Docks After Epic Storm
Cruise ship docks after battling 30 foot waves off coast of Australia. All 2,500 passengers and 1,500 aboard are safe. Officials:
The ports of Sydney and Port Botany have been re-opened. Conditions abated sufficiently this morning for a pilot to board and bring in the cruise ship Carnival Spirit which arrived at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at around 9.30.
‘Floating petri dish’
Panic occurs when people on board the Carnival Magic cruise ship hears about a woman passenger who worked in an Ebola laboratory. After days pass, the captain acknowledges that a current passenger is a lab supervisor at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. The suspect passenger and her husband volunteer to remain in their room during travel. Up to 40 workers wear masks and clean the ship with fluids. Passenger Malone:
People are scared. I’ve seen people crying. You’re using the same buffet line as someone else, the same waiters, the folks that clean the state rooms. If someone was cleaning their state room and cleaned yours right after, the exposure that you have there to elevators…it’s very tight quarters and a lot of interaction. It’s really difficult to control any type of virus that’s on a cruise ship. It’s like a floating petri dish. It spreads very rapidly. They’re cleaning elevators. I’ve seen people with pink liquid cleaning the bar area and the handrails.
Ice Bucket Challenge: Carnival Cruise Lines
Carnival Cruise Direct Matt Mich accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and nominates the rest of the Carnival Cruise Fleets.
