Now I Know Why I Felt Uneasy..

Cruise liners hold no appeal to me at all, but in the last few years my parents have been on a couple of ships where they've visited some fascinating places. I guess there's ships for all interests. It's unbelievable how many people they can get on these ships now. I think that's one of the things that puts me off so much.

come, come, now, think of the great tale they have to tell when they get home about being shipwrecked on a desert isle? Actually, that did happen to my folks! Well, first, it was a hovercraft, but any isle is considered a desert isle if 1) it has no inhabitants and 2) it has no source of fresh water... and this isle had no inhabitants and no fresh water... granted, it would've been hard to survive on in the winter since it was in FINLAND!!! It actually wouldn't be that hard for a healthy person to escape either, since it had a bridge pylon on it too... but that is a WHOLE other story!

Oh those poor people must have been so scared. I am sad to hear about the deaths. It was an accident that no one would have antisipated. I would have swam too but if my kids were with me they wouldnt be able to swim to shore and I dont know if I could swim with two of them on my back. If we had life jackets yes but sounds like it was happening so fast it might have been hard to get us all in them and get out safely. In a place in NY state where I always went on vacation with my parents throughout the years a boat sank. It was in Lake George NY and the boat was all handicapped people. I dont know what happened but I do know that the boat sank and all the handicapped people in wheelchairs and otherwise drowned. How sad that is the poor things had no chance of being able to just swim away. This was quite a few years back.

yes. surely it's for profit. the bigger the ship, the larger the passengers, the greater the profits. i have not gone cruising but i would love to try someday. too bad that i always get seasickness when riding a boat or a ship. :D

As I walked in the office this morning, an office mate was showing me how big the rock the cruise ship hit that caused it to tilt. I've been in a couple of cruises, and I've actually enjoyed it. It was the hospitality of the people on board that made us feel at ease. But there's no excuse for this ship running aground. Specially with their high tech equipment.

What a horrible sight! The cruise ship" hit the reef and started to sink into the black waters".It reminds me of Titanic.What is ridiculous is that tannoy initially claimed that the ship was suffering an electrical failure when that happened.