Norovirus Outbreak

Item: Caribbean Princess
Rating: 3.6
Author: H2oskistu

Caribbean Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean

H2oskistu

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5

14 Night Circle Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 02, 2020

Ship: Caribbean Princess

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Our First ever cruise became a disaster down to norovirus having to be confined to our cabin for over three days. Just a long boring voyage instead of island hopping.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Norovirus

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Totally Spoilt by norovirus outbreak as not really able to initially leave cabin for over three days.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin comfortable but becomes a prison due to virus

Ship tip

This was our first cruise and spoilt by ship wide norovirus outbreak. Perhaps try a week cruise as even with cruise cut short it was not a cruise but a voyage at sea

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Busy place just used it as boarding venue

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

Took ferry from ship to island Looked pretty tacky but this is when I started to feel very ill.

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

3 out of 5

Confined to cabin

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Basseterre, St. Kitts

1 out of 5

Not allowed to dock

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Fort-De-France, Martinique

3 out of 5

Confined to cabin

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Bridgetown, Barbados

1 out of 5

Not allowed to dock

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Port of Spain

1 out of 5

Not allowed to dock

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Kralendijk, Bonaire

1 out of 5

Cancelled

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Oranjestad, Aruba

1 out of 5

Cancelled

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Efficient

13 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing.

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GerryBCruisin 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your review of the Caribbean Princess. Sorry you were sick.

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jojo625 4 years ago

Sorry to hear there was a virus on board. Don't give up on cruising. Hope you were able to make the best of the situation.

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Sorry you were sick.

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FlaBubba 4 years ago

We were on the same ship has you. Sorry your first one was so bad. We’ve been over thirty cruises with hardly a problem. It does get better. Hope you try again.

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Try again

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Patty4paws 4 years ago

I am so sorry you cruise was blighted virus. I hope you'll give cruising another chance.

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TOhcruisers 4 years ago

Norovirus is a shame to have and we know the reasons why. Frequent hand washing helps avoid. Suggest to try another cruise knowing the items to do to make it a positive one. Cruising is an awesome experience

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missnotanlines 4 years ago

As far as martinique goes you did not miss anything sorry about the virus

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DerekMire 4 years ago

But u want to blame other things

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