Posted on 12/17/2017 7:49:19 AM PST by BenLurkin
During the five-night cruise, 332 cases of the illness were reported, Owen Torres, a spokesman for Royal Caribbean told CNN in a statement. He stressed that it was a small percentage — 5.99 percent — of the more than 5,000 passengers and crew onboard the ship, Independence of the Seas.
“Those affected by the short-lived illness were treated by our ship’s doctors with over-the-counter medication,” Torres said, “and we hope all our guests feel better quickly.”
It is not known what caused the illness.
“It was just terrifying,” Tracy Flores, a passenger whose 15-year-old son came down with the illness, told CNN affiliate WPLG Saturday. “Just the amount of people that were coming in at the same time with vomiting and diarrhea and just looked ghastly.”
WPLG reported that some passengers who were disembarking Saturday in Port Everglades, Florida, believed the number of passengers who got sick was higher than what Royal Caribbean said.
“We talked to plenty of people who said that they were too sick to even make it down to the (ship’s) medical facility,” passenger Marsha Homuska told CNN affiliate WSVN.
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I can understand that too. Everyone has to find what works for them. But do not disparage others if they like something you do not care for.
“..but I didn’t have the salmon mousse.”
Or the catered sushi from the Miami 7-11.
Might it have anything to do with their being in international waters, where U.S. law doesn’t apply?
Lasagna on a cruise with every delectable culinary delight to choose from? Give me a break!
An oasis is usually regarded as a source of water in a desert. I have never thought of it as a source of desert in a sea.
Normally I would never go on a 'cruise'. Did once. On the Nile in Egypt. Four days from Aswan to Luxor. Stops along the way to view Egyptian antiquities. One day I came down with 'Tut's Tummy'. Either from fresh salad or ice in drinks. Quickly resolved itself and I was good as gold again.
Would I not do that again? Of course, what an experience! And the next four days in Cairo, including the sphinx and pyramids, Egyptian Museum, and Saladin's Citadel.
But other cruses? I have no desire to cruise the Med etc.
Just curious, which cruises have you done before?
Or, are you like one of those virgins who say sex is horrible!
The cruises departing from US ports on LARGE modern ships with tonnage > 150,000 are totally different than what you experienced on that cruise in river Nile.
The only thing resembling a “cruise” that I’ve been on was a car ferry from Germany to Denmark and an evening party boat excursion on the Wannsee in West Berlin. Otherwise just bass boats.
Thanks for asking.
I see. Those do not sound like real cruises to me. You should try a cruise on a ship larger than the biggest air craft carrier in US navy. Which would mean > 150,000 ton ship.
So? I fully understand that. What is the significance of your comment? I should like cruising on one of the modern behemoths? Count me out! I am a sailor. I have sailed the 'seven seas'. Sail, not stink boater. The Great Lakes, the Pacific, the Caribbean, the Irish Sea, and also the Nile, on a felucca.
Significance is this: The ship does not give you motion sickness, and it does not give you claustrophobia being so spacious. And the bigger ships can afford to hire the better live entertainment. And there are huge choices of food to suit your palette, without a bill each time.
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