One nurse described the amount of illness on our Freedom of the Seas cruise as "the worst she has seen in 8 years".  You will never hear about it in the press as the Dr. visits were complimentary and they would provide you with no copies of your paperwork.  We had a skeleton crew due to the illness and many were working 19 hour shifts. 

Once you were diagnosed with the Norwalk Virus or Norwalk-like Virus you were quarantined to your room for 48 hours--your traveling companion is quarantined for 24 hours whether they have symptoms or not.  You are given free pay-per-view movies and free...