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Tropical Storm Elida

Tropical Storm Elida – NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL EP092020 1000 PM CDT Sat Aug 08, 2020 (see video below) Deep convection associated with the area of disturbed weather that we have been monitoring [...]
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Tropical Storm Josephine

Tropical Storm Josephine forming – NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 PM CVT Fri Jul 31, 2020 (see video below) Deep convection has recently developed closer to the center of a small area of [...]
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Tropical Storm Isaias

Hurricane Isaias – NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 AM EDT Sat Aug 01, 2020 (see Saturday video below) Data from an Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft around 1410 UTC indicated that the center [...]
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Tropical Storm Hanna

Tropical Storm Hanna – NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 400 PM CDT Sun Jul 26, 2020 (see NEW video below) Surface observations along with radar and satellite imagery show that Hanna continues to weaken [...]
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Tropical Storm Gonzalo

Tropical Storm Gonzalo – NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM AST Sat Jul 25, 2020 (see Saturday video below) Gonzalo’s structure has degraded further since the last advisory. Late-arriving ASCAT data showed a [...]

Toddler Family Rejects Royal Caribbean Video Claim As Impossible

January 25, 2020

Toddler Family Rejects Royal Caribbean Video Claim As Impossible (see video below) – Case History: On Sunday, July 7, 2019, about 4:30 p.m, South Bend Indiana Police officer Alan Wiegand and his wife Kimberly were [...]
Claim:Video Shows Grandpa Knew Window Open Before Toddler Dropped Overboard

January 18, 2020
Cruise Ship Deaths Update New Cases Added

January 15, 2020

Alaska Floatplane Cruise Excursion Death Cases Added

May 20, 2019

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 [...]
Royal Caribbean Cruise Shower Sewage Injury Case Appealed

April 30, 2019
Royal Caribbean FlowRider Passenger Injury Lawsuit

April 26, 2019

Whale Pods Breaching Seattle Alaska Cruises Strait of Georgia

June 29, 2019

Whale Pods Breaching Seattle Alaska Cruises Strait of Georgia – On Thursday, June 27, 2019, Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic (see video below) reported one or more groups of whale pods, thought to be Southern Resident killer whales, were seen […]

Cuba Travel Port Cruise Calls Blocked By U.S. State Department

June 5, 2019

Cuba Travel Port Cruise Calls Blocked By U.S. State Department – Beginning today, Wednesday, June 5, 2019, (see video below) your cruise ship vacation to Cuba just became political and got more confusing than the […]

Port of Seattle Welcomes Royal Celebrity Cruise Ships

May 24, 2019

Port of Seattle (see video below) Welcomes Royal Celebrity Cruise Ships – Today, Friday May 24, 2019, we were at the Port of Seattle when two cruise ships docked, […]

Tropical Storm Isaias

July 26, 2020

Hurricane Isaias – NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 AM EDT Sat Aug 01, 2020 (see Saturday video below) Data from an Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft around 1410 UTC indicated that the center […]

Canadian Passenger Overboard Oasis of the Seas Puerto Rico

January 23, 2020

Canadian Passenger Overboard Oasis of the Seas Puerto Rico (see video below) – On Wednesday, January 22, 2020, Andrew Campbell, 45, a Canadian living in Naples, Florida, appeared to have deliberately jumped overboard from his […]

Carnival Victory Crew Overboard Off Cuba Coast

October 28, 2019

Carnival Victory Crew Overboard Off Cuba Coast – On Thursday, July 4, 2019, Gaffar Satwilkar, 37, from Ratnagiri, India was a crew member who worked aboard Carnival Cruise Line ship Carnival Victory went overboard as […]

Viking Sun Medevac Senior Cruise Passenger Near Santa Maria Chile

Viking Sun Passenger Chile Medevac During World Cruise

February 14, 2019

Viking Sun Passenger Chile Medevac During World Cruise – On Sunday, February 10, 2019, Sheila Eaton, 66, from the United States was evacuated by the Chilean navy after the Viking Cruises’ Viking Sun cruise ship passenger suffered […]

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 […]

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 Missing 2018 Upgrade

June 21, 2018

Cruise Ship Missing 2018 Upgrade – Our Cruise Ship Missing website has been updated today. We have added the ability to search for all passengers and crew who have gone missing in port or overboard by […]

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 […]

