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AirmensMom

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15. I'm somehow always surprised about the stupidity of people.

Tue May 12, 2020, 08:46 AM

May 2020

First, without a pandemic, I would NEVER cruise during hurricane season.

But add a pandemic to the brew, and that's a real disaster. Cruise ships tend to be crowded during the boarding and disembarking, both at the beginning and end of the cruise and during all the shore excursions, not to mention mealtimes and shows. That raises another question: Do other countries really want our tourists infecting their populations?

I am truly afraid about this. Everyone who says staying home is no way to live (heard it from my daughter the other day) will find that COVID-19 won't just go away because they refuse to live in such a way to make it harder to spread. SMDH at people.

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What pandemic? Carnival Cruise bookings soar 600% for August trips [View all] babylonsister May 2020 OP

Ewwwwww.. Petri dishes. Squinch May 2020 #1

No cruise for me until 2021 jimfields33 May 2020 #6

I think there'll be one more crash of those stocks but after that it will go well. Squinch May 2020 #7

I agree jimfields33 May 2020 #10

I don't think it's dumb. But it might seem that way for a bit before a durable rise. Squinch May 2020 #11

We're in this together jimfields33 May 2020 #13

Lol! Squinch May 2020 #14

I'm waiting until 2021 myself Vogon_Glory May 2020 #19

To me it just makes sense jimfields33 May 2020 #28

Why the surge? People have been penned up for months... brooklynite May 2020 #2

humans are seriously flawed. spanone May 2020 #3

Yuck spinbaby May 2020 #4

Forget about the virus.... jberryhill May 2020 #5

It's unlimited now? AirmensMom May 2020 #16

If you pay for a drink package jberryhill May 2020 #17

Some people never learn! FM123 May 2020 #8

K&R, Trump has ***CONVINCED*** Wall Street CV19 is over or has subsided nationwide its not uponit7771 May 2020 #9

Wishful thinking. Cruises are sickly. pwb May 2020 #12

I'm somehow always surprised about the stupidity of people. AirmensMom May 2020 #15

I expect another surge with opening up and I hope it shuts the cruise lines down through the summer. woodsprite May 2020 #18

A great majority of Americans don't know how to sacrifice. Baitball Blogger May 2020 #20

600%? Hugin May 2020 #21

Right compared to 3 days before the announcement...when all cruises were cancelled. cbdo2007 May 2020 #26

I wouldn't take a cruise right now if you paid me. Initech May 2020 #22

+1, n/t area51 May 2020 #29

Dumb, dumb, dumb. lark May 2020 #23

Does This Have Anything To Do With A Refund Policy?.... global1 May 2020 #24

I don't know, but I do know babylonsister May 2020 #27

I must admit... Being the only passenger on a 14 story super liner with a crew of 3,000 answering Hugin May 2020 #30

+1 llmart May 2020 #31

Good luck with that! bamagal62 May 2020 #25

So, they went from 1 to 6 bookings? n/t Pobeka May 2020 #32

Exactly. This doesn't definitively mean there was a huge influx of people. writes3000 May 2020 #33

Death at discount rates. Saved cash can be used for funerals. kairos12 May 2020 #34

You First! should be a national movement, that herd thing and all... Baclava May 2020 #35

Crazy as hell..Then when they get sick they will want to dock somewhere helpisontheway May 2020 #36

I wouldn't have taken one before this. My husband calls them floating petri dishes. redstatebluegirl May 2020 #37

They better planon being out there for months if leftyladyfrommo May 2020 #38