Video Credit: ABC11.com Monday's bus crash in the Bahamas has left more than 30 people injured, many of whom were passengers on the Carnival Ecstasy. The crash occurred near Rock Sound in Eleuthra, a small Bahama's island East of Nassau, around 11am. Authorities say the bus flipped, though details of...
Category: Shore Excursion Injury
Princess Cruise Passengers Taken to Hospital After Tour Excursion Accident
Passengers traveling on a tour excursion bus were hit with shattered glass after the bus collided with a campervan. The accident took place on the Otago Peninsula in Dunedin, New Zealand. The passengers were from the Princess Cruises Majestic Princess. According to the Otago Daily Times news article, "the crash,...
Woman Killed in Holland America Tender Accident on Maasdam
Update Nov. 14, 2018: Newsweek also reports fatal accident on Maasdam: The passengers was a 70-year-old-woman who fell from a tender platform into the sea. She was pulled back onto the tender platform and was initially conscious before losing consciousness again. She could not be revived. She passed away at...
Two British Cruise Ship Passengers Killed During Excursion
According to news reports in The Star and The Mirror, two women traveling aboard a Fred Olsen Cruise Lines ship were killed after being struck by a vehicle. The two women, were apparently stepping off a tour bus into traffic when a driver hit them and another passenger. The third...
Reports Say South Florida Grandmother Among Dead After Mexican Bus Crash
An early report in the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel says that "a South Florida grandmother and her 11-year-old grandson appear to be among the victims, according to family members - Fanya Shamis, 78, of Coconut Creek, was one of the passengers killed on the bus, according to her grandson, Benjamin...
Flipped Excursion Bus Leaves 12 Cruise Ship Passengers Dead in Mexico
In an unfortunate turn of events, an excursion bus traveling to ruin in Mexico's Yucatan region has flipped killing 11 adults, 1 child and injuries many others. The accident occurred Tuesday, December 19 as the bus was traveling along the Mahahual-Cafetal Highway in the southern part of Quintana Roo. The...
Injured On A Cruise Excursion?
Not all cruise ship accidents happen on the actual cruise ship. In fact, many injuries happen after passengers leave the cruise ship. Sailing to the Caribbean or to Mexico or elsewhere is often only one part of the cruise vacation. Passengers may pre-book shore excursion activities through the cruise line...
Hurt While Parasailing on a Cruise Ship Excursion?
Parasailing can be a wonderfully enjoyable activity when everything goes well. Many people do it everyday while at the beach or on vacations. It's also a popular cruise ship excursion activity. But over the last few years, there have been too many instances where parasailing accidents have occurred and have...
Shore Excursion Accidents – Not All Cruise Ship Injuries Happen on the Boat
Did you know - not all cruise ship injuries happen on the boat. Many occur "off the boat" - on the shuttle boats (called tenders) that take you to shore, in the busy port loading and unloading areas or even on the shore excursions themselves. These shore excursions are often...
Armed robbery results in shooting of 2 cruise ship passengers in Barbados
Unfortunately, danger is a possibility, even on a cruise vacation. 2 cruise ship passengers from England were shot while on a shore excursion from a P&O cruise. As reported at CruiseCritic.com on March 22... Two P&O Cruises' passengers are in hospital after being shot by an armed robber during a...