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The Fred Olsen Cruise Lines ship, Balmoral, recently faced a "double whammy" of misfortune during a 10-night trip to the Norwegian Fjords. Roughly 200 passengers, nearly 15% of those on board, fell ill with symptoms of gastroenteritis, while severe weather simultaneously forced the cancellation of a major festival visit. ...
Three Royal Caribbean ships—Rhapsody of the Seas, Enchantment of the Seas, and Grandeur of the Seas—experienced significant delays on December 6 due to dense winter fog in Tampa Bay, which prevented them from entering the port until the afternoon. Port Tampa Bay issued a fog delay alert, confirming that all...
Port Everglades set a new cruise-passenger record in Fiscal Year 2025, handling nearly 4.8 million guests—a 16% increase from 2024. The surge secures its ranking as the world’s third-busiest cruise homeport, behind Port Miami and Port Canaveral, reinforcing Florida’s Atlantic Coast as the world’s leading cruise region. Officials attribute...
Recent news outlets, including CruiseHivel.com, report that, a 73-year-old man from Melbourne, Australia, died after jumping overboard from the Disney Wonder cruise ship on November 22 while it was sailing through the Tasman Sea on its way from Melbourne to Auckland. The incident happened around 4:30 a.m., prompting the...
If you read cruise ship industry forums, many passengers believe the cruise industry has been treated unfairly in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Recent forum posts on the Royal Caribbean Blog (as shown below) have been an outlet for passengers for complain about the Center for Disease Control and...
According to Cruise Industry News, "MSC Cruises is preparing for a potential restart this summer in the Mediterranean and is waiting on final approvals to have the Grandiosa and Magnifica start seven-day cruises. The MSC Grandiosa will offer seven-night cruises in the Western Mediterranean and MSC Magnifica will serve the...
The Hurtigruten expedition cruise ship, MS Roald Amundsen, has experienced a large-scale Covid-19 outbreak. The vessel, which had recently returned to cruising, is now responsible for the quarantining of roughly 400 passengers from two July cruises. Per the Financial Times and other news outlets, Hurtigruten reported 36 crew from the...
Another cruise ship has had to suspend operations – this time the cruise ship Paul Gauguin suspended her trip, returning to its home port of Papeete, Tahiti. Paul Gauguin Cruises, based in Bellevue Washington, operates the vessel. According to Maritime Executive, "when the suspected case was discovered, all passengers were...
TravelPulse.com reports that, "some U.S.-flag cruise companies are tentatively planning to begin operating next month since their small ships are exempt from the no-sail order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to halt the spread of Covid-19. In their recent article, US Cruise Companies Hope to...
Recent news coverage of sexual abuse complaints and other criminal activity does not shine a glowing light on the cruise industry. The U.S. Department of Transportation released a report under the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act (CVSSA) highlighting "alleged criminal activity" from July 1 - September 30, 2019. You...
