Ebola concerns hit cruise ship as foreign ports balk over quarantined passenger

[mfcorey1]

A Carnival Cruise Lines ship left the coast of Cozumel Friday after not being permitted to dock following concerns that a passenger might have handled Ebola lab specimens in Texas.



http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article2932945.html

[Autumn]

1. That sucks for the people on that cruise who were looking forward to going ashore in Cozumel.

I would be very pissed.

[yeoman6987]

2. Mexico is interesting

They have very strict laws about foreigners coming into their country. They obviously won't allow a sick passenger or anyone close to them into the country. But ever try going to Mexico illegally? You end up in jail for a long period of time. I just find that incredible.

[Autumn]

3. We used to go to Mexico often, love it. But haven't been there in years.

San Felipe was one of my favorite places there.

[Jenoch]

5. Almost 12 years ago I went into

Mexico and back to the U.S. without any form of ID. Of course I checked with the U.S. border guards before crossing into Mexico. We were only there for a couple of hours. (I discovered I forgot my ID an hour into the trip.)

[Autumn]

7. I know what you mean.We went to Phoenix about 15 years ago and decided to go to

Puerto Penasco on the spur of the moment . Forgot my meds at my Daughters house so we stopped at a place in a little town by the border and got what I needed and went on and spent a couple of days there had a blast. That was the last trip we took to Mexico.

[riderinthestorm]

4. Reminds me of Love in the Time of Cholera (one of my faves...) nt

[JI7]

6. will other passengers get a refund or another ticket

i wonder if any of them are ones who on the ship during some of the previous disasters they have had.

[In_The_Wind]

8. Shouldn't a cruise to nowhere be cheaper?

After all the ship is returning to the original port without sightseeing stops.

[Fumesucker]

9. Free booze for the rest of the trip and most of them will never notice

[In_The_Wind]

10. Sounds like a plan.