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Tropical Storm Gordon, with winds reaching 65 mph across the Gulf Coast made landfall in Mississippi. Leading up to Gordon's reaching land, the storm impacted cruise travel plans for Royal Caribbean and Carnival Cruises. Royal Caribbean’s Chief Meteorologist James Van Fleet said that even with the delayed departure for Majesty...
According to Fox4Now.com, "a pregnant woman was medevaced from a cruise ship, approximately 109 miles southwest of Key West over Labor Day weekend. Read the news report here. The woman was taken from the Carnival Glory on Aug. 31 after the patient went into labor. Cruise lines are less equipped...
An August 30, report on Law360.com states that the 11th Circ. Dumps Carnival Passengers' Suit Over 'Poop Cruise'. According to the report: "The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday tossed a suit brought by more than 100 former passengers of the Carnival Triumph who were stranded at sea for five days in...
According to a recent article on CruiseCritic.com: When a Passenger Dies at Sea, What You Need to Know "some 91 people have died on cruise ships that arrived in Fort Lauderdale between 2014 and 2017." This information was gathered from the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office, which is where any...
Miami based Victory Cruise Lines will travel north with smaller boats, visiting smaller cities. From the Minneapolis Star Tribune, "With the cruising industry booming across the globe, officials in Duluth are betting that someday soon their ships will come in, too. In hopes of establishing the Lake Superior port city...
Passengers in Galveston Texas who were looking to make their departure for a Labor Day Carnival Cruise vacation, were forced to wade through floodwaters – or miss their boat. According to KHOU 11 News, "Dozens of people were packed and ready to hop onboard a Carnival cruise ship but were...
Marketwatch.com reports: "Royal Caribbean International, the world’s second largest cruise line by number of passengers, will no longer allow travelers to bring their emotional support animals with them aboard its ships, effective immediately, a cruise industry blog first reported Tuesday. If passengers made reservations to sail with emotional support animals...
"Upskirt pictures" -- an ongoing issue these days as cell phone cameras, which are small and easy to hide, make taking voyeuristic images easier. People can more readily hide these cameras -- and take images of women (generally) without their knowledge. However, people can be caught as happened to Jefferey...
The National Parks Traveler reports that "A 69-year-old passenger of a Holland America cruise ship has been lost overboard at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska." At this point, there has been no further information on why or how the passenger went overboard (if that is the case)....
Sexual Abuse on Carnival Cruise Ship, Lawyers Needed Joshua I. Morrison, 21, of Kenova, WV pleaded guilty Monday (July 16, 2018) to sexual abuse of a minor. The incident occurred in a cruise ship bathroom on the Carnival Conquest in January of 2016 as the vessel cruised the Bahamas. Per...