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Alaska Floatplane Cruise Excursion Death Cases Added

Alaska Floatplane Cruise Excursion Death (see video below) Cases Added – The six people who died during a Princesss Cruises cruise ship Royal Princess excursion on George Inlet near Ketchikan, Alaska have been identified. The excursion resulted [...]
Destinations

Norwegian Getaway New Orleans Caribbean Psychic Maria Shaw Cruise

Norwegian Getaway New Orleans Caribbean Psychic Maria Shaw Cruise – French Quarter Medium Psychic Maria Shaw (see video below) is hosting her ‘Bi Annual Cruise’ to the Caribbean aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines ship Norwegian Getaway [...]
Destinations

Carnival Legend Alaska Schedule Begins Port of Seattle

Carnival Legend Alaska Schedule Begins Port of Seattle – Yesterday, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, Carnival Cruise Lines ship Carnival Legend made her first regular stop at Port of Seattle, while on her 2019 Alaska sailing [...]
Incidents

Third Cruise Ship Alaska Floatplane Crash Kills Five

Third Cruise Ship Alaska Floatplane Crash Kills Five – On Monday, May 13, 2018 two Alaskan floatplanes (see video below) filled with Royal Princess cruise ship passengers collided in mid-flight near Ketchikan, Alaska in George Inlet at [...]
Destinations

Three Cruise Ships Today Port of Seattle Plus Maritime Festival

Three Cruise Ships Today Port of Seattle Plus Maritime Festival (see video playlist below) – Saturday, May 11, Mother’s Day weekend was kicked off with a bang, with three cruise ships arriving at the Port [...]

Faces of Cruise Ship Deaths Produce Very Few Mysteries

April 1, 2017

In late 2005, I began tracking cruise ship deaths. That interest began with Cruise Bruise, the first of my 55 cruise industry websites, with some documenting incidents at sea during a cruise. The point of [...]
Baby Doe Murder-Judge Gives 1 Day Sentence

October 22, 2015
Remains In Woods Missing Cruise Ship Passenger

October 4, 2015

Bahamas Paradise Grand Celebration Death Heart Attack Or Choking On Food

April 13, 2017

When Robin Fair, 53 from Troy, Ohio did’t come home from her birthday cruise to the Bahamas, her family wanted answers. They were told, while dining in the cruise ship restaurant, she allegedly choked on [...]
Cruise Ship Ticket Contracts – Read Before Booking

July 27, 2014
Video Shines Light On Royal Caribbean Cruise Passenger Spine Injury Claim

January 19, 2018

Cruise Ships To Cuba is adding ports and a Cuba Cruise Ship Tracker

August 2, 2015

#Cruise Ships To Cuba now a growing list of five cruise lines sailing to 12 cruise ship ports in #Cuba. With more #cruise ships heading to port in Cuba, tracking cruise ships in Cuba just got much […]

New Seattle Washington Offices

April 4, 2018

Last September, with Hurricane Irma taking aim at us, we decided a month early to advance our west coast relocation plans. We traded in an oceanfront tiny house condo in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for […]

Cruise Ship Norwegian Bliss Plus Oosterdam At Port of Seattle

May 6, 2019

Cruise Ship Norwegian Bliss Plus Oosterdam At Port of Seattle – Happy Cinco de Mayo to all our Cruise Ship Wave friends and family. This morning, we were up at the crack-a-lacking to go down […]

Michigan Man Overboard in Bahamas

February 15, 2017

Cruise Ship Missing: The search has been called off for a #cruise ship passenger from Michigan who went overboard on Valentine’s Day in the Bahamas

Cruise Ship Passenger Daniel Kueblboeck Overboard AIDAluna

September 11, 2018

Cruise Ship Passenger Daniel Kueblboeck Overboard AIDAluna – On Sunday, September 9, 2018, Daniel Kueblboeck, 33, from Hutthurm, Lower Bavaria, Germany, who was a German pop-singer and actor, was reported missing after going overboard from AIDA Cruises […]

Jail Mistake May Release Cruise Passenger Before Murder Trial

Jail Mistake May Release Lonnie Kocontes After Cruise Ship Murder Mistrial

December 6, 2018

Jail Mistake May Release Lonnie Kocontes After Cruise Ship Murder (see video below) Mistrial – On May 26, 2006, Micki Kanesaki, went missing on a cruise with her ex-husband Lonnie Loren Kocontes aboard Island Cruises’ cruise ship Island […]

Carnival Breeze Ship Cruise Passenger Child Age 5 Fell Over Balcony Railing

August 6, 2017

On Friday evening, August 4, 2017, a female child cruise ship passenger aboard Carnival Cruise Lines’ cruise ship Carnival Breeze fell from the balcony of her cabin onto a lower deck. The United States Coast […]

