A month ago, we last discussed gastrointestinal illness (GI) outbreaks on cruise ships when Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2 and Seabourn Cruise Line’s Seabourn Encore both sickened 226 passengers and crew members. These two outbreaks brought the total number of CDC-reportable cruise ship-related illnesses to twelve for 2025. Since that time, a lot
The Sun Sentinel recently reported on a lawsuit filed against Holland America Line arising out of a stroke suffered by a 65 year old woman while aboard the M/S Zuiderdam in March of 2018.
Lila Graciela Kohn Gale reportedly suffered a hemorrhagic stroke shortly after the HAL cruise ship left Ft. 
Lauderdale at the start
A Christmas cruise ended in tragedy when a three year old girl from Holland America Line’s Zuiderdam cruise ship reportedly drowned in HAL’s private destination Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas. The incident occurred on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, according to a newspaper in the Bahamas.