Carnival crew members, particularly assistant cabin stewards, have tremendously hard jobs. On embarkation days, their work duties include turning over mattresses, changing linens, hauling garbage and handling heavy luggage for several hundred passengers within a few short hours. Such an excessive work load has resulted in several back and shoulder […]
Author: Keith S. Brais
A hot topic among coastal cities in the United States and the world is whether to allow operation of the ever growing cruise ships in the smaller port towns. Opponents argue permitting the large liners into the smaller ports have the potential to negatively impact the marine environment as well […]
It is no secret that cruises are designed for family vacations. To that end, NCL’s cruise ships Norwegian Star and Norwegian Dawn are outfitted with children pool areas. Though staged differently to reflect the ships’ unique themes, the children aquatic areas on both ships are very similar in that they […]
The U.S. Coast Guard was called to medevac a passenger suffering from a heart attack aboard the Norwegian Breakaway. The cruise ship’s captain radioed for medical assistance around 4 a.m. on the morning of November 16th. A MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew was dispatched from Elizabeth City, North Carolina and met […]
Several news agencies report a passenger went overboard from the Princess Cruise Line’s GRAND PRINCESS on November 13, 2013 off the Hawaiian coast. Eyewitness accounts indicate the passenger intentionally went overboard North of Hawaii. The cruise line stated the witness’ accounts were confirmed by closed-circuit television. The ship was on […]