that when you book a "Carnival" cruise you have a decent risk of riding a floating cesspool, a fire trap and/or a plague ship.

Maybe not.

Carnival is the big dog, so it gets the most exposure, but they all are quite similar

Cliffs notes

Carnival Triumph arrives late at Progresso and will stay two ads to repair Robles with one of it's turbines. (Engines)

http://www.progresohoy.com/noticias/crucero-carnival-triumph-arriba-retrasado-progreso-por-una-averia-mecanica-quedara-dos-dias-6120/

they were reacting to the truth was hilarious.
read that whole thread and found it very entertaining

One guy trying to argue that "everything was under control" and then a critic saying that "pooping in bags is not under control" and then some wiseass saying, "Nah, out of control doesn't happen until they run out of bags." I nearly laughed out loud at that one.

Another apologist was talking about how "lucky" the passengers were that their ship caught on fire the last day of the cruise. Kind of like telling a plane crash survivor how lucky he is that the plane crashed while it was landing and not taking off.

cheerleaders = corporate shills?

Particularly the one guy who was really going after the first poster for suggesting that there might be mechanical issues of concern on that very ship which only four days later had the engine fire. I think he might have quit posting after the fire though.

They leave our laws and protections behind, the law is what ever the captain says it is.
Food born illnesses is very common because there are no regulations for food handling.
If you get raped or robbed US law is not a recourse.