Events by Vision of the Seas

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Events at Sea by Vision of the Seas

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The events listed have been reported in the public domain or to cruisejunkie by passengers or crew members onboard. The list is by no means comprehensive. For that reason it is necessary to be cautious in drawing conclusions from the potentially limited data. Keep in mind that some companies may be more transparent than others about things that go wrong; conversely, some companies may be better at concealing events and thereby project an appearance that is inaccurate. With that said, the following list is still interesting, as are the patterns seen viewed separately by ship.

dd/mm/yy	Event	Incident
14.9.08	The Juenau Empire reports the ship violated visible air emissions standards last year (2007), July 1 and August 9 respectively. Royal Caribbean may be liable for criminal or civil penalties. Past enforcement cases have cost cruise lines $27,500 per violation. The state's air quality standards are designed to keep people from breathing harmful sulfur and nitrogen compounds and particulate matter.	Environmental
22.2.06	A 35 year old woman from Sacramento, CA says she was sexually asaaulted while on a Mexican Riviera cruise runniung 19 - 22 February. According to a lawsuit filed later in the year (August 8), a security guard employed by the cruise line entered her cabin and sexually assaulted and battered her.	Sexual Assault
17.02.06	The cruise beginning February 19th will be delayed a day and Mazatlan is dropped as a port of call. This is in order to repair a short circuit in the starboard propulsion motor. The problem causes the ship to travel at slower speeds and first occurred on February 9 when the ship was maneuvering to dock in Puerto Vallarta. The ship returned to LA from that cruise several hours late; the following cruise skipped Puerto Vallarta. Passengers on the cruise missing Puerto Vallarta were given a $100 onboard credit; those on the shortened cruise were given a $200 onboard credit. In both cases, passengers were given the option to cancel the cruise at the last minute and receive a full credit (not refund) toward a future sailing.	Propulsion problems -- Itinerary changes
9.8.03	Because of difficulties with the diesel electric propulsion motors, the ship left port (Ketchikan) 17 hours late (8 AM on Saturday instead of 3 PM on Friday).	Engine problems
18.7.03	A 28-year-old male passenger was arrested in Skagway, accused of sexually assaulting a 22-year-old female passenger when the ship was 15 miles out of Glacier Bay.	Sexual Assault (Pax on Pax)

Illness Outbreaks at Sea by Vision of the Seas (2010 - present)

dd/mm/yy	Outbreaks
26.5.10	VG Nett reports for the fourth cruise in a row passengers are reporting ill with gastrointestinal illness. So far 22 passengers are known to have become ill. The ship has been referred to as "Vision of Disease" and the head of Oslo School of Management is quoted as saying that the numerous outbreaks and massive media coverage is a serious blow for Royal Caribbean's reputation in Norway.
18.5.10	Dagbladet.no reports 40 people have reported ill on the currect cruise. This is the third cruise in a row with an outbreak of gastrointentinal illness. UPDATE May 19: Dagbladet.no reports the number reporting ill is now 75.
10.5.10	Dagbladet.no reports at least 80 passengers have reported ill on the current cruise. The ship left Oslo last Thursday and yesterday was in Dublin. It returns to Oslo Saturday. UPDATE MAY 19: Dagbladet.no reports the number of people reporting ill on the cruise was 296.
5.5.10	The Times of India reports 94 people were stricken with vomiting and diarrhea while on a five-day voyage around northern Europe. It was the third outbreak of gastrointestinal illness in three months aboard the ship. Dagbladet.no reports the number ill by the end of the cruise was more than 300 people.
12.3.10	Associated Press reports nearly 50 passengers have been stricken with vomiting and diarrhea, a health official said Friday. "At least 47 passengers on the Vision of the Seas, operated by Royal Caribbean International, were stricken by what we believe are noroviruses that cause gastroenteritis," a spokesman for the Brazilian National Agency for Sanitary Vigilance said. The ship, docked in the port of Santos, was not placed under quarantine and the nearly 2,000 passengers aboard were allowed to leave since "no one was seriously ill and there was no danger of the disease spreading." It was the ship's first cruise since last week when 310 people came down with gastroenteritis caused by noroviruses, the spokesman said. The ship will be cleansed again "but now that we are pretty sure that noroviruses are again to blame, we know what kind of cleaning agents to use," the spokesman said.

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