A forty-one year old man went overboard from Royal Caribbean’s Vision of the Seas last night according to multiple sources. It appears that the first information about the incident was posted yesterday evening (December 23rd) on Twitter (X). At 8:15 p.m., one Clark Kent posted:
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Man Overboard From Wonder of the Seas – Why Hasn’t Royal Caribbean Installed A Single MOB System On Its Cruise Ships?
A “man overboard” situation took place yesterday evening on the Wonder of the Seas as it was sailing to Mexico.
A man apparently went overboard at some time shortly after 8:00 p.m. when the Wonder of the Seas was sailing south of Cuba. I received a message at 8:47 p.m. last night from a woman…
Court of Appeal Sends Wrongful Death Case of Toddler Who Was Dropped from a Window on Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas Back to Trial Court
Yesterday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeal sent the wrongful death case against Royal Caribbean Cruises by the parents of Chloe Weigand whose grandfather dropped her from an open window on deck 11 of the Freedom of the Seas, back to the trial court. In a comprehensive 21 page order replete with photographs of…
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…
Alaska State Troopers Identify Overboard Passenger From Celebrity Solstice
The Alaska State Police identified the woman who went overboard last week from the Celebrity Solstice. ABC 13 in Houston reported that authorities in Alaska are conducting a death investigation after a Houston woman went overboard during a cruise. Alaska State Troopers identify the woman as 40-year-old Selena Pau Pres.”
Last week we reported…
Royal Caribbean Wins Summary Judgment in Dropped Toddler Case
This tragic case involved an eighteen-month-old girl who fell from the arms of her grandfather through an open window on Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas in July of 2019. She fell 150 feet to the pier below, resulting in her death. The toddler’s parents filed suit in Federal District Court for the Southern District…
Cruise Passenger Falls to Deck Five on Carnival Horizon
A male passenger died after he fell four stories on a Carnival cruise ship during a recent cruise, according to a news station in Fort Meyers, Florida.
The newspaper did not identify the Carnival cruise ship in its article which it published last night, although a video produced by WINK News showed footage taken of …
Grandfather of Toddler Who Fell From Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Arrested
The Associated Press reports tonight that a grandfather who police say dropped the young child from the Freedom of the Seas docked in Puerto Rico last in July has arrested on charges of negligent homicide in the child’s death.
Today, a judge ordered the arrest of Salvatore Anello after state prosecutors submitted evidence that the…
Coast Guard Medevacs Passenger in Critical Condition From Carnival Valor
The United States Coast Guard medevaced a twenty-three year old passenger from the Carnival Valor yesterday morning according to multiple news accounts.
WKRG-New Orleans reports that the Coast Guard medevaced the male passenger from the Carnival cruise ship just off the coast of Venice, Louisiana early Tuesday morning.
Two Year Old Child Dies After Falling From Freedom of the Seas
A two year old child reportedly died today after falling from deck 11 while the Royal Caribbean cruise ship was in port in San Juan.
The ship was reportedly docked at the Pan American dock II in San Juan.
There are conflicting information regarding the circumstances of the tragedy. One source (translated) states that the…