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
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A Mysterious Passenger Death, Another Royal Caribbean Crew Death, Country Music in Mexico, and a Cruise Ship Named After an Ogress
The month of November ends with the mystery of a dead Carnival passenger, another dead Royal Caribbean crew member, a drunk HAL passenger, and the usual weird cruise news.
Murder Cover Up on the Carnival Liberty? According to Carnival’s PR spokesperson Vance Gulliksen, the death of a passenger on the Carnival Liberty had nothing to so with a crime or violence, it…
Royal Caribbean Crew Member Found Dead on Oasis of the Seas
A Royal Caribbean crew member was found dead in his cabin on the mega-ship Oasis of the Seas on November 26th. A local television station in Miami, CBS-4, identifies the crew member as a cook.
According to a statement from the cruise line, the crew member is a 33-year old Jamaican man.
"As is our standard…
Wipeout! Liability of Royal Caribbean Cruise Line for FlowRider Accidents
In the last several months, many cruise passengers contacted our office who have been seriously injured on the FlowRiders on Royal Caribbean cruise ships. Some passenger are injured when they fall. Others are injured after they fall and then the water current drives them over the ridge into the back wall breaking their ankles.
The…
Another Overboard From A Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship? – Oasis of the Seas
Has another person disappeared from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship?
A passenger on Royal Caribbean’s mega ship Oasis of the Seas is commenting on Cruise Critic that the Captain announced earlier this afternoon that the cruise ship was turning around to search for a missing person.
Passengers aboard the cruise ship (see the comments below…
Oasis of the Seas – Wow! – Another Cruise Puff Piece By the Miami Herald
An article this morning caught my eye: "Newest and Biggest Cruise Ship: Oasis of the Seas." The article contains the usual "wow-look-how-big-it-is!" style of writing which is most typically associated with travel agents. You know, those travel agents doubling as authors whose interest in describing this monster-of-cruise-ship is hopelessly intertwined with obtaining commissions by selling cruises.
Then I realized…
Royal Caribbean’s “Debt of the Seas” – Ready to Sail – But Safety and Security Questions Remain Unanswered
TIME magazine’s not-yet-published December 14th edition contains a story about Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas called “Floating Island.”
I thought that the title of the article was rather weak. “Floating Foreclosure” might be more accurate . . .
The best line in the article – to cruise lines, every passenger is a …
New Report Details Cruise Industry’s Record of Pollution
A report entitled "Getting a Grip on Cruise Pollution" released today by the Friends of the Earth (FOE) organization concludes that the billions of dollars earned by the cruise industry each year comes at a significant cost to our nation’s air and water.
The report was researched and authored by Ross Klein, a Professor …
Shopping Mall of the Seas
Tim Adams of the U.K.’s Observer is one of hundreds of travel writers invited aboard Royal Caribbean’s new mega-liner Oasis of the Seas.
Unlike the majority of cruise groupies who have gushed praise for the mega-ship, Mr Adams’ article is not exactly what the executives of Royal Caribbean were hoping for.
The article is entitled "Oasis…
Fearless Fain, Royal Caribbean’s CEO
Those of you who have followed my blog over the last three months know that I have been hard on Royal Caribbean. I think that this cruise line treats its injured crew members terribly, and it has handled the problem with sexual assaults on its cruise ships even worse. I also think the Oasis of the Seas is…