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I'm in the "it won't happen to me." Mindset.

We're taking one in the summer when Baby Shopaholic will be ~ 4 months. With all the recent cruise issues, I actually had a nightmare about the cruise and woke up worried and telling DH we'd need to buy a baby life-jacket because I couldn't hold a baby over my head for hours!
But I've got to just believe it's a very rare thing or not think about it at all...

I would take another Royal Carribean cruise. I want to cruise again, just don't know where I want to go.

I love cruising!! My husband and I are saving for an Alaskan cruise for our 10th anniversary. I can't wait and no ship disasters are going to change our minds.

Meh that's to me like not driving anymore because there are so many car accidents.

Also the outbreaks of GI illness are almost always due to sick passengers getting on board and spreading it, not because of the kitchens or food. That's why they have SO many Purell stations on cruises now and require you use them before entering the dining room. The CDC actually has a whole division dedicated to cruise ship safety and they focus a lot on GI illness. - http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/desc/aboutvsp.htm

I'm torn. I went on one cruise before getting pregnant with #1 and totally and completely loved it! But all I could think about when seeing the news about the latest Carnival disaster was "what about formula fed babies???" I read a lot about the fact that there were 26 working toilets on board (although that's obviously not nearly enough for 4,000 people!) and there was no food shortage (plenty of food, but the first people in line would hoard food which would leave no food for the majority of people, then the hoarders would throw extra food away).

Anyway. I'm pretty sure that I'd still consider taking a cruise. But I will never stay in a room without a balcony again!! It made me nervous staying in our tiny room with no windows or balcony and we had zero disasters. Now for sure I will spend the extra money on a room with a balcony, just in case!

No, not really. I'm quite a bit shellshocked by that cruise. I know it's not the end of the world and they were safe, but *shudder*.

I would.

I would still cruise if I were interested in one. We see car accidents all the time, but no one stops driving because of that.

I love cruises. But I've never been a big fan of Carnival anyway. I like Royal Caribbean waaaaay better. So I'd still go on a RC cruise.

I get really bad motion sickness, so I've never wanted to chance a cruise ship. I think Disney cruises look like a lot of fun, though!

I would... I'm thinking Carnival will offer more deals now, lol.

Definitely. My husband and I have been on many cruises pre-kids, and would love to go on more with the family. But only when the kids are older (5 above?)....right now they are much too young to appreciate and I can't imagine sleeping in such a small space with them.

I'm not sure we would ever take a trip on a cruise to begin with, but if we did I wouldn't be too worried, these things are rare.

Um, no, but it's mostly because I have a Titanic-effect phobia about cruise ships...as completely unlikely as it is I have a weird fear of sinking and not getting a lifeboat and bobbing in a cold ocean...and then being eaten by sharks. Completely irrational, I realize.

We cruised for our HM and had the time of our lives. We'll absolutely go again. Actually, if we can snag a cheap cruise this year (even on Carnival, since I'm hoping their rates will drop from the terrible PR), we'll take it.

I've heard all of the arguments on why so and so will "NEVER cruise/cruise again" but I think that's kind of silly. If you've been on a cruise and it wasn't your scene, fair enough, but give it a chance before you completely nix the idea. Our first cruise was anything but magical (rough seas, had a bit of an issue that made the papers - though nothing like this most recent debacle) but we're not going to let it scare us off forever. Cruising is a fantastic way to see the world on a budget. I still continue to recommend it to people even after the most recent nightmare.

Doesn't change anything for me. I compare it to flying, incidents rarely happen but when they do, you'll hear a lot about it. I won't go on Carnival, however. Prefer Holland America/Celebrity, etc.