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Tropical Storm Leslie

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 AM AST Sun Sep 23 2018 Subtropical Storm Leslie – (see 2 videos below)The development of a subtropical storm that NHC and the global models have been advertising [...]
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Tropical Storm Kirk

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM AST Sun Sep 23 2018 Tropical Storm Kirk’s (see 3 videos below) deep convection has diminished near the estimated center of Kirk, and the main thunderstorm activity [...]
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Tropical Storm Sergio

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 PM PDT Sun Sep 23 2018 For the eastern North Pacific…east of 140 degrees west longitude: 1. A broad area of low pressure located a couple of hundred [...]
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Norwegian Breakaway Doctor Malpractice Lawsuit Award $3,337,500

Norwegian Breakaway Doctor Malpractice Lawsuit Award $3,337,500 – Ilija Loncar (Илија Лончар), 30, from Novi Sad, Serbia, who is currently living in Saint Petersburg, Florida, worked as a waiter aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines ship Norwegian Breakaway when he [...]
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Tropical Storm Rosa

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 300 AM MDT Thu Sep 20 2018 A pair of ASCAT passes between 0400 and 0500 UTC indicated that the center of the depression had moved inland over the [...]

Teen Hayman Ronald Lucas Alcohol Cruise Ship Death

July 22, 2017

On this day in cruise history, twenty-three years ago today, on June 22, 1994 at 0500 hours, Hayman Ronald Lucas age, 14, from Elmont, New York was sailing aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ Majesty of [...]
Cruise Ship Passenger Dies From Broken Heart

August 21, 2015
Cruise Industry News Updates

March 15, 2015

Cruise Ship Ticket Contracts – Read Before Booking

July 27, 2014

Parenting Cruise Contract – Read Passenger Ticket Contract in Full Read the ticket contract and parental consent form completely before booking each and every cruise to ensure the updated passenger contract and minor child consent [...]
Cruise Laws – Most Recent Cruise Line Lawsuits

August 7, 2015
RCCL Sued After Truck Driver Hits Excursion Bus

January 16, 2017

Bar Harbor Pier Fire Sabotage or Accident Before June Cruise Terminal Vote

May 11, 2017

Cruise Pier Fire Sabotage, Accident Or? On Tuesday, March 14, 2017, a fire damaged the Bar Harbor Ferry pier. The fire department was notified, that the former international ferry terminal was reported ablaze by Atlantic […]

Sydney Australia Christmas In July Brings Grinch Aboard Spirit

July 25, 2018

Sydney Australia Christmas In July Brings Grinch Aboard Spirit – Sydney, Australia had a Christmas in July event aboard Carnival Cruise Lines ship Carnival Spirit (see video below). The event was a promotion for Carnival Christmastime cruises. […]

Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line Announces Second Cruise Ship

December 3, 2017

Bahamas Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis signed a contract for the introduction of the second ship to Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line. The MV Grand Classica, will commence cruises to Grand Bahama in April 2018. It […]

Blueprint For Murder At Sea

September 24, 2015

Wife Overboard by Steve Colbourne is a brilliant cruise ship murder mystery and a blueprint for cruise ship murder at sea. Wife Overboard by Steve Colbourne is a blueprint for cruise ship murder at sea. Set […]

Male Cruise Ship Passenger Overboard Off Virginia

April 14, 2018

On Friday the 13th of April, 2018, a male cruise ship passenger, age 24, from a Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines ship went overboard (see video below). Anthem of the Seas was returning to Bayonne, New […]

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

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, […]

USCG Says Cruise Ship Captain Fell Asleep Before Crash

March 13, 2017

On Thursday, August 28, 2016 around 0230 hours, Entertainment Cruises’ Spirit of Baltimore was involved in a collision in at Henderson Wharf Marina Fells Point Maryland. The cruise ship had taken more than 400 passengers […]

Cruise Passengers Left Die in Nassau Bahamas

March 15, 2017

While browsing videos for Nassau, Bahamas today, one particular video caught my eye. The video was titled “Cabbage beach Nassau Bahamas unsafe. I needed to know more and the 15 minute video outlines a day […]

Three Carnival Sensation Cruise Ship Passengers Missing Ocho Rios Jamaica

Missing Carnival Sensation Passenger Incorrectly Identified

April 7, 2018

UPDATE: April 7, 2018 – A Cruise Bruise visitor reports that Clinton Hill was incorrectly reported by Carnival as missing aboard Carnival Sensation on February 28, 2018. The actual name is Quentin Lee Hill and his […]

Missing Cruise Passenger Owned Cinderella Weddings Cruise Website

February 25, 2017

As previously posted, Li Yinglei, 36, embarked on a MSC Cruises’ MSC Magnifica 10-day Mediterranean cruise with her husband Daniel Belling, 46, and their two children ages six and four on February 9, 2017. When […]

