Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas returned home to Baltimore today a day early after a number of passengers became sick on the cruise.
Royal Caribbean spokesperson Cynthia Martinez said 193 guests(9.91 percent) and nine crew members(1.15 percent) experienced the illness, thought to be norovirus.
"Those affected by the short-lived illness are responding well to over-the-counter medication administered on board the ship," Martinez said.
The ship will undergo a ship-wide cleaning and disinfection after the guests disembark. The terminal will also be sanitized.
When the ship was in Falmouth, Jamaica, two CDC Vessel Sanitation Program environmental health officers boarded the ship along with two epidemiologists. They collected samples for testing and evaluated the outbreak and response activities.
