Events by ship:
Illness outbreaks by ship:
| Date |
Ship |
2013 |
| January 28 | Carnival Legend | From a passenger:We sailed the Carnival Legend Jan 13 - 20 2013 and after our Asst Waiter was off one evening for what he said was the flu a number in our party became ill. As of now there are 32 of 33 people from our group who became ill. |
| Date |
Ship |
2012 |
| August 12 | Carnival Glory | From a passenger: I just returned (yesterday) from a New England / Canada cruise out of New York. I was one of over one hundred that suffered from some from some form of GI virus on day 3 of the cruise. Three people were taken to a hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I received a shot and some pills and was confined to my cabin for 24 hours. This, along with long waits to get into the dinning room made this my last cruise for my wife and I on Carnival.UPDATE:The CDC reports 205 of 1918 passengers (5.61%) and 3 of 1144 crew (0.26%) have reported ill with gastrointestinal illness. Two CDC Vessel Sanitation Program environmental health officers boarded the ship on arrival in New York City on August 11, 2012 to conduct a targeted environmental health assessment and evaluated the outbreak and response activities. The ship was on a 5-day cruise. |
| May 12 | Carnival Freedom | Cruise Fever reports the ship will undergo an extensive cleaning when the ship arrives back in Port Everglades on Sunday morning. Carnival sent out an email to all the passengers of Sunday’s cruise that embarkation will not begin until 1:30pm so the ship can be thoroughly cleaned. The ship is scheduled to leave Ft. Lauderdale, FL at 4:00pm Sunday for a 6 night cruise stopping in Key West, FL, Grand Cayman Island, and Ocho Rios, Jamaica. There has been no official word from Carnival on whether the cruise will depart at a later time, although it is likely to be pushed back an hour or two to allow for proper embarkation. Passengers have reported that virus like symptoms have spread not only on this current sailing, but also on sailings as far back as April 21, 2012. |
| Date |
Ship |
2011 |
| December 12 | Carnival Conquest | From a passenger: There was an outbreak of something vomiting and diarrhea starting on Tuesday of the cruise (4-11 Dec). My husband got sick on Thursday morning and was asked to stay in cabin on isolation. On Friday I came down with vomiting and diarrhea. We were told there were lots of people sick. We were basically left to fend for ourselves. It may have taken 2 to 3 hours to get a powerade. They sent up crackers one time. They did not even help us get off the ship with our luggage. This was our second trip on the Conquest and our last. They had half the staff they did on our first voyage. The Cezenne dining room was dirty most of the time with dirty tables. After 7 pm it was hard to find anything other than pizza. I talked to Carnival and they said they had cut back on dining times and menu. They said they were sorry we got sick. Another passenger writes: On our final day at sea suddenly all the crew was wearing gloves and none of the passengers were allowed to get their own plate or food at the buffet. Everything had to be served by the staff and they were constantly wiping down everything and making announcements about hygiene. We asked if something was going on and we were told no however by that night 3 of the seven people in our party were very sick and once we walked in on an employee in the bathroom vomiting very badly. A casino employee told us that night many of the crew and passengers were very sick. When we were getting off the boat Sunday we saw stacks and stacks of mattresses in plastic they were loading on the ship. We still have people from our group sick and I wish we had been told something. We received no information and since I was traveling with two children and my seventy year old father I continue to be concerned. |
