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I used to think most things like these were jokes, until the cruise where we had to skip a port due to an extremely bad storm. The Captain and other officers held a talk where they explained why and how the decision was made etc. Now there were some really good questions asked but the look on the Captain's face at others said it all.

Some of the questions included:

1. Now that we've avoided the storm (by sailing 1,000 miles out of the way of it) why can't we sail to our original port (on the other side of the storm) after all?

2. Why can't we go to a different port instead of having another sea day (note this was in the north atlantic between Iceland and Canada so not many choices)?

3. Why can't you make the ship stop rocking so much?

But I think my personal favorite was the question asked by multiple people throughout the lecture:

4. Instead of going to our next port early (they gave as an extra day in our next port), why can't we skip that too and go to our disembarkation point early so those of us with really early flights can make those flights?