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Oil Price Drop Good for Cruisers

The price of crude oil has declined by more than 20% over the past few weeks climaxed by a precipitous $7 dollar drop in the last two days.  This is good news for cruisers.  The cruise lines have been holding a potential fuel surcharge over our heads for the past year. The decline in oil prices, combined with a sputtering economy, virtually insures that the cruise lines will not impliment a fuel surcharge over the near and medium term (as long as the oil producing countries remain stable).