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P&O Oriana Passengers Plan To Stage Protest During Debarkation

Post author By Mike Faust
Post date Dec 13, 2012

Around 400 passengers onboard P&O’s Oriana are planning to stage a protest this morning during debarkation. This protest is apparently a response to the quarantine of about 400 guests onboard who have reportedly contracted norovirus. The passengers are planning to in a sense, rebel, against the Captain, officers, and crew by refusing to disembark the ship. How will this be done? […]

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P&O Cruises Ventura Suffers Serious Damage From Storm

Post author By Mike Faust
Post date Oct 18, 2012
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It is now being reported by passengers onboard P&O Cruise’s Ventura, that the ship has been seriously damaged from rough weather in the Bay of Biscay. It is reported that a large crack, about 2 inches wide, has appeared on one of the upper exterior decks. Passengers from the ship are reporting that the crack runs the entire horizontal length […]

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