With respect to your second point .... where is anyone giving any benenfit of the doubt to the line? And to give the opposing view - a thread of this type changes completely (IMHO) when a complainer names the product.
If it had been a genuine request for impartial advice then it could have been accomplished by heading the thread "Flood issue .... should I seek compensation". In my view naming the line changes the tenor of the thread and introduces a dimension to it that changes the intention from advice seeking to what feels and seems like coercion and almost blackmail.
Had OP phrased the thread title in such a way I'm sure they would've been chided for not only a gross over exaggeration and hysterical hyperbole but likely almost as much for as not naming the cruise line in question. As the saying goes you can't win for losing.
BTW I already gave RCI the benefit of the doubt upthread, though again you seem to have missed that:
Originally Posted by tcook052
FWIW I think RCL tried to make good on a tough situation at the start and that says something to me, the latter suite snafu notwithstanding.