Almost 100 passengers, including 8 crew members, reported being sick with norovirus symptoms on a recent Celebrity Cruises sailing, marking the first cruise ship outbreak of 2024. The CDC reported that this is the cruise line's fourth norovirus outbreak in the past year. Norovirus, also known as the stomach flu, is a common issue on cruise ships due to the close quarters and shared facilities. Despite these outbreaks, three Celebrity Cruises ships received a perfect sanitation score from the CDC in 2023.
Nearly 100 passengers and crew members on a Celebrity Cruises ship, the Celebrity Constellation, fell ill with symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea during a recent cruise. The ship was on a voyage to New Orleans, Belize, and Mexico. This marks the first gastrointestinal illness outbreak on a cruise meeting the CDC's public notification threshold in 2023, with 14 outbreaks reported last year. Norovirus is commonly associated with cruises, but most outbreaks occur in health care settings. Celebrity Cruises increased cleaning and disinfection measures and isolated those who were sick.
The CDC has confirmed a norovirus outbreak on the Celebrity Constellation cruise ship, with 68 passengers and 7 crew members reporting symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea. Enhanced sanitation measures have been implemented, and the ship will undergo a deep clean before its next voyage. This is the first confirmed outbreak of 2024, and while norovirus outbreaks are not uncommon on cruise ships, passengers are advised to take precautions such as frequent hand washing and minimizing contact with high-touch surfaces.
Travel + Leisure readers have ranked the top mega-ship ocean cruise lines, with Virgin Voyages taking the top spot for its innovative approach to cruise vacations. Celebrity Cruises and Princess Cruises also received high praise for their new ships and impressive itineraries. Royal Caribbean International and Norwegian Cruise Line rounded out the top five. The cruise industry is experiencing a resurgence, with more travelers planning to set sail this year than in 2019.
More than 175 people, including 25 crew members, fell ill with norovirus during a recent Celebrity Summit cruise to Bermuda, according to the CDC. This is the third norovirus outbreak on a Celebrity Cruises ship this year. The cruise line has implemented rigorous safety and cleaning procedures to maintain the highest levels of health onboard its ships. Norovirus outbreaks can happen anytime, but occur most often from November to April, according to the CDC.
A woman is suing Celebrity Cruises for allegedly storing her husband's body in a drink cooler after he died on board. The woman claims that she requested the body to be stored in the morgue, but it was moved to a drink cooler with an improper temperature. She is seeking $1 million in compensatory damages and a trial. Celebrity Cruises has not yet commented on the lawsuit.
Celebrity Cruises is facing a lawsuit for allegedly mishandling the body of a deceased passenger by allowing it to decompose in a drink cooler aboard the ship last year. Robert Jones, 78, died of a heart attack in August 2022 aboard the Celebrity Equinox as it sailed the Caribbean, and the cruise line contacted his widow, Marilyn Jones, with a choice, according to the suit. Jones chose to have her late husband’s body stored in the ship’s morgue, but when the ship arrived, a funeral home employee and sheriff’s deputy found the morgue apparently out of service and the bagged body stored in a walk-in drink cooler on a pallet, the suit claimed. Marilyn Jones, her two daughters and three grandchildren are seeking $1 million in damages from Celebrity Cruises.
A widow and her family are suing Celebrity Cruises for allegedly mishandling her husband's body after he died while they were on a ship last year, saying it was left to decompose and they suffered extreme emotional trauma. The family is seeking $1 million in damages. Celebrity Cruises declined to comment.
The family of a man who died of a heart attack aboard a Celebrity Equinox ship has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the cruise line, claiming his body was improperly stored in a cooler instead of the ship's morgue, causing it to badly decompose. The family claims that if Celebrity had informed them of the out-of-service morgue, they could have chosen to get off in Puerto Rico with the body and potentially still have an open-coffin service. The lawsuit also claims that Celebrity's crew was reckless and careless, causing the family's injuries.
A lawsuit has been filed against Celebrity Cruises by a Florida woman and her family, claiming that the cruise line improperly stored her husband's body in the ship's cooler, instead of the morgue, after he died on board. The body was found in advanced stages of decomposition and the family is seeking $1 million in compensatory damages and a trial by jury. Celebrity Cruises has not yet commented on the matter.
A widow and her family are suing Celebrity Cruises for allegedly mishandling her husband's body after he died while they were on a ship last year, saying it was left to decompose and they suffered extreme emotional trauma. After Marilyn Jones' husband of 55 years, Robert Jones, died of a heart attack Aug. 15 onboard the Celebrity Equinox, his body was stored for nearly a week inside a walk-in cooler normally used for beverages instead of a properly chilled morgue as she was promised, according to the federal lawsuit filed in Florida.
A widow and her family are suing Celebrity Cruises for allegedly mishandling her husband's body after he died while they were on a ship last year, saying it was left to decompose and they suffered extreme emotional trauma. After Marilyn Jones' husband of 55 years, Robert Jones, died of a heart attack Aug. 15 onboard the Celebrity Equinox, his body was stored for nearly a week inside a walk-in cooler normally used for beverages instead of a properly chilled morgue as she was promised, according to the federal lawsuit filed in Florida.
A widow and her family are suing Celebrity Cruises for allegedly mishandling her husband's body after he died while they were on a ship last year, saying it was left to decompose and they suffered extreme emotional trauma. Marilyn Jones, her two daughters and three grandchildren are seeking $1 million in damages. Celebrity Cruises declined to comment, citing the case's sensitivity and “out of respect for the family.”
A widow and her family are suing Celebrity Cruises for allegedly mishandling her husband’s body after he died while they were on a ship last year, saying it was left to decompose and they suffered extreme emotional trauma. After Marilyn Jones’ husband of 55 years, Robert Jones, died of a heart attack Aug. 15 onboard the Celebrity Equinox, his body was stored for nearly a week inside a walk-in cooler normally used for beverages instead of a properly chilled morgue as she was promised, according to the federal lawsuit filed in Florida. Celebrity Cruises declined to comment, citing the case’s sensitivity and “out of respect for the family.”
A widow is suing Celebrity Cruises for storing her husband's body in a cooler instead of the ship's morgue, causing it to decompose. The couple had just started an eight-day Caribbean cruise when the husband died of a heart attack. The cruise line presented the widow with two options: disembark with her husband's body in San Juan or have it stored in the ship's morgue until it returned to Florida six days later. The widow opted to remain with the ship, but when a funeral home worker and a sheriff's deputy came aboard to retrieve the body, they found it had been moved to a cooler and had decomposed. The widow and her family are seeking at least $1 million in damages.
