tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post1164287842831374126..comments2024-03-17T15:20:45.857-04:00Comments on Adventures in Antigua - a blog about island life spent with sun, sea and sand.: The True Story of six americans arrested in Antigua365http://www.blogger.com/profile/04162921650895684062noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-64967714179750441502010-02-22T17:27:33.543-04:002010-02-22T17:27:33.543-04:00You'll probably remove this comment. Jumping ...You'll probably remove this comment. Jumping on people by calling them names such as "thugs", "hoodlums", "rifraff", "ghetto hoodrats", and so on tells me all I need to know. <br />Now explain to me about the murders and muggings where tourists are targeted. Oh sorry, these are not upstanding name-calling Antiguans, but are "crazy" people from the other islands. <br />Keep it up. Let's have a few more tourists harmed, and we'll see how quickly the cruise ship operators drop Antigua. Take a look at CruiseCritic.com and see how many people are asking about safety in Antigua. Or maybe, there is no revenue from one-day visitors anyway.Jan-Davnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-80000875609034053052009-11-04T08:40:17.634-04:002009-11-04T08:40:17.634-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-36622059571750416962009-11-04T08:39:30.257-04:002009-11-04T08:39:30.257-04:00http://www.longislandpress.com/2009/10/25/cops-ca-...http://www.longislandpress.com/2009/10/25/cops-ca-woman-maced-nj-cabbie-in-melville/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-41388189865553932352009-11-03T17:13:33.380-04:002009-11-03T17:13:33.380-04:00I just wonder if it was worth it for Antiqua espec...I just wonder if it was worth it for Antiqua especially once the Magistrate said that the 6 would have only been reprimanded if they pled quilty earlier. So now that they have made their point, the 6 are back home with a little over $2000.00 in fines...it just doesn't seem like a good trade to lose all that tourist money from even one of Carnivals ships. Who knows when they will pull more ships. I think Carnival feels that it was bad publicity for their cruise line too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-82025838773555900232009-10-18T07:29:13.189-04:002009-10-18T07:29:13.189-04:00anon, i don't think i understand your comment,...anon, i don't think i understand your comment, but i put it up anyway. i think you are not in agreement with what i have written.365https://www.blogger.com/profile/04162921650895684062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-51151790364061024572009-10-17T15:35:51.499-04:002009-10-17T15:35:51.499-04:00eli you started well with our tourism pr than you ...eli you started well with our tourism pr than you like so many others turn around and blame the alp our minister of tourism and his ministry should have quietly behind the seens try to patch this whole mess up but been the waste of time that they are it all fell apartAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-50753287977116187982009-10-15T14:27:17.892-04:002009-10-15T14:27:17.892-04:00Here's the thing - Even if the cab driver was ...Here's the thing - Even if the cab driver was over-charging (though I don't think he was), when you are in a foreign country, understand that a fare has to be agreed upon first & BE PREPARED to pay it. <br />If they didn't have the $$ they had no business in his cab or on a vacation!!!<br />I was so embarrassed for Antigua as they were paraded in the media as victims. While I dont wish for anyone to be placed in a foreign jail, victims they were not. These are just ignorant never-been-anywhere thugs!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-70195980761997955462009-10-12T20:48:45.658-04:002009-10-12T20:48:45.658-04:00Carnival has not stopped visiting Antigua. We wer...Carnival has not stopped visiting Antigua. We were just there last week on the Carnival Victory. Don't think that a few bad guests are going to ruin tourism for Antigua. We loved your island and have been telling all our friends to visit there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-23168273803386103782009-10-12T18:56:51.350-04:002009-10-12T18:56:51.350-04:00I'm soo glad to finally hear what really happe...I'm soo glad to finally hear what really happenedTheahttp://www.twitter.com/TheaBryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-58648186726682863652009-10-12T13:51:13.701-04:002009-10-12T13:51:13.701-04:00Well put Eli. The PR here needs some serious work....Well put Eli. The PR here needs some serious work. And to be fair I don't think that what the driver was charging even before he reduced his rates was unreasonable. As ever lack of decent PR means the island will suffer the back lash of this event.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-52605929739715286232009-10-10T09:46:09.687-04:002009-10-10T09:46:09.687-04:00So happy to finally find out the true story which ...So happy to finally find out the true story which makes a lot more sense than what the Bklyn riff raffs are saying. As another blogger stated when you put Carnival Cruiseline and Bklyn in the same sentence you should know what to expect!! My philosophy is 'if you can't afford it then don't do it'!! Its such a pity that Antigua is receiving such horrible publicity because of a few ghetto project hoodrats who probably took their first trip out of Bklyn and didn't have to use the NY transit line!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-11991920884947802252009-10-10T09:06:57.184-04:002009-10-10T09:06:57.184-04:00Amen!Always good to hear the other side..
Bro TyAmen!Always good to hear the other side..<br />Bro TyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13142717280232115344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-45867305815996494242009-10-07T18:41:53.949-04:002009-10-07T18:41:53.949-04:00Eli, Very well written and researched.
This is in...Eli, Very well written and researched. <br />This is indeed a PR mess-up. It should be a non-issue in the press. 6 bad behaving tourist get in conflict with the law and are arrested. Happens everywhere frequently without causing more than a few lines in the press. <br /><br />Public relations is indeed the key word here and Antigua is clueless and steerless. Antigua needs a PR firm badly or at least a government PR department. They need to inform the international media for cases like this incident, the murder cases for the UK couple and yacht captain and Stanford.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-42182250201520552422009-10-06T19:31:27.455-04:002009-10-06T19:31:27.455-04:00Cruise lines have conduct policies for activities ...Cruise lines have conduct policies for activities aboard ship. These cruisers could have been put off the ship at the first available port for instigating a brawl on board. They were just plain stupid and arrogant to treat citizens (much less police) of another country as they did. They were guests in Antigua and should have behaved as such. Shame on Carnival for pulling out of Antigua!Jodinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-18779529606731184432009-10-06T13:53:40.056-04:002009-10-06T13:53:40.056-04:00Eli, even though I only read about this in the mai...Eli, even though I only read about this in the mainstream media, it didn't take much to figure out that this "rabble" was to blame. Some key words were "Carnival" and "Brooklyn" I feel for the cab drivers in St. John's who are trying to make a living from the cruise ship business. Many of them are lucky if they get one fare a day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-19535287185491770232009-10-05T19:35:41.661-04:002009-10-05T19:35:41.661-04:00Totally agree with you Eli....Sounds like your cab...Totally agree with you Eli....Sounds like your cab driver run into some Brooklyn thugs....Also agree that the nonexistent PR machine in Anu never moved to stomp out rumors and hearsay. The powers that be sat on their hands one more time and now the good people of Antigua like yourself who put your heart in Antigua will suffer.<br />However I wonder if this was the last straw in a series of incidence or frustrations that Carnival had with Antigua in general....We all know its not easy doing business in Anu or with its people...<br /><br />Irenegade7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35742388.post-33464554277258448222009-10-04T16:06:19.508-04:002009-10-04T16:06:19.508-04:00Eli, your HO is spot on..these tourists have rippe...Eli, your HO is spot on..these tourists have ripped Antigua off in the way this whole things has gone down.<br />The Political BS surrounding this is criminal...but that is business as usual ALP style !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com