Yes its true, I spent 5 days on a cruise ship, including housing three (or more) meals a day for less than the cost of a few flicks at the Regal. No its not easy to find such a deal (and of course you still have to get to the port and pay port fees [...]

Its Economics 101.  Put large factory in town, all those employees need a place to eat, shop, live, etc.  Big economic impact on that town. Ok, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, you name it, they all have large assembly factories in American towns, those employees have to do all of the above. Economics 201, executives of Ford, [...]