No advance warning had been given that such action would be taken if the Adonia did call at the Falklands, as around 20 cruise ships a month do in this summer season in the southern hemisphere.
It has to be said that the mayor of Ushuaia's action, which would have cost his city dearly as the spending power of some 3, 000 cruise passengers on the two ships was not unleashed, has been taken phlegmatically by the Adonia's passengers.
On the current voyage the Adonia had to spend an extra day in Barbados to await delayed supplies and it missed one scheduled call in Brazil because of a local police strike which might have made it risky for passengers to go ashore.