https://www.facebook.com/SXMPOLICE/videos/319208029025567/ Taxi ends up in the water Multiple news outlets are reporting a taxi van accident that involved passengers from Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas. The accident occurred on the island of Saint Martin on June 22. The above video was posted on the SXM KPSM Sint Maaten Police...
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Did a Holland America Cruise Ship Come to Close to Humpback Whales in Alaska?
According to KTOO Public Media, "federal regulators are investigating video footage that appears to show a Holland America Line cruise ship narrowly missing a pod of humpback whales while on its way to Juneau Monday." The vessel in question was the Holland America Eurodam. The video footage was shot by...
Bahamas Bus Flips With Carnival Cruise Passengers Aboard, Many Injured
Video Credit: ABC11.com Monday's bus crash in the Bahamas has left more than 30 people injured, many of whom were passengers on the Carnival Ecstasy. The crash occurred near Rock Sound in Eleuthra, a small Bahama's island East of Nassau, around 11am. Authorities say the bus flipped, though details of...
Cardiac Problem Result in Medevac for Island Princess Cruise Ship Passenger
Media reports say a Princess Cruises passenger traveling on the Island Princess was airlifted by the U.S. Coast Guard and taken away for advanced medical care. A 61-year-old female passenger was traveling on the Island Princess as the ship was close to Bligh Island on the eastern side of Prince...
Norwegian Epic Passenger Overboard, Lost at Sea?
Media reports indicate a 63 year old Korean woman traveling aboard the Norwegian Epic cruise ship went overboard on Saturday, June 8. The vessel was traveling from Cannes, France to Palma de Mallorca in Spain. Passengers were asked by the ship's crew to help look for the women onboard the...
Carnival Horizon Picks Up Stranded Fishermen
NEWS: Carnival Horizon Comes to the Rescue of Stranded Boat. https://t.co/39GsctSxjD #cruise #travel pic.twitter.com/aMVEe1Hode — Cruise Hive 🛳 (@CruiseHive) June 8, 2019 Carnival Horizon, a Carnival Cruise Lines ship that was sailing from Aruba back to port in Miami, rescued passengers from a small fishing boat that had been adrift...
Not All Cruise Injury Claims End in Successful Settlements or Verdicts
When a cruise ship accident victim decides to bring a lawsuit against a cruise line or an excursion operator for injuries they suffered, the result of that lawsuit is can be a success – or not. A recent example of this occurred in Ireland as a Royal Caribbean passenger who...
Norwegian Getaway Passenger Dies While Ship in Edinburgh, Scotland
A passenger aboard Norwegian Cruise Line's cruise ship, Norwegian Getaway, has died. The Daily Record in Edinburgh, Scotland reports that, "a passenger has died on a cruise ship in Edinburgh and two others took ill in separate incidents. A man in his twenties died onboard the Norwegian Getaway as it...
CNN Shows Royal Caribbean’s Last Ship Leaving Havana After Ban
With the new Cuba travel restrictions imposed by the Trump administration, visitors planning on a getaway to the Caribbean island will have a much harder time. "The Trump administration is ending a nearly 2-decade-old program that had become the most popular way for Americans to legally visit Cuba, banning...
Broken Shoulder Reported by Passenger in Venice Italy Cruise Ship Accident
While initial reports of the MSC Opera's violent crash did not share details injuries, more information has become available. A New Zealand citizen's shoulder was broken when the cruise ship rammed into the smaller River Countess cruise ship before colliding with the pier inside the Giudecca Canal in Venice, Italy...