As I mentioned earlier, Carnival responded to Senator Rockefeller’s letter inquiring into the cruise line’s avoidance of U.S taxes and its refusal to reimburse federal agencies for services rendered with what I characterized the other day as a "screw you!" letter.
Today news sources are reporting that Senator Rockefeller characterized Carnival’s response as "shameful."
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A 49 year old cruise passenger was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 15 year old boy during a recent cruise aboard the Royal Caribbean Mariner of the Seas.
According to a FBI press release, Todd Nordahl, of Arizona, was arrested when the Royal Caribbean cruise ship returned to Galveston from a seven-night
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
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), another Celebrity Cruises ship flunked a surprise inspection.
The Celebrity Century failed the CDC inspection, receiving a score of only 78.
Last week we reported that another Celebrity cruise ship, the Summit scored, flunked an inspection with a score of only 81. Three other cruise
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
Canada’s CBC News reports that although It has not been smooth sailing for the cruise industry, "bargain hunters are taking advantage of deeply discounted prices due to high profile misadventures on the high seas."
The report chronicles the mishaps and disasters everyone is familiar with: the stranding of thousands on the Carnival Triumph "with no
This weekend, there was a “near drowning” of a 4 year old boy on Disney’s Fantasy cruise ship.
The incident reportedly occurred during the afternoon when a family boarded the Disney cruise ship and before the ship sailed. The boy was pulled from the pool, apparently non-responsive, and had to be taken to an emergency
Yesterday cruise passengers at Port Everglades waited for up to four hours in long lines to be processed by customs and border protection officials.
Due to budget cuts caused by the federal budget sequester, there were only three U.S. Customs Border Protection Officers working.
There were also long lines of passengers waiting to board
In an exclusive story, Cruise Line News has learned that cruise industry giant Carnival Corporation recently incorporated its business in the United States (in the state of Delaware). Carnival intends to announce this historic development tomorrow, April 2nd, at Carnival’s headquarters in Miami.
Since 1972, Carnival has incorporated its business and registered its cruise ships in
Newspapers are reporting that a four year-old boy was pulled from a pool on the Disney Fantasy cruise ship, taken to Cape Canaveral Hospital, and then airlifted to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando on Saturday afternoon.
The incident occurred after the boy’s family had boarded the ship and before it had left Port
Last night NBC Rock Center with Brian Williams aired a special on Carnival CEO Micky Arison who has a net worth reportedly of around $5,700,000,000.
One of the secrets to Arison’s wealth is that his cruise line, Carnival, according to NBC News, paid around 0.6% in taxes at the federal, state, local and international levels
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
WWBT NBC12 in Richmond aired a consumer video today about the types of questions which consumers should ask before selecting a cruise.
The video was produced in response to the recent troubles at sea with the stranded Carnival Triumph cruise ship, and the recent "suspicious death" aboard Royal Caribbean’s Enchantment of the Seas cruise ship
I have a section in this blog called "weird" cruise news. This is one of those stories.
Dubai has been very active as of late conducting PR work to encourage cruises from its port in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Another city in the UAE, Abu Dhabi (the capital), made an impressive showing at recent
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Cruise Critic is reporting that three cruise ships recently failed inspection by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The cruise ships are the Celebrity Summit, Princess Cruises’ Golden Princess and the SeaDream II.
Take a moment and read the actual CDC reports of these ships. They are disgusting.
You can understand
Cruise expert Professor Ross Klein and the Cruise Critic message boards are reporting that on Sunday, March 24th a passenger was reported overboard from the Coral Princess cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises.
There is a vague reference to a passenger-possibly-going-over-the-rails on the Cruise Critic site, but as is the case with most overboard cruise
Last Sunday the Liberty of the Seas cruised upon two stranded boaters as the cruise ship was returning from the Caribbean. The ship stopped and picked up two Cuban men.
As WPTV reports, Royal Caribbean originally said that its cruise ship picked them up. But later it issued this statement, saying: The two Cubans did
Last night I received an email from a person who follows cruising who received information that there may have been what is being described as a "murder / suicide" on an unidentified Royal Caribbean cruise ship. There was a vague posting of the alleged incident on the Disney boards.
This morning I received another
