Events by Ship:
Click here for Illness Outbreaks by Norwegian Dream
| dd/mm/yy |
2008 |
Incident |
| 1.11.08 |
From a passenger: At about 2:45 a.m. an electrical fire
broke out on deck three in an electrical locker of the ship. It was
enroute to Boston on the final leg of her final cruise as the Norwegian
Dream. Code Bravo deck three 3019 was called over some parts of the
ship including some passenger cabins.The crew responded and succeeded
in extinguishing the fire.The captain explained the situation later in
the day during His regular report to the Passengers. |
Fire |
| 15.9.08 |
High winds caused the ship to skip its port call at Saint
John, New Brunswick. |
Skipped port call |
| 15.7.08 |
The Royal Gazette reports a passenger was slashed with an axe in a robbery involving four men. The man suffered several cuts to the chin, head and chest in the attack, which happened around 9:30 PM after he stopped for a cigarette while out driving his rental scooter on the North Shore in the vicinity of Terceira's gas station, Roberts Avenue and Palmetto Road, Devonshire. The 46-year-old, from Massachusetts, said a black male approached him, aged 18-20, with a "long narrow 'droopy' face". After offering him a cigarette, the man left but returned a few minutes later with three other men. The man suffered several two inch lacerations about his head and abdomen. In addition, he also received a four to five inch laceration to the left side of his chin -- none were life-threatening. The robbers got away with a wallet containing cash and credit cards. | Onshore attack of passenger |
| 17.6.08 |
The
Royal Gazette in Bermuda reports that a passenger was arrested and
fined $2500 after 6.7 grams of marijuana was found in the room's safe.
According to the article, the Seaport Enforcement team along with a
security guard and a sniffer dog went on board the ship docked at
number six shed in Hamilton looking for drugs. The sniffer dog alerted
the officers to a cabin and when they knocked on the door, there was no
response. The security guard opened the door and the officers went
inside to find the cabin unoccupied. The sniffer dog alerted the
officers to a grey safe. When they opened it, they found a small
plastic bag containing plant-like material. Later that day, the
officers met with the cabin's occupant who admitted the drugs belonged
to him. The
Royal Gazette reported the same day that a second passenger was
fined $3,000 for bringing cannabis and
cannabis resin into the Island. While the Seaport
Enforcement team along with a security guard and a sniffer dog went
aboard the ship looking for drugs the passenger opened his cabin door
and the
sniffer dog reacted. Officers identified themselves to the defendant
and asked him if he had any drugs. He said: "Yes, I have a little pot."
Officers
found a small black toiletries bag in the closet containing a Ziploc
bag with plant-like material, a brown substance and a homemade pipe.
The man
was arrested with 1.92 grams of cannabis and 0.10 grams of cannabis
resin. EDITORIAL
COMMENT: It
would be nice if the cruise industry was at least as vigilant in
dealing with sexual assaults perpetrated against passengers by crew
members and officers!!!! |
Passengers arrested for pot possession |
| 24.5.08 |
FROM A READER: the Norwegian Dream, for the past 2 weeks,
has not been able to call in St. Georges Bermuda. It had instead stayed
docked in Hamilton. The reason apparently was that high winds Didnt
allow her to enter the "town cut" or leave it latter in the week.
Norwegian Dream currently docks in Boston on Sunday and spends tuesday
thru Friday in St Georges. |
Itinerary change |
| dd/mm/yy |
2007 and earlier |
Incident |
| 10.12.07 |
The ship collided with a barge
being pulled by a tug in Uruguay's main port, sending several
cars and containers off the barge and shutting the port down. The ship
received damages above the water line which do not
appear serious. It will remian in port for repairs. Passengers on
the current cruise, a 14 day around the southern tip of South America,
will miss two ports miss three ports(Port
Stanley, Puerto Madryn and Ushuaia) of
call before repairs are complete; they're being offered alternate shore
excursions before leaving for Ushuaia. There were no injuries. The
harbour remained closed for more than 24 hours, trapping Celebrity
Cruises' Infinity in port and blocking Marco Polo out of port.
