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...

Oasis of the Seas Turns Back Twice for Medical Emergencies

Over the weekend at the Port of Ft. Lauderdale, the Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas turned back to port two separate times for what was likely related to medical emergencies aboard the cruise ship. Passenger injury, certainly serious enough to have the boat turned around before heading out to...

World’s Biggest Cruise Ship Heads Home to Florida After Refit

Just Plain Big - Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas The world's largest cruise liner, Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, set sail for Florida on Wednesday night after a stop in Europe. The ship was undergoing an extensive refurbishment and refit. The cruise ship was in the English port...

Suing for Slip and Fall Injury on Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship

It's unfortunate, but accidents and injuries happen on Royal Caribbean Cruise Ships more often than most people realize. With 23 cruise ships and millions of passengers each year, accidents are bound to occur around the pool, in restaurants, in cabins and other areas of the cruise ship. Some are simply...