Elevator Accident aboard Carnival Ecstasy

A 66-year-old Italian electrician died in an usual accident while working in an elevator shaft aboard Carnival Ecstasy Sunday evening about 6:15pm. Apparently he met with some sort of trauma because a passenger reported seeing blood running down the outside of an elevator door.

The complete story appeared in the December 30 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Surprise Record Breaker

Port Everglades broke its own world record for the most cruise passengers to embark and debark in a single day - 53,485 people - on December 20. The previous record was set March 20, 2010, with 53,365 passengers.

Details appeared in the December 30 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Coral Princess to the Rescue

Two Venezuelan men owe their lives to the alert eyes of the bridge crew aboard Coral Princess who spotted them and their overturned boat Tuesday night about 180 miles northwest of Aruba.

The complete story appeared in the December 30 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Star Pride Remains out of Service

Windstar has canceled two additional Star Pride sailings (for a total of three) due to the ship’s grounding in Panama last week.

Details appeared in the December 29 edition of Cruise News Daily.

North Star Isn’t the Only Thing on Quantum That Goes Up - So Do Prices

It’s not like it hasn’t happened to Royal Caribbean before. They design a new ship, and they add some new features, and they turn out to be so popular demand far outstrips availability. While it’s nice to have a runaway hit, it also creates disappointed customers.

So what do they do? They add a charge to limit demand (and “enhance revenue” along the way). They did it with Johnny Rockets. Now apparently they are doing it with the North Star and Ripcord by iFly aboard Quantum of the Seas.

The complete story appeared in the December 29 edition of Cruise News Daily.