| December 5 | Carnival Lengend | From a passenger: I went on a cruise November 26. There was a outbreak of an illness, on the 2nd day at sea. At the beginning of the day you couldn't walk into a bathroom unless you wanted to see people throwing up, and by the afternoon it got worse. You couldn't walk anywhere! there were people vomiting in hallways. I hid out in my teen club, i was the only one there.. Eventually i began to get hungry, so i decided i would venture to go get something from the buffet. As i leave the teen club, i notice the deck is empty. there is no one. It was 1pm, and I was all alone on the pool deck. I get to the buffet, and usually at this time there will be long lines to get food. but there were 5 other passengers in the buffet with me. It felt so empty. Later that day i was walking to one of the ships daily activities in the empty hallway, and see crew members taping barf bags to walls, and putting them in bathrooms. It was so weird feeling like the only passenger who wasn't sick. It was nice but eerie. Also the weather was so horrible that they closed the pool deck on the 3rd day for most of the cruise, because of high winds. I went out on the deck and i got pushed by the wind. it was bad. |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2010 |
| 21.10.10 | Carnival Glory |
The CDC reports that 113 of 3003 passengers (3.76%) and 20 of 1169 crew (1.71%) have reported ill with gastrointestinal illness. The ship arrived at New York City on October 16th from a 7 day cruise. |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2009 |
| 29.4.09 | Carnival Liberty |
The ship reported 57 of 1163 (4.9%) crew and 208 of 3253 (6.39%) passengers had reported ill with gastrointestinal illness on a 7 day Caribbean cruise ending in Miami April 25. |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2008 |
| 2.7.08 | Carnival Spirit |
The ship reported 3 (0.33%) crew and 82 (3.61%) passengers had reported ill with gastrointestinal illness on a 7 day cruise from Whittier to Vancouver (June 25 - July 2). |
| 28.1.08 |
Holiday | WKRG in Mobile reports the CDC is looking into an outbreak blamed for making 22 of 686 crew (3.21%) and 121 of 1548 passengers (7.82%) sick onboard the ship, which returned this morning from a 5 day cruise to Cozumel. |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2007 |
| 20.6.07 |
Carnival Spirit | The ship reported that 8 of 931 (0.86%) crew and 116 of 2205 (5.26%) passengers had reported ill on a 7 day Alaska cruise from Vancouver to Whittier (13-20 June). |
| 21.4.07 |
Carnival Glory | A passenger on the 14 - 21 April cruise writes that there was an outbreak of illness of unknown size -- In my family alone five us came down sick. This happened within hours of the first person getting sick ... I tried to find out info and was offered nothing but a "politician's answers." They would say things such as rough seas, etc. We all had to fill out CDC forms and were quarantined to our cabin the rest of the trip. We also came across about 6 others that had this same experience. |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2006 |
| 26.11.06 |
Carnival Liberty |
The
Miami Herald and other media report that some passengers complained
of gastrointestinal illness. The cruise line said it didn't know
how many were ill, but that it was fewer than 2 percent of the 3100
passengers onboard -- that'd be less than 62. He further said
that the number of illnesses on this voyage were in the normal range
for a vessel that size. |
| 13.11.06 |
Carnival Liberty |
The
ship reported that 116 of 1166 (9.94%)
crew and 429 of 2804 (15.3%) passengers had reported ill with one week
remaining in the cruise. The cruise begin in Civitavecchia on 3
November and ends in Port Everglades on 19 November.
Symptoms
were consistent with gastrointestinal illness (e.g., norovirus) .
Additional cleaning staff and staff from the Vessel Sanitation Program
of the CDC will board the ship in Phillipsburg (Sint Maarten) on 16
November. Revised numbers (according to Cruise Critic) 14 November: 154 of 1166 (13.2%) crew and 556 of 2804 (19.8%) pax |
| 19.5.06 |
Carnival Liberty |
According
to those onboard, many passengers (up to one-third) contracted
gastrointestinal illness during the cruise 12 day cruise ending today
in Civitavecchia. By the end of the cruise, all the
dishes and silverware had been removed from the buffets and
passengers had to be handed their plates with their food
selections by the kitchen staff. Half way through
the cruise, Carnival employees began scrubbing down all common
area surfaces such as outdoor furniture, decks and walls while wearing
masks and gloves. The crew all wore gloves to handle "sign
and sail" cards, etc. |
| 4.4.06 |
