Posted on 03/23/2020 6:39:31 PM PDT by artichokegrower
For fun I avoid crowds of sick people.
Looked at doing that cruise, just barely in my price range, for cheapest cabin. Opted not to go, too much air travel and I don’t like cold. Glad I didn’t.
Zaandam departed Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 7...
Let them go back to Buenos Aires, then.
Hopefully, FL won’t accept them.
That is unexpected. Who would have guessed that starting a cruise when multiple countries were shut down for a pandemic could turn out badly?
They never got off.......
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Zaandam departed Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 7 for a South American voyage that was originally scheduled to conclude in San Antonio, Chile on March 21.
While the ship was underway, Holland America Line made the decision to suspend operations due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, and it sought to conclude Zaandam’s sailing and return passengers as soon as possible. Despite previous confirmations that passengers could disembark in Punta Arenas, Chile, for flights, the cruise line was blocked from doing so. No one has been off the ship since March 14 in Punta Arenas.
Zaandam then sailed to Valparaiso, Chile, where it remained at anchor from March 20- to 1 while taking on provisions and fuel. Zaandam departed Valparaiso on March 21 and is currently sailing north to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for arrival on March 30, pending a reservation to transit the Panama Canal.
The cruise line said alternative options are also being
https://www.marinelink.com/news/people-sick-cruise-ship-zaandam-476904developed.
This after insane kids fill the beaches of Florida during Spring break.
Obviously, we mostly have gone on 4-7 day cruises.
A 77 day cruise? Let me guess around $40k-50k for cheapest cabins.
Cruising is fabulous. When this dies down give it a try! After all it’s warmth and sunshine when it’s cold at home. It’s open pubs and hail fellow well met with people from all over the world. It’s no worry itineraries, no schedules, just do what you want!
It’s really very fun and economical.
How many passengers and crew are on that ship? And only 42 people may have this “highly contagious” chinavirus?
There are 1,243 passengers and 586 crew on board.
That one with the Norwalk virus didn’t look like much fun. ( running down the walls).
Article doesn’t say where this ship started from. Who are the travelers? What country? Are these Americans?
Irritable Germans and Dutch apparently.
Grumpiest batch of tourists you never want to see in your town.
Amazing how nobody on that ship caught even one minute of contemporary news from the 24/7.news networks.
Not familiar with Holland Am. but we went on a Princess ship in Feb that had awesome shipwide internet. So you could see anything on the web just like at home. And a smart tv in the room that accessed a bunch of cable channels like CNN, Fox, BBC, etc.
Should have gotten off the Zaandam ship while the could.
One post said they left 77 days ago, yeah safe to say pretty wealthy. A fantastic trip until it wasn’t. I love cruises but l they may be finished until there is a vaccine or at least a good fast cure.
Someone posted, up thread, that this is the 77th day of this cruise, so they left long ago. But still, yes, WHY take a cruise, when there were rumblings about this virus, in China, long ago.
If they left 77 days ago then this is almost certainly NOT the Chinese virus, yes?
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