We know people on cruise ships can be sick of being sick. Can it be that cruise-blog readers are sick of reading stories about people being sick on ships?
Here we go again…
On almost the same day that passengers and crew on the Crown Princess were reported to be suffering from norovirus, a Harris Poll that was conducted after outbreaks on three ships showed how the public feels about major cruise brands because of the disease.
First, the latest news from the ship…
Carrying 3,141 passengers, Princess Cruises confirmed that more than 100 people were sick and that testing proved norovirus (gastrointestinal illness) was present.
Now, the poll…
Trust in cruise lines dropped 12 per cent and purchase intent 13 per cent across seven major brands, among them Norwegian, Royal Caribbean and Carnival. Worse yet, public perception levels were even lower than they were after the much-
publicized fire and debacle aboard the Carnival Triumph last year. The poll was conducted shortly after 700 people on Explorer of the Seas were ill with norovirus.
Coincidentally, at least to us, the Crown Princess and Explorer of the Seas are two ships we've been on in the last year.
It wasn't us…honest!
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Sun Princess
12 nights
May 31, 2014
Kobe (return): Naze, Okinawa, Ishigaki, Hualien
Inside: $1,099
Cost per day: $91
www.princess.com