Coral Princess cruise ship with 12 COVID-19 cases on board hopes to dock in Florida Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article241717346.html#storylink=cpy

Miami Herald ^ | April 02, 2020 | Taylor Dolven

[Capt. Tom]

The Coral Princess cruise ship with 12 COVID-19 cases on board plans to dock at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday. But according to Broward County Mayor Dale Holness, there is not yet a plan in place for the ship’s arrival to Port Everglades

Princess Cruises, owned by Carnival Corporation, said in a statement Thursday that seven passengers and five crew members tested positive after the ship dropped off samples in Barbados on March 31. The ship has been sailing toward Florida since Argentina permitted only Argentine citizens to disembark in Buenos Aires on March 19.

There are 1,898 people on the ship, including 1,020 passengers and 878 crew.

[Capt. Tom]

Looks like another cruise ship saga in the making,for Florida's Port Everglades.

This afternoon the Zaandam and Rotterdam safely docked in Port Everglades.

Now another cruise ship, with inected covid19 passengers are headed there. -Tom

[laplata]

The people who boarded for those cruises must have known the virus was serious at the time.

[SES1066]

I think that there are still another 2 to 4 cruise ships out there headed for Florida.

[Beowulf9]

The cruise biz is going to be the next victim.

Boy, this is rough, over 300 passengers on the Zaandam and Rotterdam were Americans and so allowed to dock in Ft Lauderdale but how long do you keep them on board to prevent giving the virus out all over Florida?

[PAR35]

They ought to make them dock in New York. That’s where the resources have gone.

[PAR35]

I read somewhere that cruise bookings for next year are up.

[saltshaker]

I was on the Emerald Princess 2/29 to 3/15 - Los Angeles through the Panama Canal to Fort Lauderdale. We were turned away from Cartagena, Columbia. No cases on board, but I was glad to return to Florida because it was all breaking loose at home during the cruise.

I tried to get out of the cruise, but no luck with that. There were six ships in port 3/15 that had returned from cruises and were not going back out. I am surprised they kept the Coral Princess out so long.

[dfwgator]

Boy, this is rough, over 300 passengers on the Zaandam and Rotterdam were Americans and so allowed to dock in Ft Lauderdale but how long do you keep them on board to prevent giving the virus out all over Florida?

They should have thought about that before letting all the Spring Breakers in.

[dfwgator]

I read somewhere that cruise bookings for next year are up.

I bet they're dirt cheap. Still, no way, you'd get me on one.

[upchuck]

From the article (I can imagine the horror on Dr Birx's face):

Before Tuesday, the passengers who were stuck on the ship after being turned away at Buenos Aires were given free run of the ship. After an unusually high number of passengers started presenting flu-like symptoms, people were confined to their rooms.

Exactly what one would expect.

[Libloather]

Twelve cases? How did the other 1,886 people on board survive?

[Capt. Tom]

The people who boarded for those cruises must have known the virus was serious at the time.

This was a cruise that started around March5, and the State Dept. didn't issue a don't get on cruise ships alert until after that.
Also the cruise was around South America and the Caribbean and a long way from China. -Tom

[Bonemaker]

[Capt. Tom]

Before Tuesday, the passengers who were stuck on the ship after being turned away at Buenos Aires were given free run of the ship. After an unusually high number of passengers started presenting flu-like symptoms, people were confined to their rooms. Exactly what one would expect.

Yes, and it was a long cruise to boot. -Tom

Coral Princess current cruise is 32 days, one-way from San Antonio to Fort Lauderdale. The itinerary starts on 05 Mar, 2020 and ends on 06 Apr, 2020.

[laplata]

Thanks for that.

[laplata]

Lol “Take a cruise on a huge petri dish and relax”..

[laplata]

Thanks for sharing that. You must have been nervous.

[beethovenfan]

I won’t ever get on one of those floating apartment buildings. Only small ship cruises.

[Capt. Tom]

I won’t ever get on one of those floating apartment buildings. Only small ship cruises.

Perhaps a Viking Ocean cruise ship, around 900 passengers, no one under 18 onboard , and no casinos.
They are more expensive than most cruise lines. -Tom

[Chgogal]

The airlines have grounded most of their fleets. Seems to me they can charter a few of their planes to the cruise lines and fly the passenger where they need to go. There is a process now in place to get healthy passengers off the ships and quarantine the passengers with mild symptoms. The tricky part, taking care of critical passengers. There may not be space in the hospitals for them.