Are you more hesitant to go on a cruise after hearing about what happened to that one?
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Has the Italian Cruise Ship Disaster Made You Afraid to Go on a Cruise?
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Nah. In fact, I'm making plans to go on one sometime this summer. I know it's going to be dirt cheap now! I haven't been on a cruise in a minute.
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nope... there are car wrecks every minute... i still drive
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How often does something like this happen? The capt was a jerk, showing off for his home island and screwed up big time with maybe 20 or more ppl killed. Still, a fog pilup on I-10 in New Orleans has done nearly that much. Planes kill more than that all the time.
I think the cruise ship companies are going to be whipping their crews and officers into shape after this debacle - so it may be safer than ever until the next jerk of a captain does something really dangerous stupid.
I think the cruise ship companies are going to be whipping their crews and officers into shape after this debacle - so it may be safer than ever until the next jerk of a captain does something really dangerous stupid.
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We were sitting on our hands waiting to find out if my aunt was one of the passengers on that cruise because the details coincided with a cruise she planned to take soon. We found out she was NOT on it thank God but she did say she DID previously go on a Costa Concordia cruise and she came back SOOOOO sick and said she was never doing that again.
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No. The mishap of one ship doesn't taint the entire fleet.
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No, because this captain was an idiot and a chickenshit.
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Admittedly, I haven't followed this story intently; but if what I'm hearing is true about it being a captain error, then I agree with everyone else. Honestly, even if it wasn't human error, I wouldn't let one example of a bad situation turn me off to having the experience. Cars crash everyday and still I drive.
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This incident alone wouldn't change my mind. However, when all those illness outbreaks were in the news, that made me think I probably wouldn't do another cruise. But I might.
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Has the Italian Cruise Ship Disaster Made You Afraid to Go on a Cruise?
Wouldn't stop me. I would love to be able to take my wife on one again. I love the headline from one of the NY papers who called the captain "Chicken of the Sea".
As long as it was bigger than this
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