landlocked wrote:

Have you had a very bad cruise experience and the cruise company
thought nothing of it? Did you ever feel Royal Caribbean was thinking,
'So what, we don't need you. We have many other people who will take
your place. You mean so little to us.'

Well, my discussion topic centers on these 4 questions:

(1) Should Royal Caribbean warn you before boarding that they had a
sickness and disease outbreak on its last sailing?

Not really. It is easy enough to find out in other ways.
Presumably, since the previous sailing, they have taken steps to prevent
it on future sailings.


(2) Are you entitled to a full refund if you're told the ship had a
sickness and disease outbreak on its last sailing and you decline to
board?


No.

(3) Are you entitled to a full refund if you're on an infected ship,
you're personally impacted, and you lose a substantial amount of
pleasure and ports-of-call?

No.


(4) What responsibilities do you think the cruise line should have for
exposure, possible injury, or prolonged convalescence after the cruise
due to any of the items listed above?

None.

These were important issues to me because I discovered Royal Caribbean
does operate 'infected' ships, their ships are 'risky' places to be -
especially for me and many older citizens, and they're not very people
friendly. Even the President of Royal Caribbean is unsympathetic and
cold-hearted.


[ Background story ]

I boarded Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas with a long history of
gastrointestinal sicknesses.

And you still chose to sail on her?


I have had esophagitis, acute gastric
ulcers, erosive inflammatory gastritis, and a hiatal hernia for over 40
years. The effects of my long list of medications for my stomach and
heart look like and have exactly the same reaction as a viral
infection. I didn't have a viral infection. I had stomach
poisoning.

How do you know what you had?

My wife dragged me to the ship's doctor - my stomach was
'crampy' and my chest hurt. She was worried. I just had a pacemaker
put in. I provided the ship's doctor with my medical history and list
of medications. I was grossly misdiagnosed by the ship's doctor, if
you call him that.


If your sympthoms are the same, how do you know the doctor wasn't
correct? Simply because you know the sympthoms are the same doesn't mean
you can't be affected by both. I am sure there is something that
distinguishes one for the other, even though they have some common
sympthoms.

The virus wasn't present in me, but I had gone to the ship's doctor for
'relief' and he prescribed 'pain'. He isolated both me and my wife in
my cabin for 3 days at the very instant we docked for 3 consecutive
days ashore at different ports.

How do you know the virus wasn't present?

There was no 'free' will when the 'Voyager of the Seas' kept their
knowledge of the three (3) infected sailings 'under-wraps'.

Do you feel other Cruise Lines publish this information in press
release? 3 people reported being sick on the third cruise you referred
to. 3 people.... 3 people... Statistically insignificant. How do you
purpose fixing the problem? Do you think the cruise line doesn't try to
prevent this from happening? Infected people come onboard. Other people
get infected.