Legal advice: cruise refund complaint

I think some of the oldest vessels in cruise use nowadays are in the Saga fleet [appropriately enough] and were originally with Union Castle Line and designed for the South African trade. Fred. Olsen Line also has a few oldies but I have no reason to doubt their sea-worthiness for the voyages on which they are deployed.

I have never been on one of the ‘floating theme parks’ as their contents have no appeal for us, but hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers joined them every year [pre-Covid] for enjoyable and entertaining times without actually having to set foot on foreign soil while getting the maximum exposure to the sun.

Modern stabilisers and multi-thrust propellers can cope with most adverse weather conditions so seeing chairs and tables flying about must be a rarity now. Extreme turbulence on a flight is more disturbing.

“Maximum exposure to the sun”? I can never understand why on EARTH anyone would spend thousands on going somewhere full of absolutely INSANE brutal frying HOT sun. Every summer even here in east lancs. I have to totally shut down and sit down shirtless on a chair all day in front of a dirty great big powerful fan or else I absolutely DROWN in absolutely APPALLING profuse sweat and I’m absolutely sick and tired of it never being recognised as a disability which it most definitely IS! It’s absolutely appalling, it’s an absolutely brutal crushing, crippling, immobilising and paralysing condition which is never taken remotely seriously because far too many have bodies just like reptiles, all so cold-blooded and so desperately craving insane heat. And it’s their sort who keep fitting stupid insane skylights on the buses and far too many public buildings and then insisting that they’re fully “disability compliant” when they couldn’t be more the complete opposite! Every summer whenever there’s a wretched brutal heat wave I have to get up ridiculously early in the morning and dash out and get my shopping and then get home again quick before the insane heat starts and no-one ever knows or cares, all they ever do is keep maximising EXclusion and so selfishly glorifying the brutal heat all over the media. Honestly it’s just like someone’s gone and let off some kind of alternative nuclear bomb which fills all the air with brutal burning hot radiation every summer. The instant the hot sun touches me even here in Lancashire it instantly burns no matter what I’m wearing and it’s absolute torture, so going anywhere so insanely hot is absolutely unthinkable. It’s just like being attacked with a giant sized hot air paint stripper for crying out loud! My idea of a holiday would be somewhere wild and windswept where I could get lots of wild rough sea trips, like between islands somewhere, just like some of the sea trips shown on you tube.

Crusader – I sympathise with you but think you have to accept that the heat intolerance condition from which you suffer is extremely rare so unlikely to receive the consideration you expect.

Personally, I have never seen such skylights on buses and public buildings. I assume they are well-intentioned attempts to improve day-lighting of interior spaces and ventilation. Overall, this country has a temperate climate and the number of extreme heat days is moderate, but rising as a result of global warming. Over time, building design and public transport provision will adapt but the cycle of change is measured in decades.

All I can advise is to stay indoors in very hot weather, avoid the midday sun, wear lightweight cotton clothing, and have your shopping delivered during the evenings. Cool showers and frequent drinks of cold water might also help. There might also be some barrier creams and perspiration control treatments available.

I expect you have received the best advice your doctor can give so please do not expect any effective remedies from this site although I am sure we all appreciate your feelings on the matter.

Good grief! Where have you been all your life? I can’t even begin to comprehend how you could possibly miss the skylights, they’re everywhere, on shopping centres, supermarkets, train and bus stations, health centres, libraries, museums, etc. many of which certainly DO heat up to absolutely insane sky high temperatures in the summer sun, and not just in heat waves neither, but even when it’s only moderate, making such places totally INaccessible, all in total breach of the so-called “equality” act of course! And severe heat intolerance is not rare, you only have to look it up on google to find that out. You only get halfway entering your search and it completes the rest on it’s own. There’s several million sites dealing with it as it’s a MAJOR health problem for people all over. And I’ve already spent well over a decade seeking medical help with no progress, and now I know why as it’s not caused by anything which can be treated by anything man made and it’s beyond medical help. Honestly you’d have to live in some remote jungle or bushlands all your life to miss such things, either that or you must spend all your outdoor time looking at the ground. There’s an absolute obsession with turning all manner of public buildings into giant greenhouses. Folk like me ARE severely disabled and I fully intend to make it recognised as disability which is NOT all “white sticks and wheelchairs ONLY”. For far too long there has been far too much propaganda spread around in the media that all disabled folk live such rip-roaring joyride lives and it’s leading to all manner of appalling maximised EXclusion because so many of those in power and control are so miles out of touch with reality because of all the gross discriminatory propaganda. There is a real deadly serious dark side to disability which utterly destroys entire lives and it has been far too suppressed for far too long and it needs to CHANGE urgently! People like me are not an exception to democracy and are not an exception to humanity. And I bet low floor buses and level and ramped access to public buildings was once seen as some kind of nonsense but are now used all over and are a legal requirement.

Crusader – I obviously do not see the issues as clearly as you do so I feel we have to agree to differ. I shall not comment further on this but will remain interested to see how the Conversation develops.