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Will it still stop in SXM tomorrow or stay out at sea because of the virus?

I assume you know that the virus is on most of the islands...all the way to Aruba

That would make for a boring cruise....

OMG I had no idea. We leave in 5 days.

The CDC checked out the ship in St Thomas on Saturday, so I assume they will dock.

The OP is talking about a possible norovirus on the Explorer.

Actually, often the cruise AFTER the ship has noro onboard is one of the safest, as they have to clean EVERYTHING.

Oops...I did not know about that event.

I was unlucky enough to be on a Celebrity cruise in which about 100 people got sick. And they did stop at every cruise port despite that. I know that Explorer has three times more people sick.
What a bummer.....Norovirus is not something I would wish on my worst enemy.

This may be a virus; however, one cruise we were on over 100 people sick. I was but hubby wasn't and we shared the same bed etc. Ship said it was norvo but I think it was bad mussels. My own survey found most of us ill became so right after dinner and all had the mussels. This happened at every seating. I think cruise lines are quick to say Norvo so they can say passengers brought it aboard instead of we served you shellfish from warmed water. Which, by the way, I read later that lots of shellfish had been taken near Thiland in waters that were too warm.

I just saw on ABC morning news that the ship will not be docking in St. Maarten, but returning to US.