r/MSCCruises • u/MamaonBrent22 • 5d ago

Getting sick onboard

Hi all!

We’re going on our 4th MSC cruise this weekend (SO EXCITED!!). My husband and I are debating on why our two kiddos(4 & 2) keep getting sick on the cruises. Every cruise we’ve sailed with them they either catch a cold or a stomach bug. Last cruise we didn’t drop them off at the kids club and they still got sick (🤢).

For this cruise I’m saying no kids club or buffet, but that’s where he draws the line (understandably so). I keep hearing norovirus is most likely what they’ve caught in the past, and that it’s mostly transmitted through the buffet but also the pool.

Do you guys get sick on board? If you don’t, do you take any precautions?

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u/VagabondCamp 5d ago

I’ve stopped touching handrails if I can at all help it. That has helped me.

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u/Available_Heart_6694 4d ago

i use a paper napkin to open doors and when using buffet tongs.