On its second voyage a virus outbreak struck passengers on the Queen Victoria. Blame it on bad luck, which is exactly what crew members of the $602 million 90,000 ton vessel, the Queen Victoria, are doing after 78 of their 3,000 passengers were infected by a highly contagious stomach known as norovirus.

According to the crew members, during its naming ceremony, the champagne bottle swung by the Duchess of Cornwall against the hull of the Queen Victoria failed to break, which is considered a sign of bad luck in the seafaring world.

And on its second voyage, the ocean liner has been hit by an outbreak of norovirus, which is more popularly known as the "winter sickness bug" which causes diarrhea aside from continuous vomiting for up to three days.

Despite the outbreak, ship management has announced that it would not affect the ship's schedule which is scheduled to return to Southampton on Jan. 6 as planned.

In 2000, another vessel, the MV Aurora, broke down 18 hours into its maiden voyage after the champagne bottle used by The Princess Royal failed to break.