Passengers were offered a 50% refund of cruise fare paid in addition to
$150 per passenger ($300 per room) onboard credit. A group of
passengers are demanding greater compensation -- see Merco
Press for more info. See here for
photos. |
Collision |
| 13.10.05 |
The ship is expected to arrrive 5 hours late from its
current cruise
because of mechanical problems. The Oct 15th cruise out of
Houston will depart late and Roatan and Cancun have been dropped as
ports. The only ports visited will be Cozumel and Belize. NCL is
offering $100pp (limit
2) credit per cabin and $100 pp for future cruise. There are
reports that the cruises beginning Oct 22 and 29 will replace Roatan
(Honduras) with Progresso (Mexico) and itinerary changes may continue
until repairs are made. |
Mechanical problems |
| 11.8.05 |
Engine problems continue with the ship (see July 4) though
an additional "tecnical issue with one of the engines" caused the
current cruise to end 6 hours late (many pax missed flights, had to
stay overnight, and scramble for flights on Friday). Returning
passengers told of limping
into Seattle on a failed engine and of missing out "on major,
picturesque stops." The cruise beginning today as well will visit
four ports rather than six (missing SItka and Ketchikan). Of the
ship's four engines, two are
under repair and two are working -- the delay presumably was caused by
a
problem with one of the working engines. Passengers were assured
that the problem only affects speed and not safety. |
Propulsion problem -- Delays -- Missed ports |
| 4.7.05 |
The June 30 - July 11 sailing has experienced engine
problems and as a result Sitka has been dropped from the
itinerary. Passengers were compensated with a $50 onboard
credit. Sitka has also been dropped from future itineraries
through August -- presumably until the engine problem is repaired. |
Engine problems Missed port |
| 20-27.6.05 |
Passengers were notified after leaving Seattle that because of engine problems they would be miss the port of Sitka and would receive a "conditional" non-refundable $50.00 per person shipboard credit that could not be used in the casino or for service charges. When questioned about the missed port, the Cruise Director reportedly replied to a guest in a a crowded auditorium... "you can either get over it or be sulky for the rest of the cruise." At the same time, the Captain insisted that College Fjord, a stop listed on the itinerary, was NOT an his itinerary and was instead a "surprise" stop to celebrate a crew members birthday. A poster at Cruise Critic further talks about being reprimanded by a junior waiter for ordering improperly, having hot coffee spilled on her, and finding a soiled diaper in the night table beside the bed. | Engine problems Missed port Service issues |
| dd/mm/yy |
2004 |
Incident |
| 1.5.04 |
Earlier
this week, the Norwegian Dream cancelled its its
scheduled stop at Genoa, and it scheduled a stop at the port of
Gibraltar. Its next scheduled port of call was to have been Barcelona the following day, but the Spanish government decided to enforce a decades-old law that says a ship cannot dock at a Spanish port after it has called at Gibraltar. NCL substituted Sete, France for Barcelona. Other cruise lines are now cancelling stops at Gibralter in order to avoid similar problems. |
Cancellation
of Port of Call |
| 8.4.04 |
The
itinerary
for the 22 March cruise was changed as a result of a
broken crankshaft and need for the ship to operate on one
engine. Madeira and Genoa were cancelled as ports of
call and a stop at Gibraltar was added. NCL says the engine
problems will not effect the next three Mediterranean sailings.
There is no word when the repairs will be made. |
Engine
breakdown |
| dd/mm/yy |
2003 |
Incident |
| 28.4.03 |
Passengers
notified at embarkation that cruise itinerary
will not include St. Petersburg, Helsinki, and Talinn as planned. Due
to ice in the Gulf of Finland (a fact that is disputed) the ship
instead would stop at Amsterdam, Germany, and Norway. Passengers say
they should have been notified earlier about the change given that the
decision to change the itinerary was made before most passengers had
left home. Close to 1000 passengers (60%) have signed a petition
demanding appropriate compensation for in effect doing the same thing
as substituting a cruise to Mexico for a cruise to Alaska. |
Itinerary
Change |
| dd/mm/yy |
Earlier |
Incident |
| 24.8.99 |
Collides with the Ever Decent
(container ship) in the British Channel and sustaining heavy
damage. Miraculously there was no loss of life or serious
injury. Several subsequent cruises were cancelled. |
Collision |
| 28.9.97 |
The ship lost power as a result
of an electrical explosion, which shortcircuited the engines and
steering capability of the ship. The ship was adrift about 30
miles out to sea for 20 hours before repairs were made and it continued
on to Halifax. |
Power loss |
| dd/mm/yy |
Reported Outbreaks |
| 28.4.08 |
The ship reported 10 of 726 (1.38%) crew and 99 of 1579 (6.27%) passengers had reported ill on an 18 day cruise that began April 13 and which disembarks May 1. |
| 10.12.04 |
The ship reported that an unusual number
of passengers and some crew members were experiencing GI
illness. The ship’s medical staff reported that 73 of 1749 (9.37%)
passengers and 9 of 744 (1.21%) crew members were ill.
Predominant symptoms are diarrhea and vomiting. The cruise ends
in New Orleans on December 12. According to a passenger, the
numbers were significantly higher: "Once the passengers realized that
reporting gastrointestinal illnesses would result in a 48 hour
quarantine, many just suffered and gutted it out (pun intended) in
their rooms." |
| 31.3.03 | A health outbreak was reported, Norovirus was confirmed -- 98 passengers (6.08%) and 5 crew (.68%) reported ill. |
| 10-25.9.02 | 169 passengers coming down with a gastrointestinal illness. The ship provided free infirmary visits, passengers who were ill were restricted to their cabin, the were limited to no self service buffets, etc. Source of illness: Shigella and Giardia. CDC numbers: 165 passengers (10.12%) and 4 crew (.56%). |
| 29.8.02 |
Reported
on a cruise chat
board that up to 15% of passengers on this
Scandinavian Capitals cruise
contracted a gastrointestinal illness. Unconfirmed whether the
source was Norwalk-like virus, but the ship provided free infirmary
visits, passengers who were ill were restricted to their cabin, the
were limited to no self service buffets, etc. |
| 5.8.02 |
It
was reported by a passenger that as many as 100 people
got
food poisoning when they took the excursion to Moscow on the
Scandinavian
cruise that began on August 5th. The ship provided free infirmary
services. |