Having been the president of a small cruise line I will tell you that the economics of a cruise - to include a room, food, entertainment, on board activities, ports of interest, private beaches - compare very well against - for instance - going to Disney. My wife just came back from Disney - stayed in the Animation hotel for $500 a night, breakfast was $32, and then had to pay for Disney and its high food costs. In case you forgot Cruise Lines are public companies in business to make money for its stockholders. If you go on a more expensive cruise line you get more items included - airfare, wifi, unlimited drinks, premier meals. Carnival has lower fares but charges for everything extra. Allows those to do not want these services to not have to pay for them/
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