Two weeks ago, the Royal Bahamian Police Force arrested a French-Canadian woman from Quebec who was on an unidentified cruise ship (cruise schedules indicate it was the Norwegian Sky) in Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas for engaging in sex with a 15-year-old boy, who cannot legally give consent to have sexual intercourse under the law of the
Lifeboat Breaks Free From Grandeur of the Seas
A lifeboat accident occurred this afternoon while the Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas was in the port of Charleston.
A passenger aboard the cruise ship (who wishes to remain anonymous) informed me that a lifeboat had fallen from the cruise ship and was upside down in the water. He sent photographs of the lifeboat
Passengers Injured After Rough Seas Pound AIDAprima
I received the following information from a regular reader of this blog, who wishes to remain anonymous.
"Today’s Bild (translates to "Picture", Germany’s largest circulation daily) reports cruise ship Aida Prima was hit by 23 ft waves in the North Sea as it was returning to home port Hamburg on Friday evening from a week-long
Royal Caribbean Continues to Advertise for Lifeguards
Two weeks ago, we reported that Royal Caribbean was posting a job description for a lifeguard on an onboard crew TV channel on one of its cruise ship (Ovation of the Seas).
We viewed this as good news after at least five passengers, mostly children, have drowned or nearly drowned in the
Passenger Medevaced Nearly 600 Kilometers from P&O Aurora
We regularly report on medevacs of passengers and crew members from cruise ships.
The majority of the medevacs occur near U.S. ports courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard. But there are medevacs which occur outside of the United States, including those performed by the Portuguese Air Force.
The latest rescue involved the P&O Aurora, on
Cruise CEO’s Cash In Carnival Stock
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Three cruise CEO’s sold their Carnival (CCL) stock a week ago for a combined total of nearly $9,500,000, according to Market Digest.
On December 29,2016, Stein Kruse, the CEO of Holland America Group, Alan Buckelew, the Chief Operations Officer of Carnival Corporation, and David Bernstein, the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of
Recent Divina Overboard Reveals Flaws in MSC Safety & Security
A passenger who disappeared from the MSC Divina yesterday marks the first person to disappear from a cruise ship in 2017.
As usual, there are no facts released by the cruise line which indicates exactly when, or why, or where, or how the person went overboard.
Based on information released by MSC, the U.S. Coast
Passenger Overboard From MSC Divina
The U.S. Coast Guard reports that it is searching for a passenger, from the MSC Divina cruise ship, who is suspected of going overboard early this morning in waters north of Puerto Rico.
According to the Coast Guard, a French citizen, Jeon Pierre Knorr, age 74, reportedly was "last seen by his wife at approximately
Passenger’s Body Found in Cruise Ship’s Ventilation Shaft
The body of a 74 year-old passenger who disappeared from the M/V Sharden, which can carry up to 2,908 passengers, has been located in the ship’s ventilation shaft, according to AOL Travel’s article Pensioner’s Body Found in Cruise Ship Ventilation Shaft After Two Months.
The woman sailed on holiday with her husband on the Tirrenia
Happy New Year! And Thanks for Reading!
We take the beginning of this new year to thank our readers for following us over the past twelve months.
The motto of this site is "everything cruise lines don’t want you to know." We rely on our passenger-and crew-member friends to keep us informed when things go wrong on the high seas and in
Seven Most Outrageous Cruise Stories of 2016
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As the last few days of 2016 count down, it’s time to pick the most outrageous stories of the year.
Number 7 – The Year of Cruise Ship Power Failures? This year saw the usual number of power failures and propulsion issues which have plagued the industry for years. Cruise lines often use the euphemism
Viking Sea Stuck in Barcelona
Today, I received a message that the Viking Sea was in Barcelona, Spain waiting for repairs to fix an unidentified engine problem.
I received this message: “Don’t know have you been informed about Viking Sea being stuck in Barcelona for more than 10 days, while all guests were disembark, almost same thing like Star last
Lindblad Expeditions’ National Geographic Orion Suffers Power Failure
Lindblad Expeditions’ National Geographic Orion suffered power failure as the expedition ship was leaving Antarctica. It suffered engine failure while returning to the port of Ushuaia in Argentina.
The ship has now returned via the Drake Passage to port in Ushuaia after sailing at reduced speed.
Lindblad Expeditions canceled its December 27th sailing as well
Coast Guard Medevacs Passenger From Carnival Pride
The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a passenger from a Carnival cruise ship yesterday.
The Coast Guard medevaced a 72-year-old woman Saturday from the Carnival Pride which was approximately 50 miles east of Savannah, Georgia.
The Carnival ship notified the Coast Guard station in Charleston around noon that the woman was experiencing pneumonia but was not
Costa neoRiviera Loses Power in Port
The Costa neoRiviera suffered a loss of all electricity during a port call in Abu Dhabi earlier this week, according to the Cruise Arabia & Africa website.
The website states that the Costa cruise ship switched to emergency power for several hours after the ship’s power was lost.
“According to staff aboard the ship, who
Passenger Missing from Queen Mary 2?
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This morning, a crew member from the Queen Mary 2 sent this message from the ship: "Missing woman on QM2. No details yet. Ship turned around and Coast Guard alerted."
The QM2 is on a voyage out of New York heading to the Caribbean (St. Maarten). AIS programs show the ship is sailing north
Royal Caribbean Cruises to Hire Lifeguards
Royal Caribbean is now advertising that it is hiring lifeguards on its cruise ships. The cruise line posted the availability of the lifeguard position as of December 21, 2016.
The posting (below) indicates that the lifeguard "will need to perform rescue of Guests in danger of drowning and be vigilant to potential accidents. Will be trained
Passenger Reported Overboard From Independence of the Seas
A passenger reportedly went overboard from the Independence of the Seas last night, according to other passengers who reported the incident on Twitter.
CruiseNiche reports that the staff of the Royal Caribbean cruise ship claims that a passenger apparently jumped from an upper deck of the ship. Other cruise ships, a Coast Guard vessel and