Brian and Loretta Shaw were cruising from New York to Barcelona on the Norwegian Epic when they caught the disease.
And after days of isolation and IV therapy they were handed a $21,000 medical bill and asked to settle it before they disembarked.
News of Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas imminent launch in January has set the internet on fire, with cruisers hotly debating whether a ship this size should ever have been built.
She's the most specious ship yet from luxury line Oceania Cruises. James Sitters tells Rose Kelly and Peter Lynch what's on board the new class of ship, including restaurants, spas and suites.