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 […]

Murder-Suicide Darla J Mellinger Banner

April 3, 2015

Cruise Ship Deaths: Case now live, Darla J (Campbell) Mellinger Banner and John C Banner confirmed #cruise ship passengers in Ryndam murder-suicide Cruise Ship Murder Suicide Ryndam April, 2 2015 On Thursday, April 2, 2015 aboard […]

Cruise Ship Passenger Fight Security Inside Pool and Hot Tub

March 11, 2017

While adding videos to our Youtube playlists, we noticed an odd video surfaced on Youtube one month ago. It appears a group of passengers are arguing, appearing to be close to an out and out […]

Lonnie Kocontes Cruise Ship Murder Trial Continues

January 30, 2014

The case of cruise ship passenger Micki Kanesaki, who went missing on a cruise aboard Island Cruises’ cruise ship Island Escape, while sailing with her ex-husband in the Mediterranean is now in court. Kanesaki went overboard nearly seven years […]

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, […]

Doctor Brings Ebola To New York

October 24, 2014

New York doctor, Craig Spencer who works with Doctors Without Borders flew back to New York from West Africa after treating ebola patients tests positive. Craig Spencer, 33, came back from treating Ebola patients in Guinea October 17 and developed a […]

Norwegian Cruise Line Singer Goes Mental

Norwegian Cruise Line Singer Not Ship Shape Goes Mental

May 8, 2018

Norwegian Cruise Line Singer Not Ship Shape Goes Mental – There are a lot of reasons to support mental health services in this world, and Walker Vreeland adds his story to the mix in the […]

Hurricane Dennis – On This Day in Cruise Weather History

July 7, 2017

On This Day Cruise Weather History: July 7, 2005 – Hurricane Dennis Dennis formed from a tropical wave that moved westward across the coast of Africa on June 29. A tropical depression developed from the […]

Category 4 Hurricane Fernanda Eastern North Pacific Cruise Ship Weather

July 16, 2017

Cruise Ship Weather 500 AM PDT Sun Jul 16 2017 The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on category 4 Hurricane Fernanda, located well to the west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California […]

Winter Storm Liam Headed For Northeast Cruise Ports

February 6, 2018

Winter Storm Liam Headed For Northeast Cruise Ports on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. Winter Storm Liam will spread another round of snow, sleet and freezing rain from the Plains into the Midwest and Northeast through […]

MV Lyubov Orlova Drifting Ghost Ship or Sunk?

January 30, 2014

Lyubov Orlova sailed into St. John’s, Newfoundland in Canada, was inspected and prevented from sailing with passengers for a booked cruise due to too many issues not passing inspection. Meanwhile, the crew was aboard while […]

Philippine Ferry MV Doña Paz Collision More Than 4000 Passengers Dead

December 20, 1987

On December 20, 1987, at 06:30 hours, the Philippine-registered passenger ferry MV Doña Paz owned by Sulpicio Lines sank after colliding with the oil tanker MT Vector. The MV Doña Paz was sailing from Leyte island to the Philippine capital of Manila. MV Doña Paz was seriously overcrowded, had no radio […]

Ferry El Almirante Sinks 170 Aboard Six Dead 31 Missing

June 26, 2017

The ferry El Almirante (The Admiral) sunk on Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 1400 hours, on Peňol-Guatapé reservoir lake near Bogota, Colombia. There were an estimated 170 passengers aboard the four deck cruise boat when […]

Cruise Ship Explosion Kills Eight Injures 17

May 25, 2017

This day in cruise industry: Fourteen yeas ago today, on Sunday, May 25, 2003, Norwegian Cruise Line’s SS Norway, had just moored in Miami, Florida, at the end of a 7-day Caribbean cruise, with 911 […]

Boudicca Cruise Ship Fire

January 25, 2015

Cruise Ship Fires: Boudicca engine room fire causes listing off Casa Blanca, Morroco while sailing to Africa. Track on the Mediterranean Cruise Ship Tracker. Around 0400 hours on Sunday, January 25, 2015, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines Boudicca cruise […]

High Speed Ferry Explosion

June 6, 2015

Wahana Gili Ocean 4 high speed #ferry explosion injures 25 passengers, 129 aboard. Wahana Gili Ocean 4 suffered an engine explosion about 30 minutes out to sea from Senggigi on Lombok in the Indonesian islands. There were 19 […]

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 […]

Norwegian Escape Passenger James Insalaco Bermuda Marijuana Arrest

August 14, 2018

Norwegian Escape Passenger James Insalaco Bermuda Marijuana Arrest – On Wednesday, August 8 2018, a Norwegian Cruise Lines ship Norwegian Escape passenger was arrested at Heritage Wharf, Dockyard. James Insalaco, 24, admitted to bringing just over 20 […]

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