Five Important Don’ts (try to remember at least one of them):
1. Don’t take a cruise
2. Don’t take a cruise
3. Don’t take a cruise
4. Don’t take a cruise
5. Don’t take a cruise, ever
To be fair, they didn’t think coronavirus was going be an issue when they went to honeymoon.
I have never been on a cruise. I wonder if it hurts the industry in a big way.
Might as well add “do not leave your house” to your list.
Times have changed, it used to be that the runs or a mechanical breakdown was the worst people had to deal with, and that was very rare (as in 1 in 1000, if that).
But now, with Coronavirus, it could easily mean the end of the cruise ship business, at least as we know it (if not completely). The IDIOTS running the business were thinking that a few cancellations/reroutings of ships, but otherwise business as usual.
They have NO CLUE as to what’s in store for them. They SHOULD have been proactive, but now it’s far too late for them. If I was in Europe building the new, huge, ships, I’d be updating my resume’.
Agreed. They are nothing more than floating hotels. No way I am going to be stuck on one for a week.
In 2018 28.5 Million people went on cruises but your odds of getting sick on your cruise are just one in 14,000 and the most common illness is Norovirus.
But Norovirus can infect not just cruise ships but any place with a lot of people confined in close spaces: schools and child care centers, long term care facilities, casinos, catered events and offices.
According to the CDC, cruise ships account for a small percentage (1%) of reported norovirus outbreaks overall.
I have always said I will not take a cruise. I dont want to be trapped with thoudands of sick people in a medical emergency and one doctor.
After having served on a heavy cruiser for two years, I look at those cruise ships with 10+ decks above the main deck and think I would never set sail on a ship that top heavy.