Allow it. Support it so they wish to expand. Disney built the city of Orlando. Let them anchor us building another city. Nassau is too crowded.

GO AWAY! DON'T YOU OWN ENOUGH ALREADY?

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Disney is dope. Approve immediately. Eleuthera is dead. Do the deal and get on with it. Great counter to China threat.

This is such a no brainer makes me want to scream to be around fools that would question this. Only issue is if dDisney stops coming to Nassau and starts its own cruise ship port to compete with New Providence. To counter this, put a non compete with Nassau clause in the Agreement.

No other cruiseship should be allowed to dock there. Government should own 35% of equity. Environment bond etc.

Ma Comrades,'governance' does derives, ultimately, from the Greek verb ... be of 35 da elected or of any size; and they may function for any family for, good or evil, for profit or not. ...Be thy own judge whats been happening since 10 May 2017.... pretty difficult tell when the three first major deals - VAT, OBAN, Lucayan Hotel - have all been cloaked secret processes. The secretive glass must be broken on this group 35's governance.

Do a deal where local community gets training (for free), Disney is to work on technology/skill sharing with the University of the Bahamas AND Disney should add to the power grid of Eleuthera. Also, VAT should be charged at the POS. We need to end the practice of exempting tourists at the border. If more people pay into it, then the more government revenue and the increased likelihood that we can decrease the current 12% tax rate.

Other than that, I see no problem with this project, unless they conduct themselves similar to the PRC.

Where do you get the idea that tourists are exempt from VAT? We hosted our kids and grandkids for a vacation at Atlantis, paid VAT on every penny we spent.

"Cruise ships do pose some additional environmental risks compared with other vessels. That's because a large cruise carries thousands of passengers, each of whom produces a personal waste stream that can end up in the ocean. (For comparison, a typical freighter might be staffed by a dozen or so crewmembers.) In a recent EPA survey of boats operating in Alaska, cruise ships reported generating an average of 21,000 gallons of sewage a day. Those ships also produced a daily average of 170,000 gallons of graywater—the stuff that drains from sinks, showers, and laundry machines. Graywater can contain detergents, oil, grease, and food waste as well as oxygen-depleting nutrients and various pathogens."

"A complicated patchwork of federal, state, and international laws governs what cruise ships can discharge and where. Sewage, for example, needs to be treated if it's going to be flushed out within three miles of U.S. coastlines, though beyond that, it can be dumped in its raw state."

WHAT WE GOING TO DO WITH ALL THAT?

"Disney and other cruise holiday operators are trying to clean up their acts and make cruising a greener holiday choice. But why aren’t they being more transparent about it?"

"Those selling cruise holidays promise pristine waters, cloudless skies and sunny ports of call. Environmentally speaking, however, ocean travel can be a dicey proposition: every year, the industry consumes millions of tons of fuel and produces almost a billion tons of sewage. If insufficiently treated, exhaust and sewage from ships can fog the air and pollute the water, potentially causing a host of ugly environmental and health effects that undermine the very natural beauty that cruise ships advertise to potential travelers."....BRUCE WATSON

If any ma comrades decide makes trip to the island, and if you should decide make stop in Bannerman Town - on the way to Lighthouse Point, and you comes across few the cheerful native islanders who be sitting under a Poinciana tree - they be first tells you that if you is the Imperial red shirts cabinet and you wants 'hide' some important contractual details to enable the signing over over Exclusive Rights to use Lighthouse Point to foreign man's - just write what you want 'hide' into Heads Of Agreement (HOA) - then stand up on floor People's House of Assembly - pretending it's real HOA that the PMO actually executed before the media's camera. What you won't read HOF, is that when sign over Lighthouse Point to an absentee foreigner - he will become Landlord over island that will chiefly
remain 'empty warm tourists bodies' - excepting when cruise ships captains does find it beneficial they owners bank account - to make a couple hours island stopover. { Can't make this up }. .

Anybody else notice on the Disney map how Bahamians lose ALL access to the whole of the point and lose all access to the best part of the beaches? As far as Castaway Cay...how many Bahamians are employed full time there and in what kind of jobs??? And if these cruise-ports are so great for the Bahamas can any Bahamian actually show all the great economic improvements that have happened in the Berry Islands or Castaway Cay or at Princess Cay in Eleuthera since these cruise lines built them 10, 20 and 30 years ago? Go on...We are waiting.

Yep I noticed that too and I can bet you they will be severely discouraged and/or prevented from walking along the beach to the point. Time and time again I have seen developments build with the promise of public access points only to create barriers and hindrances to discourage their use. The economic benefits from the private cruise islands etc. are minimal. If it must be developed try and find a land based developer would give more bang for developing such a beautiful place.

Who is foreigner comrade holding possession title the island, and what is Seller's asking price... will Disney be exempt likes the Seller Lucayan Hotel was made be released from paying any and all axes into PeoplesPublicPurse..... has Minnis and KP, done signed Letter Of intent (LOI) with Disney?

Update: Just got call from comrade realtor friend and told 700 acre Lighthouse Point is being advertised by a Real Estate Agency, for $ 20 million.

It’s been on the market for years. Anybody who knows how to use a computer could find that real estate listing in about 90 seconds. Hardly a secret. Price was once as high as $27 million.

I could just imagine signs along the white line boundry lines with twelve feet high chain link fences saying NO NON CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS ALLOWED. Wake up Bahamians we cant continue to sell our birthright for little bowls of soup. Lets put a stop to this madness and not let this happen.

WE ELEUTHERANS DO NOT WANT YOU, DISNEY! A few people who lack brain power to realise their loss and how you operate say that they speak for all of us. THEY DO NOT! My family who built the country since 1640 is not going to let it all go to some american rats.

You idiots want to throw out Disney but keep the Chinese. Are you insane? The majority of you never even went to this property or cared about it until now. It's a private property. The seller has the right to chose who he wants to sell it to. There should be some stipulations like right for Bahamians to use facility and beaches and Disney cannot use this port for other Cruise lines. Other than that, it would be insane not to go forward.

False equivalency.....I’m not a big fan of them but the Chinese investments are not only government sanctioned and in partnership with government in some cases but far surpass anything Disney is proposing...plus the Chinese investments do employ hundreds upon hundreds of Bahamians. Disney at best will employ a few Bahamians in basic construction jobs for a few months and a few others in menial toilet-cleaning jobs while at the same time closing off more beaches to Bahamians and destroying one of the most beautiful natural wonders of the Bahamas. No comparison at all.

Ma Comrade BahamaPundit, only the dead have lost their right now see Lighthouse Point Cay through a different lens.