Anyone gone on a cruise?

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So when you go on a cruise to a foreign country, do you usually go on the ship to and back, or do you fly back, or is there an option to do either?

The usual is round trip,but the option is there for some

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interestingly it is illegal to depart one us port and arrive at another
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5192469_ca...y-cruise_.html

[China]

Carnival to fly passengers home after another cruise failure

(CNN) -- Carnival Cruise Lines is working to fly all passengers on one of its cruises back to Florida after the ship suffered a generator failure while docked in the Caribbean.

The experience on the Carnival Dream became something of a nightmare for some passengers Wednesday when power went off, some toilets stopped working, and no one was allowed to get off the vessel -- despite the fact that the ship was docked at Philipsburg, St. Maarten, in the eastern Caribbean.

Although power was restored and facilities were functioning again, the ship still couldn't leave port.

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After the problems began Wednesday, CNN was contacted by passengers describing the conditions.

Gregg Stark, who is traveling with his wife and two young children, told CNN, "There's human waste all over the floor in some of the bathrooms and they're overflowing -- and in the state rooms. The elevators have not been working. They've been turning them on and off, on and off."

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