OT: Capture of 200 dolphins for Cancun park

"H Huntzinger" <{NOSPAM-rm_to_reply}rec-scuba2005@huntzinger.com> wrote in
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> The general problem is that there's always another cruise ship over the
> horizon with 100 people who will pay the bucks to go to the Flipper
> Show, so there is a revenue source to exploit.

You'd think the cruise ships would wise up and get their own dolphins.

Do dolphins get seasick?

> This might be very timely right now, for the Caymans just recently had
> elections and kicked out the prior party. There's also some public
> discussion going on about cruise ship dock construction and if they
> really want to change to become like another St. Thomas into a cruise
> ship whore port...or to stop alienating their overnight customers such
> as those of us who will go down for a week at a shot and buy meals and
> scuba diving.

There are some pretty big and powerful hotel chains invested on Seven Mile
Beach: Four Seasons, Hyatt, Starwood . . . I'm surprised they don't have
at least as much clout as the cruiseships since they occupy real estate and
employ a whole lot of people and presumably pay a whole lot of taxes.