Myth: My cruise ship will sink.
While this myth has become particularly popular following a few high profile incidents over the past two years, this myth is truly just a myth. While it’s easy to picture a cruise ship striking an iceberg and sinking, or being hit by a rogue wave, the actual likelihood of a ship sinking is very slim. According to the National Security Council, the likelihood of a person dying aboard a cruise ship is drastically lower than the same person traveling by airplane or car. Simply put, while incidents involving cruise ships usually receive much more media coverage, there is a much greater chance of incident aboard an airplane, train, bus, or car. Result: Busted
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Mike, you’re absolutely right. By reading press reports, you’d think that the norovirus is a cruise ship phenomenon, when in fact you’re more than 10 times more likely to contract it on land than on a ship. Sometimes we just need to fact-check the media.