News agencies are reporting that the first lawsuit was filed against Royal Caribbean over the decision to sail the Anthem of the Seas cruise ship during an early February 2016 storm. Lawsuit alleges company was negligent in letting ship sail during storm. From CNN.com... "Passenger Bruce Simpson says that once...
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Did Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas Stormy Cruise Risk the Lives of Passengers and Crew?
1) Were the lives of over 7,500 cruise ship passengers and crew members risked by Royal Carribean's decision to keep sailing through last week's storm in the Atlantic? 2) Why did the ship continue right into the path of the ferocious storm -- and one that was predicted by multiple...
Royal Caribbean’s World’s Biggest Cruise Ship Nearing Completion in France
The world's biggest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas, is nearing completion at a shipyard in France. The goal is to have the ship operational for a May 2016 inaugural voyage, from Southhampton in Britain to the Spanish city of Barcelona. Allure of the Seas and Oasis of...
Cruise Ship Passenger Injured While Ice Skating on Royal Caribbean
Apparently you can ice skate on some of Royal Caribbean's cruise ships including: Freedom of the Seas Explorer of the Seas Mariner of the Seas Our recommendation, however, is to be careful. Recently (May 2015) we had a passenger contact our law firm because they were injured while skating on...
Fire in the Casino of Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas?
May 29, 2015: A new post on Events at Sea 2015 / CruiseJunkie.com is showing... From a reader: "I have family on board Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas who have just contacted me to say that a fire has broken out in the casino. Apparently somebody dropped a cigarette...
Longtime Royal Caribbean Board Member To Leave Board
According to a report in Market Watch, Royal Caribbean Cruises announced today that Bernard Aronson, a director of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. since 1993, has decided not to stand for re-election at the company's upcoming Annual Shareholders Meeting in May, citing the time commitments required of his new responsibilities. In...
Passenger Airlifted From Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas
According to news reports at 13NewsNow.com and CruiseLawNews.com, the Coast Guard medevaced a passenger Wednesday from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. The boat, the Grandeur of the Seas, was about 95 miles east of Cape Lookout, North Carolina in the Atlantic Ocean. View video of the airlift here: The Coast...
Royal Caribbean Cruise Struck With Norovirus, Cruise Ends Early
Over the weekend, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship - the Grandeur of the Seas - cut short its travel plans when 200 passengers and crew became ill with Norovirus. Quick highlights of the story: Norovirus - a frequent passenger on cruise ships these days Norovirus spread throughout Royal Caribbean passengers...
What the Royal Caribbean Near Drowning Accident Means for Cruise Ship Passengers
Pools on cruise ships just not safe? In an inauspicious start to 2015, a young child was found nearly drowned on the Oasis of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship as it returned to Port Everglades, Florida on Saturday evening. Read more here at NBCnews.com. This is another terrible...
Bystanders Find Nearly Drowned Boy on Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas
In an unfortunate turn of events, a four year old child was found underwater on the Oasis of the Seas, a large cruise ship of the Royal Caribbean line. This happened on Saturday, January 3 in the evening. The child was taken from the cruise ship and sent the the...