Back in 2005 Jack and I took an Alaska Cruise. I had never been on a cruise ship. But when some friends of ours asked us to join them, we decided to go.
We set sail on The Diamond Princess. It was the largest ship that Princess Cruise Lines had back then. I recall getting lost a time or two. But we had a great and memorable trip.
I was so sorry to read the news below when I got up on Wednesday Morning!
The Diamond Princess cruise ship is seen anchored off the Yokohama Port in Japan. Ten people on board have tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus.
Ten people a Japanese cruise ship that has been quarantined near Tokyo since Monday have tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus.
Medics started screening all 3,711 onboard on Tuesday. Nobody can leave the ship for the next 14 days.
The ten infected people, who are all over 50 years old, were taken into isolation at a nearby hospital on the Japanese mainland.
They include two Australians, three Japanese, three Hong Kong citizens, one American, and one Filipino.
The Diamond Princess was quarantined because a passenger who disembarked in Hong Kong on January 25 tested positive for the virus on January 31.
Here I am, cruising Tracy Arm, Alaska on The Diamond Princess. It was a beautiful ship and I found I really loved cruising.
I simply cannot imagine being confined to the ship for two full weeks just waiting. I hope that they do not have more Coronavirus victims.
The Diamond is one of several cruise ships with coronavirus issues…
I love cruises and would love to go to Alaska.
I didn’t realise the Diamond Princess was that old and we too noted it was DP under quarantine. We cruised on her in the Mediterranean a couple of years ago. She is a very nice and well laid out ship.
Fake news. I thought it was a newer ship and it was, The Royal Princess.
**Sadly it is The Diamond Princess. I went to Princess Cruises page and found this.** Princess Cruises