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400 Get Sick on Cruise Ship from South Carolina
On 3/17/10 10:10 AM, Loogypicker wrote:
On Mar 16, 7:37 pm, wrote: On 3/16/10 7:01 PM, Larry wrote: John H wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:43:55 -0400, wrote: HK wrote: Hundreds end up sick on another cruise from SC CHARLESTON, S.C. -- (AP) - Hundreds of passengers have again taken ill with an intestinal bug on a Celebrity Cruise ship's third straight trip from South Carolina. Cruise line spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said Monday 350 of the 1,829 passengers on the Celebrity Mercury got ill during the latest cruise which left Charleston on March 8. The line announced it was canceling a Monday port call in the British Virgin Islands and returning to Charleston on Thursday, a day earlier than scheduled. The ship has been undergoing cleaning at sea and will be cleaned again in Charleston. Officials say more than 400 passengers and crew got sick during a cruise that returned to Charleston on Feb. 26. On the next sailing from Charleston, 182 people took ill. My wife has been wanting to take a cruise. I would prefer to fly to Cancun, Jamaica, or Costa Rica. There must be some common denominator to these cruise ship illnesses. By now you would think they would have it figured out. These people will all get some sort of refund and a future cruise credit. They can't be too happy handing those out as often as they do. I don't believe there's ever been an outbreak on a Disney Cruise. That was one of their 'claims to fame' the last time we went. http://tinyurl.com/yckd2wr There are too many kids on conventional cruise lines. Thanks but I'll keep pushing the flying itinerary. There are far fewer kids on the real ocean liner cruises and on the National Geo cruises. Better destinations, too. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Why not just fly to your destination? You just want to get there, remember? You don't want to see any scenery in between. A few doses of ECT might shock that peanut-sized brain of yours into a state where you might be able to think abstractly. "Might" is the operative word here. Frankly, I don't think anything would give you that ability. Since you obviously do not know, there is a world of difference between being on a "cruise ship" and being on a real ocean liner, and, of course, being a passenger on one of the National Geo-sponsored passages. BTW, where did you get the idea I "don't want to see any scenery" while traveling? Is that something your peanut-sized brain concluded? Any new broken arms among the kids on your block? -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer. |
400 Get Sick on Cruise Ship from South Carolina
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:01:17 -0400, Larry wrote:
John H wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:43:55 -0400, wrote: HK wrote: Hundreds end up sick on another cruise from SC CHARLESTON, S.C. -- (AP) - Hundreds of passengers have again taken ill with an intestinal bug on a Celebrity Cruise ship's third straight trip from South Carolina. Cruise line spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said Monday 350 of the 1,829 passengers on the Celebrity Mercury got ill during the latest cruise which left Charleston on March 8. The line announced it was canceling a Monday port call in the British Virgin Islands and returning to Charleston on Thursday, a day earlier than scheduled. The ship has been undergoing cleaning at sea and will be cleaned again in Charleston. Officials say more than 400 passengers and crew got sick during a cruise that returned to Charleston on Feb. 26. On the next sailing from Charleston, 182 people took ill. My wife has been wanting to take a cruise. I would prefer to fly to Cancun, Jamaica, or Costa Rica. There must be some common denominator to these cruise ship illnesses. By now you would think they would have it figured out. These people will all get some sort of refund and a future cruise credit. They can't be too happy handing those out as often as they do. I don't believe there's ever been an outbreak on a Disney Cruise. That was one of their 'claims to fame' the last time we went. http://tinyurl.com/yckd2wr There are too many kids on conventional cruise lines. Thanks but I'll keep pushing the flying itinerary. It is very easy to stay away from the kids. Many of the good things aboard are restricted to adults. -- "You may give it away, but your honor can never be taken from you. Cherish it." John H |
400 Get Sick on Cruise Ship from South Carolina
On Mar 17, 10:17*am, HK wrote:
