| By
Ship: |
Century
(1995) |
Constellation
(2002) |
Galaxy
(1996) |
Infinity
(2001) |
|
| Mercury
(1997) |
Millennium
(2000) |
Summit
(2001) |
Zenith
(1992) |
Xpedition (2001) |
| dd/mm/yy |
2005 |
Incident |
| 31.10.05 |
The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Celebrity Cruises
to overturn a $1 million judgment awarded a Zenith passenger who was
raped by a ship's waiter while the was in Bermuda. Accoridng to
an article in the Royal Gazette, the decision to reject the appeal has
broader ramifications since the lawsuit could have established a
shield for the cruise industry from suits over crew-member assaults
against passengers. |
Court decision |
| 21.1.05 |
At the end of a routine lifeboat drill involving the crew members, there was a technical problem with one of the wenches used to lift the lifeboat leaving the boat dangling (click here). Fortunately, no one was injured. We left St. Kitts six hours late necessitating bypassing the port of Grenada. Celebrity, however, issued a $100.00 on board credit to each cabin. | Delay |
| dd/mm/yy |
2004 |
Incident |
| 8.9.04 |
A Honduran worker was arraigned in a Bermuda court for
"unlawful assault and causing bodily harm" to a female co-worker.
It is alleged that the co-worker received injuries to her face as a
result of being attacked with a bottle. |
Assault Crew on Crew |
| 12.6 - 19.6.04 |
The
following report was received: "Sailed with
Celebrity
on this cruise. Sewer smell throughout ship, water was brown in our
cabin,
toilet vacuum system out for 2 days. My wife became ill and reported it
to
the staff who immediatly drew blood and treated her for stomach
"virus".
Cruise line admitted there was a problem with the sewer system but
denied
my wife was ill from this.We noted the placement of hand sanitizers at
the
gang way immediatly following." |
Sewer
smell |
| dd/mm/yy |
2003 |
Incident |
| 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 |
Reported Illness Outbreaks |
| 13.4.07 |
The ship reported that 11 of 613
(1.79%)
crew and 89 of 1363 (6.53%) passengers
had
reported ill on a 12 day Eastern Caribbean cruise from Tampa (2 - 13
April). |
| 14.1.06 |
The ship reported that 20 (3.09%)
crew and 17 of 1691 (1.22%) passengers had reported ill on the 9 - 14 January cruise. |
| 3.4.05 |
From a passemger: As you know, there was widespread illness on the Zenith sailing that returned to JAX on March 13, 2005. The illness continued on the following cruise (ending March 27) as well.They had sprayed down with disinfectant all the public area surfaces and left it there to dry (mirrors, walls, handrails, etc.), and gave us a lengthy lecture on handwashing at embarkation. They had installed gel hand sanitizers at the entrance to all food service areas, and would not allow "serve yourself" in buffet lines for the first week. Then they eased up, wiped down all the surfaces and let us help ourselves. Then people started getting ill. From what I heard, approx. 150 people were quarantined. The bad part was they made it sound like pax would get free treatment at the ship's doctor for flu like symptoms, in an effort to control another outbreak. But, I had breakfast with a couple who had spent over $600 on mandatory doctor visits, flu "vaccines", injections, antibiotics and various other prescribed treatments. No compensation was offered for staying quarantined for 72 hours, or for the medical treatment. (Second cruise in a row with an outbreak.) |
| 7.3.05 |
The CDC reports that 138 of 1308 passengers (10.55%) and 16 of 657 crew members (2.44%) reported ill during the February 27 - March 13 cruise ending in Jacksonville. The cruise returns to Jacksonville in another week, so the numbers will likely increase. |
| 12.6 - 19.6.04 |
The
following report was received: "Sailed with
Celebrity
on this cruise. Sewer smell throughout ship, water was brown in our
cabin,
toilet vacuum system out for 2 days. My wife became ill and reported it
to
the staff who immediatly drew blood and treated her for stomach
"virus".
Cruise line admitted there was a problem with the sewer system but
denied
my wife was ill from this. We noted the placement of hand
sanitizers at
the
gang way immediatly following." |
| 9.4.04 |
On
April 8, the ship reported that 48 passengers and 7 crew
had reported illness consistent with norovirus. The cruise ran
from March 28 - April 11. |
