Royal Caribbean Cruise Line

16-Year-Old Boy From Pacific Slips And Falls From Deck Of Harmony of the Seas In Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A teenage boy died after falling from an eighth-floor balcony of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship docked in Haiti. The 16-year-old was trying to enter his room on Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas cruise ship through a nearby balcony on Friday when he slipped and fell to his

Coast Guard Ends Search For British Dancer Who Jumped Off Cruise Ship Near Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a crew member who went overboard from the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Harmony of the Seas some 267 miles (429 kilometers) off Puerto Rico. A Coast Guard news release said they ended the search Thursday afternoon, two days

Coast Guard Searching For Cruise Ship Entertainer Who Went Overboard By San Juan
SAN JUAN — The U.S. Coast Guard said it is searching for a Royal Caribbean cruise ship crew member who went overboard on Christmas Day — the fifth person to disappear that way since November. Arron Hough, 20, a cruise ship entertainer, on Tuesday went overboard 267 miles off the
Major Cruise Lines Jockeying For Position to Home Port Out of Cuba
HAVANA — Royal Caribbean will be home-porting the refurbished Empress of the Seas in Havana, the Virgin Islands Free Press has learned. Effective August 14, the Empress of the Seas, originally named the Nordic Empress, will be sailing 7 day cruises from Havana to Nassau Bahamas, Labadee Haiti, Falmouth Jamaica

Royal Caribbean’s Woes Continue As Crew Member Threatens Suicide On Board Ship
MIAMI – A crew member on Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas attempted to commit suicide Saturday morning at Port Everglades, according to a Royal Caribbean spokeswoman. The man, in his late 30s, threatened to jump overboard at about 10 a.m. Saturday, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. BSO

One Cruise Ship Passenger Killed In Four-Vehicle Collision In Jamaica
KINGSTON – Three people were injured and one person killed when a tour bus cruise ship passengers were on was involved in a four-vehicle collision near Falmouth on Thursday. Some 21 passengers were headed to the Dunns River Falls attraction “when the Toyota Coaster tour bus they were traveling in

Ohio Man Faces Child Abuse Charges For Attack On Royal Caribbean
Jason Lawson of Toledo, Ohio FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A man from Ohio is facing multiple charges after he helped another man attack a boy on board Royal Caribbean’s Independence of the Seas last year, authorities said. According to an arrest report, Jason Lawson, 32, and

8-Year-Old Boy Drowns On Liberty Of The Seas Christmas Cruise
COZUMEL – An 8-year-old boy drowned onboard Liberty of the Seas on Monday. According to a letter from Royal Caribbean to the guests onboard the ship on the Cruise Law News site, the young child drowned in one of the ship’s pools. The boy was spotted by one of the

‘Miracle Baby’ Born On Cruise Ship Headed Home; Could Be Out of Hospital By Christmas
MIAMI – The baby born 15 weeks premature on a cruise ship in the middle of the Caribbean has finally returned to Utah, after spending 78 days at Miami Children’s Hospital where he defied the odds for survival. The TV news media reported that 4-and-a-half-pound Haiden Morgan reunited with his

Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Rescues Eight Cubans On Makeshift Raft
Eight refugees fleeing from Cuba were rescued by a Royal Caribbean cruise ship after they were spotted out at sea just before the sun came up on Sunday morning. The refugees were floating on a row boat that appeared to be attached to barrels, with backpacks and paddles inside. They