Comments on: Missing Honeymoon Groom, George Smith’s Family calls for CEO of Carnival Cruise to resign

By: Anonymous

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By: Elise

Elise — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:06:12 +0000

Why can’t adults be responsible for themselves. A cruise ship with 3000 people aboard is a small city. Every person aboard is a stranger except those you sail with. Why do people insist on throwing caution to the wind on these cruise ships and allowing strangers into their lives in a way they would never do if they were on land?????
I have taken a dozen cruises or more, on many lines, including Carnival and Royal Caribbean, and have had no difficulty of any kind. I will continue to cruise. I will not get drunk, I will not hang out with strangers, I will not go into a stranger’s cabin, nor invite one to mine. This is foolishness. We are all responsible for ourselves. And, in fact, I think his wife argued with him, hit him over the head with something, and he probably fell overboard, and she was too drunk to act rationally to get help.

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:46:27 +0000

I have never in my life been treated so horribly by a corporation as I was by Carnival Cruise lines. It comes as no surprise to me that the CEO is a drooling idiot. Carnival and Royal Carbbean give the good cruise lines, like Disney and Crystal, a bad name. They can’t go out of business fast enough for me as far as I’m concerned. You get what you pay for with Carnival Cruises, including taking your own life ans safety in your hands.

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:42:21 +0000

I had the worst experience of my life by booking a cruise with Carnival. I will spare everyone the details, but it is no surprise to me that the CEO of the company should be so blatantly callous toward human beings. The entire company is a nightmare and gives other cruise lines a bad name. Carnival and Royal Caribbean can’t go out of business fast enough to suit me.

By: e

Sun, 19 Mar 2006 11:15:04 +0000

This really is unbelievable. He should be fired and we should boycott crusies for awhile. Non-event…there is no excuse for that, and it wasnt a ‘slip of the tounge’. He did not except his remarks to go as far as they did. The cruise industry has a very sordid record and we need to take them to task! Rapes, murders, robberies, food posining, dumping garbage overboard….They are way out of hand.

By: jackie

jackie — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 05:17:40 +0000

Blame the media for reporting a crime and say they are making the crimes seem higher than actual, they are reporting them as they are happening, and yet all are not covered. The CEO should have said “this is an event, we want to go back to being a non-event” just like the rest.

By: jackie

jackie — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 05:15:33 +0000

The death of a person is a non-event but losing money in the cruise industry is a big event. If priority was put on cruise ships for “protection for collection” meaning if they were required to put protocol into action to better ensure security of passengers and protocol for crime investigations on board cruise ships in order to sell cruises they would do it ina heartbeat. (ie..background checks for employees, more cameras, security pull alarms-even if they are silent and alarm only staff) But since there is very little regulation they will do the very least required. The money is what is important to them, not the passengers, each passenger is a fare not a person or a life, as this CEO has just proven.

By: Miss America

Miss America — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:00:06 +0000

Even if Carnival Cruise Lines dismiss their CEO for his statements, his replacement will probably be no better. All that matters to the cruise industry is their bottom line and since 90% of cruise passengers are repeat cruisers (but not necessarily to the same cruise line) and they do not really care about the Smith case, the industry isn’t really worried about losing business.

Not enough people will ever boycott a cruise line or the entire industry over the George Smith case to damage or cripple cruise revenue. Perhaps that is what Robert Dickenson meant by calling this case a “non event” and it was taken out of context by knee jerking media.
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SM: Its the family that is complaining about the comments.

Wonder how you would like it if the death of someone you loved was referred to as a “non-event”?

Why exactly are you defending the indefensible? You own stock in the cruise lines?

By: Not As Stupid As You Think

Not As Stupid As You Think — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:27:52 +0000

The ACTUAL DEATH of a paying passenger — under unusal circumstances is NOT a “non-event” to regular people who expect the Cruise Ship to check out the people they employee — so that they don’t participate in their passengers revelries & then the passenger comes into some money — they “help” him back to his cabin, rob him and then throw him over-board. Then have the Capt.throw the wife off of the ship saying she must have done it — dropping her in TURKEY — no less!!!!!!

This is coming on top of Amy Bradley, who went missing on another CRUISE SHIP and the Captain of that ship REFUSED to search for her — and allowed the kidnappers spirit her off ship — to a life of prostitution!!! With her parent’s and brother BEGGING them to search and save her!

With just those TWO events — do you DARE ask why the people and the Government are wondering about safety issues ???????