What I have noticed is that in MANY of these cases the excursion for either lack of interest of removal of the shore excursions operator form their prefered list. If they go up much higher in $$$ (they already pricey IMO) they will most likely loose even MORE bookings for their excursions IMO. That is why we already try and do as much as we can outside the cruiseline shore excursions except when there might be a time restraint and its NOT worth the risk of missing the ship. :thumb
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