twangster Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 I think they should make solo guests sail free all the time since they don't consume the food of two people, they don't consume two seats at the shows and with fewer guests on board they have more capacity to charge families and groups greater than two. Elevators aren't as busy, queues every are less with solo over two guests, more space in pools, less loungers consumed on the pool deck, etc. Clearly solo guests have minimal impact and should be free. That's a pretty selfish position to take but it's all about me, so... Anders11 and rjac 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCIfan1912 Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 19 minutes ago, twangster said: I think they should make solo guests sail free all the time since they don't consume the food of two people, they don't consume two seats at the shows and with fewer guests on board they have more capacity to charge families and groups greater than two. Elevators aren't as busy, queues every are less with solo over two guests, more space in pools, less loungers consumed on the pool deck, etc. Clearly solo guests have minimal impact and should be free. That's a pretty selfish position to take but it's all about me, so... This is absolutely ridiculous as you are. Babies literally use absolutely none of the services other than garbage disposal. Solo guests in fact use every service on board. You turned this entire thing so personal it's ridiculous. All we said was kids of a certain age should sail free, 2 years old is not unreasonable. By the way it's just an opinion. You have made up more and more ridiculous scenarios and comparisons. The McDonald's hamburger may have been the dumbest but I didn't read every post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCIfan1912 Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 This is reasonable. https://www.amtrak.com/children-discounts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL8SWPR Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 5 hours ago, RCIfan1912 said: This is reasonable. https://www.amtrak.com/children-discounts Sure it is. When the taxpayers are subsidizing the "business" by the billions you can offer whatever you want. "Too big to fail" is a wonderful policy. Also does not account for the fact that Amtrak doesn't need to account for life boat access for a passenger they won't be selling drinks to. Matt, Anders11, calvink669 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anders11 Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 12 hours ago, RCIfan1912 said: You turned this entire thing so personal it's ridiculous. You are the one who has turned this personal. The reason the Macdonalds comparison didn’t compute in your mind is because you can’t see the relevance of analogies that don’t affect you personally. Quote The McDonald's hamburger may have been the dumbest but I didn't read every post. Someone above said above that if they were a shareholder they would feel bad about RC “overcharging” their customers in this way. I doubt many, if any, shareholders could care less about this issue. Shareholders do care about business ethics, but this applies to, for instance, whether companies are supporting despotic regimes or enabling exploitative labor practices in the third world, not whether someone can take their child on vacation for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bretts173 Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 This is an entertaining conversation but going nowhere. Not liking something is fine but bluntly ignoring the facts presented to you because you don't like them is another thing. If a ship is legally allowed (for safety reasons) to have 5000 pax and they sold them all a cruise for $1000 then the revenue is 5mil. Now if there were 200 babies that they decided to give free cruise to revenue falls by $200k plus all the ancillary purchases full size people make. Now what do you think would happen, yes they would raise the cost to those without babies to maintain their revenue. So now is that fair on those without the kids having to pay extra. So while the end result is a business decision it is a result of the safety rules. PL8SWPR, Anders11, BeachGal and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCIfan1912 Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 7 hours ago, Anders11 said: You are the one who has turned this personal. The reason the Macdonalds comparison didn’t compute in your mind is because you can’t see the relevance of analogies that don’t affect you personally. Someone above said above that if they were a shareholder they would feel bad about RC “overcharging” their customers in this way. I doubt many, if any, shareholders could care less about this issue. Shareholders do care about business ethics, but this applies to, for instance, whether companies are supporting despotic regimes or enabling exploitative labor practices in the third world, not whether someone can take their child on vacation for free. I did not say anything about "feeling bad" and the McDonald's comparison is really, really dumb. Comparing thousands in a vacation to a dollar hamburger is ridiculous. Also guess what, if you buy enough food through the McDonald's app you get, you guessed it, free food! How about that. I do it, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaa Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 20 minutes ago, RCIfan1912 said: Also guess what, if you buy enough food through the McDonald's app you get, you guessed it, free food! How about that. If you go on enough cruises with RCI guess what you get? You guessed it, a free cruise. Does McDonalds charge a 2 year old for french fries or do they just throw them in? calvink669, Keanoknick, PL8SWPR and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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