Anyone else get sick after going on Carnival Cruises?

[SteveGrabowski]

Every year my parents go on a Carnival Cruise and 100% of the time they come back with the nastiest illnesses. Literally 100% of the time. Was talking to my mom about Christmas plans and she said she's all screwed up, coughing like hell, etc and my dad's even worse after getting back from a cruise last weekend. Last year they came back with walking pneumonia and I couldn't get her to go see anyone until 3 weeks after (not a money thing either, as they're on Medicare where you'll hit your yearly coinsurance amount quickly just from normal doctor's office visits at that age). So this year I insist she sees her doctor right away and I take her there to make sure she does. And now a couple days after taking her to her doctor I seem to have caught that superbug they brought back from Carnival. Is this normal with cruises or is Carnival just extra shitty? You could not pay me to go on a cruise and I have no idea why they go on them.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

I mean, I can't see how you wouldn't. It's a floating hotel where all the guests mingle every minute of every day. I'm sure it's the same for any cruise.

 

[KMFJD]

We get about 70 cruise ships coming in a month from Nov-March, i try to stay away from the areas that they(passengers) end up at because #1 it's way to busy #2 the prices charged are insane #3 the food is usually shit compared to the local places Dominicans eat at

/headed on a cruise in January/Feb (not Carnival though, knock on wood)
//having said that i just got over a nasty stomach bug from last week

 

[Exterous]

We've been on a few cruises and have never gotten sick. Only one of those was on Carnival though

 

[Exterous]

I mean, I can't see how you wouldn't. It's a floating hotel where all the guests mingle every minute of every day. I'm sure it's the same for any cruise.

With a little bit of planning you can usually avoid a good chunk of the crowds. Unless you want to lay by the pool

 

[lxskllr]

This is the way you cruise while avoiding disease bags...

 

[pcgeek11]

I'll never do it. I spent 20 years cruising in the navy and we never had any issues. Including a 6 month around the world cruise on a submarine tender AS32, USS Holland with approx 1,190 people on board. Worst issue we had was a female getting pregnant and we pulled into Italy to send her back to the states.

Those civilian Cruise ships are nothing but floating Petri dishes just oozing with infections.

 

[lxskllr]

I went on a (Carnival)cruise as a kid. I had a reasonably good time and emerged unscathed, but I have zero interest in going on another one.

I would consider a transatlantic cruise in an authentic viking longboat. In a different life, I'd like to build one, and sell extreme tours to people willing to spend a couple months traveling, pulling oars when necessary, and possibly dying.

 

[Torn Mind]

Technically, there are no laws with bite on cruises....

So the vulnerable better be careful of bad apples in the crew or within the populace.

It's anarchy in small bites.

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