We were on this cruise and it was the first time in more than 25 cruises that we've caught Noro. We figured our luck finally ran out. I caught it on day 3 and my spouse 30 hours later. We're very good about washing hands and not touching things,but as of today the count for ill people is 281. This is probably low since not everyone-myself included, calls down to Medical and tells them they are feeling ill. I bring my own medication to take care of times like this just in case. Our cabin steward called for someone to disinfect the room after each of us became ill. The second time he did it himself because they were too busy to come.
We ate as little as possible in the buffet and didn't mind being served. It's cleaner than self serve. Hand washing stations would be better than the hand sanitizer being offered before meals.
The salt and pepper shakers, and sugar containers were removed from the buffet,but not the Club Class section of the dining room.
I first thought I had just eaten something that my system didn't like. It's happened before-lasts a few hours and goes away. This wasn't like that at all. When the captain announced that we were a Noro virus outbreak probably brought onboard I knew what I had.
Next time I'll take stronger hand sanitizer, use more forks and stay away from the buffet. I was very thankful I didn't get ill right before we were to drive home. I couldn't have driven 5 hours feeling as badly as I did the first day I was sick.
Thanks for all the information. Good luck to all who are going on the Ruby in the next couple of weeks.