| dd/mm/yy |
2010 |
Incident |
| 3.1.10 | From a passenger: At St. Thomas Celebrity Summit had a bomb scare clearing passengers and providing food at a restaurant on the pier Jan 3 about 2:00pm local time | Bomb scare |
| dd/mm/yy |
2009 |
Incident |
| 23.2.09 | Sixteen passengers were injured when their bus
apparently lost control and drove into a ditch while it was returning
to the ship from a shore excursion. The accident happened outside
Roseau, Dominica; some of the injured were flown to Miami for treatment
at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The passengers sustained injuries,
including broken bones, bumps, bruises and lacerations, however,
three people were more seriously injured; five of the 16 injured were
treated and released from the hospital in Dominica. The
passengers were returning from a Caribbean Cooking Adventure
shore excursion, in which they joined local culinary experts to
learn how to prepare and present traditional Caribbean dishes.
The three-and-a-half hour excursion concluded with a scenic drive
through Roseau before returning to the pier. The ship is sailing a
seven-night Caribbean cruise that departed San Juan on February 21. |
Shore excursion accident |
| 10.1.09 | Cruise
Critic reports the ship's January 31 cruise, originally a
seven-night Southern Caribbean cruise out of San Juan, has been
shortened by a day -- the port call at Tobago has ben cancelled. The
cruise will now end on Friday, February 6 (instead of the 7th). The
ship will then immediately head into dry dock to undergo repairs for
what the line describes as "an electrical problem." The dry dock is
expected to last four days. The next cruise aboard Celebrity Summit is
on scheduled to depart from San Juan on February 14; it was chartered
-- and therefore not open to the public for booking -- for its February
7 departure; that cruise has been canceled. |
Cancelation -- Altered itinerary |
| dd/mm/yy |
2008 |
Incident |
| 17.11.08 | The ship is experiencing propulsion problems that reduce top
speeds to 15 knots from the usual 24 knots. The result is that port
call have been dropped -- Split was canceled on the Nov 1-15 cruise; a
port was also dropped from the subsequent cruise. See Cruising
Talk and Cruise
Critic. |
Propulsion problems |
| dd/mm/yy |
2006 |
Incident |
| 25.11.06 |
The ship reported that 12 of 942 (1.27%) crew and 72 of 1911 (3.77%) passengers had reported ill on the 11 - 25 November cruise from Los Angeles to San Juan (Puerto Rico). Symptons were consistent with gastrointestinal illness (e.g., norovirus) | Illness |
| 21.8.06 |
The ship pulled into Seward with a dead humpback whale on
its bow. The whale was spotted by longshoremen after the vessel
tied up. A necropsy is scheduled to determine whether the whale
was alive or dead when it was struck. |
Whale Strike |
| 8.8.06 |
A tour bus accident injured 15 passengers on a shore
excursion from Juneau. None of the injuries were lifethreatening,
however one passenger remained in hospital after the ship left.