Norwegian Pearl Crew Member Missing Victoria BC Canada

June 7, 2018

Norwegian Pearl Crew Member Missing Victoria BC Canada – Norwegian Pearl crew member Lloyd Takana, 36, has been reported missing by Norwegian Cruise Line. Missing is defined as “jumped ship”, meaning he willingly left the […]

Actor Frames Murdered Military Veteran For Cruise Honeymoon

Military Veteran Murder Covers $50k Theft For Honeymoon Cruise

January 21, 2020

Military Veteran Murder Covers $50k Theft For Honeymoon Cruise (see video below) – I have cases of passenger murdering a newlywed wife, another who murdered his wife on her birthday cruise, another case of a […]

Norwegian Breakaway Passenger Assault Arrest San Juan

November 15, 2019

Norwegian Breakaway Passenger Assault Arrest San Juan – On Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at approximately 0345 in the morning, a Norwegian Cruise Line ship Norwegian Breakaway passenger was attacked by another passenger identified as her […]

Alabama Priest Charged Cruise Ship Sexual Abuse

November 14, 2019

Alabama Priest Charged Cruise Ship Sexual Abuse (see video below) – Sexual abuse charges have been filed against Father Amal Samy, 37, of Mount Vernon, Alabama, who was due in court on November 13, 2019. […]

Lawsuit Filed After Passenger Stroke Aboard HAL Zuiderdam

February 9, 2019

Lawsuit Filed After Passenger Stroke Aboard HAL Zuiderdam – On Wednesday, March 21, 2018, Lila Graciela Kohn Gale, 55, and her husband John [Plaintiff], both from Chicago, Illinois, were cruising aboard the Holland America Line [Defendants] […]

Norwegian Bliss Child Passenger Evacuated After Cardiac Arrest

January 9, 2019

Norwegian Bliss Child Passenger Evacuated After Cardiac Arrest – On Friday, January 4, 2019, Noah Anderson, age 8, from Cincinnati, Ohio, was on a Caribbean cruise (see video below) with his family, when he went into cadiac […]

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 Elida

August 9, 2020

Tropical Storm Elida – NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL EP092020 1000 PM CDT Sat Aug 08, 2020 (see video below) Deep convection associated with the area of disturbed weather that we have been monitoring […]

Tropical Storm Josephine

July 31, 2020

Tropical Storm Josephine forming – NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 PM CVT Fri Jul 31, 2020 (see video below) Deep convection has recently developed closer to the center of a small area of […]

Tropical Storm Isaias

July 26, 2020

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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 […]

Costa Concordia Sinking Seven Years Ago Today

January 13, 2019

Costa Concordia Sinking Seven Years Ago Today – On this day in cruise history, the cruise ship Costa Concordia sinking took place off the coast of Italy near Giglio on Friday the 13th of January, […]

MV Butiraoi Sinks 50 Passengers Aboard in Gilbert Islands

January 28, 2018

The MV Butiraoi, a 55-foot wooden catamaran ferry, left Nonouti Island in the Gilbert Islands (see video below) for South Tarawa, Kiribati on Thursday, January 18, 2018 for a two day trip, with sea conditions “moderate […]

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Lakonia Cruise Ship Fire 55 Years Ago Today

December 21, 2018

Lakonia Cruise Ship Fire 55 Years Ago Today (see video below) – On this day in cruise history 55 years ago today on December 22, 1963 passenger ship TSMS Lakonia, sailed by Greek Line, was sailing […]

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 […]

Tropical Breeze Casino Cruise Ship Shuttle Fire Death Victim Identified

March 1, 2018

On Sunday January 14, 2018 around 1600 hours, the Sun Cruz casino ship Tropical Breeze shuttle boat caught fire (see video below). One person, reportedly a 42-year-old woman is dead and 14 others injured after a fire […]

Allure of the Seas Cruise Ship Passenger Drug Bust Miami Florida

February 3, 2019

Allure of the Seas Cruise Ship Passenger Drug Bust Miami Florida – On Sunday, February 3, 2019, Peter Melendez, 35, and Robert Koehler, 27, from Washington, DC were two cruise passengers aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise […]

Oceania Riviera Crew Smuggled Seven Pounds Cocaine Miami

Oceania Riviera Crew Underwear Shoes Smuggled Cocaine

January 22, 2019

Oceania Riviera Crew Underwear Shoes Smuggled Cocaine – On Wednesday, January 2, 2019, Oceania Cruises’ Oceania Riviera crew member Wilfred Thobourne, 31, from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa was arrested for smuggling cocaine to Miami, Florida. The […]

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