The 1/19 Magic Cruise and Menangitis..

[ducklite]

A person can get an illness anywhere. In fact one of the most common vectors of serious bacterial and viral infections is IN A HOSPITAL!

In close quarters like on a cruise ship, an airplane, or a day care, infections spread easily. Day cares are notorious for spreading diseases because little kids touch everything and put everything into their mouths. You'd have to bind and gag them to stop the behaviours. It's a natural, instinctive behavior that we have to be taught not to do as we get older.

If a doctor is treating a patient for a truly serious communicable disease (bacterial menengitis, hepatitis, tuberculosis, Legionnaires' disease, toxoplasmosis, some STD's, etc.) the doctor is required BY LAW to make a report to the Public Health Department. This report will include places the patient has traveled to, eaten in, etc. in the thirty days previous to being symptomatic. In that case, the state or local Health Dept. would contact the CDC who would notify the Vessel sanitation Program, who would require an inspection.

The Wonder had such an inspection in June of 2000 after an outbreak of gastroenteritis. You can read about it here:http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/outbreak/2000/DisneyMagicTReport.htm

Anne

 

[happylady]

Please, please, do not let one, two, three or four people represent the others. As I recall, your original post did not blame DCL. I read that you were commenting about your cruise and your wifes unfortunate illness. A major illness such as menegitis is scary to say the lease. One of the items that contributed to my mothers death was listeria menegitis.

I too became very ill after my Magic cruise in October, to the point of being tested for diphtheria. The doctor also felt I may have picked something up in St. Thomas or St. Martin. I just felt it was the luck of the draw becoming sick. I thought of the odds of the number of people each week that sail on the Magic and the Wonder, that I would be the one to get so sick!

I also believe that the recent outbreaks of illnesses on the ships have to do with so many people being together in confined area like the theaters or the kid clubs. Same thing would happen in our home town and have nothing to do with the ships.

I sincerely hope your wife has recovered and you do not give up on the rest of us. These boards can be a great place to visit.

 

[SeaDog]

right off the bat let's say I am a bit thin skinned when I read something like the initial post... I am in a position where I see the Mouse get slammed and set up for litigation, most of it unwarranted, on a regular basis... two things I would like to say on this issue... to young man who initiated this thread... some of the finest folks on the net frequent these boards... a number, the majority perhaps, of them are passionate about Disney and it's fleet... I suspect your post was well intended and meant to be informative... it was, perhaps, inappropriate for this particular forum. To get to the point... don't give up on this board if you still harbor any interest at all in DCL... there are a lot of good folks here...

second and finally... to the forum moderator... this thread might just be worth deep sixing... i've asked a few questions locally from folks who know... there are (nor did the writer imply) any medical/health concerns on any of DCL's boats.. perpetuating this discussion... while a good heated debate can be good for the soul... the topic serves no useful purpose here other than plant the seeds for unnecessary rumors... I vote to dump this thread
and move on....

And Grimbsy... viral or bacterial... the M word is a scary word... I sincerely hope your better half is, ahhh, better and ready to give DCL another try...

 

[IrishCowboy]

Nowhere in Grimsby's post did he say that he thought his wife contracted the illness on the Magic. He clearly states that his doctor blames St Maarten, not Disney. He also says that he had a mostly wonderful week and "Still cant wait to go again and use my $99 coupon!"

I don't believe that Grimsby was trying to start a rumor or say anything bad about DCL. I believe that he was just trying to be informative. Isn't that what this site is all about?

I'm not trying to start or perpetuate a flame war. I just felt that Grimsby was personally attacked. He is new to the site and just trying to contribute. Why would this post be "inappropriate" for this forum? If anything, I feel it was inappropriate to even mention 'litigation' in reply to this thread. I find this post very informative and helps solidify my belief that you must be very careful with what you eat/drink when off the ship.

DCL is not perfect, but I beleive its the closest thing to it. We can't delete or close any threads just because they may be critical of DCL.

Grimsby, I was at the Sunday DIS-meet that you spoke about. There were lots of wonderful people there who would have liked for you to have come down and joined us. Please hang in here with us, this is the most informative site about DCL on the web. We normally play well together. I'm sure you will learn many things before your 3 day cruise in the fall. Also, I hope that your DW is better.

 

[albiats]

And I agree with IrishCowboy, nothing at all wrong or improper with grimsby's thread.

It was just meant to be informative and not accusing.

Grimsby, please keep reading and contributing to the Dis boards and we hope you can regain faith with us.