Carnival Valor Passenger Files Lawsuit After Casino Assault

October 15, 2018

Carnival Valor Passenger Files Lawsuit After Casino Assault – On Monday, October 23, 2017, Horia Jordache from the Houston, Texas suburb of Needville, Texas was in the casino (see casino promo video below) aboard Carnival […]

Second Carnival Passenger Falls From Mast

September 29, 2014

A second young, adult, male passenger climbs a Carnival Cruise Line #cruise ship mast and falls to lower ship deck while sailing off Florida. Tyler King, 18, was having a great voyage on the Carnival Fantasy on January 3, […]

Cruise Ship Passenger Missing Costa Victoria

July 18, 2014

Cruise Ship Missing: Female # cruise ship passenger, 53, is missing from Costa Victoria, ship held in port same day due to former passenger injury lawsuit filed. Ms Hsieh, 53, a Taiwanese-American, was reported missing from the Costa […]

Cruise Ship Passenger Missing What Happened to Randal Gary?

May 16, 2017

Was $500 the key to this cruise ship missing passenger case? Fourteen years ago today, Randal Paul Gary, 50, a psychotherapist from Toronto, had gone missing somewhere between Ketchikan, Alaska, and Vancouver, British Columbia Canada, […]

Three Carnival Sensation Cruise Ship Passengers Missing Ocho Rios Jamaica

March 5, 2018

UPDATE: April 7, 2018 – A Cruise Bruise visitor reports that Clinton Hill was incorrectly reported by Carnival. The actual name is Quentin Lee Hill and his estranged wife is concerned for his safety. On Wednesday, […]

Mother Daughter AidaPerla Passengers Robbery Castries St Lucia

Serenity Park Castries St Lucia Cruise Ship Passenger Robberies

January 20, 2019

Serenity Park Castries St Lucia Cruise Ship Passenger Robberies (see video below) – On Saturday, January 19, 2018, AidaPerla passengers, a mother and daughter from Germany, were attacked in Castries, St Lucia between 0900 hours and […]

Federal Judge Threatens Carnival Corp With US Port Ban

April 12, 2019

Federal Judge Threatens Carnival Corp With US Port Ban – On Wednesday April 10, 2019, U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz Federal Judge threatened to temporarily block Carnival Corporation from docking cruise ships at ports in […]

Carnival Elation Special Needs Passenger Alleges Sexual Attack

March 2, 2018

A female special needs passenger, age 18, who has the mental capacity of a 13-year-old, reported Tuesday, February 27, 2018 that she was sexually assaulted by a male cruise ship passenger. (see video below) The assault […]

Caribbean CDC Travel Alert Zika Virus Outbreaks

March 23, 2017

Medical facilities on cruise ships can vary widely depending on ship size, itinerary, length of cruise, and passenger demographics. Generally, shipboard medical clinics can provide medical care comparable to that of ambulatory care centers. Although […]

Cruise Ship Passenger Mexico Medical Disembarking

June 6, 2015

Cruise Bruise: Ohio single mom stranded in Mexico when child needs surgery on #cruise raises $17,764+ online. A cruise ship passenger family from Springfield, Ohio, who had driven to Galveston, Texas to embark on Carnival Triumph Monday, June 1, […]

U.S. State Dept Evacuates Family Members From Embassy

August 14, 2014

#Cruise Bruise: State Dept travel warning, no non-essential travel due to health conditions, 759 cases of Ebola and 293 deaths as Ebola epidemic worsens. The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to screening procedures, travel […]

Pacific Ocean Tropical Depression Calvin Named

June 13, 2017

Tropical Depression Calvin The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Calvin, located inland over southern Mexico just north-northeast of Puerto Angel, Mexico. This is the same location Tropical Storm Beatriz hit earlier […]

Tropical Depression Florence Rainfall Forecast 0500 Hours September 17 2018

Tropical Storm Florence

August 28, 2018

NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 1100 AM EDT Mon Sep 17 2018 (see 24 videos below) SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT…1500 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————– LOCATION…38.5N 82.9W ABOUT 240 MI…385 KM W OF CHARLOTTESVILLE VIRGINIA […]

Tropical Storm Alberto Radar May 28 2018

Cruise Ship Weather Atlantic Tropical Storm Alberto Maybe Forming

May 23, 2018

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 813 AM EDT Mon May 28 2018 (see Monday video below) Tropical Weather Discussion for North America, Central America Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, northern sections of South America, and […]

