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Ship
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2009
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Incident
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| 21.11.09 |
Disney Wonder
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The Nassau Guardian reports two armed men ambushed and robbed a group of 17 tourists on tour in Nassau yesterday. According to police, the visitors were on tour at Earth Village, Dunmore Street, in Chippingham just before 1 p.m. with a tour guide when two men armed with shotguns accosted them. The Bahamian man leading the tour was tied up and the tourists were ordered to the ground and robbed of cash, passports, cell phones, credit cards and personal items, said police. While this group of visitors was being robbed, another group of tourists came on the scene and they too were robbed. Shortly after this incident, a 43-year-old Canadian man visiting downtown Nassau along with his brother had his wallet snatched while walking on Bay Street near Navy Lion Road. Three officers from the Tourism Patrol Unit gave chase and arrested the 49-year-old man police suspect was responsible for the theft. |
Pax robbed onshore |
| 18.11.09 |
Disney Magic |
From a passenger: We have just returned from a Disney Cruise. On our day in Cozumel, Nov 18th, five Disney employees, celebrating the end of their contracts from Animal Kingdom, rented a dune buggy or Jeep ( not part of a shore excursion) and were in an accident. Two were killed and three hospitalized. The 6th person in their party had decided to take a cruise endorsed shore excursion. UPDATE: The incident was subsequently reported by Tampa media and discussed on a board focused on Cozumel. This what was said: There was a really bad accident on Thursday around 2:30 PM at the entrance to the San Gervasio ruins where a red and yellow Jeep Polar from Executive Car Rental collided and two people were killed. It appears that one vehicle, traveling at an undetermined speed was coming out of the ruins when it was hit by other other jeep which was reported to be travelling at 120 kilometers/hour (75 mph!) at the time of the crash. Because both jeeps were overloaded, some of the cruise passengers were hurled from the vehicles while others remained twisted in the wreckage. One 21 year old woman died at the scene and at least four were transported to nearby hospitals in grave condition and where one of them later died. The driver of the second car has been taken into custody. |
Pax deaths onshore |
dd/mm/yy
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Ship
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2008
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Incident
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1.9.08
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Disney Magic |
From a passenger:
Hi...just got off the 15 day
cruise from LA to Orlando, through the Panama Canal. Great cruise!!
About 6 nights ago, however, there was a "Bright Star" call over the
ship's PA directing crew to "deck 4 midship". When I asked a crew
member what this meant, they sort of shrugged it off. I asked our room
purser the following day and he told me that someone had tried to "jump
off the ship from deck 4". The person was stopped and taken off the
boat the following day while at port in Aruba. Also...when we docked,
the boat wasn't cleared by US customs for a about 3 hours while they
searched for a single missing foreign born passenger on the ship.
Otherwise...great trip on a great cruise line!
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Delayed disembarkation
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8.3.08
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Disney Magic
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According to a poster at DisBoards,
the ship is experiencing propulsion problems which are affecting
arrival times in port and are also affecting how smoothly the ship
cruises. Passengers were apparently given an onboard credit of $100
because of the problem.
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Engine problems
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dd/mm/yy
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Ship
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2007
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Incident
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7.4.07
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Disney Magic |
The ship was reportedly late in departing for its seven day
cruise to Key West, Georgetown, Cozumel, and Castaway Cay. Local
TV contained a lead
story that the ship was held over and evacuated, as well as the
terminal, when dogs sniffed out a suspicious package addressed to a
crew member. The package turned out to contain repair parts for his
computer. The ship left that night and apparently kept to its original
itinerary.. |
Security issue
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14.2.07
|
Disney Magic |
From a passenger (posted at Disboards): While
doing the fireworks during the Pirates in the Caribbean deck party,
there was an emergency code red call to the rear of the boat. My
husband went to look and discovered that there was a misfire on the
fireworks and appeared to be a fire by Palo restaurant. I am trying to
find out more, and will post more later ... Here's what happened
with the fireworks -- about 1/4 of the way through one misfired
and hit the side of the ship.
The next one misfired and landed right next to palo's and started a
fire. That set off the fire sprinklers on deck 10 aft. Our assistant
server is part of the fire team. He said it was a HUGE mess because the
Captain sent everyone to the Pirate buffet instead of Palo's ...
The captain then sent everyone to
the right place and everything seems ok. All brunch's at Palo's today
were cancelled, but dinner's were ok. The were no reports
of injury.
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Small fire
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2.1.07
|
Disney Wonder |
A 21 year old male passenger from New York was arrested in
the Bahamas after allegedly sexually assaulting a 13 year old girl
onboard the ship. The ship was on a four-day New Year's cruise
from Port Canaveral to Nassau return.
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Sexual Offense (Pax on
Pax)
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dd/mm/yy
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Ship
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2006 and earlier
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Incident
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1.9.06
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Disney Wonder
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A ship employee (food and beverage department) was arrested
by Brevard County sheriff's
deputies after exposing himself to three women while on the ship.
Disney fired the worker and he is likely to be deported to Turkey.
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Sexual Offense
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22.3.06
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Disney Wonder
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The parents of a girl have filed suit against Disney Cruise
Line after their daughter was allegedly sexually assaulted by a crew
member while on the October 2, 2005 cruise from Port Canaveral.
The suit "alleges the crew member 'falsely imprisoned, sexually
assaulted, exposed himself to, and intentionally inflicted emotional
distress.'" See the Orlando
Sentinel for more.
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Sexual assault |
8.10.05
|
Disney Wonder
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A girl under the age of 18 said a member if the ship's crew
exposed himself to her while the ship was in port in the Bahamas this
week. The crew member was kept separate from passengers for the
remainder of the cruise and was suspended when the ship returned to
Florida. The incident is being investigated in the Bahamas, which
is where it occured. (NOTE: Thanks to Disney for reporting this
incident at their website rather than trying to keep it hidden.)
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Indecent exposure
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13.12.02
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Disney Magic
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Reported that 25 passengers contracted a gastrointestinal
illness during the current cruise.
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Illness
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30.11.02
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Disney Magic
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Reported that at least 174 passengers (6.98%) and 23
crewmembers (1.72%) on
the one-week cruise ending today had contracted a "flu-like illness" --
most likely Norwalk-like virus. Next cruise cruise cancelled for thorough cleaning of ship |
Illness
- Cancellation
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22.11.02
|
Disney Magic
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As many as 275 passengers and
crew were affected by Norwalk-like virus.
|
Illness |
4-8.8.02
|
Disney Wonder
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A
crew member came down with German measles (rubella) during this cruise.
Rubella can cause birth defects in pregnant women, particularly
in the first trimester before many women are aware that they are
pregnant. Children under 15 months and people with suppressed
immune systems are also at high risk. Citing the
potential cost, the cruise industry in 1998 essentially ignored CDC
recommendations to administer rubella vaccine to all crew without
documented immunity.
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Illness |
14.3.02
|
Disney
Magic |
Smoke
stack fire; extinguished within an hour. Passengers were awakened
at 5:00 AM and told to go to their assembly stations with their life
jackets. Arrives at next destination 1.5 hours late. |
Fire
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22.11.02
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Disney Magic
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As many as 200 passengers became ill from shrimp that was
suspected of having bacterial contamination.
|
Illness |