Update Feb 23 - 5:30pm
A bus on Tortola carrying passengers from Caribbean Princess left the road this morning and rolled, killing one passenger and injuring several others of the 20 aboard. No other details of the cause of the accident are yet available.
The passenger killed was a 24-year-old man from Rochester, NY traveling with his parents.
The rest of the passengers have now returned to the ship.
Updated information will be included in tonight's edition of Cruise News Daily.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Carnival Destiny to Unscheduled Drydock
Carnival Cruise Lines will cancel Carnival Destiny's February 13 (5-night) and February 18 (4-night) sailings to accommodate an unscheduled drydock necessary resolve a propulsion problem.
Three other cruises scheduled before the drydock will operate modified itineraries due to the necessarily slower cruising speed due to the propulsion problem. The January 30 (5-night) sailing will now call at Cozumel and Costa Maya instead of Ocho Rios and Grand Cayman. The February 4 (4-night) sailing will visit only Cozumel and cancel its Key West Call. The February 8 (5-night) sailing will replace the scheduled call at Grand Turk with a stop at Freeport, along with visits to Nassau and Half Moon Cay.
Three other cruises scheduled before the drydock will operate modified itineraries due to the necessarily slower cruising speed due to the propulsion problem. The January 30 (5-night) sailing will now call at Cozumel and Costa Maya instead of Ocho Rios and Grand Cayman. The February 4 (4-night) sailing will visit only Cozumel and cancel its Key West Call. The February 8 (5-night) sailing will replace the scheduled call at Grand Turk with a stop at Freeport, along with visits to Nassau and Half Moon Cay.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Coral Princess to the Rescue
Updated 9:50pm
A reader aboard Coral Princess tells us that after they left Cartagena this afternoon, the captain advised there was a fishing vessel sinking in the area with 18 crew members aboard. Coral Princess along, with three other vessels, headed to the scene, which was about 52 miles NNW of Cartagena, to assist with the rescue.
Princess says that Coral Princess began a search pattern with the three other vessels and Colombian search & rescue aircraft at about 4:45pm LT. The large fishing vessel had actually sunk at 2am Sunday morning. Three of the crew members had been found and rescued. A fishing buoy, some barrels and an empty swamped inflatable boat were also observed. At 6:15pm, the ships were released from the search by the Colombian authorities due to darkness.
Coral Princess has continued on to its next port, Aruba, where it is planning to arrive on schedule Monday. Colombian aircraft will resume the search for the missing crew members at daylight.
Coral Princess is on a 15-night cruise which left Los Angeles on January 6. It is scheduled to end in Ft. Lauderdale on January 21.
A reader aboard Coral Princess tells us that after they left Cartagena this afternoon, the captain advised there was a fishing vessel sinking in the area with 18 crew members aboard. Coral Princess along, with three other vessels, headed to the scene, which was about 52 miles NNW of Cartagena, to assist with the rescue.
Princess says that Coral Princess began a search pattern with the three other vessels and Colombian search & rescue aircraft at about 4:45pm LT. The large fishing vessel had actually sunk at 2am Sunday morning. Three of the crew members had been found and rescued. A fishing buoy, some barrels and an empty swamped inflatable boat were also observed. At 6:15pm, the ships were released from the search by the Colombian authorities due to darkness.
Coral Princess has continued on to its next port, Aruba, where it is planning to arrive on schedule Monday. Colombian aircraft will resume the search for the missing crew members at daylight.
Coral Princess is on a 15-night cruise which left Los Angeles on January 6. It is scheduled to end in Ft. Lauderdale on January 21.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Coast Guard Searching for Missing Royal Caribbean Passenger
Update January 2, 2010 - 7pm
Since Thursday afternoon, the US Coast Guard has been searching an area near the Bahamas for a passenger who went overboard early Thursday from Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas when it was nearing Coco Cay a/k/a Little Stirrup Cay.
The 23-year-old woman was reported missing by her husband, who works aboard the ship, Thursday at 12:15pm. She was last seen about 3:45am. The ship and Coco Cay were searched and numerous announcements were made, but the woman was not located. The US Coast Guard and Bahamian authorities were notified at approximately 2pm.
Upon reviewing the security video, it was found that the woman went overboard from Deck 12 of the 74,000-ton cruise ship at 4:11am. The video shows the woman was wearing a black tank top and white skirt at the time. Deck 12 is the ship's highest deck where the jogging track is located. There are no passenger staterooms on the deck.
Government officials have reviewed the footage and determined that the guest jumped overboard.
Engaged in the initial search were a Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon jet, a Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and a Coast Guard cutter.
Royal Caribbean’s Guest Care Team is providing support to the woman's husband.
Monarch of the Seas was operating a special 5-night itinerary this week which departed Port Canaveral on Monday (December 28) calling at Nassau and Coco Cay. It is return to Port Canaveral on January 2 as scheduled.
The Coast Guard suspended their search at 4:30pm on Saturday (January 2) without finding the woman or her body.
According to published reports in India (where the couple is from), the woman's family allege she was the victim of ongoing domestic violence, and they believe that is what drove her to end her life.
Since Thursday afternoon, the US Coast Guard has been searching an area near the Bahamas for a passenger who went overboard early Thursday from Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas when it was nearing Coco Cay a/k/a Little Stirrup Cay.
The 23-year-old woman was reported missing by her husband, who works aboard the ship, Thursday at 12:15pm. She was last seen about 3:45am. The ship and Coco Cay were searched and numerous announcements were made, but the woman was not located. The US Coast Guard and Bahamian authorities were notified at approximately 2pm.
Upon reviewing the security video, it was found that the woman went overboard from Deck 12 of the 74,000-ton cruise ship at 4:11am. The video shows the woman was wearing a black tank top and white skirt at the time. Deck 12 is the ship's highest deck where the jogging track is located. There are no passenger staterooms on the deck.
Government officials have reviewed the footage and determined that the guest jumped overboard.
Engaged in the initial search were a Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon jet, a Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and a Coast Guard cutter.
Royal Caribbean’s Guest Care Team is providing support to the woman's husband.
Monarch of the Seas was operating a special 5-night itinerary this week which departed Port Canaveral on Monday (December 28) calling at Nassau and Coco Cay. It is return to Port Canaveral on January 2 as scheduled.
The Coast Guard suspended their search at 4:30pm on Saturday (January 2) without finding the woman or her body.
According to published reports in India (where the couple is from), the woman's family allege she was the victim of ongoing domestic violence, and they believe that is what drove her to end her life.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Right Place at the Right Time
It's the holidays, and in the days leading up to them, Ellen DeGeneres always gives audience members some pretty good merchandise as gifts, but the members of today's audience had no idea just how good one of their gifts was going to be. After she gave them a video camera and other smaller items together worth several hundred dollars, most were flabbergasted when every member of the audience of more than 300 received a 7-day cruise for two aboard Norwegian Cruise Line. The video is below.
The complete story about why cruise lines participate in such expensive giveaways appeared in the December 17 edition of Cruise News Daily.
The complete story about why cruise lines participate in such expensive giveaways appeared in the December 17 edition of Cruise News Daily.
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