Virgin Voyages’ Resilient Lady has created quite a stir over the last several months when it called on Hobart, Tasmania during its regular three-six day cruises from Melbourne and Sydney. The cruise ship has been extensively photographed belching out smoke which fills the port, sparking a heated debate whether the public is seeing just harmless
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Music Director of Royal Caribbean Jailed for Child Abuse Images
A cruise ship employee, who describes himself as a music director of Royal Caribbean, was jailed in Australia for obtaining and accessing child abuse photographs and videos. Forty-four year-old Dana Moran reportedly came to the attention of Australian Border Force officers earlier this year when he flew into Brisbane International Airport. Following a baggage search…
Australian Passenger Goes Overboard from Quantum of the Seas Sailing from Brisbane to Honolulu
An Australian passenger has gone overboard from the Quantum of the Seas Wednesday night as the Royal Caribbean ship was sailing from Australia to Hawaii.
We first reported on the situation after reading about it in the popular cruise blog, Cruise Hive, yesterday afternoon.
The incident occurred around 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday (Hawaii-Aleutian standard…
Confusion Following Large COVID-19 Outbreak on the Celebrity Eclipse: 100 to 1,500 Infected
The Celebrity Eclipse docked in Sydney, Australia with, depending upon which news outlet you read, anywhere from 100 to over 1,500 people infected with COVID-19.
The Daily Mail reports that “far more than 1,500 people” on the cruise ship operated by Celebrity Cruises were positive for COVID-19.
The Australian newspaper reports that around 300 people …
Blocked By Bali: Queen Elizabeth Experiences COVID-19 Outbreak With Hundreds Infected
A number of news outlets in Australia are reporting that the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak. The country of Indonesia took the extraordinary step of blocking the Cunard ship from calling at port in Bali.
Neither the cruise operator (Cunard) nor ship owner (Carnival Corporation) would disclose the number of infected…
Two Hundred Passengers Infected With COVID-19 Disembark in Melbourne, Australia
Princess Cruises again? 200 #COVID19 positive on @PrincessCruises Grand Princess #cruise ship allowed to come ashore in Melbourne Australia after 13 day round-trip to New Zealand. "Some stuck in tiny cabins for up to 8 days before allowed to disembark," https://t.co/vDpz3VSlUJ
— James (Jim) Walker (@CruiseLaw) November 17, 2022
7News Australia reports on its Facebook page that “200 COVID positive
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Majestic Princess Returns to Sydney: Over 800 People Infected With COVID-19
Princess Cruises’ Majestic Princess returned to Sydney this morning after a twelve-day cruise which leftĀ port on October 31st. There reportedly are now over eight hundred (800) active COVID-19 cases on this ship. This is the biggest single outbreak since the Ruby Princess cruise ship arrived in Sydney in March 2020 with 900 infected passengers.…
Number of Infected Guests and Crew Members with COVID-19 on Coral Princess Currently Over 290
Unlike the United States, which no longer makes the number of people infected with COVID-19 on cruise ships publicly available (the CDC stopped such public disclose in July of this year), the state of New South Wales (NSW) in Australia requires cruise ships which arrive in its waters with guests and crew members infected with…
Growing COVID-19 Outbreak on Coral Princess Now Involves Around 200 Passengers
The president of Carnival Australia and P&O Cruises Australia, Marguerite Fitzgerald, told ABC Business yesterday that there had been an increase in COVID-19 infections on the Coral Princess once the cruise ship reached Fremantle, Australia but the number allegedly remained “limited” and “managed well.” She continued to refuse to release an exact number of infected…
COVID Cruise Ships Return Down Under With Hundreds of Infected Guests
Cruise ships are returning to Australia, New Zealand and Tahiti amidst reports that four cruise ships (two operated by Princess Cruises and two by Royal Caribbean) are rife with COVID-19. Three of the ships have one hundred or more COVID-19 infected guests on each ship. Royal Caribbean has one ship heading to Australia with reports…