On 3/17/10 10:10 AM, Loogypicker wrote: On Mar 16, 7:37 pm, *wrote: On 3/16/10 7:01 PM, Larry wrote: John H wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:43:55 -0400, *wrote: HK wrote: Hundreds end up sick on another cruise from SC CHARLESTON, S.C. -- (AP) - Hundreds of passengers have again taken ill with an intestinal bug on a Celebrity Cruise ship's third straight trip from South Carolina. Cruise line spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said Monday 350 of the 1,829 passengers on the Celebrity Mercury got ill during the latest cruise which left Charleston on March 8. The line announced it was canceling a Monday port call in the British Virgin Islands and returning to Charleston on Thursday, a day earlier than scheduled. The ship has been undergoing cleaning at sea and will be cleaned again in Charleston. Officials say more than 400 passengers and crew got sick during a cruise that returned to Charleston on Feb. 26. On the next sailing from Charleston, 182 people took ill. My wife has been wanting to take a cruise. I would prefer to fly to Cancun, Jamaica, or Costa Rica. There must be some common denominator to these cruise ship illnesses. By now you would think they would have it figured out. These people will all get some sort of refund and a future cruise credit. They can't be too happy handing those out as often as they do. I don't believe there's ever been an outbreak on a Disney Cruise. That was one of their 'claims to fame' the last time we went. http://tinyurl.com/yckd2wr There are too many kids on conventional cruise lines. Thanks but I'll keep pushing the flying itinerary. There are far fewer kids on the real ocean liner cruises and on the National Geo cruises. Better destinations, too. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Why not just fly to your destination? You just want to get there, remember? You don't want to see any scenery in between. A few doses of ECT might shock that peanut-sized brain of yours into a state where you might be able to think abstractly. "Might" is the operative word here. Frankly, I don't think anything would give you that ability. Since you obviously do not know, there is a world of difference between being on a "cruise ship" and being on a real ocean liner, and, of course, being a passenger on one of the National Geo-sponsored passages. BTW, where did you get the idea I "don't want to see any scenery" while traveling? Is that something your peanut-sized brain concluded? Because you've stated here many, many times, that you only travel to get from one place to another. That's why you fly. Any new broken arms among the kids on your block? I don't know. I don't have a relationship with everyone on my block. What are you talking about? I'd guess there's about as many broken arms on my block as there is Dr. Drs. in your house. That would be none. |
400 Get Sick on Cruise Ship from South Carolina
HK wrote:
On 3/16/10 8:36 PM, Larry wrote: HK wrote: On 3/16/10 7:01 PM, Larry wrote: John H wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:43:55 -0400, wrote: HK wrote: Hundreds end up sick on another cruise from SC CHARLESTON, S.C. -- (AP) - Hundreds of passengers have again taken ill with an intestinal bug on a Celebrity Cruise ship's third straight trip from South Carolina. Cruise line spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said Monday 350 of the 1,829 passengers on the Celebrity Mercury got ill during the latest cruise which left Charleston on March 8. The line announced it was canceling a Monday port call in the British Virgin Islands and returning to Charleston on Thursday, a day earlier than scheduled. The ship has been undergoing cleaning at sea and will be cleaned again in Charleston. Officials say more than 400 passengers and crew got sick during a cruise that returned to Charleston on Feb. 26. On the next sailing from Charleston, 182 people took ill. My wife has been wanting to take a cruise. I would prefer to fly to Cancun, Jamaica, or Costa Rica. There must be some common denominator to these cruise ship illnesses. By now you would think they would have it figured out. These people will all get some sort of refund and a future cruise credit. They can't be too happy handing those out as often as they do. I don't believe there's ever been an outbreak on a Disney Cruise. That was one of their 'claims to fame' the last time we went. http://tinyurl.com/yckd2wr There are too many kids on conventional cruise lines. Thanks but I'll keep pushing the flying itinerary. There are far fewer kids on the real ocean liner cruises and on the National Geo cruises. Better destinations, too. That was my point. Too many on conventional cruises and an abundance on Disney Cruises. They have their place, but there not for me. I don't like the looks or the construction methods used in the wedding cake cruise barges. They don't even look like ships. They remind me of Las Vegas hotels. The interior is what counts and they run the gamut. I've been on two cruises for business and was bored to death. One had an entire day at sea - an 8 hour stop in Cozumel - and another day to return. Not my idea of fun. I would rather fly to Cancun and spend a week there. |
