February 3, 2012
Well ain’t that a fine Howdy Do? Norovirus is attacking the Crown Princess. Your humble scribe and the wife of his youth are well, but evidently there are a lot of people worshiping the Great White Buddha, or chasing alligators, or ... you get the picture.
Seriously, the Captain has been on the intercom three times already today telling folks to wash their hands, and if they feel sick, call the infirmary and stay in their staterooms until the infirmary calls them back.
The Captain said he will have the ship in early tomorrow to allow for extra time to clean before new folk come on board. The dinner table gossip has the ship getting in at 4 a.m. instead of 7 a.m. And for reasons that are not made known to lowly Guest Speakers, we are being assigned a new stateroom, so we have to pack tonight, and the Accommodations Department will move our luggage in the morning.
Because of the virus, the entire ship has to be sanitized, and as passengers in transit we will go through customs and then go to the Broward County Convention Center to wait for the all clear. Embarkation will be at 4 p.m. I don’t know if that means we don’t start till 4, or we will be on board and sale at 4. Either way it promises to be a stressful day (see Sisler, Bonnie Belle, wife of my youth). So pray saints!
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