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Sometimes on Cruise Ships, Shit Happens…

November 21st, 2009. By Hunter West

They fall all over themselves to make sure you have a good time. But they might not be doing the one thing that would pretty near guarantee you one:

 

Cleaning the public restrooms. And the problem with a gastrointestinal outbreak on a cruise ship is that you’re often thousands of miles in the middle of nowhere.

 

Make no mistake—compared to other bathrooms of the world, cruise ship bathrooms appear to be sparkling. I’ve been in them. So have you. And compared to the bathroom at the airport, or at the restaurant where you had dinner before your flight to meet the ship, cruise ship rest rooms appear to be so clean you could eat off the floor.

 

Well, almost. But not quite.

 

The problem is the pesky norovirus, which is a tough old bird that survives on just about anything for weeks at room temperature. And you know those alcohol-based hand sanitizers Read the rest of this entry »

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