400 Get Sick on Cruise Ship from South Carolina
John H wrote:
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:01:17 -0400, wrote: John H wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:43:55 -0400, wrote: HK wrote: Hundreds end up sick on another cruise from SC CHARLESTON, S.C. -- (AP) - Hundreds of passengers have again taken ill with an intestinal bug on a Celebrity Cruise ship's third straight trip from South Carolina. Cruise line spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said Monday 350 of the 1,829 passengers on the Celebrity Mercury got ill during the latest cruise which left Charleston on March 8. The line announced it was canceling a Monday port call in the British Virgin Islands and returning to Charleston on Thursday, a day earlier than scheduled. The ship has been undergoing cleaning at sea and will be cleaned again in Charleston. Officials say more than 400 passengers and crew got sick during a cruise that returned to Charleston on Feb. 26. On the next sailing from Charleston, 182 people took ill. My wife has been wanting to take a cruise. I would prefer to fly to Cancun, Jamaica, or Costa Rica. There must be some common denominator to these cruise ship illnesses. By now you would think they would have it figured out. These people will all get some sort of refund and a future cruise credit. They can't be too happy handing those out as often as they do. I don't believe there's ever been an outbreak on a Disney Cruise. That was one of their 'claims to fame' the last time we went. http://tinyurl.com/yckd2wr There are too many kids on conventional cruise lines. Thanks but I'll keep pushing the flying itinerary. It is very easy to stay away from the kids. Many of the good things aboard are restricted to adults. I would have never thought that with Disney attached to it. If I get tired of hearing about it, I'll check out their website. I'm still leaning toward flying and spending more time on land. |
400 Get Sick on Cruise Ship from South Carolina
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:40:39 -0400, Larry wrote:
John H wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:01:17 -0400, wrote: John H wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:43:55 -0400, wrote: HK wrote: Hundreds end up sick on another cruise from SC CHARLESTON, S.C. -- (AP) - Hundreds of passengers have again taken ill with an intestinal bug on a Celebrity Cruise ship's third straight trip from South Carolina. Cruise line spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said Monday 350 of the 1,829 passengers on the Celebrity Mercury got ill during the latest cruise which left Charleston on March 8. The line announced it was canceling a Monday port call in the British Virgin Islands and returning to Charleston on Thursday, a day earlier than scheduled. The ship has been undergoing cleaning at sea and will be cleaned again in Charleston. Officials say more than 400 passengers and crew got sick during a cruise that returned to Charleston on Feb. 26. On the next sailing from Charleston, 182 people took ill. My wife has been wanting to take a cruise. I would prefer to fly to Cancun, Jamaica, or Costa Rica. There must be some common denominator to these cruise ship illnesses. By now you would think they would have it figured out. These people will all get some sort of refund and a future cruise credit. They can't be too happy handing those out as often as they do. I don't believe there's ever been an outbreak on a Disney Cruise. That was one of their 'claims to fame' the last time we went. http://tinyurl.com/yckd2wr There are too many kids on conventional cruise lines. Thanks but I'll keep pushing the flying itinerary. It is very easy to stay away from the kids. Many of the good things aboard are restricted to adults. I would have never thought that with Disney attached to it. If I get tired of hearing about it, I'll check out their website. I'm still leaning toward flying and spending more time on land. I felt exactly the way you do before I went on the first cruize. I was very surprised at how easy it is to get 'adult time' without kids. Plus, the Disney Magic actually looks like a real ship, instead of a long wedding cake. -- "You may give it away, but your honor can never be taken from you. Cherish it." John H |
