Lindblad Expeditions’ National Geographic Sea Bird suffered its third CDC reported gastrointestinal (GI) illness outbreak since May 2026, this time sickening at least 29% of passengers.
The first CDC reported outbreak occurred on the ship’s May 26–May 31 voyage, when 9 of 66 passengers and
A crew member died after going overboard from the Regal Princess during the early hours of Monday, July 13, 2026. The Princess Cruises ship was sailing off the coast of Cancún, Mexico when the tragedy occurred.
The Regal Princess, along with all other Princess Cruises ships, does not have
Norwegian Cruise Line finished last among 19 ocean cruise lines in a new Consumer Reports satisfaction survey based on responses from 18,850 members.
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An LGBTQ+ chartered cruise has been denied entry into two countries in the Middle East in less than a week. The cruise ship, Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady, is being chartered by Atlantis Events and was originally scheduled to have two stops in Turkey, first in Kuşadası on July 7 and then Istanbul on July
A 26-year-old Indian national was arrested and charged with two counts of abusive sexual contact aboard a cruise ship, according to a press release by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington.
The man, Pranit Narayan Pawar, worked as a hairstylist aboard Virgin Voyages’ Brilliant Lady. Pawar began offering massages
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a norovirus outbreak on the Ruby Princess during its June 12 to July 2 Alaska voyage originating in San Francisco, California. This is the third CDC-reported norovirus outbreak on a Princess Cruises ship in 2026, more than any other cruise line.
The CDC first reported the
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting another norovirus outbreak aboard Lindblad Expeditions’ National Geographic Sea Bird, making it the second norovirus outbreak involving the small expedition ship in approximately one month.
The CDC reported that the outbreak occurred during the National Geographic Sea Bird’s June 25 to June 30
A dead pregnant fin whale was found on the bow of Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas in Seward, Alaska, renewing calls for cruise ships to slow down in whale habitat.
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A Honduran man, previously employed by Royal Caribbean Cruises on the Rhapsody of the Seas, pled guilty last week to sexually assaulting a 15 year-old girl who was sailing as a passenger on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship in the summer of 2003.
Elias Luis Herrera, 47, entered his plea on June 22 in
Federal agents arrested Joseph Samuel Doria, age 28, on felony charges related to the possession and transportation of child sexual abuse material (“CSAM”) as he disembarked from the Regal Princess cruise ship in Port Everglades over this past weekend.
The arrest took place at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) checkpoint at Port Everglades
Federal grand juries have indicted Christopher Michael Lawhon, 36, and Tajareia Lawon Aikee Blackwell, 25, on separate child sexual exploitation charges after federal agents discovered child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on their cell phones.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced the separate indictments after both men returned from cruises that
A passenger aboard Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas was arrested on voyeurism charges after detectives said he tried to photograph under a 13-year-old girl’s dress in a shipboard gift shop.
Mahahual has become a test case in Mexico’s cruise economy, with residents and researchers arguing that the town bears the environmental and infrastructure costs of cruise tourism while seeing little of the financial benefit.
Five American tourists are in custody after a confrontation linked to Nassau Cruise Port escalated at a police station and left four officers injured, Bahamian police said.
Seatrade Cruise News reports that Frank Del Rio, former president and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH), is suing NCLH and four past directors. The lawsuit, filed in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit for Miami-Dade County, alleges that to cut executive compensation expenses, NCLH directors pressured Del Rio to retire early. Del Rio negotiated an early
Hackers breached Carnival Corporation’s systems in April and exposed personal data tied to nearly 6 million people, including passport and driver’s license information in some cases.
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A Virgin Voyages crew member was repatriated to Peru after a fellow crew member accused him of sexual assault aboard the Valiant Lady while the ship was in drydock in Palermo, Italy.
A gastrointestinal illness outbreak sickened 12 people aboard the National Geographic Sea Bird during a late-May Alaska voyage, the CDC said.
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