Amber Cove - attack of the flies

[RMM34667]

Just pulling out of Amber Cove hopefully the millions of flies on board will fly back home. I have never seen anything like it in my life. All the outdoor surfaces were covered. After spending a half hour or so we came back to the ship but had to stay inside. I think Carnival Corp made a big mistake with this location.

[Zooguy]

That's depressing.

 

 

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[sunsetbeachgal]

Oh no! We will be visiting there on the Regal in February and reserved a cabana. Were you near the pool?

 

 

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[easyboy]

Fly repellent won't be enough?

[Host CJSKIDS]

That's upsetting to hear. It must be the time of the year. We leave in 12 days and that's one of our stops.

[riclop]

Just pulling out of Amber Cove hopefully the millions of flies on board will fly back home. I have never seen anything like it in my life. All the outdoor surfaces were covered. After spending a half hour or so we came back to the ship but had to stay inside. I think Carnival Corp made a big mistake with this location.

 

That is terrible.

[Lucky TGO]

My wife would freak out.

Tony

[clearwaters]

Time to spray...

[Candycrusher]

Oh no! So you are saying the flys also got inside the ships?

 

 

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[OCruisers]

Wonder if there's ALWAYS a big time "fly problem" at Amber Cove? :confused:

[cruisequeen4ever]

Ugh that sucks! Amber Cove looked so fun!

 

 

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[Host CJSKIDS]

The Live thread says that they couldn't do much of their tour because DR has been inundated with rain. Perhaps that is what brought all the flies?!

[RMM34667]

I have a video from deck 17 but had trouble uploading. It was covered with flies. I will try to upload tomorrow from stt. I opened my balcony door for about 5 minutes this morning and we quickly had 5 flies in the cabin. At dinner our table mates reported having to call passenger services to help get the flies out of theor cabin. have not been back up on deck to confirm that they are gone yet.

[jennybenny]

YUK! Time to spray!! No one wants mosquitoes or flies!

[sunsetbeachgal]

That's upsetting to hear. It must be the time of the year. We leave in 12 days and that's one of our stops.

 

 

Please report back! Hope they are gone!

 

 

 

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[Colo Cruiser]

Yikes!

[yuccaman]

They recently had severe flooding in that area-port days were cancelled on various lines due to thigh/waist high water on the local streets.

[OCruisers]

. :eek: Gosh, new additions to packing list: Fly Paper & Fly Swatters. :rolleyes:..:D

[RMM34667]

Came up to the smoking area on 17 after and there are still flies. Maybe 1/5 but still way too many. We will see what tomorrow brings.

[pablo222]

. :eek: Gosh, new additions to packing list: Fly Paper & Fly Swatters. :rolleyes:..:D

 

And waders.

[pklein9747]

We were there at the same time as the OP. Didn't see a lot of flies while we were on land, but there were hundreds all over the ship. Most were gone the next day, but even this morning before disembarkation, there were still a few stowaways. We spoke with a gentleman at the pool who had been at Amber Cove back in August on another line and he said there wasn't any problem at all at that time. We are thinking that the heavy rains most likely had something to do with it.

[boca7]

Yes, just off, at first just walking we had a small amount of flies swarming walking thru the shops then going to the pool snack area & ordering drinks they were a mediocre problem but up;on having appetizers at the table, we were overwhelmed, couldn`t wait to leave, on boarding the ship, we lived with flies the whole cruise.

[4cats4me]

Just pulling out of Amber Cove hopefully the millions of flies on board will fly back home. I have never seen anything like it in my life. All the outdoor surfaces were covered. After spending a half hour or so we came back to the ship but had to stay inside. I think Carnival Corp made a big mistake with this location.

 

 

 

For some reason the Amityville Horror comes to mind [emoji33]

 

 

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Edited November 21, 2016 by 4cats4me

[RMM34667]

Had trouble uploading till now let's see if this works

 

 

I will try just the link

 

http://s780.photobucket.com/user/RMM34667/media/Regal%202016/20161115_151136_zps8nu74nwf.mp4.html

[RedHeadArmyWife]

I was on the ship and witnessed the invasion of flies. The worst area was the open decks on floor 16-17. The bars were covered with the pests and I mean covered. I wanted to take a picture but didn't want to make the bartender feel uncomfortable, who was just as grossed out and upset as the passengers. I think there were more flies on the ship than Amber Cove. Maybe recent flooding and decaying organic matter caused the influx of flies, or an unseen garbage dump.