The New Zealand Herald reports that the Celebrity Solstice avoid a small inflatable boat that was carrying four passengers. The cruise ship came slow close that one cruise passenger described the near miss by saying, "they could almost touch the ship." The incident occurred in the Tauranga Harbour on December...
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16 Year Old Boy Dies From Fall on Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas
Multiple news outlets report that, a 16 year old boy fell to his death while trying to access his eighth floor stateroom from the balcony of an adjacent room. The accident occurred Jan. 11 aboard Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas. Reports say Laurent Mercer, the victim, did not have...
Hundreds of Passengers Contract Norovirus on Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas
While the number varies depending on which news article you read, hundreds of passengers were apparently stricken with the norovirus bug, making their vacation aboard Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas a "not-enjoyable" trip. ABC News reported, Guest and crew members began getting sick when the ship departed the Port...
Alcohol Use by Captain of Nippon Maru Results in Suspension
Per the Pacific Daily News, "The captain of the Nippon Maru cruise was suspended due to reported alcohol use on the job, according to ship officials. The Nippon Maru cruise ship collided with Delta Pier on Dec. 30 causing damage to both the vessel and pier. The ship may leave...
Arkansas Man Removed From Carnival Cruise in Mexico When Acute Appendicitis Requires Surgery
According to a January 9 article on Fox16.com in Little Rock, Arkansas a carnival cruise ship passenger was removed from the ship after the ship's doctor said he had acute appendicitis and that it would require surgery – a procedure not able to be done on the vessel. The passenger,...
8 Year Old Boy Who Had Heart Attack on Cruise Recovering Well
Per Local 12 News in Miami, Ohio "a Finneytown family says they are lucky their son is alive. The 8-year-old collapsed during cardiac arrest on a family vacation. The problem was they were on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean. The good news is Noah Anderson is...
Cruise Lines Have Zero Tolerance Policy on Marijuana, Illegal Drugs and Banned Substances
Recent cruise ship news headlines have featured drug busts. Remember the two British senior citizens who were smuggling roughly 20 pounds of cocaine on a Marco Polo cruise ship around the Caribbean? Or the 14 passengers who were waiting to board a cruise ship in Port Canaveral, Florida when they...
British Seniors Busted for Cocaine on Marco Polo Cruise Ship
The cruise line industry is always abuzz with interesting storylines – this time reports of a cocaine bust aboard the Marco Polo Cruise Ship in which two elderly British passengers were arrested. The suspects, ages 70 and 72, were held on suspicion of international drug trafficking when the ship docked...
Passenger Reported Overboard on MSC Preziosa in Caribbean
A December 11 news report on CruiseMapper.com states, "a cruise passenger has reportedly gone overboard from MSC Preziosa in the Caribbean on Saturday, December 8, according to France-Antilles newspaper, Martinique. A 69-year-old Dutch passenger was not located onboard the MSC Cruises ship when Preziosa arrived in Fort-de-France. The last port of...
Celebrity Millennium Suicide by Crew Member Marks Sad End to Final Voyage
According to a report in Newsweek, "an officer on a Celebrity Cruises ship reportedly took his own life last week during his final voyage with the company before his contract ended. Anton Ilichev from Ukraine—who had been working as a suite manager on the Celebrity Millennium—was found dead in his cabin...