Surprisingly, there were no plans of getting involved with Micky Arison's cruise powerhouse Carnival Corp., which in recent years has garnered the reputation of its reorganization of cruise lines, (namely Holland America and Cunard), which would have probably filed Chapter 11 had they not been "rescued" by Carnival. According to Ratcliffe, both RCCL and P&O Princess had their reasons for not getting involved with powerful cruise line. "We have not had any discussions with Carnival," Ratcliffe said. "A combination with Carnival for virtually anyone in the industry is problematic because of anti-trust issues."