The decision on whether passengers of Carnival's Triumph will receive compensation will be announced soon. Witness testimonies officially wrapped up on Wednesday, March 5, with U.S. District Judge Donald Graham saying he would issue a decision regarding damage payments at a later date. The 893-foot Triumph departed from Galveston, Texas on Feb. 7, 2013. Part […]
An employee of Holland America Line was arrested on Sunday, February 16 in Port Everglades, Florida. Ketut Pujayasa, 28, an employee on the MS Nieuw Amsterdam was arrested and charged for sexually assaulting a 31-year-old female passenger. In addition to battery and sexual assault, he allegedly tried to throw her overboard along the coast of Honduras. […]
Inyoman Bagiada, 45, a cook on the Celebrity Constellation cruise ship fell overboard at around 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 29. Bagiada was reported missing by management at 10 a.m., hours after surveillance cameras recorded him going overboard. Coast Guard helicopters and cutters patrolled the area where Bagiada was expected to have fallen. Evidence of the […]
According to Miami, Florida-based Royal International Caribbean officials, guests and crew members on the Majesty of the Seas ship have suffered from gastrointestinal illnesses that doctors presume are caused by the norovirus. 68 people total, or around 2.5% of the 2,581 passengers and crew, were affected. Cruise officials tried to take precautions to ensure that illnesses would […]
On Monday, December 9, Peter Simon, a former cruise ship employee, filed a lawsuit against Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. alleging that the company refused to take action regarding the injury that he received while working aboard the ship. According to the lawsuit, Simon was arranging coffee cups in preparation for a guest dinner when a […]
In a 2-1 decision issued Wednesday, December 4, the Florida Third District Court of Appeals reversed an earlier trial court ruling, stating that cruise ship doctor Dr. Chris Taylor, who was being sued, was not covered by the trial court’s jurisdiction. The case was originally filed by a passenger on Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the […]
Miami-based cruise line, Royal Caribbean International, recently announced that its cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas, will sail from Southampton in the United Kingdom for its 2015 spring launch. The Anthem of the Seas boasts some unconventional attractions for cruise ship passengers. The ship's feature attraction, the North Star, is a mounted glass capsule designed to rise […]
Miami-based cruise liner Royal Caribbean International has announced that because of mechanical issues affecting its ship Allure of the Seas, the liner will be forced to cancel the ship’s upcoming February trips in order to complete the repairs. According to Royal Caribbean International president and chief executive officer Adam Goldstein, the ship will be docked […]
Six-year-old Qwentyn Hunter drowned on Sunday, October 13 in one of the pools on a cruise ship he was riding on with his family. According to officials from Carnival Cruise Lines, the boy had been on a four-day Caribbean cruise with his family and their company’s “CareTeam is [currently] providing assistance and support.” The ship […]
Norwegian Getaway Cruise Line will incorporate fun, Miami-themed features in their next new ship. The cruise line’s new ship will first tour passengers in January of next year. It will feature the Miami Beach-inspired Tropicana Room and the Flamingo Bar & Grill, both of which are free of charge for guests. The restaurants will serve Latin American […]
