When someone asks me whether cruises are safe, they probably expect me to say “absolutely not — stay home.” I’m not going to do that. The honest answer is more interesting, and it starts with the CDC’s own list of cruise ship outbreaks.As of June 10, the CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program has posted five gastrointestinal outbreaks for 2026. Three were norovirus — the usual suspect. But two were E. coli: the Seven Seas Mariner back in January and Oc…
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