Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas is cutting another trip short and heading back to Bayonne early, according to reports. Royal Caribbean tweeted the plans yesterday that the ship is turning around to, "provide guests with a comfortable journey back home." The reason given for the return is a norovirus outbreak and possible severe storm, according to the Associated...
Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas is cutting another trip short and heading back to Bayonne early, according to reports.
Royal Caribbean tweeted the plans yesterday that the ship is turning around to, "provide guests with a comfortable journey back home."
The reason given for the return is a norovirus outbreak and possible severe storm, according to the Associated Press.
#AnthemoftheSeas will head back to Cape Liberty immediately to avoid a severe storm & provide guests with a comfortable journey back home.
-- RCLcorp (@RCLcorp) February 27, 2016
An Associated Press staff member on board this ship told the news outlet that the ship's captain and cruise director made announcements about the norovirus illness, but it was not clear how many people were sick.
Anthem of the Seas, which was scheduled to sail to Florida earlier this month, returned early to Bayonne on Feb. 10 after getting caught in a severe storm off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Four of the 4,529 passengers on board sustained minor injuries, and public areas and cabins on the 168,666-ton ship were damaged, according to Royal Caribbean.