Nearly 200 passengers recently fell ill on Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Seas ship during a voyage through Alaska. A total of 180 passengers out of the 2,172 total passengers aboard reported feeling ill during the voyage — accounting for more than 8% of cruisers, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The recent illness outbreak aboard Radiance of the Seas is not from the cause most cruise travelers may expect.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says illness on the Radiance of the Seas was caused by salmonella

Alaska (WKRC) - Over 180 passengers aboard a Royal Caribbean Cruise got sick after a salmonella outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that 180 of the 2,172 passengers and three of the 894 crew members on the cruise ship, Radiance of the Seas, were affected by the illness.

Nearly 200 passengers fell ill on Royal Caribbean’s “Radiance of the Seas” Of the 2,172 passengers aboard the ship, the 180 passengers who reported feeling sick came down with a salmonella outbreak. Three crew members also reported feeling ill,