Officers on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship, the Jewel of the Seas, reportedly are falsely telling guests aboard the ship that there are neither guests nor crew members on the ship who have tested positive for COVID-19. In truth, there are currently around eighty (80) crew members who have tested positive for the virus
With Fifty-One Crew Members Infected with COVID-19, Jewel of the Seas Turned Away From Cartagena
This morning the captain (master) of the Jewel of the Seas announced that the Royal Caribbean cruise ship was barred from porting in Cartagena due to the presence of COVID -19. A knowledgeable crew member informed me that fifty-one (51) crew members, and three (3) guests, tested positive for COVID-19.
Update from @RoyalCaribbean Jewel of the Seas: 51 crew members & 3 guests #COVID19+
Captain announced #cruise ship not be allowed to port in Cartagena; port authorities require PCR test for guests 72 hours before docking. Going to next port Aruba / 755 crew
1351 guests Stay tuned pic.twitter.com/ETGnQrf4ck— James (Jim) Walker (@CruiseLaw) January 4, 2022
There are 755
Vision of the Seas and Rhapsody of the Seas: Royal Caribbean’s “Plague Ships”
Why Is the CDC’s Color Status for the Rhapsody of the Seas and Vision of the Seas Floating Hospitals and Quarantine Hotels Designated “Green” (No Reported COVID-19 Cases)?
This past week, I received lots of information from both crew members and cruise guests that several Royal Caribbean cruise ships are transferring crew members, who test
Harmony of the Seas: Royal Caribbean’s Latest Super-Spreader at Sea Cruise
Today the Harmony of the Seas finally returned to its home port in Port Canaveral after a disastrous week at sea. Royal Caribbean transferred over a hundred (100) crew members, who tested positive for COVID-19, to the Vision of the Seas which the cruise line is using as a quarantine facility-at-sea and/or floating hospital. Based
Guests Ignore CDC’s Warnings and Party on Cruise Ships Like It’s 1999
Watching videos of raucous cruise guests crowded in interior spaces and partying on cruise ships on New Year’s Eve makes one think that the deadly COVID-19 pandemic is somehow over.
Notwithstanding recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) not to take a cruise even if you are vaccinated, many thousands of mask-less
Fifty People Infected on Harmony of the Seas
Today, the Harmony of the Seas arrived in Roatan, Honduras with forty-nine (49) crew members who tested positive for COVID-19. There was one guest who also tested positive, for a total of fifty people on this Royal Caribbean ship (I tweeted earlier, in error, that there were fifty crew members who tested positive). The actual
Fifty Infected Crew Members on Carnival Vista
The Carnival Vista arrived in the port of Roatan, Honduras this morning with at least fifty (50) crew members who tested positive for COVID-19. One guest on the Carnival cruise ship also tested positive.
The ship reportedly did not allow any crew members to go ashore. Only passengers were allowed to disembark.
This information was
Jewel of the Seas Shuffles Infected Crew Members Between Ships to Avoid Being Blocked at Caribbean Ports
The Jewel of the Seas faced a dilemna yesterday. After starting the day with fifteen crew members and five guests testing positive for COVID-19, ten additional crewmembers later tested positive for the virus. This brought the number of infected crew members to a total of twenty-five. With five infected guests, the total number of infected
Health Department in Mexico Blocks Holland America Line’s Koningsdam From Disembarking Passengers in Puerto Vallarta Due to COVID-19 Outbreak Involving Ninteen Crew Members
The Mexican Secretary of Health for the Eighth Health Region blocked the HAL Koningsdam from disembarking any of its 1,137 guests or 873 crew members into the port of Puerto Vallarta yesterday due to a COVID-19 outbreak involving at least nineteen of its crew members.
The HAL cruise ship arrived at Puerto Vallarta yesterday but
14 New COVID-19 Cases On The Jewel of the Seas
As the media has focused on the multiple COVID-19 outbreaks on two Royal Caribbean cruise ships this past week involving the Symphony of the Seas (48 COVID-19 cases) and more recently, the Odyssey of the Seas (55 COVID-19 cases), a third Royal Caribbean ship, the Jewel of the Seas, has quitely experienced at least
At Least Fifty-Five Positive COVID-19 Cases on the Odyssey of the Seas
Just a few days after the Symphony of the Seas experienced a COVID-19 outbreak which infected at least forty-eight (48) guests, another Royal Caribbean cruise ship, the Odyssey of the Seas, today suffered a COVID-19 outbreak involving at least fifty-five (55) people, including fifty-two (52) crew members and at least three (3) guests.
Here Comes Omicron: COVID-19 Outbreak on the Queen Mary 2
The Queen Mary 2 arrived in the New York area (at Cunard’s Red Hook pier in Brooklyn) yesterday for the first time in nearly two years. Unfortunately, the ocean liner also brought with it guests who tested positive for COVID-19. The cruise line released a press statement stating that ten COVID-19 positive guests were disembarked
COVID-19 Cases Increase on Cruise Ships As Lines Suppress Information
There has been a recent explosion of COVID-19 cases on cruise ships, led by the major U.S. based cruise lines like Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL). None of these companies are being transparent with members of the public who are largely reliant on whisle-blower crew members and concerned cruise guests to tell
Additional COVID-19 Cases Aboard Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas
Four Cases So Far – More to Come?
Yesterday morning, one guest on the Jewel of the Seas tested positive for COVID-19 after PCR testing. He was initially isolated in his stateroom after the positive test results. He was later moved to the ship’s “red zone,” which is a designated stateroom on Deck 4 forward.
Passenger Overboard From the Carnival Miracle
Multiple news sources yesterday reported that a young woman in 
her 20’s went overboard from a Carnival Cruise Line ship and into the Pacific Ocean early Saturday morning.
The Carnival Miracle was sailing around 35 miles west of the coast of Ensenada, Mexico, when the passenger went over the rails shortly after 3 a.m. The
Concerned Citizens Protest Arrival of NCL’s Norwegian Dawn in Fragile Key West
The spectacle Thursday morning of the 90,000+ ton, 950+ feet long, 15-story Norwegian Dawn cruise ship plowing through the shallow waters of the Florida Marine Sanctuary with its 28 foot draft churning up the sandy silt bottom and docking in Key West was an ugly sight.
Over a year ago, voters overwhelmingly voted in favor
More COVID-19 Cases on the Norwegian Breakaway As the NCL Cruise Ship Sails to Roatan
At least three additional crew members are infected with COVID-19 on the Norwegian Breakaway, according to a knowledgeable crew member on the cruise ship who wishes to remain anonymous. This crew member also informed us that there are nine crew members in isolation on the ship due to close contact with other infected crew members.
At Least Ten COVID-19 cases on NCL’s Norwegian Breakaway As Cruise Ship Returns to New Orleans
Reuters reports that a Norwegian cruise ship docked this morning in New Orleans with around 3,200 passengers after COVID-19 was detected in ten crew members and guests on the ship, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not disclose such details regarding the name of the