A Court in Bermuda sentenced a Royal Caribbean waiter, Ricardo Stewart, 32, of Ochos Rios Jamaica, to 15 years in prison for organizing the smuggling of cocaine on the Explorer of the Seas. We reported on the story in a prior article – Another Royal Caribbean Crew Member Busted for Drug Smuggling.
There are articles on line from Bermuda
A passenger from New York has finally been imprisoned for sexually assaulting a 13 year old girl on the Disney Wonder cruise ship.
A year ago we reported on this crime – Passenger Indicted for Sexual Abuse of 13 Year Old Girl on Disney Wonder Cruise Ship.
The girl’s family sailed on the Disney Wonder
Earlier this week, we blogged about the prevalence of drugs on the Atlantis gay parties on Royal Caribbean cruise ships and asked whether the cruise line was prepared to deal with problems as the Allure of the Seas sailed this week – Is Royal Caribbean Ready for Medical Emergencies During the World’s Largest Gay Cruise?
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Nelson Perez Torres, age 24, reportedly confessed to striking Royal Caribbean crew member Monika Markiewicz in the head with a rock and then throwing her into the ocean, according to the chief prosecutor of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo where Cozumel is located.
As we reported in a prior article, Ms. Monika Markiewicz, a 32-year-old Polish musician
Gene Sloan’s popular cruise blog on USA Today’s CruiseLog has an article today of particular interest to me – A Cruise to Libya? Another Line Puts it on the Schedule.
Gene reports that Azamara Cruises’ 694-passenger Azamara Quest will visit Libya’s Al Khums and Tripoli during a Mediterranean voyage that begins on Oct. 16,
The AP is reporting that a second person has died after arriving in Cozumel on Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas cruise ship last Friday, February 4, 2011. We previously reported on the death of Royal Caribbean crew member, Monika Markiewicz, whose body was recovered Saturday from the sea off of Cozumel and is believed to be the victim
Thirteen years ago I represented a young woman from St. Augustine, Florida. She was employed as a cook on a private yacht owned by a multi-millionaire tycoon. She went ashore to Cabo San Lucas with a group of fellow crew members. They ended up leaving her in a nightclub and returned to the yacht. When she tried to walk back to the marina
Numerous news sources are reporting that the body of crew member from Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas was recovered from the ocean near Cozumel.
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Polish national Ms. Monika Markiewicz, age 32, was employed by Royal Caribbean as a musician. She disembarked from the Allure on Friday and did not return to the cruise ship. The cruise ship then left
Today, Royal Caribbean’s newest mega-ship, the Allure of the Seas, sails from Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale on its first charter with 5,400 gay and lesbian passengers. The cruise is sponsored by Atlantis Events which is billing the event as the "world’s largest gay cruise."
The Allure will port in Nassau, St. Thomas and St. Maarten during
The Bermuda Sun reports today that a Princess Cruises crew member has been arrested for what is described as a "sex attack" on a woman on a cruise ship. The newspaper identifies Filipino Johnwill Reyes Abdon, age 40, as the crew member who allegedly committed the crime.
The incident occurred on the Caribbean Princess, a
7 New Belize reports that a cruise passenger died yesterday while snorkeling in Belize’s waters. American tourist, Diana Mechling, age 59, was reportedly snorkeling at Goff’s Caye in Belize when she was struck by the propeller of a catamaran.
The newspaper in Belize indicates that Ms. Mechling was treated at Belize Medical Associates where she died. According to a representative of Holland America’s agent in Belize, Cruise
One of the little know facts about the cruise industry is that it pays virtually no U.S. taxes.
The cruise lines take advantage of an obscure provision in the U.S. tax code which permits shipping companies to evade taxes by incorporating overseas and flying the flags of foreign countries. That’s why Carnival is incorporated in
Multiple news sources are reporting that another small cruise ship to Antarctica has run aground.
This time it was the Polar Star which was carrying 115 passengers and crew when it ran aground in the Matha Strait, on its way back to Argentina. Rescue workers based at the Chilean port of Punto Arenas were evacuating the ship
This weekend we reported on a lawsuit which had been filed against Royal Caribbean over the death of a 56 year old passenger, Barbara Davey (photo below left). The deceased passenger’s husband, John Davey, stated to the Scottish and U.K. media that "Barbara was tossed around like a ragdoll and was seriously hurt" during the violent storm which rocked the Brilliance of the
Cruise Law News has been contacted by two passengers this weekend, inquiring about a serious accident which occurred on the Oasis of the Seas. The passengers are describing the incident as occurring during a crew fire drill while the cruise ship was at the port in Cozumel last Thursday, January 27th. A crew member was badly injured and
The Scottish and British press are reporting on a lawsuit filed (or to be filed) against Royal Caribbean following the death passenger who was thrown about her cabin during the December 14, 2010 storm and lapsed into a coma. Barbara Davey, age 56, was cruising on Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas when the cruise ship failed to make
A video has been circulating on the internet which shows the new Disney Dream cruise ship coming perilously close to colliding with Royal Caribbean’s Monarch of the Seas, just days before the Dream was christened in Port Canaveral.
A passenger’s YouTube video shows the Dream drifting very close to the Royal Caribbean cruise ship.
Year 2011 began with a bang at Cruise Law News (“CLN”).
CLN was the first publication in the U.S. to cover some of the most newsworthy stories about the cruise industry this year.
We started the year by pointing out that the new president (Christine Duffy) of the the cruise industry’s trade organization, the Cruise
