Cruise news (virus-tagged)
- Accidents
Celebrity Cruises Passengers Hit With Norovirus
Passengers onboard a Celebrity Cruises ship which left Sydney on Sunday, October 30, have been hit with an outbreak of gastro. Celebrity Solstice...
November 1, 2017 - Accidents
Gastro Outbreak Hits Princess Cruises Ship
Almost 100 cruise passengers on Sun Princess have suffered norovirus symptoms during a 10-day South Pacific voyage. A spokesperson for parent...
August 10, 2017 - Accidents
Norovirus Outbreak on Princess Cruises Ship
A suspected norovirus outbreak was implicated in gastrointestinal illness outbreak onboard Princess Cruises’ Coral Princess ship...
March 21, 2017 - Accidents
Gastro Outbreak on Princess Cruise Ship
Several passengers onboard an Australian cruise ship sailing to Barbados were confined to their staterooms after a virus outbreak. A gastroenteritis...
March 4, 2017 - Accidents
Passengers Prepare to Take Legal Action Against Sun Princess
Passengers caught in a series of gastro outbreaks onboard Sun Princess are preparing to take legal action against the ship for “disappointment...
March 1, 2017 - Accidents
Cruise Passengers Exposed to Hepatitis E?
Cruise passengers who boarded a couple of recent cruises out of Melbourne Australia have been warned that while aboard they had been exposed to...
February 23, 2017 - Accidents
Gastro Outbreak Repeat on Sun Princess
At least 140 passengers on Sun Princess (currently docked in Brisbane) are suffering from notoriously contagious gastro bug in an unfortunate repeat...
February 18, 2017 - Accidents
Gastro Outbreak Affects 90 Passengers on Princess Cruises Ship
A gastro outbreak has affected about 90 holidaymakers on a Princess cruise ship, leaving others hoping to board in Port Brisbane with a prolonged...
February 4, 2017 - Accidents
Princess Cruises Passengers Warned of 'Gastro Outbreak'
Passengers embarking on Sun Princess cruise from Fremantle-Perth (Western Australia) this weekend have been warned that their boarding would be...
December 16, 2016 - Accidents
Norovirus on ms Oosterdam
Passengers aboard Holland America cruise ship have fallen ill with norovirus symptoms on a nearly two week transatlantic cruise which departed...
November 19, 2016 - Accidents
Illness Outbreak on Fathom's Adonia
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports there was an illness outbreak aboard Fathom's Adonia last week (October 16...
October 25, 2016 - Accidents
Passenger Files Suit Against Royal Caribbean
A cruise passenger who sailed aboard Majesty of the Seas last November developed Legionnaires' disease and has filed suit against Royal Caribbean...
October 14, 2016 - Accidents
Claim of Gastro on P&O Cruises Ship: One Dead
One woman died and several people are reported to be unwell after according to a family member there was an outbreak of gastroenteritis on...
September 12, 2016 - Cruise Industry
Fred Olsen Passengers Struck Down by Norovirus are Entitled to Compensation
The Court of Appeal has ruled: UK holidaymakers who fell ill onboard the Fred Olsen cruise ship are entitled to compensation. A total of 16...
August 2, 2016 - Accidents
Fred Olsen Confirms Norovirus Outbreak on Balmoral
A norovirus outbreak has been confirmed onboard mv Balmoral, affecting passengers on the 34-night "Old England to New England" cruise, which left...
May 3, 2016