Are cruise ships giant incubators for spreading viruses and other microorganisms? While the coronavirus has dominated the news recently, two cruise ships were turned away from ports after passengers and crew were stricken by the common norovirus. We have been … Continue reading
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A month long Pacific cruise on the Princess Cruise Line Crown Princess has been disrupted by a norovirus outbreak. 158 of 3,009 passengers were sickened by highly contagious stomach virus, while 14 of 1,160 crew members were affected. The ship will return … Continue reading
Princess Cruises announced that the Caribbean Princess would be returning to Houston one day early “because we were informed that dense fog is expected to close the port for much of the weekend.” Others have suggested that it was because … Continue reading
It is no doubt not a record that Royal Caribbean would have aspired to. Their ship, Explorer of the Seas, on its voyage from New York harbor to the Eastern Caribbean, from January 21-29, 2014, had the largest outbreak of … Continue reading
My next door neighbors left last Tuesday for a 10 day cruise in the Eastern Caribbean on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line ship Explorer of the Seas. I saw them shortly before they departed. We were both shoveling snow from our … Continue reading