Mobile Development Thread

[nimsjus]

So Holiday couldnt get out of port yesterday and Carnival didnt bother to tell passengers in advance. Lots of grumpy people down there from what the news said. I appreciate the Holiday for getting our foot in the cruise industry door, but it is a pitiful excuse for a cruise ship. I can't wait to get the upgraded Fantasy up and running so Mobile will have a legit cruise ship. Holiday was like putting a kid on a bike with training wheels. They gave us the smallest, oldest ship with very little investment to see if Mobile could "ride". I think we have proven to be a pretty good port for regional crusiers. With Fantasy we will be able to provide regional cruisers a much higher level of quality. I really want to see a second brand come in (I would prefer Royal Carribean or Celebrity) and really see how we compete for a higher end cruiser. I think it would also help having two ships and two companies so we could offer a variety of cruise destinations and trip lengths. We have proven we can put people on boats. We need more and better ships to really become a destination. It would be a huge boom to our airport, hotels, attractions, restaurants, etc if we could bring in a second ship from another brand.