Cruise ship returns to Port Everglades early after hundreds of passengers fall ill

[superpatriotman]

The Caribbean Princess docked in Port Everglades early Saturday morning.

It's the second consecutive sailing on that ship in which passengers and crew fell sick.

This time, Caribbean Princess reported at least 228 passengers and 17 crew members suffering from a stomach bug during its 14-day voyage, which was shortened by a day due to the outbreak.

Passengers leaving the ship told Local 10 News they, and crew alike, began taking precautionary measures after what they were told was an outbreak of Norovirus.

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/02/29/cruise-ship-returns-to-port-everglades-early-after-hundreds-of-passengers-fall-ill/

You couldn't force me onto a cruise ship, thank you.

[defacto7]

1. It's getting crazy on the high seas.

They're like floating septic tanks.

[Apollo Zeus]

5. always have been

I like the idea of a cruise, especially as I get older but I don't like:

- supporting the use of slave labor
- the environmental damage
- the history and spread of illnesses due to understaffing and cramped conditions

[2naSalit]

2. I would never board one either

let alone leave port! Viral incubators, I don't care how much entertainment there is.

Guess I'm not easily distracted from the fact that I'd be one an isolated vessel with all those other people and whatever they have going on and we're over some deep-assed water. I have the heebie jeebies about being over water that is over my head. The only time I'll go in water over my head is in a pool where I can see the bottom.

[DemoTex]

3. Ah, the cruise down the River Styx.

And I'm with you superpatriotman .. no way, not even free.

[dalton99a]

4. "for second time this month"

[malaise]

6. Ditto

You couldn't pay me to go on a cruise

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. You sure about that?

Note the built-in, handy cooler.

[dewsgirl]

11. We used to have one of these, we used it a grand total of once.

I think they are great for a lake or pond, the river not so much.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. omg I'd never try it on a river.

I have one in a pond. The ducks come right up to it.

This should be fine for cruising the Caribbean, right?

Hurricane season would be an extra incentive to PEDDLE FASTER!

[dewsgirl]

14. It wasn't the channel or the inlet or anything, just from the dock

to our island probably about less than a mile. He traded that and a jet ski for our first skiff, it's funny looking back I loved the little 16 ft. skiff more than the couple larger boats we had in the following years.
That sounds lovely, with the ducks coming up to it.

[VMA131Marine]

7. It seems like these outbreaks have gotten worse

As the ships have gotten bigger.

Maybe having 5000 people confined in a small space isn’t such a good idea.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. Quick! Treat them with a tour of the White House and Mar-a-Lago. It's a sure cure.

[dewsgirl]

10. They seriously should have halted all cruises for now,

a couple weeks ago, when they began to get ill on the Diamond Princess. I know that's not how the world works, but I agree no way would I go on a cruise right now, no matter how much I loved it.

[central scrutinizer]

12. Petri dishes with shuffleboard