Explorer of the Seas is Australia’s largest cruise ship.
THERE’S something you can get aboard cruise ships that isn’t advertised in the brochures: a violent bout of gastro.
That’s what happened to more than 180 passengers who docked at Sydney’s international cruise terminal in The Rocks on Wednesday morning.
According to reports, 182 passengers from the luxury Royal Caribbean cruise ship Explorer of the Seas have been struck down by the stomach bug.
The ship’s operator contacted South Eastern Sydney Local Health District before arriving in Sydney at 6am, Fairfax reports. None of the passengers were taken to hospital.
Explorer of the Seas is Australia’s biggest cruise ship. It offers world-class dining, a surf simulator, ice skating, rock climbing and mini golf. The cruise ship weighs 138,000 tonnes and can accommodate more than 3000 passengers.
It docked at Sydney after travelling to New Zealand. More passengers are due to board at Circular Quay on Wednesday afternoon.
A passenger who disembarked told the Today Show: “Every time you walked in and out of the corridors there were medics going in and out of all the rooms. Just about everybody was sick.”
Fairfax reports the ship will undergo extra cleaning to control the outbreak. It’s the third such outbreak aboard a cruise ship carrying Australian passengers in the past four months.
The experience passengers were hoping for. Picture: Kate CampbellSource:News Corp Australia
Last week, 200 passengers were confined to their cabins aboard the Dawn Princess after it left Melbourne bound for New Zealand’s South Island.
Cruise operator Carnival Australia said the ship was subject to “stringent sanitation” measures.
In September, another 100 passengers were struck down by the virus aboard Carnival cruise ship Sea Princess travelling from Singapore to Fremantle.
A passenger named Steve told the ABC he was forced to remain inside his cabin until he recovered.
“I was crook on the third day, I had stomach cramps, and I was confined to my cabin for a couple of days, couldn’t leave my cabin, but I got special food and they released me after two days,” he said.
“The doctor came to my room and he gave me the tablets, and I was fine after 48 hours. They contained (the virus) two or three days after that.”
In January, 162 passengers and 11 crew aboard Princess Cruises’ Caribbean Princess fell ill one day into a seven-day cruise in the US.
The voyage was cut short by one day due to fog, not illness, but passengers were thankful to disembark early.
Royal Caribbean provided all guests a 50 per cent refund of their cruise fares.
news.com.au has contacted Royal Caribbean for comment.
Explorer of the Seas offers a rock climbing wall, mini golf and a surf simulator. A number of passengers were unfortunately too ill to enjoy the facilities.Source:News Corp Australia
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