Are there rats on cruise ships

It has been nearly a year since the vessel was intentionally lost at sea by Canadian authorities who were happy to let the " biohazard " become another country's problem. This gruesome gift from Canada is now expected to crash ashore in Ireland or the United Kingdom, dumping the plague ship's living cargo of cannibal rats onto the land.

But it was seized in , by Canadian police acting as debt collectors against the ship's now-private owners, and for years it remained anchored off St. John's, the provincial capital of Newfoundland. Finally sold for scrap in , the massive ship was lost at sea just a day after being towed out. When Canadian authorities finally captured the cruise ship last year, they decided to let it loose in international waters.

In our era of Google satellite maps, GPS and constant government surveillance of the most mundane activities on land, it seems peculiar that a foot-long ocean vessel could disappear in the North Atlantic while still afloat. But maritime officials in Ireland and Scotland say they haven't heard from the Lyubov Orlova since March of last year, when an emergency signal from the ship placed it about miles off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland.

The ship itself was spotted by radar operators not long after, but search pilots sent to confirm the location couldn't find it. It may still be afloat, the Independent reports today , because its lifeboats are equipped with distress signals that only transmit when they hit water—only two of the lifeboats' transmitters have been heard, probably after those rafts were shaken loose as the Lyubov Orlova is continually tossed by North Atlantic storms.

I've never seen one. If you will notice, they put up rat guards on all the lines when they dock alongside the pier. I once had a room steward woman tell of switching from a different line to Celebrity as the other had a bad rat problem. I imagine every ship has some - they don't need to go up the gang plank or ropes - they just hitch a ride in a container of supplies.

They have them on Disney. In fact they worship them by placing them throughout the ship. They even give them names. I've only seen celebrities,like regis philban, shirley jones, richard roundtree and frank shorter on celebrity. Wine-O isn't trying to be funny! They really do put Rat Guards on the mooring lines. That's what those big silver disk you see on them are. We saw some funny ones once -- had big cats painted on them.

While I have never seen a rat on a cruise ship not talking about the two legged kind , I did find a rat "dropping" on the floor of my cabin last year. I picked it up in a paper towel and took it to the front desk. Soon after, maintenance was checking all the air vents in my room. Along with the rats and mice there are cockroaches, lice, bed bugs, flies, birds, up dust mites, centipedes, spiders, fleas, and probably a whole lot of things that we may never see.

Same as many houses, apartments, restaurants and etc. A friend of mine bought same bird seed to feed the birds in the winter time, he stored the seed in his basement and discovered mice inside. He couldn't find any holes in the outside of the bag. I am sure that many critters get on board the same way. We've been on over cruises and have never seen a rat or mouse of the rodent variety, nor their droppings.

We have seen many types of animals and fish of the human variety on board however, even a dinosaur or two. After all, they had their own TV series several years ago - The Rat Patrol and we sometimes refer to the furniture as being a little ratty.

I have heard that Celebrity ships have a whole series of tiny little cabins just for them down somewhere on Deck 1.

And that they booked under the NO!!!!! Everybody have a great day out there!!!!! But I have to believe, as persistent and determined as they are, that there are few places they DON'T get.

Well rather than letting people bring their Shih Tzu on board, time to set up a cats only policy? They could be just as effective as service animals for those with panic attacks.

We had a small mouse on our Yangtze River cruise 12 yrs ago who visited us at night to eat a carnation that was in a little vase. He didn't bother us, we let him have the carnation.

I don't think that any of the major cruise lines or their ships have rodents onboard. They wouldn't achieve such high scores on their CDC inspections if there was even a hint of rodent activity. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy! Already have an account? Sign in here. Ask a Cruise Question. October 19, Log In Issues. Share More sharing options Followers Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2.

Recommended Posts. Posted March 8, Just wondering this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Oh, they have rats all right