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Royal Caribbean refuses to take blame for man who went overboard

The spouse of a man who went overboard and is now presumed dead a Royal Caribbean cruise ship is fighting with the company about the circumstances of his death. Bernardo Elbaz’s fall was captured in a chilling video, after he had apparently fallen from the seventh deck of the ship onto a lifeboat one deck below. […]

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10-year-old drowns aboard Norwegian Gem

A 10-year-old New York girl lost her life on May 18 while onboard a cruise ship – the Miami-Dade County based Norwegian Gem, which is owned by the Norwegian Cruise Line Corp Ltd, the Huffington Post reported. The cruise ship had departed for a seven-day cruise in Florida and the Bahamas. According to a press […]

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Carnival Triumph passengers seek damage compensation

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 […]

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Norovirus outbreak affects 600 Royal Caribbean passengers

Explorer of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean International ship, was scheduled to sail for 10 days. However, after more than 600 passengers became ill from norovirus, the cruise line decided to return to the port two days earlier than scheduled. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Bernadette Burden confirmed the number of the affected […]

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Cruise passengers experience gastrointestinal illness on Royal Caribbean ship

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 […]

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Cruise ship lawsuit ruling reversed by appeals court

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 […]

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Six-year-old on a four day Caribbean Cruise Line trip drowns in cruise pool

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 […]

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Four cruise trips cancelled on Celebrity Millennium

According to the Miami Herald, the cruise line Celebrity Cruises, which is a division of Royal Caribbean Cruises, cancelled four cruise trips in August and September on the cruise ship Celebrity Millennium due to propulsion errors. The trips scheduled to leave on August 23, August 30, September 6 and September 13 were cancelled in mid-August […]

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Cruise lines release crime data

Until recently, the only information available to the general public concerning cruise ship crime data came from the FBI. Unfortunately, this data only concerned crimes that had been closed, meaning that reported but unsolved crimes were not included. Recently, though, three large cruise ship companies – Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean Cruises, and Carnival Corp. […]

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Boy suffers brain injury on cruise ship

The family of a nine year-old boy who suffered a serious brain injury on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship has filed a lawsuit against the company. The injury occurred after the family took their son, Leo, to the ship’s entertainment area, where he participated in a recreational activity organized by the ship’s staff. During the […]

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