Cruise Ship MS Caledonia Sky Coral Reef Grounding

March 9, 2017

According to Hugo Mattson, who is a media producer at Hugo Mattson Media, on March 4, 2017, around 2:00 pm Indonesian time, the cruise ship MS Caledonia Sky grounded on a coral reef and got […]

Portland Spirit Collision During Red Bull Event

August 3, 2015

Portland boater congestion during Red Bull event lead to cruise ship collision, USCG terminates event permit. Portland Spirit Cruises & Events Ship Portland Spirit Collided with Boaters of the Redbull Flugtag Event on the Willamette River at […]

Cruise Ship Sinking Estimated 1,000 Passengers Dead Lake Victoria

May 22, 2017

This day in cruise history: On May 21, 1996, TRC Marine Division’s ships’ manifest for MV Bukoba 21’s final voyage showed 443 passengers in 1st-2nd class cabins, but cheaper third class accommodation had no manifest. The routine […]

Bahamas 4 Cs Adventure Tours Excursion Boat Explosion

Bahamas Four Cs Adventure Tours Excursion Boat Explosion

July 7, 2018

Bahamas Four Cs Adventure Tours Excursion Boat Explosion (see video below) – On Saturday, June 30, 2018, Stefanie and Brooke Schaffer were traveling on vacation with their mother and stepfather, Stacey and Paul Bender. The […]

SS Saale Steam Ship Fire 361 Passengerd Dead June 30 1900

SS Saale Steam Ship Fire 361 Dead

June 30, 2017

On this day in Cruise Ship History: It was one of the largest maritime disasters in American history, 117 years ago today, the fire and sinking of the Steamship S.S. Saale on June 30, 1900, […]

Cruise Ship Fire – Grand Princess Near Hawaii

December 3, 2015

Princess Cruises has cancelled the Grand Princess San Francisco to Hawaii cruise after an electrical fire stalled the cruise ship on Monday. On Monday, November 30, 2015 Princess Cruises Grand Princess experienced a switchboard malfunction sparked […]

Norwegian Jewel Crew Cocaine Arrest

April 19, 2015

#Cruise Ship Drugs: A kilo of cocaine was discovered hidden on a Norwegian Jewel galley crew member while the cruise ship was in Roatan, Honduras. April 16, 2015, a cocaine arrest aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian […]

Shipmates British Reality Television Show Reboot

June 17, 2018

Shipmates television show aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines ship Vision of the Seas is a 2018 British reboot of an American syndicated television show that ran for two seasons from 2001 to 2003. The show features a couple […]

Florence Childs Selling Spokane Pot Store

September 22, 2015

Florence Childs, 81, wants to cruise in Europe and is ready to retire again. The Spokane pot store she opened Jan 2105, has sales of $700,000 with a license won in the state lottery is for sale. Childs, a retired […]

Symphony of the Seas Leaves Passengers Nassau Bahamas Dock

February 20, 2019

Symphony of the Seas Leaves Passengers Nassau Bahamas Dock (see video below) – On Friday, February 15, 2019, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line ship Symphony of the Seas, left two passengers at the dock, who were […]

USCG New Cruise Ship Preboarding Regs

December 9, 2014

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is looking at new pre-boarding, screening requirements for #cruise ship passenger and crew including pre-screening of all baggage before boarding. This proposed rule would standardize screening activities for all persons, baggage, […]

17 Passengers Dead After Storm Sinks Ride The Ducks Boat

Ride The Ducks Third Mass Passenger Deaths Incident

July 20, 2018

Ride The Ducks Third Mass Passenger Deaths Incident – On Thursday, July 19, 2018, two Ride The Ducks boats were doing a Table Rock Lake, Missouri excursion, near Branson, Missouri. Both vessels were operating with their removable roof […]

Third Cruise Ship Alaska Floatplane Crash Kills Five

May 14, 2019

Third Cruise Ship Alaska Floatplane Crash Kills Five – On Monday, May 13, 2018 two Alaskan floatplanes (see video below) filled with Royal Princess cruise ship passengers collided in mid-flight near Ketchikan, Alaska in George Inlet at […]

HAL Nieuw Statendam Drifting At Sea After Power Failure

March 25, 2019

HAL Nieuw Statendam Drifting At Sea After Power Failure – On Sunday, March 23, 2019, Holland America Line Nieuw Statendam cruise ship lost power which resulted in blackouts and a canceled port of call at Half […]

Scylla Cruises Edelweiss Waal River Collision Nijmegen Netherlands

March 24, 2019

Scylla Cruises Edelweiss Waal River Collision Nijmegen Netherlands – On Wednesday, March 20, 2019, around 0400 hours, Scylla Cruises river cruise ship MS Edelweiss passengers were brutally awakened after a cargo ship loaded with cargo, was involved […]

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