Instead, the cruisers milled around the cafeteria, lounged by the pool with their Grishams and Balduccis, or surfed the Internet in the Crow’s Nest lounge, a privilege that cost $1.25 a minute.

$1.25 a minute for wireless internet service? Remind me to never go on a cruise with these people. Ouch, all my cards would be maxed out by the time we got back to port.