Oh no!! I hope Princess doesn't follow suit!! Escargot night is my FAVORITE night on ship!!

 
Something else to worry about for my next trip.

Can Princess be far behind?
Probably not. 
I'll find out next week.

"He had set sail from New Orleans on a Mexican vacation with his family just a day before, Fox 16 reported, on the Carnival cruise ship Triumph.

The Mexican coast guard evacuated Kehler to the Amerimed private hospital in Cancun, where the family said admission cost $6,000 and surgery came with a $25,000 price tag. The ship’s doctor had made the arrangements.

"When we didn't have the $25,000 they stopped all of Chase's treatment. They unhooked his IV, they gave him no more medicine," Janie Kehler, Chase's mom, told Fox 16.

Writing on her Facebook page, the mother said they were then “forcibly sent” to a nearby general hospital “in a very dangerous area, with limited services and severe lack of staff” because at 2 a.m. they were unable to front the surgery money immediately as a “guarantee.”

“The Amerimed ambulance workers left Chase sitting in a wheelchair in a hallway filled with people and then just left us there. Every hospital in a third world country you’ve ever seen depicted in a movie was what we were dropped into,” she wrote.

After an hour of waiting “in a filthy hallway in a too-small gown” without being checked or triaged, Kehler decided to take action on behalf of her son, who was by now too ill to fly back to America and seek treatment at home."

"The mother said she had not purchased travel insurance for the cruise."

https://www.newsweek.com/mexico-cruise-ship-passenger-appendicitis-hospital-cancun-1286350

"Guests sailing Carnival Cruise Line may notice that escargot has been removed from the main dining room menu due to a worldwide shortage. The snails, which are sent to the ship brined in cans, are currently unavailable for the executive chefs to order."

https://cruiseradio.net/carnival-temporarily-removes-popular-menu-item/

Wow, they actually had second thoughts about charging. That's something that Princess doesn't normally do.
I guess they saw a rebellion from their loyal customers coming.

"After listening to complaints about the new charges, Carnival Cruise Line Brand Ambassador John Heald posted the following message on his Facebook page about the cruise line’s plan to pause these new charges:

“Hello everyone, hope you are all having a brilliant Sunday.

I had previously told you about changes to our room service offerings that would go into effect in January.

I wanted to let you know that we are in the process of making some adjustments to that plan to balance the interests of our guests with our efforts to reduce food waste costs.

For the time being then, there will be no changes until we finalise a plan that will I will communicate to you all.

Cheers and have a brilliant day.

PLEASE SHARE WITH ONE PERSON” – John Heald"

https://cruisefever.net/carnival-pauses-plan-to-charge-for-room-service-on-cruises/

Will have to check it out when I sail Caribbean on March 2.  Thanks to Casino Players

They should put a fee on the ones in the buffet they have the plate pilled so high that they need side boards to hold it on