400 Get Sick on Cruise Ship from South Carolina
HK wrote:
On 3/17/10 6:37 PM, Larry wrote: HK wrote: On 3/16/10 8:36 PM, Larry wrote: HK wrote: On 3/16/10 7:01 PM, Larry wrote: John H wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:43:55 -0400, wrote: HK wrote: Hundreds end up sick on another cruise from SC CHARLESTON, S.C. -- (AP) - Hundreds of passengers have again taken ill with an intestinal bug on a Celebrity Cruise ship's third straight trip from South Carolina. Cruise line spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said Monday 350 of the 1,829 passengers on the Celebrity Mercury got ill during the latest cruise which left Charleston on March 8. The line announced it was canceling a Monday port call in the British Virgin Islands and returning to Charleston on Thursday, a day earlier than scheduled. The ship has been undergoing cleaning at sea and will be cleaned again in Charleston. Officials say more than 400 passengers and crew got sick during a cruise that returned to Charleston on Feb. 26. On the next sailing from Charleston, 182 people took ill. My wife has been wanting to take a cruise. I would prefer to fly to Cancun, Jamaica, or Costa Rica. There must be some common denominator to these cruise ship illnesses. By now you would think they would have it figured out. These people will all get some sort of refund and a future cruise credit. They can't be too happy handing those out as often as they do. I don't believe there's ever been an outbreak on a Disney Cruise. That was one of their 'claims to fame' the last time we went. http://tinyurl.com/yckd2wr There are too many kids on conventional cruise lines. Thanks but I'll keep pushing the flying itinerary. There are far fewer kids on the real ocean liner cruises and on the National Geo cruises. Better destinations, too. That was my point. Too many on conventional cruises and an abundance on Disney Cruises. They have their place, but there not for me. I don't like the looks or the construction methods used in the wedding cake cruise barges. They don't even look like ships. They remind me of Las Vegas hotels. The interior is what counts and they run the gamut. I've been on two cruises for business and was bored to death. One had an entire day at sea - an 8 hour stop in Cozumel - and another day to return. Not my idea of fun. I would rather fly to Cancun and spend a week there. Do yourself a favor...land in Cancun, spend a night and day there, and then move on to somewhere else. Tulum is very nice. Cancun is overdeveloped, overpopulated, overpriced, et cetera. There are also some nice "colonial"cities in the Yucatan inland areas. Sounds like it has changed a lot since I was there 12-15 years ago. Cozumel was a tourist trap and a crappy one at that. |
400 Get Sick on Cruise Ship from South Carolina
On 3/18/10 7:12 PM, Larry wrote:
HK wrote: On 3/17/10 6:37 PM, Larry wrote: HK wrote: On 3/16/10 8:36 PM, Larry wrote: HK wrote: On 3/16/10 7:01 PM, Larry wrote: John H wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:43:55 -0400, wrote: HK wrote: Hundreds end up sick on another cruise from SC CHARLESTON, S.C. -- (AP) - Hundreds of passengers have again taken ill with an intestinal bug on a Celebrity Cruise ship's third straight trip from South Carolina. Cruise line spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said Monday 350 of the 1,829 passengers on the Celebrity Mercury got ill during the latest cruise which left Charleston on March 8. The line announced it was canceling a Monday port call in the British Virgin Islands and returning to Charleston on Thursday, a day earlier than scheduled. The ship has been undergoing cleaning at sea and will be cleaned again in Charleston. Officials say more than 400 passengers and crew got sick during a cruise that returned to Charleston on Feb. 26. On the next sailing from Charleston, 182 people took ill. My wife has been wanting to take a cruise. I would prefer to fly to Cancun, Jamaica, or Costa Rica. There must be some common denominator to these cruise ship illnesses. By now you would think they would have it figured out. These people will all get some sort of refund and a future cruise credit. They can't be too happy handing those out as often as they do. I don't believe there's ever been an outbreak on a Disney Cruise. That was one of their 'claims to fame' the last time we went. http://tinyurl.com/yckd2wr There are too many kids on conventional