[gcparent]

Why did this cruise ever start. They should have canceled the voyage.

[VeniVidiVici]

I think originally it was supposed to be a three-hour tour.

[Captain Walker]

The trip started on March 07; the Wuhan Virus wasn't declared a pandemic until March 11.

(Hindsight will always be 20/20.)

[Capt. Tom]

Why did this cruise ever start. They should have canceled the voyage.

When the cruise started, there was no Government advisory not to get on a cruise ship.
A few days later the cruise lines cancelled all cruises but the Zaandam could not get any country to unload the passengers so they could fly home, because countries closed their borderers.
The Zaandam is hoping to unload the passengers in Port Everglades, Florida. Some Zaandam passengers have the corona virus which complicates the situation. -Tom

[ncalburt]

He gave you bad information .
The Flu mess with the Japanese cruise liner was in early Feb.
The virus was shutting down Asia in Jan .
They all knew how reckless to cruise was by March .
The cruise liner was being reckless and greedy .Mostly greedy .
The passengers are too cheap to lose their deposits or just dumb.

Now Carnival wants to dump there infected mess in a hot zone .
Fl Gov said no .

Trump better staff by him .
Fl a swing state and we need our ICU beds for us not foreigners and idiots taking cruises during a well known pandemic,