PASSENGER PASSES AWAY, MORE ENGINE ISSUES, WILL SKAGWAY BE OPEN THIS YEAR, AND MORE CRUISE NEWS
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The creator discusses several recent developments in the cruise industry, beginning with a tragic incident involving a 76 year old woman who drowned during a shore excursion in Saint Lucia. The report serves as a warning for passengers to prioritize beaches with lifeguards and monitoring over secluded areas that may have dangerous undertows. The discussion then shifts to Skagway, Alaska, which is working to recover from last year's rock slides. The town is implementing mitigation efforts, including netting and hiring spotters, to prepare for a record breaking season. However, the success of the season depends on meeting highway safety standards for bus travel near the rock slide area. Finally, the creator addresses propulsion issues affecting Holland America's New Amsterdam. The ship has modified its current itinerary due to engine problems, and the creator notes that the vessel previously announced changes to an upcoming Alaska sailing. Passengers are advised to monitor itineraries closely and be aware that independently booked shore excursions may not be refundable if ports are skipped.
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a 76 year old woman was out on a Shore Excursion in Saint Lucia and she took an Excursion to one of the beaches unfortunately got caught and ended up drowning at one of the beaches
Skagway Alaska was plagued last year with the rock slides along railroad Dock and a lot of ships ended up canceling the port
Holland America just announced their ship sailing today uh the New Amsterdam has had to make a itinerary change because yep one of its engines the propulsion issues with one of its pods is uh not able to run at full steam ahead
if you're on the New Amsterdam in the next couple of weeks I would keep an eye on your itinerary in case things get worse they're not able to make repairs and more itinerary changes have to be done
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