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Yesterday, various news outlets reported that the Carnival Liberty was heading back to its homeport of Galveston, Texas because of a propulsion malfunction. While this is not the news most passengers want to hear of course, it's probably the best decision. As many passengers may remember, Carnival has had a...
It’s unfortunate, but accidents and injuries are common on Carnival Cruise Ships. Our office receives calls on a weekly basis from passengers who have been seriously hurt on their cruise vacation and need to speak with someone about their legal options. In the last two days (Nov. 1 and 2nd,...
A common statement we hear from injured passengers is, "I don't know what to do next." This usually follows a description of an incident or accident that a passenger (or crewmember) has suffered while traveling on a cruise ship vacation. An example of this came from a recent inquiry we...
Reports from CruiseHive.com from yesterday (Labor Day 2016) showed video images from Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas cruise ship dealing with "extremely rough sea conditions." Apparently the boat was traveling in 90+ mile per hour winds and high waves...the leftover remnants of the once-hurricane, but downgraded tropical storm Hermine...
The Times Colonist reports that the Carnival Legend cruise ship, cruising near Victoria, British Columbia listed near 30 degrees when one of its four engines failed on Sept. 5. At the paper reports, passengers were "freaked out" and fearful of the ship capsizing or of passenger receiving injuries due to...
The cruise line industry never lacks for media coverage...both positive and negative. Here, we highlight some of the headline grabbing news stories from the first 2 weeks of August related to cruise ship accidents, incidents and topical information. Saturday, August 13, 2016 -- Cruise ship hits 3 vessels in Boston...
News from August 14, 2016... When a 72-year old woman experienced trouble and had to be pulled from the pool of Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas cruise ship, the vessel made a hasty return back to port in Bayonne, New Jersey. On Wednesday, guests witnessed the U.S. woman "having...
According to several published reports, like this one from BBC.com, a Chinese woman who fell off a cruise ship and drifted at sea for 38 hours survived with only minor injuries. The incident occurred as the Royal Caribbean cruise ship she was traveling on made its way from Shanghai to...
We received and inquiry on our website from a passenger who was injured in a fall while cruising with Royal Caribbean on the Navigator of the Seas cruise ship. The passenger explained what happened with the accident and was asking "what their rights were" and should they take "legal action?"...
We recently conversed with a passenger aboard a Carnival Cruise Ship about a medical incident that occurred that left the passenger utterly confused about their rights -- both as sick passenger on the cruise ship and as a passenger with a complaint about their treatment by Carnival during and after...