Does the idea of a cruise not float your boat because of all the tales of passenger woe floating around the blogosphere?

“I look at a cruise ship as really kind of a perfect storm for a number of environmental factors,” Winslow said. However, norovirus outbreaks on cruises comprise only 1% of all those reported .

Norovirus, the "cruise ship virus" Princess Cruises also dealt with a norovirus outbreak this month on its Ruby Princess ship during a cruise that started on Dec. 2 and ended on Wednesday.

Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships are spiking in 2025, with 16 reported incidents so far, nearly as many as all of last year. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight ...

However, if 2025 is seeing higher reported cases of norovirus on land, you can expect cruise ship cases to rise accordingly.

Reports of norovirus on cruise ships have become more frequent in recent years. Whenever I hear a report about a norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship, I worry about my next cruise.

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Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships are spiking in 2025, with 16 reported incidents so far, nearly as many as all of last year.