CRUISE NEWS - HUGE OUTBREAK, CARNIVAL PULLS SHIP FROM SERVICE, PASSENGER FURIOUS WITH ROYAL
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The video covers several recent issues within the cruise industry, beginning with a gastrointestinal outbreak on the Grand Princess. The ship is returning to Melbourne with a delayed embarkation schedule to allow for extensive cleaning and scrubbing of the vessel following a prominent norovirus outbreak. The creator also discusses the Carnival Panorama, which has had its next four sailings canceled due to propulsion issues that prevented the ship from reaching top cruising speeds. While Carnival is offering 100% refunds for purchased items, the compensation for canceled sailings involves future cruise credits with specific restrictions, such as the inability to use credits for deposits, port fees, or excursions. Finally, the report addresses an investigation by Royal Caribbean regarding the Quantum of the Seas. Passengers experienced significant delays in Australia, spending several hours waiting in the hot sun for tenders and buses during a tender port visit. The creator notes that the cruise line is investigating why only four tenders were operational for thousands of passengers, leading to widespread passenger dissatisfaction.
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the Grand Princess is returning to Melbourne on the 11th which is tomorrow it had a large outbreak of they're calling it gastrointestinal sickness
the carnival Panorama was missing two of her three ports because she had propulsion issues where she could not reach C you know her top cruising speeds or higher speeds
they're canceling the next four sailings on the ship and hopefully no more after that but uh yeah four more sailings
people were going down they got their ticket to get on their tender and they waited two hours before their number was called just to get off the ship
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