Cruise Ships Hit with Emergency Cleaning Over GI Outbreak

Editorial Summary

Doug Parker reports on recent gastrointestinal outbreaks affecting two Princess cruise ships operating in the southern hemisphere. The first incident involved the Diamond Princess during a twenty one night voyage from Melbourne, which required passengers to debark in Auckland to facilitate a deep cleaning of the vessel. Additionally, passengers on the Crown Princess were encouraged to debark when the ship docked in Darwin on November 14th. The crew of the Crown Princess performed sanitization of all public areas and cleaned 1500 staterooms. The report also covers local governance in Bar Harbor, Maine, where a recount has been scheduled regarding a vote on cruise ship passenger limits. A previous measure to increase the daily cap from 1,000 passengers was narrowly defeated, and a recount will occur next Saturday because the margin was less than 2 percent. The segment concludes with a photo of a Royal Caribbean ship in Nassau and a summary of mixed performance in cruise stocks, noting declines for Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean, and NCL. Parker provides contact information for news tips and concludes the broadcast from Hong Kong.

Written by TripBacon from this video's transcript.