Max Power Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, Numbnuts said: I spoke to a couple from Canada and they showed me the cruise ships list of trips. Omg really expensive from memory around £75 for a trip to Laxey Wheel I think I'll buy a minibus and do a bit of touting! Mind you, the admission to Laxey Wheel isn't cheap either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, Max Power said: I think I'll buy a minibus and do a bit of touting! Mind you, the admission to Laxey Wheel isn't cheap either! Haha a few spare ones lying around in various school playgrounds !! Take your pick . Oh should have made that clear , I'm sure it was per person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Kopek said: 80k Horse Tram journeys/????? That'd be about 40 on every single tram? Or two on each of the 40k tram trips? ETA. Are there any actual figures for how many journeys up and down the prom the trams actually make in a season or in a year even? Notwithstanding that some passenger's journeys may not be for the full distance of course? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 4 hours ago, MrPB said: I think you’ll find it wasn’t. Spoke to my friend and apparently where both right lol So get your head around this . There's the Welcome center , then there's MNH outlet trying to promote their sites , duplication you'd have thought and clearly Welcome Center should be able to do both but joined up Government etc . Then there's volunteers at a separate little outlet that caters for the cruise ships I think under Tourism. What a set up !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPB Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, Numbnuts said: Spoke to my friend and apparently where both right lol So get your head around this . There's the Welcome center , then there's MNH outlet trying to promote their sites , duplication you'd have thought and clearly Welcome Center should be able to do both but joined up Government etc . Then there's volunteers at a separate little outlet that caters for the cruise ships I think under Tourism. What a set up !!! Yes I’d say that’s right so why do we need 2 sets of people employed by government plus a bunch of volunteers to all to do the exact same thing within 20 feet of each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, MrPB said: Yes I’d say that’s right so why do we need 2 sets of people employed by government plus a bunch of volunteers to all to do the exact same thing within 20 feet of each other? Exactly , we don't ! Welcome center could do it all. Internal politics and when all said and done Government fund MNH . To obvious maybe haha it's nuts . People justifying there positions and salaries ...!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Couldn't we make it a bit more like a traditional Cruise stop off? Maybe Robinsons could sell watermelons, have a few touts hanging around, some nanas knitting tea towels and someone selling fake Rolex watches and Louis Vuitton bags made up in Jurby. Give it that local vibe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxberry Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 https://www.azamara.com/int/shore-excursion-details/A702 Here's an example of the prices paid by cruise passengers. Makes you laugh, because MNH will be lucky to see a fraction of that Actually I might as well list them per person: 3 hr guided tour to Cregneash = $99 Steam Train Dining Experience = $249 Grove Museum Trip = $89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grounds Keeper Willy Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, slinkydevil said: Couldn't we make it a bit more like a traditional Cruise stop off? Maybe Robinsons could sell watermelons, have a few touts hanging around, some nanas knitting tea towels and someone selling fake Rolex watches and Louis Vuitton bags made up in Jurby. Give it that local vibe. Maybe Mr Callister if he’s so keen on developing our cruise economy could be our own Lucky Lucky Man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 The trouble with cruise ships is that their passengers do not get channelled through the Sea Terminal, so most won't even know that there is a whelk home centre inside. How about a nice cheap idea....... put advertising A boards up outside the doors on cruise ship days. It's not rocket science. The kiosk was a bit silly, may have been open different times, but much of what it did duplicated what was available in the main shop. It suggests to me that the main shop should have a larger variety of Manx souvenirs available, with an extra person manning a till on cruise ship days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 14 hours ago, Manxberry said: https://www.azamara.com/int/shore-excursion-details/A702 Here's an example of the prices paid by cruise passengers. Makes you laugh, because MNH will be lucky to see a fraction of that Actually I might as well list them per person: 3 hr guided tour to Cregneash = $99 Steam Train Dining Experience = $249 Grove Museum Trip = $89 at those prices they'll be making a loss in a couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 14 hours ago, Manxberry said: https://www.azamara.com/int/shore-excursion-details/A702 Here's an example of the prices paid by cruise passengers. Makes you laugh, because MNH will be lucky to see a fraction of that Actually I might as well list them per person: 3 hr guided tour to Cregneash = $99 Steam Train Dining Experience = $249 Grove Museum Trip = $89 The $249 for the Steam Train Dining Experience will want to be more than Pie + Mash for that money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 29 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: The $249 for the Steam Train Dining Experience will want to be more than Pie + Mash for that money... Something has to pay for the "cabbage" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 4 hours ago, Non-Believer said: The $249 for the Steam Train Dining Experience will want to be more than Pie + Mash for that money... Pie mash and a blow job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 20 minutes ago, thesultanofsheight said: Pie mash and a blow job? Well, last time I was on the meal train one of the waitresses wasn't bad looking TBH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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