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Cruise ship to house cricket fans
Janet Silvera, Gleaner Writer
WESTERN BUREAU:
May 5, 2006

IN ADDITION to the 500 home-stay rooms needed for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, a cruise ship will house over 3,000 fans attending the event's opening ceremony and warm-up games in Trelawny and Kingston respectively.

The floating four-star hotel, which originates in Miami, Florida, will dock at the Montego Freeport Cruise Ship Pier on March 4 and remain in the tourism capital for three days, before making Kingston Harbour its home for two-and-a-half weeks. This was revealed by Nigel Pagan, chairman of Caribbean Synergy Inc. (CIS), the company spearheading the venture.

Mr. Pagan will meet with Carnival Cruise Line in Miami, Florida, today to finalise ongoing negotiations.

"We have been working on this project since December 2004, and this is a dream we hope to realise," he told The Gleaner.

In the meantime, CSI's director, Peter Green, has confirmed that more than half the ship is already booked and several requests have been coming in from official travel agencies affiliated with the event.

The bookings are being made by Jamaicans in the diaspora and the Pakistanis, "And we have word that requests are coming in from the Irish."

COMPETITIVE RATES

The rates being offered by CSI range between US$360-$520 per cabin all-inclusive, 20 per cent less than the rates being bandied about for hotel rooms in the region. According to recent reports, the region's hoteliers have been asking for US$600-$900 per room.

CSI said its decision to introduce the water-based accommodation is a result of the current shortage of rooms to accommodate cricket fans during the period. The company said it has based its efforts on the 30,000 visitors that attended the last World Cup in South Africa.

Some 100,000 fans are estimated to visit the region throughout the 2007 games.

Jamaica Gleaner

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7am:1st innings Breakfast served.

8am:2nd innings breakfast served.

9am : Deck run and warm-up.

10am: Tea break/ drinks.

11am : Practise bowling on the Prom/deck.

12noon:1st innings lunch.

1pm:2nd innings lunch.

2pm : Deck match between Crew and passengers

3pm:Tea break/drinks.

4pm:How to use your mobile phone to find dates

5pm:The history of streaking in a match.

6pm : (Bad light)All inside for movie "Bodyline".

8pm: A complete wrap-up of todays events
broadcasted from the show lounge.

9pm:lights out and coaches will be checking.

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Originally posted by Linerdan:
I would imagne a daily program of the ships events would look something like this:

7am:1st innings Breakfast served.

8am:2nd innings breakfast served.

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You forgot something very important for world cup cricket. A 3-hour seminar on the Duckworth-Lewis method to recalculate scores in rain-shortened matches. If RSA had done their calculations correctly in their match against Sri Lanka at Durban in 2003 they would have won the match (instead of just gaining a tie) and would have advanced to the next round instead of being eliminated.

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Originally posted by Pascal:
There are actually cricket fans !!??

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Originally posted by Ernst:

I am actually always surprise to see that people are interested in watching sports....

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...to the point many cruise ships have SPORTS BARS.

I have also seen NASCAR cruises and Super Bowl cruises!

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Originally posted by Ernst:

I am actually always surprise to see that people are interested in watching sports....

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Originally posted by Linerdan:

I guess they are dumbfounded on why we would race down to a pier on a cold and wet morning just to take some photos of a boat

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Oh, I am absolutely sure about that. I guess most consider this as crazy.

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Brian_O wrote:
You forgot something very important for world cup cricket. A 3-hour seminar on the Duckworth-Lewis method to recalculate scores in rain-shortened matches.

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Bet you a few people here are stumped!

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there are indeed cricket fans here

just simply said.. cricket is the king of sports although it may take foreigners some time to get
into it...

and i watch cruiseships passing by as well

how strange

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Originally posted by Salaison :
What are you trying to Imply with that statement??? Pascal!!

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buddhaJoe wrote:
...and i watch cruiseships passing by as well

how strange

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Now, where is this spot they play cricket and you see cruise ships as well?

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Pascal wrote:
...I forgot it was a olympic sport.

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Well if it was the Aussies would know about it!

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The fact is I really don't know anything about this sport... Sorry if I offended cricket fans.

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No offense taken Pascal. You probably pick it up on satellite there in France. Maybe you should watch some...you might get bored and fall asleep!

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Originally posted by Linerdan:
A little Off topic: Shane warn court with his pants down again (and i mean pants down and just in undies) in a hotel room with 2 models.News of the world has video footage of the cricket star prancing around with 2 bottles of champage in his hand.I guess us Aussie fans/non fans will see it in this weeks Womans day/New idea ect again and again

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A little off-topic. Good old Shame (misspelling intentional) has retired from ODI cricket (aka pajama cricket) and will not be playing in the World Cup. In any event, the only real cricket is Test Cricket.

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In any event, the only real cricket is Test Cricket.

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Adventurous play and big hitting - a carry-on from the one-dayers - has changed the philosophy of Test Cricket. Not something purists agree about, but good for entertainment, the administrators and the record books.

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Not a huge fan of cricket.. nor do I understand much of the game..but living in the Caribbean I have to at least put up with it.

It's great that the cruiselines are helping out the island (and at the same time their own pockets). While this is going to be a big event in April 2007, there are not enough "beds" on the islands to accommodate all the fans expected.. Hotels are scrambling to add new rooms.. and fix up exsisting space.. Should be interesting..

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Originally posted by sunniebgi:
well I like Linerdan's day in the life of a cricket ship.. sounds like fun..

Not a huge fan of cricket.. nor do I understand much of the game..but living in the Caribbean I have to at least put up with it.

It's great that the cruiselines are helping out the island (and at the same time their own pockets). While this is going to be a big event in April 2007, there are not enough "beds" on the islands to accommodate all the fans expected.. Hotels are scrambling to add new rooms.. and fix up exsisting space.. Should be interesting..

and shame should know better.. oh well.. men.. sorry..

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