Atlantis Events advertises its upcoming “Largest Gay Cruise in History” aboard the “incredible Harmony of the Seas” as the “most outrageously fun cruise Atlantis has ever created! . . . a star-studded festival of pure fun and excitement unlike anything you’ve ever imagined.” Scheduled for February 4th to 12th, the cruise promises “8 fabulous
Guest Aboard Sky Princess Alleges Park West Gallery Employee Raped and Infected Her With HIV
Last week, a 27 year-old guest filed a lawsuit against Princess Cruises and Park West Gallery alleging that an art auctioneer raped her on the Sky Princess cruise ship. The woman contends that an employee of the art concessionaire, Park West Gallery, raped her in a closet on the ship while she was drunk.
Waterfall of the Seas?
This morning a reader of this blog sent me this TicTok video of the Harmony of the Seas.
The text to the video translated states:
“The pool on the Harmony of the Seas cruise ship overflowed some 9 stories below after a wave hit the ship. Fortunately there were no injuries and after
Nepotism and Employee Firings Plague Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, parent company of NCL, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, terminated nine percent of its shoreside workforce earlier this week, according to the Miami Herald. NCL did not explain why it was 
necessary to terminate nearly a tenth of its employees, particularly during the holiday season. Meanwhile, NCLH promoted
36 Year Old Woman Dies After Going Overboard From MSC Meraviglia Despite MSC Cruises Being Leader in Automatic Man Overboard Technology
A 36 year-old woman went overboard from the MSC Meraviglia as the cruise ship was returning to Port Canaveral early this morning. News accounts indicate that she could not be rescued after she sustained “fatal injuries,” according to MSC Cruises.
#BREAKING: A 36-year-old woman's body was recovered from the water approximately 18 miles offshore #PortCanaveral Thursday morning after she went overboard the cruise ship Meraviglia. The cause of the incident is under investigation.
— USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) December 15, 2022
The U.S. Coast Guard tweeted this morning: “A 36-year-old woman’s body was recovered from
23 Year-Old Woman Found Dead After Going Overboard From the Pacific Explorer
A young woman went overboard from the Pacific Explorer cruise ship and was found dead in the water approximately seven and one-half hours later. She is the 374 person who has gone overboard from a cruise ship or ferry in the last 25 years, according to cruise expert Dr. Ross Klein.
Her identity has
Confusion Following Large COVID-19 Outbreak on the Celebrity Eclipse: 100 to 1,500 Infected
The Celebrity Eclipse docked in Sydney, Australia with, depending upon which news outlet you read, anywhere from 100 to over 1,500 people infected with COVID-19.
The Daily Mail reports that “far more than 1,500 people” on the cruise ship operated by Celebrity Cruises were positive for COVID-19.
The Australian newspaper reports that around 300 people
Norwegian Cruise Line Increases Service Fees Again – But Will NCL’s Crew Remain Underpaid While CEO Del Rio Continues to be Paid an Average of $25,000,000 a Year?
A number of travel publications are reporting that Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is drastically increasing its service charges by an unprecedented 25% for most cabins, effective January 1, 2023. NCL’s new rate for most passenger cabins will increase $4 from the current $16 a cabin to $20 cabin per person per day. NCL’s guests staying
Cruise Passenger to U.S. Virgin Islands Dies in Hospital in St. Thomas Due to COVID-19
Last Friday, December 2nd, a number of newspapers in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) reported on the COVID-19-related death of a cruise passenger in St. Thomas.
The Virgin Islands Consortium reported that “a critically ill cruise ship passenger needed emergency care shortly before arriving in St. Thomas. Upon arrival the individual was taken to the
Blocked By Bali: Queen Elizabeth Experiences COVID-19 Outbreak With Hundreds Infected
A number of news outlets in Australia are reporting that the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak. The country of Indonesia took the extraordinary step of blocking the Cunard ship from calling at port in Bali.
Neither the cruise operator (Cunard) nor ship owner (Carnival Corporation) would disclose the number of 
infected