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Tropical Storm Chantal

Tropical Storm Chantal – NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Sat Jul 13 2019 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical [...]
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Cruise Ship Deaths Database 2019 Upgrade

Cruise Ship Deaths Database 2019 Upgrade – Today we upgraded the Cruise Ship Deaths database. Originally, the database was easily searched by name, gender, date, cruise line, cruise ship, and age. When we rolled out the [...]
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Freedom of the Seas Cruise Toddler Falls To Death Puerto Rico

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Toddler Falls To Death Puerto Rico – On Sunday, July 7, 2019, about 4:30 p.m, South Bend Indiana Police officer Alan Wiegand and his wife Kimberly were departing San Juan, Puerto Rico aboard Royal Caribbean [...]
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Tropical Storm Barry

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1000 AM CDT Sun Jul 14, 2019 Tropical Storm Barry’s (see Sunday video below) radar and satellite presentations have continued to degrade, which is typical for an inland tropical cyclone. [...]
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Tropical Storm Cosme

Tropical Storm Cosme – NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 AM PDT Mon Jul 08, 2019 Cosme continues to gradually weaken over 23 to 24 degree C waters and in a dry and stable [...]

Carnival Fantasy Cruise Passenger Death

November 4, 2015

A Cruise Ship Deaths’ visitor sent us a tip on the sad snorkeling death case of Carnival Fantasy cruise ship passenger, family man Ian Michael Scott-Ellis from North Carolina. Ian Michael Scott-Ellis, 49, from Mount Holly, North Carolina [...]
Young Cruise Ship Captains Dead At Sea

March 26, 2018
Fourth Cruise Ship Hanging

February 22, 2015

Cruise Laws Mobile Updated

February 19, 2015

Cruise Laws is now mobile-friendly. Read about cruise laws: Cruise regulations Cruise lawsuits Cruise arbitration Cruise lawyer fees Lawyers disciplined
Congressional Hearing S1340 Hears Some Distortions

July 23, 2014
Royal Caribbean FlowRider Passenger Injury Lawsuit

April 26, 2019

Turkish Government Fights War With Cruise Lines

Turkish Government Fights Financial War With Cruise Lines

March 28, 2018

On February 19, 2017, we posted, “Royal Caribbean has decided to cancel all scheduled stops in Turkey for the 2017 cruise season, citing “unpredictability” in the country. In a statement to travel agents, Royal Caribbean […]

China Building Polar Expedition Cruise Ship

Four New Arctic Polar Expedition Cruise Ships Ordered

March 17, 2018

China joins other major nations including the U.S, Canada and Russia, building its first arctic polar expedition cruise ship (see video below). SunStone Ships will build four expedition vessels with an option for six more […]

American Cruise Lines Announces Tacoma Washington Cruise Ship Call

May 29, 2017

America Cruise Lines announces three great itineraries for the northwest United States aboard the cruise ship American Constellation. American Constellation is a brand new 2017 cruise ship with a passenger capacity of 175. Staterooms range […]

Naked Passenger Jumps Overboard Arrested

November 6, 2015

Cruise Bruise Investigates: A male passenger has been arrested after he jumped overboard, swam to an island and broke into home, trashing the place. Police arrived to find the naked, wet man in yet another […]

Bernardo Elbaz Oasis of The Seas Overboard

November 8, 2015

Bernardo Elbaz identified as #cruise ship passenger #overboard in Caribbean. Bernardo Garcia Teixeira Elbaz is a missing cruise ship passenger aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ Oasis of the Seas on November 6, 2015. Elbaz intentionally jumped from […]

Drunk Passenger Overboard Cozumel Mexico

March 25, 2015

Cruise Ship Deaths: Family of drunk passenger, 40, who went overboard on Carnival Conquest while #cruise ship was in Cozumel, Mexico sues cruise line. On September 18, 2011, Clint Markham, 40, and his wife Michelle embarked […]

NCL Passenger Files Lawsuit After Water Slide Incident

April 12, 2017

On April 6, 2016 a Norwegian Cruise Line, Norwegian Escape passenger filed a lawsuit in the Federal Southern District Court of Florida, after alleging she suffered injuries inside the water slide aboard their cruise ship. […]

Cruise Broken Back Gets Emergency Medevac

January 27, 2017

Cruise Bruise: Woman, 20, with fractured spine gets medevac from Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines #cruise ship Legend of the Seas, A medevac took place 80km southeast of Wellington, New Zealand aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Legend of the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Bahamas Search Underway Honeymoon Cruise Passenger Overboard