cruise lines. Thanks but I'll keep pushing the flying itinerary. There are far fewer kids on the real ocean liner cruises and on the National Geo cruises. Better destinations, too. That was my point. Too many on conventional cruises and an abundance on Disney Cruises. They have their place, but there not for me. I don't like the looks or the construction methods used in the wedding cake cruise barges. They don't even look like ships. They remind me of Las Vegas hotels. The interior is what counts and they run the gamut. I've been on two cruises for business and was bored to death. One had an entire day at sea - an 8 hour stop in Cozumel - and another day to return. Not my idea of fun. I would rather fly to Cancun and spend a week there. Do yourself a favor...land in Cancun, spend a night and day there, and then move on to somewhere else. Tulum is very nice. Cancun is overdeveloped, overpopulated, overpriced, et cetera. There are also some nice "colonial"cities in the Yucatan inland areas. Sounds like it has changed a lot since I was there 12-15 years ago. Cozumel was a tourist trap and a crappy one at that. Cancun is the very definition of tourist trap. If you've not been to Chichen Itza, a good place to explore on the way is Valladolid and the nearby ruins at Ek' Balam. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer. |
400 Get Sick on Cruise Ship from South Carolina
"Larry" wrote in message ... HK wrote: On 3/17/10 6:37 PM, Larry wrote: HK wrote: On 3/16/10 8:36 PM, Larry wrote: HK wrote: On 3/16/10 7:01 PM, Larry wrote: John H wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:43:55 -0400, wrote: HK wrote: Hundreds end up sick on another cruise from SC CHARLESTON, S.C. -- (AP) - Hundreds of passengers have again taken ill with an intestinal bug on a Celebrity Cruise ship's third straight trip from South Carolina. Cruise line spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said Monday 350 of the 1,829 passengers on the Celebrity Mercury got ill during the latest cruise which left Charleston on March 8. The line announced it was canceling a Monday port call in the British Virgin Islands and returning to Charleston on Thursday, a day earlier than scheduled. The ship has been undergoing cleaning at sea and will be cleaned again in Charleston. Officials say more than 400 passengers and crew got sick during a cruise that returned to Charleston on Feb. 26. On the next sailing from Charleston, 182 people took ill. My wife has been wanting to take a cruise. I would prefer to fly to Cancun, Jamaica, or Costa Rica. There must be some common denominator to these cruise ship illnesses. By now you would think they would have it figured out. These people will all get some sort of refund and a future cruise credit. They can't be too happy handing those out as often as they do. I don't believe there's ever been an outbreak on a Disney Cruise. That was one of their 'claims to fame' the last time we went. http://tinyurl.com/yckd2wr There are too many kids on conventional cruise lines. Thanks but I'll keep pushing the flying itinerary. There are far fewer kids on the real ocean liner cruises and on the National Geo cruises. Better destinations, too. That was my point. Too many on conventional cruises and an abundance on Disney Cruises. They have their place, but there not for me. I don't like the looks or the construction methods used in the wedding cake cruise barges. They don't even look like ships. They remind me of Las Vegas hotels. The interior is what counts and they run the gamut. I've been on two cruises for business and was bored to death. One had an entire day at sea - an 8 hour stop in Cozumel - and another day to return. Not my idea of fun. I would rather fly to Cancun and spend a week there. Do yourself a favor...land in Cancun, spend a night and day there, and then move on to somewhere else. Tulum is very nice. Cancun is overdeveloped, overpopulated, overpriced, et cetera. There are also some nice "colonial"cities in the Yucatan inland areas. Sounds like it has changed a lot since I was there 12-15 years ago. Cozumel was a tourist trap and a crappy one at that. Cozumel is good for diving. Not for beaches, etc. Cancun may be touristy, but is was designed for American and Canadian tourists. Most people do not want to live like the local Mexicans, and can not communicate anyways. They want at least a 3* hotel and the clean sheets and service you get. Harry already states he wants to go to a destination and live large. I doubt he goes to the local food place on the beach where the Mexican fishermen eat. |
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