The cruise ship scheduled to visit for Up-Helly-Aa is reported to have suffered an outbreak of gastroenteritis affecting as many as 200 people on board. The Balmoral had been due to call at Lerwick on Tuesday to enable passengers to watch the spectacle of Up-Helly-Aa. Meanwhile, rumours had been circulating in Shetland that there had also been an outbreak of norovirus on board the ship, which can carry up to 1,230 passengers. Another passenger also contacted The Shetland Times to say many of people on board had become ill. In May last year, operators of the cruise ship Costa Favolosa sparked fury by allowing thousands of passengers to come ashore in Shetland despite there having been an outbreak of a sickness bug on board.