‘Scared of being covered in poop’ norovirus continues to plague cruise ships

As yet another cruise ship returns reeking of barf, some bad musicians are canceling their latest pay check.

Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty told VH-1 on Thursday that he’ll hire a helicopter to get himself off the Carnival Imagination if it loses power on the Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twentythree-night Matchbox Twenty Cruise, which kicks off Dec 6.

“I’m scared of being covered in poop. To anybody that’s on that cruise, I just wanna apologize now because if something like that happens, I’m getting outta there. I’m gonna get helicoptered out. I’m gonna leave you behind like I don’t know your name.”

Friday, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship arrived in Port Everglades with an outbreak of norovirus on board The Vision of the Seas. Royal Caribbean hasn’t commented on the disease outbreak yet, but passengers said more than 200 passengers had to be quarantined due to the outbreak.

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