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It's fine for people who live in the area or who can drive to the port but for anyone having to fly, especially a long distance, it just wasn't feasable. It's much easier to fly to FLL or Tampa and only have a 15-20 mins. drive to the port.
HAL has also pulled out of Norwalk - not an easy place for most to get to.
What is MCO???
quote:Originally posted by BigUFan:I could totally understand it being way too far from Tampa. That would be almost a two-and-a-half-hour ride. But it's a shame that it's 40 or so minutes from Orlando. I can understand the folks flying in wouldn't want to sit on a bus that long. But personally, that's a breeze. It's easier than 1.5 hours to Tampa or 3.5 hours to FLL by car.
May be for you and people living in the area, but for me and I am sure others flying in from Canada and the US, more planes fly to Tampa and FLL.
Same for Norwalk - I would have had to change planes 3 times just to get there from Toronto and this is something I'd never do. If it's not a direct, non-stop flight, I won't take it.
Basically, PC was just too far from Half Moon Cay to allow for more than just a brief stop there. Since it was the final port on the itnerary, after, I believe, two full days at sea, they could only stop there until very early afternoon if they were to return to PC ontime. As expected, passengers quickly began complaining about the very short call.
It seems that because of this, HAL already decided not to renew its contract with PC long before the first one even expired.
quote: Originally posted by shipmannj:Basically, PC was just too far from Half Moon Cay to allow for more than just a brief stop there. Since it was the final port on the itnerary, after, I believe, two full days at sea, they could only stop there until very early afternoon if they were to return to PC ontime. As expected, passengers quickly began complaining about the very short call.
Maybe if they were to put a Vista-class up here, it might work out better. They were built for "speed" anyway (well, more speed than a R-class vessel).
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