According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Royal Caribbean’s Empress of the Seas flunked a surprise sanitation inspection conducted in early June. The Empress of the Seas scored a failing score of only 80. You can read the report here. A score of 85 or lower is considered a failure.
Norovirus
Norovirus on Fathom Travel’s First Cruise to Cuba?
The Sun Sentinel is reporting that the Fathom Travel’s historical first cruise on the Adonia cruise ship to Cuba may have experienced a norovirus outbreak aboard the ship sickening passengers, according to reports from the captain.
At around 2:45 P.M. this afternoon, there were at least 14 people on the ship complaining of diarrhea, vomiting and…
Gastrointestinal Outbreak on the Disney Wonder
An unsettling development occurring on the Disney Wonder cruise ship was brought to our attention this morning. There has been an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) which exceeds the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) percentage (3%) of affected passengers and crew members.
The cruise ship still has two more days to finish its…
Norovirus Outbreak Aboard the “Cursed Cruise Ship” Balmoral
The Fred Olsen Balmoral cruise ship has docked in Norfolk amidst what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is saying is a norovirus outbreak which has inflicted diarrhea and vomiting symptoms on 153 of 917 (16.68%) passengers and 6 of 518 (1.16%) of crew members, over the course of the two week cruise according to…
P&O Oceana Flunks CDC Sanitation Inspection
A month ago, a crew member aboard the P&O Oceana notified me that the cruise ship failed a sanitation inspection by the enters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) while the ship was in port in Charleston, South Carolina. Oceana received a score of 82; 85 or lower is considered a failure.
I have been…
Norovirus on the Oceania Riviera Again
Yesterday we received information about the current cruise of the Oceania Rivieria which is sailing through the Caribbean (Miami March 20-April 3). "The captain came on the intercom yesterday informing the passengers that a large number of passengers had come down with flu like/gastrointestinal issues and the CDC had been informed. The ship ported at their first stop Santa Marta…
Norovirus? Over 300 Passengers Sickened on Golden Princess
9News in Australia reports that the Golden Princess cruise ship docked in Melbourne this morning “after hundreds of passengers were struck down with gastro.”
The newspaper reports that “more than 300 passengers” on-board the cruise ship are believed to have been affected with a gastrointestinal illness.
Princess Cruises spokesman praised the ship’s crew and medical…
CDC: 137 Sick with Norovirus on Norwegian Gem
Earlier this week, we reported that health officials banned the Norwegian Gem from calling on St. Maarten because a number of passengers were ill with a gastrointestinal illness. The NCL cruise ship then sailed on to Tortola where it called on the port there.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now officially reporting…
Gastrointestinal Outbreak Keeps Norwegian Gem From Calling on St. Maarten
Several passengers on the Norwegian Gem have contacted me, saying that health officials in St. Maartan have reportedly prohibited the NCL cruise ship from porting there.
The passengers are saying that there is a gastrointestinal outbreak reported on the Gem, thought to be norovirus.
I have not previously heard there was any type of outbreak…
Carnival Sunshine Joins 2016 Noro Club
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the Carnival Sunshine is suffering through a gastrointestinal outbreak. This is the fifth GI outbreak of a U.S. based cruise line this year according to the CDC,
The CDC says that 118 of 3,005 (3.93%) of passengers sickened with noro during the cruise…