Hey guys. Recently, Norwegian Cruise Lines initiated a new program that basically is encouraging all of us on the inside to brainstorm for ideas to make things better for our guests. Before I became an employee with NCL, there were two different departments regarding shore excursions. One was the Shore Excursion department and the other was the Dive-In program. The Dive-In program was made up of all of the dive instructors and dealt strictly with snorkeling and diving tours while the Shore Excursions dept. dealt with all of the other tours. Now those departments have merged and just become the Shore Excursions Dept. Less emphasis is placed on the old Dive-In tours with this merge. While lurking about on ScubaBoard, I hear a lot of the same thing. A lot of people don't like booking dives through the cruise line when they go cruising, they book them on their own. This could lead to many problems of course because nothing is guaranteed. The cruise line doesn't have a contract with these other operators and so it's not quite as firm a deal. I would like to hear from all of you who have been cruising or will be cruising and have had diving in mind. I want to know all of the reasons that people prefer booking diving on their own instead of using the preselected dives. Let me know all of your opinions because I want to do something with this cruise line to put more emphasis on diving tours. We have tons of people sign up to snorkel but we almost never fill up even one dive tour. Give me as many ideas as you can because I will probably be with NCL for some time and I want to initiate something. Any travel agents out there, let me know what your customers want. I know there are a few of you out there on this board. All opinions are welcome. Thanks!