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1,500 cruise ship passengers without toilets for 'three days'
This is London.co.uk ^ | 10/23/06

Posted on 10/23/2006 6:17:19 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

Around 1,450 passengers on a luxury cruise ship have been left without toilets for three days, according to people on board.

A series of blockages in the plumbing system is said to have led to "mayhem" on board Thomson's Destiny cruise ship.

Tour operator Thomson admitted that there have been problems with the vacuum system of the toilets, but said it was bringing in a team of "super-technicians" to fix the system overnight.

A spokeswoman said: "The team of 10 experts will be working through the night to ensure that the problem will be sorted."

She was unable to confirm how long the toilets had been out of action for.

The huge 11-deck ship is on a seven-day voyage around the Canary Islands and Morocco.

One couple, Derek and Lorraine Twigg, from West Yorkshire, boarded the ship as a birthday treat.

Mrs Twigg, 51, said Destiny had been without toilets for three days and hot water for at least 24 hours.

She said there was "mayhem" on board the ship, which is full, and a protest meeting was being held by passengers.

Mr Twigg's 60th birthday had been ruined by the plumbing faults, she added.

Destiny is the largest ship in the Thomson fleet, with two swimming pools, two restaurants and three bars.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Travel
KEYWORDS: cruiseship; destiny; passengers; toilets; tomcruise
problems with the vacuum system of the toilets

Thomson's Destiny,, aka DeStinky

1 posted on 10/23/2006 6:17:20 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

What a load!


2 posted on 10/23/2006 6:20:32 PM PDT by synbad600
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To: NormsRevenge

OMG! No dumping allowed!


3 posted on 10/23/2006 6:29:13 PM PDT by Letitring
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To: NormsRevenge

Talk about a crappy vacation


4 posted on 10/23/2006 6:37:40 PM PDT by digger48
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To: NormsRevenge

I see no problem. Simply revert to outdoor plumbing. Men or the starboard side, and women on the other side. Squat on the railing and let it rip. Watch the wind.


5 posted on 10/23/2006 6:47:28 PM PDT by GarySpFc (Jesus on Immigration, John 10:1)
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To: GarySpFc
and women on the other side

Are they going to go standing up too or what?

6 posted on 10/23/2006 6:49:03 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Why can't Republicans stand up to Democrats like they do to terrorists?)
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To: GarySpFc

Where do you think the term "poopdeck" came from?


7 posted on 10/23/2006 6:49:29 PM PDT by patton (Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; leda

Pee in a bucket and toss it overboard, for heaven's sake. LOL.


8 posted on 10/23/2006 6:50:40 PM PDT by patton (Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
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To: GarySpFc
I see no problem.

As long as you are standing on the bow of the ship and peeing off to the side. So much for the guy downwind thou.

9 posted on 10/23/2006 6:50:54 PM PDT by Y0K (New Fords Have Special Receptacles In The Back Of Their New Vehicles)
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To: patton

works at the cabin ;)


10 posted on 10/23/2006 6:58:09 PM PDT by leda (Life is always what you make it!)
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To: leda
I find people who can't figure this out a little hard to deal with. Geez, people a few thousand years ago figgured out hot to pee in a bucket and throw it outside.

We are never taking a commercial cruise.

I would strangle half the passengers, out of frustration.

11 posted on 10/23/2006 7:04:58 PM PDT by patton (Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
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To: patton
...Where do you think the term "poopdeck" came from?...

LOL!

12 posted on 10/23/2006 7:05:06 PM PDT by FReepaholic (This tagline could indicate global warming.)
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To: NormsRevenge
Heh...Reminds me of the scene from "Smile"...where the school maintenance men where cringing everytime the toilets were flushed...


13 posted on 10/23/2006 7:39:21 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Muslims Are Only Guests In Western Countries)
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To: GarySpFc

Don't forget the poop deck !!!!!!!!

(That or the olympic sized pool/urinal................ )


14 posted on 10/23/2006 8:11:21 PM PDT by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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To: patton

Actually, it's where the term "head" came from, since the ...ahem... facilities were at the bow, or head, of the ship. (And thus as far away as possible from the officers' quarters!)


15 posted on 10/23/2006 8:16:14 PM PDT by Redcloak (Speak softly and wear a loud shirt.)
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To: Redcloak

Who took a dookey in the Urinal?


Sout Park fans will know this reference...


16 posted on 10/23/2006 9:26:32 PM PDT by Armedanddangerous (Master of Sinanju (emeritus))
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To: Redcloak
Actually, it's where the term "head" came from, since the ...ahem... facilities were at the bow, or head, of the ship. (And thus as far away as possible from the officers' quarters!)

Not so much the officers' quarters, but the whole rest of the ship. As square-riggers pointed mostly to winds abaft the beam... the foc'sle, under most conditions, was usually the most downwind point on the whole ship. :-)

17 posted on 10/23/2006 9:38:16 PM PDT by Ramius
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To: Ramius; Redcloak

see? folks figgured this out a LONG time ago.


18 posted on 10/24/2006 4:30:27 AM PDT by patton (Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
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