Miles O'Brien: Disney's public image 'on the line' - CNN, 11/23/02



CNN's Miles O'Brien, who is in Port Canaveral, talked to anchor Catherine Callaway about the outbreak aboard the Magic.

O'BRIEN: We just talked to some of the passengers as they came off, and well it doesn't sound like it was the best cruise ever. As one passenger described it, walking through the halls often got the distinct odor of, well, vomit is the word.

It's a terrible situation and I do not even like to describe it over your morning breakfast but nevertheless that is what occurred -- a lot of people with symptoms of a stomach flu or what seemed to be a stomach flu. We do not know what any sort of viral cause might be as a result of all this.





MATT OUIMET, president of Disney Cruise Line: As you know, during the recently completed Disney Magic voyage, some passengers and crew experienced flu-like symptoms. As of now approximately 200 people had confirmed symptoms and we have another 75 people who reported similar symptoms at some point of this voyage.