April 7, 2017

Reco Scott, 32, from Decatur, Illinois, was on his honeymoon, when he fell overboard early this morning while the Carnival Cruise Lines Carnival Liberty was in the Bahamas. Reco Scott went overboard from deck nine […]

John Pyle American Veteran Child Pornography Arrest Fugitive

June 19, 2018

John Michael Pyle, 59, single and divorced, completed the Patriot Run Across America. He ran to raise money for various charities dedicated to helping US veterans. He crossed the finish line at the Key West […]

Carnival Elation Special Needs Passenger Alleges Sexual Attack

Cruise Ship Passenger Brian Holland Charged With Alleged Sexual Abuse

March 3, 2018

Brian James Holland, 23, from Jacksonville, Florida was identified by cruise ship cameras in the Carnival Elation hot tub attack earlier this week on another passenger who was 18-years-old but has the mental capacity of a […]

Woman Takes Cruise With $100k Stolen From Bank Account

March 23, 2017

Initially, it appeared be a banking error, when $100,000 landed in a Sydney, Australia woman’s bank account. But, quickly police discovered the spending spree which included a cruise, was not after her bank made an […]

Cruise Passenger John Ali Radwan Arrested

May 6, 2015

Liberty Of The Seas passenger cash theft at hot tub, seen on camera. Florida man with priors arrested. On May 4, 2015, John Ali Radwan, 29, from Florida was arrested for a theft which took […]

Azamara Quest San Diego Cruise Ship Docking With Norovirus Passengers

February 8, 2018

Azamara Club Cruises cruise ship Azamara Quest (see video below) pulled into San Diego Bay around Thursday, February 8, 2018 around 5:30 a.m. Twenty-two passengers and two crew member were sick with norovirus, according to Royal […]

Cruise Ship Travel Warnings By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

February 22, 2018

International air travel and cruise ship travel presents a unique combination of health concerns (see video below). Travelers from diverse regions brought together in often crowded, semi-enclosed environments onboard ships can facilitate the spread of […]

Norwegian Jewel Alaska Cruise Teen Measles Diagnosis

August 15, 2018

Norwegian Jewel Alaska Cruise Teen Measles Diagnosis – On Monday, August 6, 2018 a Norwegian Jewel cruise passenger, age 16, who was a non-U.S. citizen was transferred to PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center for care. Doctors diagnosed […]

Tropical Storm Olivia

August 27, 2018

NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI 500 AM HST Thu Sep 13 2018 Olivia (see Thurs video below)continues to move rapidly toward the west-southwest away from the main Hawaiian Islands this morning. Southwesterly vertical […]

7.9 - 280km SE of Kodiak Alaska January 23 2018

Alaska 7.9 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes West Coast Ports

January 24, 2018

At 12:30 am on January 23, 2018,the United States Geological Survey (USGS) recorded a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck off Alaska, at 56.046°N 149.073°W approximately 25.0 km in depth. The earthquake was originally recorded as […]

The Cruise From Hell – What Did You Expect?

February 21, 2014

Cruise Ship Complaints This has been one of those busy weeks, where a cluster of events took place aboard cruise ships, which was somewhat exciting for the media as a whole. There was the gentleman […]

Tahoe Queen Grounding Over 300 Aboard

August 5, 2014

#Cruise Ship Sinking: The Tahoe Queen grounded on a sandbar yesterday with 296 passengers and 14 crew aboard. Passengers evacuated by USCG. Hornblower Cruises’ Tahoe Queen Near Thomas F Regan Beach S Lake Tahoe, California with nearly […]

El Dorado Cruise Ship For Sale Outside 3 February 4 2019

Florida Cruise Ship El Dorado New Life Beneath Dupont Bridge As Living Reef

February 11, 2019

Florida Cruise Ship El Dorado New Life Beneath Dupont Bridge As Living Reef (see video below) – On January 14, 2019, the Bay County Board of County Commissioners acquired Lee Ingram’s cruise ship El Dorado. Through negotiations with […]

MV Pinak Sinks – Over 100 Passengers Dead

July 5, 2014

#Cruise Ship Sinking: MV Pinak sunk with an estimated 250 ferry passengers aboard, only about 100 rescued, the other passengers are missing. Rescue slow. MV Pinak Ferry Sinks Padma River Dhaka Bangladesh With Over 200 Passengers Aboard. […]

