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Wandering ship becomes “best cruise ever” despite coronavirus fears
- sneak 7y agoI can't imagine a prison being nice, no matter how lavish the amenities. Unrelated: The absolute and total no-holds-barred lack of due process is why I have always been reluctant to go on a cruise. You are basically subject to a mini floating dictatorship the whole time you are aboard. I wonder if this is a press hit designed to distract from that, now that it's been in the news. Cruises are a huge industry.
- dfcowell 7y agoHolland America are PR geniuses. They’ve taken one hell of a lemon and made some very sweet marketing lemonade out of it.
- matthewdgreen 7y agoDepends how many passengers test positive for COVID-19. Current count so far is just 1, but a second cruise ship that was quarantined (the Diamond Princess) now has 350+ confirmed infected passengers, or about 10% of that cruise, also from a single initial case.
- JauntTrooper 7y agoThis article may not age well. One of the women on this ship has since tested positive for COVID-19. She was allowed to leave and flew to Malaysia before she tested positive. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/16/world/asia/coronavirus-cruise-americans.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/16/world/asia/coronavirus-cr...