'Mercury' arriving at Seattle with some sick passengers

This is the ship that left last Friday without its drunken captain

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...Sick_Ship.html

....and there wondering why cruise bookings are down.

"Margelyn Carpenter" wrote in message
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This is the ship that left last Friday without its drunken captain

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...Sick_Ship.html

"Margelyn Carpenter" wrote in message
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This is the ship that left last Friday without its drunken captain

A slight correction. The Captain of the Mercury was removed on May 19th,
three weeks ago.
--
DG in Cherry Hill, NJ

Went back and checked the P-I archives and you're correct, it was the May
19th sailing - the AP reporter got it wrong in today's story:

"The 866-foot ship sailed from Seattle last Friday after the captain was
replaced because Coast Guard inspectors suspected he had been drinking"

Anyway, this ship has been having a lot of bad luck lately.

"Dick G" dickdotgoldhaber@gmaildotcom wrote in message
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"Margelyn Carpenter" wrote in message
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This is the ship that left last Friday without its drunken captain

A slight correction. The Captain of the Mercury was removed on May 19th,
three weeks ago.
--
DG in Cherry Hill, NJ

Margelyn Carpenter wrote:

Anyway, this ship has been having a lot of bad luck lately.


I'm not surprised. For instance, there was nearly zero enforcement of
using the hand sanitizers at the buffet during my cruise aboard Mercury
in May. Contrast that with the cruises I took on Norwegian Star last
year, and Legend of the Seas in October - where one could not enter the
buffets or cross the gangway without first using the hand sanitizer.
Not doing so was not an option - a smiling steward politely requested
it before you could proceed. This was not the case on Mercury. There
were no stewards standing at the entrances and I observed most
passengers walking right passed the sanitizers. I used the restroom
prior to one lunch, followed a guy out who had not washed his hands,
walked right into the buffet and got in the serving line without first
using the sanitizer.

On Legend of the Seas, stewards sprayed each table in the Windjammer
buffet with disinfectant every time they were vacated. Mercury, it was
hit or miss if the table was cleansed after being vacated - and no
spray was used - just a washcloth that the busboy happened to be
carrying around. I chose not to sit at several empty tables that had
been cleared but obviously not cleaned (crumbs and spills remained).

Warren

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"Warren" wrote in message
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Margelyn Carpenter wrote:

Anyway, this ship has been having a lot of bad luck lately.


I'm not surprised. For instance, there was nearly zero enforcement of
using the hand sanitizers at the buffet during my cruise aboard Mercury
in May.

Warren, there was zero enforcement on her when we were on her the end of
April, either..It was all voluntary.
Surprising after the two major outbreaks she had in March. They just did not
seem to be concerned about what they had just been through.

Contrast that with the cruises I took on Norwegian Star last
year, and Legend of the Seas in October - where one could not enter the
buffets or cross the gangway without first using the hand sanitizer.
Not doing so was not an option - a smiling steward politely requested
it before you could proceed.

This should be the procedure on every ship, out of fairness to all the
passenger's well-being.



This was not the case on Mercury. There
were no stewards standing at the entrances and I observed most
passengers walking right passed the sanitizers. I used the restroom
prior to one lunch, followed a guy out who had not washed his hands,
walked right into the buffet and got in the serving line without first
using the sanitizer.

For the life of me, I cannot understand this behavior! Do they still need
their Moms standing there and telling them to wash their hands?

--Jean


Warren

Jean O'Boyle wrote:

Margelyn Carpenter wrote:

Anyway, this ship has been having a lot of bad luck lately.

I'm not surprised. For instance, there was nearly zero enforcement of
using the hand sanitizers at the buffet during my cruise aboard Mercury
in May.

Warren, there was zero enforcement on her when we were on her the end of
April, either..
Surprising after the two major outbreaks she had in March. They j
just did not seem to be concerned about what they had just been through.


Do they still need
their Moms standing there and telling them to wash their hands?

--Jean

Queen O'Boil, are you mentally decrepit from your senility or what?
Having had this experience and heard those of others, you were
STILL trying to get on ANOTHER one of Celebrity's "Clorox Box"
the Galaxy?

What a head-in-the-sand Old Bag.

-- Bob.

Dick G wrote:
"Margelyn Carpenter" wrote in message
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This is the ship that left last Friday without its drunken captain

A slight correction. The Captain of the Mercury was removed on May 19th,
DG in Cherry Hill, NJ

What a coincidence!

May 19 was the day Dick (aka DG and DIckhead Goldhaber) publicly
bragged about how he repeatedly hit the "REPORT ABUSE" button
to have had Google bar me (since May 13) from posting with this
posting ID while the case was being investigated; and Dickhead
further bragged that he sent MORE FALSE abuse reports to Google
about my Dr. Bob posting account ...

The Stupid Trick of the Burglar showing the video of his own crime. :-)

May 19 was ALSO the day Google restored my posting ID, even
before I had a chance to file MY "abuse report" on DIckhead's
self-confession.

What a Dickhead.

What a stupid 72-year-old pill-popping senile Old SCUM, who
also said he had me killfiled -- and couldn't stand his own head
in the sand long enough to pop back out with his nonsense
again.

LOL.

-- Bob.

"Warren" wrote in message
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I'm not surprised. For instance, there was nearly zero enforcement of
using the hand sanitizers at the buffet during my cruise aboard Mercury
in May. Contrast that with the cruises I took on Norwegian Star last
year, and Legend of the Seas in October - where one could not enter the
buffets or cross the gangway without first using the hand sanitizer.
Not doing so was not an option - a smiling steward politely requested
it before you could proceed. This was not the case on Mercury. There
were no stewards standing at the entrances and I observed most
passengers walking right passed the sanitizers. I used the restroom
prior to one lunch, followed a guy out who had not washed his hands,
walked right into the buffet and got in the serving line without first
using the sanitizer.
).

Warren

I haven't been on Celebrity in quite a while but on Princess and NCL they
didn't really enforce the hand sanitizer policy strongly. They just
indicated that you should use it. It's still surprising that more incidents
haven't broken out on land based hotels (unless the news hasn't publicized
it). All I keep hearing is about all the cruise ship cases. I'm sure people
aren't any cleaner on land than they are on a ship. Strange.

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:11:48 GMT, "RichC"
wrote:

It's still surprising that more incidents
haven't broken out on land based hotels (unless the news hasn't publicized
it). All I keep hearing is about all the cruise ship cases. I'm sure people
aren't any cleaner on land than they are on a ship. Strange.

Hi Rich,

Land based operations are NOT required to report outbreaks while
cruise lines are required to report them.

Best regards,
Ray
LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL
800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905
http://www.lighthousetravel.com
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