An 87-year-old Royal Caribbean passenger who was one of nearly 100 people sickened in a norovirus outbreak isn’t letting the experience stop him from planning a future cruise.

“It just it hit so violently and so fast. I've never been this sick, and I'm 87 years old,” said Bob Pettit in an interview from his home in Mooresville, North Carolina.

Pettit left San Diego on the Serenade of the Seas cruise with his son Joshua Pettit two weeks ago and docked in Miami on Thursday.

He said a week into the adventure, following a stop in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, passengers started to get sick.

“We feel like the spreading location was the Windjammer buffet, you know, touching the tongs and handles, because even though we were washing hands, you're sharing those tongs and those spoons serving food,”

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