More details of the "once in a lifetime" cruise on board the Oasis of the Seas:
Departure: Tilbury Docks
Arrival: Botany Bay
Skipper: Captain James Cook
On-board entertainment: Rolf Harris, Frank Ifield, The Seekers
Tickets: One-way only
Passengers are requested to keep to their cabins at all times. The captain and crew sincerely hope that they will enjoy their new life* in Australia.
* which is what most of them are down for
The potential Australian readers will undoubtedly enjoy this post and will not take any offence -why would they? How many trips a year are there planned exactly? I am just thinking 63000 passengers per voyage -with no chance of them ever returning home-, a conservative estimate of 1 trip a month, take us to close to a million English -and not just any English!-newcomers a year! If I were Australia, I would rejoice at the thought.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's an attractive proposition, isn't it!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, why anyone would want to spend good money for a cruise on one of these monsters just beggars belief. But spend money they do - witness the American couple we met on our hot-air balloon expedition above the scorching sands of Dubai.