This Carnival Cruise Went Wrong: Passenger Slapped Over Cruise Loyalty
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The host discusses several recent incidents within the cruise industry, beginning with a physical altercation on a Carnival Spirit sailing from Mobile, Alabama. Two passengers reportedly engaged in a slap fight at the guest services priority line over loyalty status, resulting in federal assault charges for both individuals. The video also covers a norovirus outbreak on the Ambassador Ambiance in Bordeaux, France, where approximately 1,700 passengers are quarantined and one passenger has passed away. The host provides updates on the Mar de Hidalgos situation, noting that evacuated passengers are currently in the Netherlands and the United States under observation for the Hantavirus. Additionally, the creator addresses a controversy involving Carnival Cruise Line, which reportedly canceled several reservations following an IT maintenance error that displayed significantly discounted prices. Carnival offered a 100 dollar onboard credit to affected guests who rebook, a move the host compares to other lines that have honored pricing mistakes in the past. Finally, the host touches on parenting advice regarding teenagers on cruises and the potential for high cellular roaming charges.
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Last day of the cruise, you go to settle your account and guest services and you end up getting smacked in the face.
Two Carnival Cruise passengers, Tanya Nelson and Lisa Horus, are lined up at guest services, I believe on the last day of their Carnival Spirit cruise to settle accounts.
Word coming out from Bordeaux in France that there is an ambassador cruise ship with 1,700 people on board. Headlines are saying they're stranded on board because now officials in Bordeaux will not let anybody off of that cruise ship because apparently there is a norovirus outbreak.
The MV Hondas, the Expedition cruise ship at the center of this outbreak, is on its way to Roderdam. And it's a Dutch ship anyways. It's on its way to Roderdam to be completely disinfected and then it may go on another cruise at the end of the week.
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