The popular Crew Center published a video showing what it described as “chaos” which “erupted at the Galveston Cruise Terminal when a massive brawl broke out in the luggage pickup area, after guests disembarked from the cruise ship Carnival Jubilee.” The video had apparently been posted on the Facebook page – COPs – Cruisers

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) went to social media last Friday to make a point with a former crew member.

It announced that a cruise ship employee from northern Florida, Theodore “Banks” Pappas, Jr., previously employed by Norwegian Cruise Line on the Norwegian Bliss as the “Head of Broadcast” (broadcast technician)

Cruise stocks rallied following President Trump’s announcement on Truth Social that all reciprocal tariffs will be paused for 90 days. This comes after cruise stocks dropped considerably last week with some major brands falling as much as 13 to 16 percent (in one day) after Trump’s initial tariff announcement on over 90 countries on his

This weekend was the ten year anniversary of this blog. The first day of publishing Cruise Law News was September 15, 2009.

Over the last decade, I’ve published 3,075 articles about cruise ship related issues.  An average of over two million people read around seven million pages of Cruise Law News a year.  It is

After nearly nine years, Cruise Law News has a new look.

LexBlog, my blog design and support company in Seattle, re-designed my blog. You will note that the text you are reading is black lettering on a white background, in contrast to the old format (above) with a blue background which people have told

Cruise Law News just celebrated our five year anniversary. 

It’s difficult to remember a time when we did not have a blog to comment on the ins-and-outs of the cruise industry and the ports of call where the cruise ships unload their passengers. Since 2009, I’ve written over 2,100 articles and received over 8,000 comments from

Today was a beautiful sunny 75 degree day in Miami.  Usually we spend Thanksgiving with my parents in Arkansas where the leaves have fallen and its colder. 

Last year was my Dad’s last Thanksgiving.  It was strange not seeing him carve the turkey today.

This year we stayed in Miami.  Lots of family members and friends came