at least an indication of which way things are going for a particular cruise line. My experience is that I would have to agree with many of the ratings given by the poll.
 
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