Health insurance is a must if you are fond of traveling on cruise ships, according to former Carnival Cruise Line physician Dr. John Bradberry. Purchasing travel insurance for your specific cruise trip is absolutely necessary if your current health plan doesn't include coverage outside the United States. Travel insurance costs include medical air evacuation, which, […]
A tour bus crash during a cruise ship excursion killed two people and injured 16 others, two of which are critically injured. The incident occurred on Dec. 6 in Tortola, an island in the British Virgin Islands, and involved Celebrity Summit cruise line passengers. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., the parent company of Celebrity Summit said on Twitter that the […]
Doral, Florida-based cruise line Carnival Cruise Lines recently signed an agreement with Tampa brewery Cigar City Brewing to offer only Cigar City beer on its Florida-based cruise ships, the Tampa Bay Times reported on July 14. The deal was made public at an event sponsored by Carnival Legend at the Port of Tampa. With selections like the Florida Cracker […]
A cruise ship passenger, who was not named by the authorities, was taken via helicopter to a hospital in Miami, Florida after the person incurred a head injury while aboard Royal Caribbean International’s Majesty of the Seas on May 21, NBC South Florida reported. The cause of the head wound is still unclear, although authorities […]
This November, Miami, Florida-based Royal Caribbean International will be launching the North Star, a glass capsule designed to lift as many as 13 guests at a time 300 feet above the ocean, on their new Quantum of the Seas ship. Other features of the 1,141-foot long, 16-decked ship Quantum of the Seas include a sports and entertainment complex complete […]
Royal Caribbean International’s newest ship, Quantum of the Seas, a 4,180 passenger ship will debut in November. It will be based out of China instead of Europe or the Caribbean. This move marks Asia’s growing significance in the cruise ship industry. Royal Caribbean Cruises president, Adam Goldstein said that the company has great confidence in developing and touching […]
Starting October 2015, Doral in Miami, Florida-based and British-American owned Carnival Cruise Lines will be offering 10- and 11-night cruise trips aboard its 2,754-passenger Carnival Triumph from areas between Galveston, Texas and San Juan, and Puerto Rico. Cruise stops will include detours at lesser-known Caribbean ports, such as those in Bonaire, Grenada, Martinique, and Antigua. […]
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 […]
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 […]