The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added eight (8) more destinations to its recent Zika virus travel alert yesterday. In addition to the 14 countries already on the CDC list (Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala,
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Cruise Ship Passenger Robbed in Roseau, Dominica
One of the issues which we follow is the high crime rate throughout the Caribbean islands which are visited by U.S. tourists on cruise ships. One of our articles – Top 10 Most Dangerous Cruise Destinations in the World –…
Is Your Cruise Ship Prepared for a Terrorist Attack?
Yahoo Travel just interviewed me for its article Is Your Cruise Ship Prepared for a Terrorist Attack? There are nearly 500 comments to the article some of which are quite interesting to read. The Yahoo article does not really touch…
Royal Caribbean Cancels Another Cruise to Labadee
Royal Caribbean announced that it is canceling another port stop, this time by the Navigator of the Seas, at it’s “private destination” in Labadee, Haiti. According to the RCL Blog, Royal Caribbean said today: “Royal Caribbean has not received…
U.S. State Department Warnings: Mexico & El Salvador
Yesterday the U.S. Department of State issued a travel warning for Mexico. The warning applies to only certain locations in Mexico and warns U.S. citizens of traveling to certain places in Mexico due to threats to safety and security. According to…
Local Protesters Greet Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship
By Tom Fox, currently aboard the Freedom of the Seas.
Dozens of chanting protesters, banging pots and cymbals, and packed onto a half dozen small vessels, greeted Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas cruise ship as it docked this…
Haitians Protest at Royal Caribbean’s “Private Destination” at Labadee
Many news sources are reporting that thousands of Haitian protesters have rioted in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and other locations in Haiti against President Michel Martelly and the upcoming election to determine his successor, which some say is rigged in favor of…
Tender Boat on Fred Olsen’s Balmoral Malfunctions
Cruise Hive reports that a cruise ship tender boat on the Balmoral operated by Fred Olsen Lines malfunctioned a week ago, on Sunday, January 10, 2016, during a scheduled boat training drill. At the time of the accident the cruise…
MSC Fantasia Terror Alert?
A Greek newspaper is reporting that the MSC Fantasia has been subjected to a search for explosives today after calling on Haifa. The MSC cruise ship arrived today in the Bay of Souda near Chania in Crete. A Greek newspaper…
Royal Caribbean Bus Excursion Kills One Cruise Passenger From Independence of the Seas
The Jamaican Observer reports that cruise ship passengers were injured today “when the Toyota Coaster tour bus they were travelling in was involved in a four-vehicle collision on the Carey Park main road in Trelawny.” The Jamaican newspaper says that “one…