Carnival Victory |
Many reports have been received from
passengers on the March 26 - April 2 cruise (Eastern
Caribbean from Miami) indicating a gastrointestinal illness
outbreak. One passenger was told by the
ship's infirmary that over 200 people had been
treated for the Norwalk
virus by day 5. There have been no reports yet by the CDC. |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2005 |
| 26.2.05 |
Sensation |
The CDC reports that 78 passengers (3.38%) reported ill
during the February 21-26 cruise. |
| 25.2.05 | Celebration |
The CDC reports that 89 of 1,647 passengers (5.26%) and 30 of 693 crew members (4.33%) reported ill during the February 21 - 26 cruise to/from Jacksonville, FL. SECOND CRUISE IN A ROW WITH OUTBREAK (Several passenger wrote and estimated the number ill were at least double CDC's numbers) |
| 20.2.05 |
Celebration |
The CDC reports that 89 of 1,692 passengers (5.26%) and 35 of 688 crew members (5.09%) reported ill during the February 17 - 21 cruise to/from Jacksonville, FL. |
| 30.1.05 |
Carnival Miracle |
Two
days after returning from a 7 day cruise ending January 30, a 21 year
old man died. His family filed a class action suit agaist
Carnival
Cruise Lines (reported by the Sun Sentinel on January 21, 2006)
claiming that several passengers developed flu-like symptoms from
consuming food or water contaminated with the Norovirus. The suit
further identifies the cause of death as "norovirus infection and
complications thereof". |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2004 |
| 13.2.04 |
Celebration |
According
to the Centers
for Disease Control, 328 passengers and 20
crew have been sickened with what appears to be Norwalk-like
virus since the second day at sea on this five day cruise
to the Caribbean from Galveston. A
passenger reports that
the nurse told her the last night of the cruise that the number was
well over 600. |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2003 |
| 30.11.03 |
Carnival Legend |
73 passengers and 4 crew
reportedly contracted norwalk-like virus during the previous cruise |
| 22.11.03 |
Carnival Legend |
109 passengers (5.05%) and at least 45 crew (5%) suffered symptoms of Norwalk-like virus aboard the cruise that ended today. |
| 21.10.03 |
Holiday |
It was reported that 12 passengers (0.8%) and 25 crew (3.7%) experienced symptoms consistent with Norwalk-like virus. |
| 16.10.03 |
Holiday |
Carnival Cruise Line reported an outbreak of
gastrointestinal illness that affected at least 5% of passengers on the
5-day sailing from New Orleans ending October 16. A total of 97
passengers and 53 crew expereinced symptoms consistent with
Norwalk-like virus. |
| 12-17.4.03 | Holiday |
A health outbreak reported -- 4 passengers (.24%) and 23 crew members (3.35%) reported ill. |
| 27.1 - 4.2.03 |
Carnival Spirit |
102 passengers and 10 were ill with a gastrointestinal
illness. Clinical presentation of the illness is consistent with
a noroviral outbreak. |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2002 |
| 22.12.02 |
Carnival Conquest |
Reported that 50 passengers and 30 crew were sickened by
Norwalk-like virus on this seven day Caribbean cruise ending in New
Orleans. |
| 15.12.02 |
Carnival Conquest |
Reported that 224 passengers and 39 crew were sickened by
Norwalk-like virus on this seven day Caribbean cruise ending in New
Orleans. |
| 5.12.02 |
Fascination |
Reported that two dozen people on the current five day
cruise had stomach flu symptoms consistent
with Norwalk-like virus. |
| 2.12.02 |
Fascination |
Approximately 190 passengers and 13 crew are resported to
have contracted Norwalk-like virus
on a weekend cruise |
| March.02 |
Carnival Pride | Gastrointestinal outbreak reported
to CDC -- Details unknown (Norwalk-like virus) |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2001 and earlier |
| Jul.01 |
Imagination | Illness outbreak reported by CDC -- details unknown. |
| 17.3 - 26.3.01 |
Celebration |
49 passengers (3.39%) and 2 crew members (.29%) reported ill. |
| 11-18.1.99 |
Jubilee |
Approximately 100 people reported getting ill on a 10-day
cruise. |
| Jun.96 |
Jubilee |
CDC reports an illness outbreak (Norwalk virus) ... more than 135 reported ill. |
| Apr.95 |
Fantasy |
CDC reports an illness outbreak (Shigella sonnei) ... more than 100 reported ill. |