tidenik

The Carribbean ..too humid and hot and especailly Ocho Rios, Jamaica ..a port of call that would make a pit bull nervous.

Not 10 minutes after shoving off from the dock in Seattle on a Princess cruise to Alaska a few years ago I heard a loud commotion. As I drew nearer I saw a woman screeming at the top of her lungs at a member of the crew (a security officer with a radio). She was going on and on complaining about how she was allergic to something on the ship (or the ship itself) demanding that she be put ashore immediately. The officer while radioing for reinforcements was handling her tantrum in an admirable way in a great British accent with an extra measure of patience.. She contiuned to go ballistic insisting in high decible expletives that she must leave the ship and now ordering the officer to take her to the captain. A moment later, as two more members of the crew appeared, she was escorted to an elevator no doubt to be deposited in the brig or rubber room.

Later that evening a boat met the Diamond Princess off Port Angeles and she was taken ashore.

My first cruise was aboard the Regent Rainbow out of Tampa .in 1991.a 5 day western Carribean.

Small ship but lots of fun.

My first cruise was aboard the Regent Rainbow out of Tampa .in 1991.a 5 day western Carribean.

Small ship but lots of fun.