Thursday, April 10, 2014

Cruise News Daily Headlines for April 10, 2014

* Disney Dream Crew Member Arrested
Disney Cruise Line called Canaveral Port Authority Police to Disney Wonder soon after 8:00am this morning, to report that one of its crew members, a 36-year-old man from Indonesia, was accused of molesting a 13-year-old female passenger. Disney said they called the police as soon as they learned of the incident.

* Credit Where It’s Due
The media is getting so excited about Norovirus on Crown Princess that they are missing the real story. They’ve been so panicked reporting about the “dozens” of passengers “stricken” with norovirus aboard the current sailing or Crown Princess (they don’t mention that there are more than 3,000 passengers who aren’t sick) that they are missing the real story about the outstanding job Princess has done in containing the outbreak, and only 104 passengers out of 3,141 were affected.

* This Is Only a Drill
Passengers aboard MSC Lirica last week got something extra to tell people about when they get home and people ask them what interesting things they did on their cruise. They will be able to say they know what it’s like to be aboard a ship that pirates are trying to board.

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