Cruise Ship Fire Aboard Splendour of the Seas

October 22, 2015

Cruise Ship Fires: Fire broke out aboard the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line ship Splendour of the Seas this morning, while the #cruise ship was sailing off the coast of Greece. Thursday October 22, 2015 Royal Caribbean Cruise […]

Cruise Ship Explosion While Docked in Port

February 9, 2017

Cruise Ship Fires: Explosion aboard the Princess Cruises #cruise ship Emerald Princess damaged stern of the ship and kills one. Around 5:00, on Thursday, February 9, 2017, Princess Cruises’ Emerald Princess cruise had an explosion, which damaged […]

Two Cruise Ship Passengers Evacuated After Nieuw Amsterdam Alaska Fire

May 23, 2017

This day in cruise history: On May 23, 2000, Holland America Line cruise ship Nieuw Amsterdam was on a 7-day cruise between Vancouver, British Columbia, and Seward, Alaska. The cruise ship had 1,169 passengers and 542 crew […]

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 […]

Passenger Caught Halloween Trick Or Treating With Full Cocaine Candy Bag

April 9, 2018

P&O Cruises cruise ship Arcadia passenger Kevin James Enright, 55, from Dunstable, Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom (UK) was arrested October 31, 2017. Enright tried to round-trip, trick or treat his way on a 4,158 mile Halloween cruise over 21 […]

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 […]

Cruise Ship Passengers From Hell

March 26, 2015

Cruise Bruise: How not to become a #cruise ship passenger from hell. Are you on the list of lists? Our tips to being a good cruise ship passenger. List #1 of 3 – Yahoo Travel: How to […]

Another Cruise Ship Passenger Excursion Plane Crashes Ketchikan Alaska

June 20, 2017

On Father’s Day, Sunday, June 19, 2016, an Alaska Seaplane Tours De Havilland DHC-2 crashed in Misty Fjords National Monument on Big Goat Lake, located approximately 25 air miles east of Ketchikan, Alaska. The seaplane […]

Travel Warning Playa del Carmen Riviera Maya Quintana Roo Mexico

March 9, 2018

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico has issued a travel warning for Playa del Carmen in the Riviera Maya region of the Quintana Roo state in Mexico. (see video below) The travel warning follows a “security threat” alert and […]

Smash Cruises Activists Blockade HAL Zuiderdam Kiel Germany

June 11, 2019

Smash Cruises Activists Blockade HAL Zuiderdam Kiel Germany – On Sunday, June 9, 2019, members of the group Smash Cruiseshit positioned themselves in front of the Holland American Line (HAL) cruise ship, Zuiderdam, using small boats in […]

MSC Opera Venice Dock Crash Gives Cruise Ship Ban Fuel

June 4, 2019

MSC Opera Venice Dock Crash Gives Cruise Ship Ban Fuel – On Sunday, June 1, 2019, MSC Cruises ship MSC Opera, which was being piloted by two harbor pilots, crashed (see video below) into the dock at […]

Viking Sigyn Captain Arrested After Deadly Budapest Crash

Viking Sigyn Rammed Tour Boat After Hableany Moved Into Viking Path

June 3, 2019

Viking Sigyn Rammed Tour Boat After Hableany Moved Into Viking Path – On Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at 2105 hours local time, Viking River Cruises river ship Viking Sigyn (see video below)collided on the Danube River near the Margaret Bridge with […]

Healthy Meal Cruise Ship Fast Food Restaurant

October 7, 2014

Cruise Bruise: Portion control key to eating well on cruise ship, our nutritional menu choice for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ Johnny Rockets Restaurant. The Johnny Rockets Grilled Chicken Club Salad when shared with another person, both persons […]

Cuba Cruise Ship Travel Medical Costs

August 26, 2015

Cruise Bruise: The hidden cruise ship # travel medical cost of #cruise ship travel to Cuba has secret benefits for cruise ship passengers and crew members. Medical issues while traveling are a primary concern for cruise ship […]

Carnival Cruise Lines Passenger Ocean Medallion

Carnival Corp Princess Cruises Passenger Ocean Medallion

May 25, 2019

Carnival Corp Princess Cruises Passenger Ocean Medallion – MedallionClass is a personalized vacation experience enabled by the cruise line’s OceanMedallion (see video below) wearable device. A recent winner of the CES 2019 Innovation Award, the OceanMedallion allows guests to […]

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