| dd/mm/yy |
Event |
Incident |
| 20.5.06 |
The ship had an encounter with volcanic ash from Montserrat. Information is available by clicking here. | Encounter with Volcanic Ash |
| 4.6.04 |
The
following was posted at "rec.travel.cruises" (the Usenet
newsgroup) and may be of interest to some: RCCL seems to have a problem providing clean water to the bathrooms in the cabins. The water in the sink was brown many times during our cruise. We spoke to Guest Relations about it. They said it should still be okay to drink. Oh really? So plan on brushing your teeth with bottled water and you'll be fine. |
Water
Quality in Cabin |
| 20.7.02 |
A
31 year old graphic artist somehow boarded the ship in
Phillipsburg and the
next day died while the ship is docked in St. Thomas. According
to The St. Thomas Source, "it is not known how he eluded security to
remain on board when the ship left port." According to the Toronto
Star, based on the autopsy report, police believe that when
pepper spray failed to subdue him, "...the crew members tried to hold
Persaud down, placing weight on his chest that suffocated him." |
Port
Security / Death |
| dd/mm/yy |
Reported Illness Outbreaks |
| 12.11.06 |
From a passenger: We just returned from a 7 night southern carribean cruise (Nov 5-12). Many reports of illness circulated among the passengers -- the shows were pretty empty and the deck was pretty empty as well. On the fifth or sixth day, passengers received a letter stating that an abnormally large number of passengers had become ill but they didn't think there would be any adverse effect on the cruise. There were multiple reports of passengers quarantined to their rooms. When we returned to the ship in St Maarten, the family in front of us were told to report directly to the medical facility. That night, our wait staff said the CDC was returning for a second visit during that cruise. Our stateroom attendant said she was with the ship for five years and had never seen so many stricken. There was no notification to the passengers of the severity of the outbreak. The CDC subsequently reported that 1 of 1174 (0.08%) crew and 129 of 3260 (3.96%) passengers had reported ill with symptoms consistent with norovirus. |