There have been 18 outbreaks on cruise ships in 2025, but cruise guests still shouldn’t be too worried about getting sick.

There were 10 gastrointestinal outbreaks in 2019, and 11 each in 2018 and 2017, according to CDC records. Norovirus was also the cause in many of those cases.

Of 16 gastrointestinal illness outbreaks recorded by the CDC this year on cruise ships, including e.coli, 12 have been confirmed as norovirus.

MIAMI (AP) — A stomach virus has stricken more than 100 people on a Princess Cruise Lines ship sailing from South Florida. The company said in a statement that 92 passengers and 13 crew members ...

Of the 19 million to 21 million norovirus illnesses that occur each year in the U.S., less than 1% are tied to cruises, said Lee-Ann Jaykus, a North Carolina State University food microbiologist ...

Norovirus has been linked to twelve outbreaks on cruise ships this year, sickening nearly 1,500 people, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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