In all fairness, maybe they were celebrating something that merited the show? In any case, especially on the Mariner, if you have special requests, you let the manager know as soon as you board and they will do thier best to accommodate you...I have yet to be turned away or dissapointed (and, none of those involved a big roast or a huge salmon ;) )

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends ~~M. Angelou~~