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| Above, the Royal Caribbean ship, Majesty of the Seas, in Havana Port. I caught a cold on this cruise ship. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
There is one main reason that cruise ship traveling is not my favorite way to vacation: diseases.
Two out of three cruises I have taken had me get sick. They were relatively minor, one a 24-hour flu and the other a head cold.
With the trend of cruise lines introducing bigger cruise ships, carrying around 5,000 passengers and crew, they are floating petri dishes.
It has happened again. An outbreak of norovirus occurred on board a Royal Caribbean ship
According to NBC News:
Over 70 people aboard a 13-day Royal Caribbean cruise have reportedly fallen ill from norovirus ahead of its final destination in Miami, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
The outbreak on the Royal Caribbean International ship Serenade of the Seas, which departed from San Diego on Sept. 19 and is scheduled to arrive in Miami on Thursday, was reported to the CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program on Sunday. The program is set to help prevent and control the introduction and spread of gastrointestinal illnesses on cruise ships.
The CDC reported that 71 out of 1,874 passengers and one of 883 crew members have "reported being ill during the voyage" and noted that predominant symptoms included diarrhea and vomiting.
To read more, go here.
2 comments:
Yeah, Ruth and I just finished an Alaska cruise on Monday morning. Ruth got sick starting the second last day, and by yesterday I was showing the same symptoms. Basically just head colds, but it's not fun flying home (6 hours total) when you feel like crap. (Flying is horrible at the best of times.) This seems to happen when you're in enclosed spaces for long periods... there are always people on the bus tour segments coughing, etc. The sick should have the courtesy to stay in their own rooms instead of infecting everyone else. Not saying I'll never take another cruise, but it sure takes the shine off an otherwise nice experience.
The only cruise I didn't catch any bug was last year's cruise to the Bahamas. Yes, it does take the shine off the trip. Glad you're doing some traveling outside of things kaiju.
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