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In reply to the discussion: Florida boy, 6, drowns in Carnival cruise ship pool [View all]EX500rider
(10,849 posts)48. Not really sure what a resort is, are you?
People go to all inclusive resorts and don't leave the entire time they are there and there is free alcohol and pools and maybe even a ocean.
And a resort is A LOT safer then a large moving ship at sea.
Maybe the cruise lines should station someone every 20 feet along the rails also so untended 6yo's don't climb over and fall in the sea, possibly at night while doing 25 knots. I mean, it's not the parents responsibility right?
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Kids can drown in an instant. In fact, if a parent isn't aware of what drowning looks like, a
msanthrope
Oct 2013
#5
True. It almost happened to my son while his father and I were sitting on the edge of the pool,
merrily
Oct 2013
#57
Consider where they were! on a cruise ship, with free alcohol, and no work to get up for in the morn
darkangel218
Oct 2013
#27
Alcohol is not free on a cruise ship, except for a reception, where wine and
No Vested Interest
Oct 2013
#49
Free alcohol? Tell me which cruise line so I can book a cruise with them!
Violet_Crumble
Oct 2013
#59
People need to stop blaming Carnival Cruise Lines and the parents and take some self responsibility
Snake Plissken
Oct 2013
#10
Even with lifeguards, leaving a 10-year-old to supervise a 6 year old at a pool is STUPID.
moriah
Oct 2013
#24
That's tragic.Can't believe they couldn't revive him because he was spotted while 'struggling'
Sunlei
Oct 2013
#30
Cruises are disgusting. They pollute the ocean. You catch strange diseases on them. And now this.
zonkers
Oct 2013
#55
I travel a lot but the only cruise I would consider would be a small ship on a river in Western
CTyankee
Oct 2013
#72
Hubby and I have been looking at a Vantage cruise. He has mobility issues and hasn't been
CTyankee
Oct 2013
#81
About the bus part of your trip on the ship, was it handicap accessible? that looks like it could be
CTyankee
Oct 2013
#89
The buses were not handicap accessible in the US sense of definition, but
No Vested Interest
Oct 2013
#90
I don't understand how a parent could leave a 6 year old unattended in a pool!
CoffeeCat
Oct 2013
#56