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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JDN who wrote (335115)	12/30/2002 2:23:27 PM
From: calgal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

This is a relief! :) Bush Family Returns From Caribbean Cruise; No Illnesses Reported URL:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,74111,00.html Sunday, December 29, 2002 PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. — Former President Bush and his son, Gov. Jeb Bush, returned Sunday from a three-night Caribbean cruise with family and security agents, showing no signs of a recent illness that has sickened passengers on some recent cruises. All the Bush family members were in good health when the Disney Wonder cruise ship pulled into port, said Dixie Sansom, Canaveral Port Authority's director of government relations. About a dozen Bush family members -- including former first lady Barbara Bush, the governor's wife and their two sons -- made the trip with about 2,500 other passengers. President Bush's daughters Jenna and Barbara were listed on the ship's manifest. Before leaving on the cruise, the governor had said he was more worried about not having e-mail access than the recent wave of illnesses that has struck cruise-ship passengers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is looking into more than 20 outbreaks of illnesses on cruise ships, more than in the four previous years combined. The Bushes' ship stopped in Nassau and at Disney's private island, Castaway Cay, and passengers said they often saw the family. "It was wonderful," said Dianne McCutchen, 72, of Peachtree City, Ga. "They were swimming, playing games, taking pictures with kids, and it was all very nice." Brandon Stark, 7, of Philadelphia, said it was "more exciting to see Bush (the former president) than Mickey." The Bushes paid their own expenses, while the government paid for their security detail.