Quote Originally Posted by piperdbh View Post
Here's an unrelated question:
I was watching "The Love Boat" last week and as the ship would embark on its voyage of adventure and romance the passengers would stand at the rails and throw streamers and confetti at the poor saps standing on the boarding platform. Is this still done? Was it ever done? It seems like it would make a lot of mess for somebody to have to clean up.
That was done back in the heyday of transatlantic and transpacific passenger ships to travel from one place to another, as opposed to today's modern cruises which are vacations.

And, I haven't seen the streamers as its a big mess, both ashore and in the water. In today's "Green" environment, such doings are not so popular as they once were.

Most cruise lines still have sail-away parties that can vary from cruise line to cruise line. On Disney we had a really great time but on Celebrity it is more sedate and laid back. Still fun and I enjoy them but two totally different approaches.