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Do not give up hope of NCL returning to NOLA.

Del Rio, the CEO of NCL, is quoted as saying, "But, at the end of the day, cruise ships have motors, propellers and rudders, and God forbid we can’t operate in the state of Florida for whatever reason, there are other states where we do operate from. [Or] we can operate from the Caribbean … we certainly hope it doesn’t come to that.”

I am with Carol... I cannot believe FL would do anything that would risk the gold mine of the cruise industry.