Reply #28: I wouldn't be too sure of that

[ngant17]

For example, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, the world's second largest cruise line, had to pay a multi-million dollar fine for dumping oily bilge waste into the ocean and lying about it about 20 years ago. And this was a verdict from a US court. It was one the largest pollution fines ever assessed against a cruise company, for dumping oil into Caribbean and Atlantic waters.

Cuba is very sensitive to environmental protection in its waters, it is written into its constitution, and I would seriously doubt it if Royal Caribbean would ever be allowed near Cuba without some serious cost-prohibiting expenses and "taxes" levied by the Cuban government.

Also I don't think Cuba will appreciate being a party to the exploitation of 3rd world labor which routinely happens in the cruise ship industry.

The US-based cruise ship industry will have to make some major ($$$) restructuring of its capitalist business model before they can ever be allowed into Cuba waters.