Heavy winds over the weekend caused chaos for multiple cruise lines over the weekend and multiple injuries to passengers. At least three ships were affected by the winds, with one incident being caught on camera by a passenger who was filming from his cabin balcony. The first incident was caused…
A 12-year-old girl died after falling from a third-story window at a Massachusetts apartment during a sleepover with friends, news outlets reported. Arya Lebeau died a day after the incident on May 24, according to reporting from The Miami Herald. “I cannot express the amount of grief I feel at…
When asked to name the germiest surfaces on cruise ships, one might think about commonly touched areas such as doorknobs, stair railings or elevator buttons. While these places have been known to transfer illness-causing germs such as norovirus — as the CDC warned earlier this year — a microbiologist has…
Two men have been accused in the rape of a 14-year-old boy in a sauna aboard a Royal Caribbean ship headed for PortMiami. The men, Ricardo Daniel Mondragon Leal, 37, and Jose Juan Prudencio Diaz, 36, were charged on Friday, March 21. Mondragon faces charges of sexual battery on a…
A Wisconsin man was with his wife on a 35-day Holland America cruise when he suddenly collapsed amid a medical emergency, doctors said he suffered four strokes. The incident happened on day 10 when Greg Tomensky, 72, was on his way to lunch and keeled over, he told reporters with…
More than 100 passengers who traveled on P&O’s Ventura, a ship owned by Carnival Cruise Line, have filed suit after they say they got sick on board. Attorneys for the passengers claim there were “repeated outbreaks” of illness on the ship between April and June. About 519 passengers reported for…
Photos were published online of the damage to a cruise ship that was hit by storm-force winds while sailing from Spain to Miami. The frightening voyage resulted in the injury of at least one passenger who will be allowed to evacuate the ship for additional medical care on shore in…
Hurricane-Force Winds Injure Cruise Ship Passenger. What Do These Companies Owe Their Passengers? A Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines passenger was injured after their ship was hit by forceful winds, according to USA Today. The ship, Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas, “experienced sudden movement” on Nov. 7 as the ship…
An 8-year-old was, thankfully, evacuated from a cruise ship in a medical emergency this week after ship doctors determined he was suffering from appendicitis. For many others who are suffering from medical emergencies such as strokes or heart attacks, a much-needed evacuation is not always on the docket. In many…
The FBI is investigating the death of a 12-year-old boy who plummeted to his death from an interior balcony aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. The boy died on Sept. 7 while traveling on Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas for a seven-night cruise in the Western Caribbean. The ship…