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Published on: September 9, 2025

See Which Port Will Have A Lot Less Cruise Activity and Why? What to Know.

Royal Caribbean is canceling approximately six months of visits to Labadee, a key cruise port location located on Haiti’s northern coast.

The private cruise destination is owned by Royal Caribbean and has been taken off of many itineraries due to ongoing civil unrest. Since November, gang activity has left locals fearing for their lives and homes. Port-au-Prince’s Delmas 30 neighborhood is a burned husk of its former self with buildings that survived the devastating January 2010 earthquake reduced to rubble following the attacks, according to reporting from The Miami Herald.

The country’s continued political instability has left locals plagued by the possibility of kidnappings, killings, arson and sexual attacks as they struggle with food insecurity, fuel and medicine shortages.

Published on: August 27, 2025

Ship Drifts for Hours After Power Failure. What this means for passengers.

By Leesfield & Partners

A major power failure Monday left a cruise ship with thousands of passengers drifting for hours off the coast of Italy, according to Cruise News Today.

An electrical issue the ship’s engines caused the outage, though onboard services continued with little disruption The ship required help from the Italian Coast Guard and two tugboats that guided it into Naples. The ship later regained partial engine power, arriving hours after it was originally meant to. The cruise line is conducting a full inspection and said the ship is expected to resume its sailing schedule Tuesday.

While this power failure was quickly addressed and resulted in limited disruption to passengers’ vacations, other engine failure, mechanical issues and fires do occur aboard ships. If not swiftly dealt with, however, there can be bigger consequences. The passengers of a 2013 cruise ship that lost power know this better than most. In that case, which was explored in a recent Netflix documentary, passengers were stranded without power for days in a stifling ship with no working bathrooms, creating a recipe for disaster.

Published on: August 22, 2025

Cruise Ship Narrowly Misses Florida Pontoon Boat. What to Know.

By Leesfield & Partners

A cruise ship nearly hit a pontoon boat in Tampa Bay this week after the boat had mechanical issues and drifted into the ship’s path, according to Cruise News Today.

The boat was disabled due to a line wrapping around its propeller. About four minutes later, a cruise ship sailed by, causing Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies with the agency’s marine unit to perform an emergency tow of the boat. At least six adults were rescued from the pontoon boat. Deputies stayed with the boat until it was operable.

Last year, a couple was stranded in the Tampa Bay awaiting help after a cruise ship caused a wake that overturned.

Published on: August 18, 2025

Two Dead After Drowning at Same Cruise Ship Resort in the Bahamas. What to Know.

By Leesfield & Partners

At least two people have died from apparent drownings in separate incidents over the weekend at the same Bahamas resort.

The incidents occurred on Friday at Celebration Key, the new private resort reserved for Carnival Cruise Line guests. Both victims, a man and a woman in their 70s from the U.S., were assisted by lifeguards but could not be saved.

The first incident happened just before noon Friday involving a man, 79, who was snorkeling off one of the Celebration Key beaches. The man became unresponsive and was pulled from the water by a lifeguard who administered CPR. Tragically, the man died.

Published on: August 14, 2025

Family Influencer Accidentally Videos This Potential Cruise Ship Security Flaw. What to Know.

By Leesfield & Partners

When a family and lifestyle influencer with millions of followers filmed her family’s first moments entering their cruise ship suite, she also inadvertently captured their startled realization that they’d walked into the wrong room — a mistake made possible by a potentially flawed security practice: room keys taped to doors.

Rachel Sullivan, known as @rachsullivan__ on TikTok, posted the video this week to her over 2 million followers, showing her and her husband’s humorous reactions when they walked into the wrong cabin.

“We’re in the wrong one,” her husband exclaimed as he tried to usher out their toddler and made a grab for the family’s bags. ” … Because the room keys are on the door!”

Published on: August 8, 2025

Iconic Miami Beach Landmark to Open Water Park. What to Know.

By Leesfield & Partners

The Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, which has largely been credited with altering the landscape of luxury hospitality in the area and was once the playground for elites including Elvis Presley, Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra, has recently announced plans to build a water park on the iconic property.

The home of LIV, one of the top nightclubs in the country that has been the stage for some of the most-famous performers in the industry, is seemingly using the planned construction of a water park to beckon to new clientele: families with children. The park will include 11 slides to the hotel’s pool area, according to reporting from The Miami Herald.

In a statement to the newspaper, hotel officials said the move will transform the property into ” … a destination for all-ages, with all-new pools and water features, family attractions and slides, food and beverage offerings, and elevated poolside entertainment.”

Published on: August 7, 2025

Ship Sailing Around the World Fails Public Health Inspection. What to Know.

By Leesfield & Partners

A residential cruise ship on a three-year voyage was just shy of a few points it needed to pass a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) health inspection, officials said.

The Villa Vie Odyssey received an 81 during its July 9 inspection when it needed an 86 to pass, according to reporting from USA Today. Inspectors with the CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) reported issues in areas such as potable water to food safety and housekeeping. One inspector reportedly discovered a waffle iron that was allegedly covered in grease and “black debris” that was being stored with clean equipment. Water was also found pooled beneath one of the wine cellar refrigerators. Near another refrigerator on another deck, inspectors said they found fruit flies.

Safety signs were also reportedly missing from the ship’s pool which would indicate depth markers in both feet and meters.

Published on: August 6, 2025

Videos Surface Online of Massive Brawl at Royal Caribbean’s Private Island. What to Know.

By Leesfield & Partners

Cruise passengers got more than they bargained for when a massive brawl of more than two dozen people broke out in a pool at CocoCay, Royal Caribbean’s private island.

Videos that have since gone viral show the violent incident that took place Sunday. One man was allegedly bleeding from the head and was evacuated from the scene while officials attempted to get a control of the chaotic scene, according to media reporting.

Guests were seen in the “Oasis Lagoon” pushing and shoving one another in the shallow end of the pool. Security can also be seen attempting to intervene.

Published on: August 6, 2025

Growing Number of Those Sick from Legionnaires’ Disease Cluster in New York City’s Harlem Neighborhood. What to Know.

By Leesfield & Partners

At least three people have died and 67 others were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ Disease related to a cluster in New York City’s Harlem Neighborhood, national media reported this week.

Previous reporting showed that one person had died and at least 22 others were sick, according to the New York City Health Department. The cases, health department officials said, are linked to at least five ZIP codes in central Harlem though no issues with the buildings’ plumbing systems have been identified and residents may continue normal activities such as drinking the water, bathing, cooking and using their air conditioning.

In an earlier statement, the department said: “the remediation required by the Department has been completed for the 11 cooling towers with initial positive screening results showing the presence of Legionella pneumophila, a type of bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease.”

Published on: July 30, 2025

Cruise Passenger Falls Over Edge of Ship’s Infinity Pool. What to Know.

By Leesfield & Partners

A video of a Royal Caribbean Icon of the Seas passenger leaning over the edge of an infinity pool before falling onto the pool’s guttering below has gone viral online.

The harrowing moment shows a swimmer leaning their entire torso over the infinity pool’s railing before toppling over it entirely after losing their balance. Gasps and the horrified screams of onlookers can be heard in the background.

Thankfully, the passenger did not fall over the gutter. If they had, they would have fallen several stories into a children’s swimming area on a lower deck, according to Newsweek. No injuries were reported in this incident.