ABC Cruise Confidential

Did you see ABC’s 20/20 report this past weekend about cruise ships?  In light of the Costa Concordia that hit rocks in Italy, ABC decided to look a little closer at cruising, and what they revealed is eye-opening.

Passengers who discovered their loved ones went over board on a cruise reported that the ship continues full steam ahead regardless of their missing family member.  Sound horrifying?

Former employees dish on what its really like to work on a ship, and its not what you’d expect. Plus, a former ship officer tells the lies she was told to tell passengers! 

While I am not surprised by the lies employees were told to say to passengers, I think many people will be.

ABC 20/20 Debra Roberts reported that “…passengers were kept deliberately in the dark about anything negative.”

Former ship officer, Shari Cecil said to Debra Roberts, “We don’t tell them anything. If there is a mechanical breakdown, ah, we do not tell them. If there is an illness outbreak, we do not tell them. We are told to lie to them.”

I believe Cecil. 

What do you think of this?