Nothing worst than being sick at sea . . .
Celebrity Cruises is still investigating what caused an outbreak of upset stomach and diarrhea among 450 passengers and crew members abroad the Mercury.
Unfortunately this is not the first time Celebrity's Mercury has come down with passenger illness. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the Mercury was responsible for two of the 15 recorded outbreaks of illness on U.S. cruise ships last year, both caused by norovirus.
Actually Holland America had the worst outbreak last year with 7 outbreaks on 5 different ships. Obviously being the worst and second worst is NOT a list any cruise line would want to be mentioned on.
If the outbreak was caused by "norovirus", studies have shown that the virus is spread through dirty bathrooms on cruise ships.
I have not sailed on the Mercury, but have sailed on two other Celebrity ships. I found the rooms to be extremely clean, and the food was great. The cruise passenger cabins are cleaned everyday, but one has to wonder what goes on below in the crew cabins - who is actually cleaning those cabins?
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