howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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5 January 2010
18:1436389a cruise ship has made an unscheduled stop in dover amid rumours of a nasty novo virus on board.
who can name it?
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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5 January 2010
18:3136393is is the same one that is in today ?
Been nice knowing you :)
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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5 January 2010
18:4536397the very same paul, what a surprise???????
i shall have to give a clue to the others.
think of posh barry.
Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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5 January 2010
19:0036399It's the Balmoral, but it's not an unscheduled call, it was due in today anyway. My Dad's going to the States on it when it sails.
True friends stab you in the front.
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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5 January 2010
19:1336400Oh no, not the Balmoral again - that ship must be cursed. My parents had a blinking rough time on it - twice!
http://www.doverforum.com/letters/viewtopic.php?id=3152howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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5 January 2010
20:0536406i am amazed that enough people booked this cruise to make it viable.
surely by now, everyone knows its history.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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5 January 2010
20:0936408It's a round-the-world cruiise - 103 days; I think the first leg, a month, ends in San Francisco.
I was down at the cruise terminal this afternoon and the passengers weren't boarding so I asked why not and was advised that it is a case of Norovirus.
Fred Olsen have a very strong cleaning policy with members of the crew continually cleaning with anti-bacterial sprays, so it is a big shame when this happens - for the company, the crew and passengers.
Roger
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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5 January 2010
20:1236410Tis a terrible thing this Noravirus Roger.
Compo and Cleggy used to get it quite a lot.
How long is the ship expected to be in port?
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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5 January 2010
20:1636411Quite right, Roger. It is a round-the-world cruise; my Dad and Stepmother are going on the first leg and get off in San Francisco in early February. I think California in February might just be a bit warmer than here!
In defence of the Balmoral, I have to say that Michelle and I enjoyed a fabulous 12-night Baltic cruise on it in August, and the crew are sooooooo hot on the Norovirus bug; you just cannot move from room to room without having hand gel pumped onto your hands. It takes some getting used to, but worth the effort: if Norovirus spreads, the effect on a cruise ship is massive.
True friends stab you in the front.
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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5 January 2010
20:1836413isn't it the ship that is doing the return of the Titanic tour next year,bet that will be fun
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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5 January 2010
20:1936414i have heard before that the crew are forever working on the cleaning, not their fault.
i hope your dad and stepmum get lucky andy, are they not nervous though?
Brian Dixon
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5 January 2010
20:2636420the balmoral is parked up at the cruise terminal as i type this.it useally sails around 5 pm.
Guest 643- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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5 January 2010
20:3836426Graham Tutthill
A cruise ship is undergoing a thorough clean and disinfection at Dover today (Tuesday, January 5) after more than 350 passengers and crew were taken ill during a Christmas and New Year cruise.
Fred Olsen's Balmoral was at the port for the start of a 106-night world cruise.
A total of 342 passengers and nine crew were taken ill with the Norovirus, or winter vomiting virus, on board the ship.
"Any outbreak of gastro infection on board our ships is taken very seriously by the company," said Mike Rodwell, managing director of Fred Olsen Cruise Lines.
"As a result the ship is undergoing a thorough cleansing and disinfecting programme before departing on its next cruise.
"Specialist companies have been taken on to work alongside the company's own staff to handle these programmes."
From
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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5 January 2010
20:4036428thanks for that jacqui, unfortunately they issued the same statement the last time.
let's hope this time the cleaning is effective.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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5 January 2010
21:5136463I was also at the terminal this afternoon, if all on schedule she should be sailing around 8pm, good to see you Roger.
'Noravirus', saggy stockings and rollers
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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6 January 2010
08:0636483Good to see you too Barry.
I thought it was Nora Batty, not Nora Virus !!
Roger
