Celebrity Cruiser wrote:
> Jean O'Boyle wrote:
>
>>"Ermalee" wrote in message
>>news:hNGdnTpLZIC0S6jZnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@comcast.com...
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>>>Gosh, I hope the virus is past history! I have our documents for the
>>>April 28th sailing and have printed out our Xpress passes for boarding.
>>
>>Me, too, Erm! I have my Xpress passes printed out but no documents yet!
>>But then they are coming from Canada.
>>Got yours yet, Tobie?
>>
>>--Jean
>
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> We were on the Mercury 3.17.06 cruise. There were 6 in our party and
> none of us got sick. The trick is to wash often There were approx.12%
> of pax and crew sick on board. The crew was very tired from constantly
> washing and bleaching all the surfaces around the ship. My
> understanding is that the virus was less threatening by the end of our
> cruise but it still remained on the next cruise also. Sick Pax that
> did not remain in their cabin, we were told, were put off the ship in
> the next port. The Master was doing everything in his power to contain
> the problem. They assume that possibly the previous cruise, a sick pax
> brought the illness on board. Check CDC.gov for more info.
>
> This was my 1st Mercury cruise out of 23 Celebrity cruises and it would
> be unfair to judge this single cruise, to Celebrity standards, but
> believe me, under less then ideal conditions, they tried very hard to
> be as accommodating as they could.
>
> Smooth Sailing,
>
> Mark
> Homeport
> Monmouth County, NJ
>
Thank you, Mark, for taking the time to respond. I got sick on one
cruise (Caribbean Princess) and really don't want a repeat!
Ermalee |