By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Within weeks of Royal Caribbean’s nine-month-long world cruise setting sail in December 2023, the voyage unexpectedly became the center of a social media storm.

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I never liked cruises until I went on a multigenerational trip with 12 relatives and learned about onboard benefits, like ...

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — More than 240 people on board the luxury Queen Mary 2 cruise ship have fallen ill with the highly contagious norovirus stomach bug. The US Centers for Disease ...

Health. While most large cruise ships have basic medical facilities on board, they are geared towards minor ailments: “It's important to consider that if you're living on a cruise ship and have ...

(CNN) — Within weeks of Royal Caribbean’s nine-month-long world cruise setting sail in December 2023, the voyage unexpectedly became the center of a social media storm. The prospect of nine ...

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Within weeks of Royal Caribbean’s nine-month-long world cruise setting sail in December 2023, the voyage ...

Some of the passengers on board the nine month cruise became TikTok celebrities. Pictured here on the far left is Angie Linderman. Next to Linderman is passenger Ale Kenney.