{"id":20135,"date":"2014-02-27T01:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=20135"},"modified":"2014-02-27T01:00:43","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T09:00:43","slug":"thursday-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=20135","title":{"rendered":"Things That Aren't Going Well In Cruise Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are two news items that continue to make the rounds this week which are not especially flattering to the cruise industry.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One…<\/span><\/p>\n

A Holland America<\/a> ship, the Veendam<\/a>, arrived back in Fort Lauderdale<\/a> from a cruise with more than 100 passengers ill with norovirus. <\/span><\/p>\n

Comment: As we have long pointed out, this gastrointestinal sickness can happen wherever large groups of people assemble. It is not unique to the cruise business, which constantly has to re-assure worried passengers in advance. However, the perception is that you're more likely to contract norovirus on a cruise ship, out of context or not, and this is a problem for cruise lines. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Two…<\/span><\/p>\n

The trial regarding the Carnival Triumph<\/a> is underway in Miami<\/a>. While the judge ruled Carnival<\/a> is liable for the fire on the ship, one of his other rulings is that cruise line did not breach its contract because "the contract ticket makes no express guarantee for safe passage, a seaworthy vessel, adequate and wholesome food, and sanitary and safe living conditions."<\/span><\/p>\n

Comment: Isn't it time for cruise lines to quit hiding such important facts in the fine print?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Holland America Ryndam<\/a>
\n\t27 nights<\/span>
\n\tApril 6, 2014<\/span>
\n\tFort Lauderdale<\/a>, <\/span>Ponta Delgada<\/a>, <\/span>Malaga<\/a>, <\/span>Cartagena<\/a>, Ibiza, <\/span>Palma de Mallorca<\/a>,  <\/span>Barcelona<\/a>, <\/span>Valencia<\/a>, Alicante, Motril, <\/span>Gibralter<\/a>, <\/span>Cadiz<\/a>, <\/span>Lisbon<\/a>, La Coruna, Bilbao, Portland, <\/span>London<\/a>
\n\tInside: $1,499<\/span>
\n\tCost per day: $55<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.hollandamerica.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are two news items that continue to make the rounds this week which are not especially flattering to the cruise industry. One… A Holland America ship, the Veendam, arrived back in Fort Lauderdale from a cruise with more than 100 passengers ill with norovirus.  Comment: As we have long pointed out, this gastrointestinal sickness… Continue reading Things That Aren't Going Well In Cruise Industry<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,25,36,19,15],"tags":[154,647,912,72,35,1194,23,862,215,1202,1057,148,269],"class_list":["post-20135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-people","category-reviews","category-ships","category-stories","tag-carnival","tag-carnival-triumph","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruises","tag-fires-on-ships","tag-holland-america","tag-holland-america-ryndam","tag-norovirus","tag-passenger-rights","tag-passenger-safety","tag-transatlantic-cruises","tag-veendam","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}