Did you know?

…… A whole county in Iowa raises all its beef cattle for sale to Carnival Cruise Lines.
……The Queen Mary II is the only cruise ship (technically a liner!) that you can take pets on. It even has an authentic British lamp post for them to pee up!

……Most major cruise lines have replaced champagne with sparkling wine for the Captains welcome aboard party.

……Between 2009 and 2012 another 50,000 crew members will be required on the worlds cruise ships.
……that the cruise industry accounts for about 350,000 jobs in the U.S. alone.
……Royal Caribbean spent about $890 million on fuel costs in 2009 – that’ll explain price increases then!
…… NCL has its own private island – Great Stirrup Cay.

Useless snippets of information I know, but they might interest some of you, and if you like them I may do some more some time!