24 7 we are not allowed to open the door
until there is a knock on the door and
they bring the food to us other than
that we are like prisoners they they
literally just bring us three meals they
knock on the door they're standing
outside all masked up
and they hand you a tray
and then they come back and pick up the
empties it's it is it is like a prison a
posh prison
so
that the curtains are closed because
it's pitch black at night outside right
now and this is a living room part of
our cabin or stateroom as they call it
so let me show you uh here's another
little view of The State Room
and would you like to see inside the
loop why not
so here we've got a walk-in wardrobe a
little cupboard there which has got a
safe in now you're going to wait a
minute because Sally's got some
underwear hanging up in the bathroom so
just wait a minute but it's a nice
little bathroom and it's got the
Japanese toilet which is really good and
that is my favorite thing I love in
England heated toilet seat with all the
different types of flushes uh oh it's
unbelievable it's wonderful it's the
only entertainment I think
no but yeah it we are very very
comfortable in here but it's not the
same for a lot of passengers
um
yeah those passengers that are booked
inside cabins for instance they've got
they're going to really struggle no
pressure no window to look out of
um yeah it's it's Dreadful
it is like a prison but all the ship
Services have ceased so I enjoy a
whiskey every day a whiskey or two maybe
and you cannot get any alcohol on the
ship at all now
you can't get booze but it would be
really nice to have a drink under the
current circumstances
I mean well wood yeah I mean we're
struggling to get a coffee one coffee in
24 hours and we got a callous coach and
the rest is water right and David I
gather you're a diabetic so have you got
enough medicine to last you for the next
two weeks
yeah I don't know why but I brought
double supply of insulin with me and
I've got no idea why so yeah I'm fine
I've got well above what I need but let
me tell you something and I don't think
anybody else has got this news because
this is the latest all right so this is
fresh news for you the captain announced
at lunchtime today that he realizes
there are plenty of passengers who have
not got sufficient medication for the
duration of the 14 days
they the ship will complete all of the
prescriptions and get their medications
on board free of charge I mean I think
that is incredible it shows princess a
bending over backwards to make sure all
of the clients you know all of the
passengers needs are being met I think
that is terrific what kind of
communication do you have with the other
passengers the only passengers that we
are talking to are the people who were
on our meal table in the evenings
um we sat with them for the 14 nights of
the cruise so we got to know them really
well an Irish couple and another British
couple and we talk to them via Facebook
two or three times a day what have you
heard about the passengers the 10
passengers I believe on the cruise ship
who were found to have the virus
we know that they were taken off the
ship and transported by the Coast Guard
this morning before lunchtime and that
they are now in a medical facility
somewhere near uh Tokyo that's all we
have heard
and and
I know three and a half thousand people
on the ship which is an awful lot but
have you been trying to imagine whether
you might who they were and whether you
were in any close contact with them
we haven't a clue we don't know no idea
right we know that the gentleman who got
off at Hong Kong who I believe created
the entire situation on the ship we know
he was swimming in the swimming pool now
we have not been in the swimming pool
but anybody else that may have been in
there with him that you know I don't
know it's just speculation so we've got
no idea of the identity all we've been
told is the nationalities uh and that
hasn't actually come from the ship
that's come from social media where it's
uh people have been asked reporters have
been asking the questions of princess
and they've got the identity of those
passengers does the ships doctor ask you
you know whether you've developed any
symptoms of the flu and are there those
kind of questions as well or how you've
been told to get in touch with them in
case you get them
yeah yeah we've been told to contact
them if we have a cough or a fever or a
bad throat aches and pains they took our
temperature with an instrument in the
air we both were okay on that they asked
three questions have you got a cough
have you got a fever are you taking any
medications to lower your temperature so
we could answer no to all of those
questions and the medical team were out
of our cabin within 45 seconds and are
you afraid or is this just a nuisance or
perhaps a bit of both
well I'll let you answer that I don't
think it's being afraid but a little
apprehensive we don't want to catch it
obviously
um but we don't know how long we're
going to be away from the family if we
have contracted it I want to know I
certainly don't want to infect my
friends and family back in England uh
let's get it sorted ASAP out here
but you know that's not going to happen
gotta be positive about this it's not
gonna happen we will be back in the UK
in 13 days and all will be fine will he
ever go on another Cruise
oh yeah we've got three books this year
and you actually got to go on those
three cruises
oh definitely of course this shouldn't
put you off
you know I would I would love to come
back to this part of the world so no
this has not put me off any way shape at
all no