This week several people died during cruises on ships owned by Carnival Corporation. A young seafarer died on the Carnival-owned Cunard Queen Victoria cruise ship. A crew member from the Carnival Conquest was crushed to death at the port of New Orleans. And most tragically, a 6 year-old boy needlessly drowned on the Carnival
Silver Shadow Sanitation Scandal: Silversea Cruises Finally Speaks, But is It the Truth?
The cover up is always worse than the crime, the saying goes.
When we first contacted SilverSea Cruises earlier this month, we asked the cruise line for an explanation regarding the Silver Shadow’s failed CDC sanitation inspection. This was before the CDC report was issued and before the CNN story aired. We specifically asked for
Did Disney Cruise Line Really Sail a Crime Scene from the U.S. to Nassau? International Press Focuses on Disney Child Molestation Case
In a case likely to have long term ramifications for the image of Disney Cruise Line (Magical Cruise Company), the story of Disney-flying-a-child-molester-back-to-India which was broken by a local news station in Orlando last night has already reached a national and international audience.
The case is essentially no different that an airline learning that
Norwegian Cruise Lines Abandons Sandy Victims, While Royal Caribbean Steps Up to the Plate!
WABC New York TV reports on a story tonight which may explain why many cruise lines have a major problem with their reputation.
The story involves a grandmother, whose home was destroyed last year after being submerged under four feet of the surging Superstorm Sandy, who had booked a cruise aboard the Norwegian Jewel for
More Toilet Problems for Carnival: Crown Princess Poop Ship!
"Poop ships" and Carnival have become synonymous this year following the public relations debacle as thousands of passengers aboard the Triumph cruise had to endure several days without working sanitation as they were towed to Mobile Alabama.
This evening, a news station in Houston is reporting that the Carnival-owned Princess Cruises’ Crown Princess is experiencing
Carnival Triumph Breaks Mooring in Mobile
Multiple news outlets are reporting that the infamous Carnival Triumph cruise ship has broken loose from its lines at a port facility in Mobile Alabama where it has been moored since February 14th and drifted from the dock.
The cruise ship sustained some damage, with one news outlet reporting that the ship sustained a hole on
Carnival CEO Arison’s Letter to Senator Rockefeller: Screw You!
Tonight Seatrade Insider published an article about Carnival CEO Micky Arison’s letter to Senator Rockefeller who has been critical of Carnival cruise line’s avoidance of taxes and non-payment of services to federal agencies like the U.S. Coast Guard.
You will recall that Senator Rockefeller, who convened a hearing last year after the Carnival-owned Costa Concordia
Tonight on NBC: Carnival CEO Micky Arison Comes Under Congressional Scrutiny
Tonight NBC will take a hard look at Carnival CEO Micky Arison who I have written about on this blog.
Micky Arison is well liked here in Miami, mostly for bringing a couple of NBA basketball championships to South Florida – first with Shaq and later with D-Wade and Lebron James who he has spent
Latest Bad News For Carnival As Legend Experiences Mechanical Difficulties: Is Carnival Facing Management & Maintenance Problems?
CNN reports that the Carnival cruise ship Legend is experiencing mechanical problems that are affecting its sailing speed, the latest in a growing list of woes for the cruise line.
The Legend was on the last part of a seven-day Caribbean cruise that departed Tampa on Sunday.
The cruise ship had to be escorted by a
Carnival’s CEO Micky Arison: “Unfortunately We Have to Pay for Fuel, Food & Players”
Carnival CEO Micky Arison joined Twitter in 2010. I was curious to see how such a big shot cruise executive would interact with the common man on such a popular social media platform like Twitter.
After the Costa Concordia disaster killed 32 of his cruise guests and crew members, cruise CEO Arison made no public
Royal Caribbean Reports $392,800,000 Loss for Last Quarter
The Associated Press reports that cruise giant Royal Caribbean lost $392.8 million in the fourth quarter because of losses associated with its Spanish cruise line, Pullmantur.
The AP states that Royal Caribbean wrote down $413,900,000 due to a substantial drop in bookings and prices in Spain following the Spanish government’s austerity measures. Royal Caribbean also
Are Crew Members Receving the Tips You Pay? Watch Royal Caribbean’s “Screw the Crew” Scheme
Cruise lines have mastered various way to steal the tips which are intended by passengers to compensate waiters and stateroom attendants. Carnival’s P&O Cruises implemented a policy this year to withhold forwarding the tips paid by cruise passengers if the crew member’s performance falls below a 92% rating as determined by management. Read Profits Over
Third Oasis-Class Cruise Ship: Bad for Environment, Bad for U.S., Great for Lawyers & Cruise CEO’s
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Royal Caribbean Cruises just announced a third Oasis-class cruise ship will be built at the South Korea-owned shipyard STX France after the financing fell through with the STX Finland shipyard.
The as-of-yet unnamed gigantic ship will follow fellow behemoths the Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas which are ported in
Hard Times For Carnival? Hardly.
The financial cruise news today is all doom and gloom with cruise giant Carnival reporting another major drop in profits which everyone is attributing to the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster last January.
Carnival announced today that it made a net profit of $93,000,000 in the three months leading up to November 30th. Now, is 93
Carnival Cruise CEO Arison Pockets $90,000,000
Miami’s Daily Business Review reports today that Micky Arison paid himself a "special year-end dividend" of $90,000,000. Yes, that’s 90 million dollars.
Cruise CEO Arison is not the only executive in Florida lining his pockets, as the Review states that other executives in Florida are paying themselves dividends in the range of $250,000 to
Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas: “Profits Over Passenger Safety?”
Today the Barbados Free Press takes a look at the failure of the captain of the world’s largest cruise ship to timely notify the U.S. Coast Guard that a passenger had been spotted going overboard.
Notwithstanding an eyewitness account, the cruise ship intentionally did not follow its own man overboard protocols and delayed 2 hours
Continuing Negative Cruise News Beats Royal Caribbean Down
The 2012 second quarter earnings results are in for Royal Caribbean Cruises and its not good news.
The cruise line reported a net loss for the second quarter of this year of $3,600,000 – compared to net income in the second quarter of last year of $93,500,000.
Slightly fewer passengers sailed on Royal Caribbean
Did the Liberty of the Seas Buzz Cape Ampelio in Italy?
The Italian newspaper Il Secolo XIX published an interesting article L’inchino della Liberty of the Seas which raised the question whether the Liberty of the Seas cruise ship sailed too close to Cape Ampelio near the little Italian town of Bordighera.
Bordighera is a small, beautiful coastal town near Italy’s border with France. It has