marnefirstinfantry

...appeal to you considering the following events..? Pirates: In November 2005, pirates fired grenades and machine guns at the Seabourn Spirit off the coast of Somalia. One crew member was injured.

Violent Tilt: The cruise ship Crown Princess abruptly tilted in July, sending items flying and injuring 240. The cruise line said "human error" caused the accident.

Disappearance: One in a spate of passengers that went missing, George Smith, left, vanished on a Royal Caribbean cruise with his wife in July 2005.

Fire: In March, a fire broke out in the Star Princess liner on its way to Jamaica. One person died and 11 others were injured.

Giant Wave: A 70-footer battered the Norwegian Dawn in April 2005, flooding 62 cabins and rattling passengers, four of whom were hurt.

Man Overboard: Tim Sears last remembers being in the casino on a 2003 Carnival cruise before he awoke in the sea at night. He was rescued after 17 hours.

Illness: Sickness has swept several cruises. Here, passengers leave the Regal Princess in September 2003 in New York after more than 300 caught a virus.

mreheather6

Your sample only shows a few disasters over a several year span of time. It's the same as flying on an airplane. Yeah, things are going to happen; but it's very rare.
I would still like to be able to go on a cruise, and I wouldn't let a few bad things stop me.

okiegirl06_21

I have been on 3 cruises and Im 21...I will probably go on 20 more in my lifetime! They are and awesome vacation and if you are going to say all this stuff that happens on cruises should scare you away from cruising then shouldn't all of the stuff that happens on airplanes keep you from flying?....everything that can go wrong in a car keep you from driving/riding?....A house could catch on fire or someone could break in, is that going to keep you from living in a house??

eLux

People die all the time, its a fact. Lots of people go on cruises and there are lots of ships, so naturally things are going to happen. Just don't act retarded and get insanely drunk while on a cruise.

choilein

how can u avoid bad things from happening to you 'anywhere'?
u can slip and fall on a plain road without cause and die!
its gonna be as eventful!

economiss

I've been on six cruises, but I've never experienced any of the above...touch wood. Cruising is totally fun and I'd go again given the chance.

cruise junkie

and you forgot you could slip on the way to your car , die in a plane crash ,get in a car accident , robbed by the taxi driver....come on there is perils everywhere in life but if you stay home you can avoid them,,well no you could slip in the tub....... you have to live life to have a life

Mandy

I enjoy cruises and take one ever year. Bad things could happen anywhere you go. Overall crusing is a very safe way to travel.

Esther

Doesn't faze me in the least, I'm on Seabourn to the Caribbean in ten days!

Lex

None of that stuff could stop me from cruising. Even if I experienced a disaster on a cruise ship, I think they are worth the risk. Cruising is so much fun.