Cruise ship haunted by plague – Passengers flee under deck
Flying plague instead of sun deck: On the “Mein Schiff 6” insects take over.
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Flying plague instead of sun deck: On the “Mein Schiff 6” insects take over. As the Nordsee-Zeitung reports, a similar insect invasion drove holidaymakers already from the German North Sea coast into the flight: in the middle of 2023, thousands of small black flies even besieged parking ticket machines – and settled preferably on bright surfaces. In July 2026, the TUI cruise ship was located in Portugal’s largest artificial port – and was hit by a massive plague of flying.
Furthermore, A traveler summarized the situation in social media: “Pooldeck is completely empty at 33 degrees.” And further: “Outside areas are not to be used.” This is also reported by Focus.de. What sounds like a bad joke became a bitter reality for the passengers of the “Mein Schiff 6”: During their stay in the Portuguese port of Leixões, about ten kilometres northwest of Porto, insects took over the ship. Crew wants to keep insects out of the ship interior According to the specialist portal schiff-und-kreuzfahrten.de the crew tried to keep the animals out of the ship interior.
In addition, July leads on to Bilbao, La Coruña and Vigo before the “Mein Schiff 6” returns to Leixões. In the Caribbean last year, there was a sea distress drama with a “Mein Schiff” boat.
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Flying plague instead of sun deck: On the “Mein Schiff 6” insects take over.
reliability low1/2 sourcesAs the Nordsee-Zeitung reports, a similar insect invasion drove holidaymakers already from the German North Sea coast into the flight: in the middle of 2023, thousands of small black flies even besieged parking ticket machines – and settled preferably on bright surfaces.
reliability low1/2 sourcesIn July 2026, the TUI cruise ship was located in Portugal’s largest artificial port – and was hit by a massive plague of flying.
reliability low1/2 sourcesA traveler summarized the situation in social media: “Pooldeck is completely empty at 33 degrees.” And further: “Outside areas are not to be used.” This is also reported by Focus.de.
reliability low1/2 sourcesWhat sounds like a bad joke became a bitter reality for the passengers of the “Mein Schiff 6”: During their stay in the Portuguese port of Leixões, about ten kilometres northwest of Porto, insects took over the ship.
reliability low1/2 sourcesCrew wants to keep insects out of the ship interior According to the specialist portal schiff-und-kreuzfahrten.de the crew tried to keep the animals out of the ship interior.
reliability low1/2 sourcesJuly leads on to Bilbao, La Coruña and Vigo before the “Mein Schiff 6” returns to Leixões.
reliability low1/2 sourcesIn the Caribbean last year, there was a sea distress drama with a “Mein Schiff” boat.
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