Comments on: What is a Hot Glass Show and What’s it Doing on a Cruise Ship http://cruisetalk.org/2010/02/what-is-a-hot-glass-show-and-whats-it-doing-on-a-cruise-ship.html Come Talk Cruising With Us!!! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:40:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cruise Arizona http://cruisetalk.org/2010/02/what-is-a-hot-glass-show-and-whats-it-doing-on-a-cruise-ship.html/comment-page-1#comment-59010 Cruise Arizona Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:21:45 +0000 http://cruisetalk.org/?p=4794#comment-59010 Well not really, there is glass and crystal for sale on the ship, but the Corning Museum of Glass is a non-profit organization. They do not sell any of the pieces made on board the ship. Instead they give it away to passengers in free raffles. Not once during the presentations at the hot glass show is there a sales pitch. This was actually the one refreshing things about the Hot Glass show, that while so many new things added to cruise ships these days seems to be for an extra charge or fee, the show is free, and if you are lucky enough to win a piece of glass, the glass is free. We received three free pieces of glass on our Solstice cruise. The first was a glass guitar designed by my 11 year old during the You Design It show for the youth, the second was a small paper weight that one of the gaffers made from scrap for my son who had attended every show faithfully, and the third was a vase we won in the free raffle on the last day. Additionally, some of the glass makers have some of their independently created pieces for sale in the gift shops, but again those are pieces are created by the artists in their own studios, and are for sale to help the artist supplement their income. The only time you hear about those pieces is when someone asks the artist personally if where they can buy their work. While they still may want you to purchase some of the exclusive crystal, the museum makes no sales pitches and the show functions as part of the not for profit, Corning Museum of Glass. I found the show itself to be one the best parts of my Solstice cruise. Well not really, there is glass and crystal for sale on the ship, but the Corning Museum of Glass is a non-profit organization. They do not sell any of the pieces made on board the ship. Instead they give it away to passengers in free raffles. Not once during the presentations at the hot glass show is there a sales pitch.

This was actually the one refreshing things about the Hot Glass show, that while so many new things added to cruise ships these days seems to be for an extra charge or fee, the show is free, and if you are lucky enough to win a piece of glass, the glass is free. We received three free pieces of glass on our Solstice cruise. The first was a glass guitar designed by my 11 year old during the You Design It show for the youth, the second was a small paper weight that one of the gaffers made from scrap for my son who had attended every show faithfully, and the third was a vase we won in the free raffle on the last day.

Additionally, some of the glass makers have some of their independently created pieces for sale in the gift shops, but again those are pieces are created by the artists in their own studios, and are for sale to help the artist supplement their income. The only time you hear about those pieces is when someone asks the artist personally if where they can buy their work.

While they still may want you to purchase some of the exclusive crystal, the museum makes no sales pitches and the show functions as part of the not for profit, Corning Museum of Glass.

I found the show itself to be one the best parts of my Solstice cruise.

]]> By: Mike Webb http://cruisetalk.org/2010/02/what-is-a-hot-glass-show-and-whats-it-doing-on-a-cruise-ship.html/comment-page-1#comment-59006 Mike Webb Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:33:16 +0000 http://cruisetalk.org/?p=4794#comment-59006 You missed the whole point of the glass show. Corning owns a company called Steuben. It is the only pure crystal glassware made in the United States. It is very expensive. They have a shop on board. The point is to see how this exclusive glassware is made. You missed the whole point of the glass show. Corning owns a company called Steuben. It is the only pure crystal glassware made in the United States. It is very expensive. They have a shop on board.

The point is to see how this exclusive glassware is made.

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