The bus driver has been cited for reckless driving. |
Bus Accident |
| 13.5.06 |
The May 20 sailing has been canceled so the ship can go into
drydock for the replacement of its starboard thrust bearing. The
ship is expected to return to service on May 27. |
Canceled cruise |
| 10.5.06 |
Irate passengers planned protests over skipped ports after propeller troubles caused calls at Seattle and Sitka, Alaska to be cancelled. Passengers criticized Celebrity for failing to disclose mechanical problems before the Summit left California May 7 on the 13 night cruise. A cruise line spokesman said the problem was not confirmed until the ship left port. Political Gateway reports: "There's a lot of pissed-off people here from Australia and Germany and other places who wanted to see Seattle," Vancouver passenger Patrick Regan told the Seattle Times."Greetings from the prison ship," Dr. Ira Goodkofsky of Sherman Oaks, Calif., wrote his daughter in an e-mail. "We are literally being held captive on this ship."Goodkofsky said a "huge group" of passengers planned a casino sit-in to protest, the newspaper reported.The cruise line denied it was holding passengers hostage, said most were understanding of the situation and all had been refunded $200. | Propulsion problems -- Canceled Ports |
| dd/mm/yy |
2005 |
Incident |
| 2.6.05 |
As indicated below (May 25), the cruise ending today was
shortened to 6 days because of the need for ship repairs. It is
indicated there that "compensation appeared generous", but one
passenger has written to say that that was not the case: "We were told we would receive a $300 per
cabin on board credit, and
25% discount on future cruise. After the cruise we inquired where our credit was, at which
time we were told that our rate was too low, and thus we didn't qualify
for the credit. In fact, we will receive NO compensation
for our 7 day cruise that was turned into a 6 day cruise!!!" So much
for being generous. |
Shortened cruise -- no
compensation |
| 25.5.05 |
In order to replace a radial-bearing unit that is showing
premature wear in the ship's starboard propulsion system, the May 27
cruise is being shortened by one day (meaning the stop in Ketchikan is
dropped) and the June 3 cruise is cancelled. Passengers affected
appear to have been generously compensated. |
Cancelations |
| dd/mm/yy |
2004 |
Incident |
| 1.9.04 |
It was announced that the ship will enter drydock for a
pre-emptive repair to its starboard propulsion system. As a
result, the September 10 cruise has been cancelled, the cruise
beginning September 17 will be delayed until September 20, and the
cruise beginning September 3 will have itinerary adjustments to
accomodate the ship's top speed of 18 (rather than 20) knots. |
Propulsion problems Cancellation |
| dd/mm/yy |
2003 |
Incident |
| 28.7.03 |
Charges
filed against a 33 year old male accused of
inappropriately touching a passenger during a massage. Source: Alaska
State Troopers Press Release, Aug 7 |
Sexual Assault |
| 11.7.03 |
Delayed
departure (two days) to allow time for repairs after
the ship was holed during the previous cruise. |
Delay |
| 9.7.03 |
The
hull was damaged when
the vessel, under the control of a marine pilot who called out
instructions as a crew member steered, hit a rock leaving Hubbard
Glacier. The result was a 10-foot-long hole
in the ballast tank midway along the hull, and a 140-foot-long
crease. The ship docked safely at Seward on Friday (July 11). |
Holed |
| 16.5.03 |
Miami Herald reported on May 17 that a suit had been filed
charging that RCI and Celebrity Cruises charged
at least $150 million in fraudulent taxes
to passengers that the companies pocketed as additional fare revenue.
A settlement reached in 1997 in a similar case barred RCI and
Celebrity from charging customers "any fees in addition to the
advertised initial ticket price, except those fees acrually passed on
by the company to a government agency." (See "Cruise lines accused of
fraud," Jay Weaver and Dale K. Dupont, Miami Herald, May 17, 2003) |
Port taxes |
| dd/mm/yy |
2002 |
Incident |
| 8.4.02 | Cruise shortened from eleven nights to seven nights to accommodate unscheduled dry-dock. | Cancellation |
| 29.3.02 | Cruise canceledfor unscheduled dry-dock to repair the ship's propulsion pods. | Cancellation |
Illness Outbreaks at
Sea by Summit
Illness Outbreaks by Ship:
| dd/mm/yy |
Reported Illness Outbreaks |
| 15.12.09 | Posters at Cruise Critic ask: Anyone know how many people were ill with Gastro-intestinal illnesses, norovirus, food poisoning etc on board Summit's transatlantic sailing (November 28th)? Figures heard on board varied from 20 to 157. It'd be interesting to know the actual number. Another person says: According to the info we were given on the Solstice it was high enough to go to "Code Red". If that helps. Note: Code Red means 3% of passengers reported ill (more than 60). Given the ship had left from a non-U.S. port, the outbreak may not be reported to the CDC. |
| 25.11.06 |
The ship reported that 12 of 942 (1.27%) crew and 72 of 1911 (3.77%) passengers had reported ill on the 11 - 25 November cruise from Los Angeles to San Juan (Puerto Rico). Symptons were consistent with gastrointestinal illness (e.g., norovirus) |