Why would anyone choose to go on a cruise? It's bad enough to be stuck on a boat with a bunch of other people- but adding in all of the diarrhea and puking makes it even less appealing.
This week there were two more cruise ships that had outbreaks of "acute gastroenteritis". According to reports, over two hundred people were sick. This happened last year too. One of the headlines from last year read, "Passengers Stagger Off Cruise Ship Reeking of Vomit"- and that story was from Reuters. Gawker's headline for the one that just happened is, "Thousands Freed From Vomit-Spattered Diarrhea Boat".
It seems like sickness is a part of the deal. Search on "Puke Boat" and you get over 400,000 suggestions on Google.
And then there's the Captain that grounded his ship on some rocks because he was showing off. I guess that's slightly better than getting violently ill for two weeks- that is, if you don't die.
If I'm going to go on a vacation, I want to be able to look back on it and say something more than, "I may have been puking and had diarrhea for two weeks, but at least I didn't die."
And if I'm going to go on vacation, I really don't want to spend it on a boat, especially with a bunch of other people- puking or otherwise.
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