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Events at Sea by Radiance of the Seas
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The events listed have been reported in the public domain or to cruisejunkie by passengers or crew members onboard.  The list is by no means comprehensive.  For that reason it is necessary to be cautious in drawing conclusions from the potentially limited data.  Keep in mind that some companies may be more transparent than others about things that go wrong; conversely, some companies may be better at concealing events and thereby project an appearance that is inaccurate.  With that said, the following list is still interesting, as are the patterns seen viewed separately by ship.
dd/mm/yy
 2010
 Incident
22.3.10 According to the cruise community site Cruise Line Fans, a "man overboard" was  reported at 8:00 p.m. last night from the ship. Here is the account:"At about 8pm last night the call was heard OSCAR! OSCAR! OSCAR! PORT SIDE!  The ship shook as it slowed done and turned around.  Flashing buoy rings could be seen in the distance.  The rescue boats was quickly launched. Within 20 minutes CPR was being conducted on a man being brought back onboard."According to the website, the man was pronounced dead an hour later; he was a crew member who the website says "apparently purposely went overboard," however this is conjecture and may not be the case.
Person (crew) overboard
dd/mm/yy
 2009
 Incident
25.11.09 Posters at Cruise Critic say a Carnival ship bumped the RCI ship while maneuvering in Puerto Vallarta, denting the front of Radiance of the Seas. Collision - "Bump"
dd/mm/yy
 2008
 Incident
30.10.08
 USA Today reports that RCI canceling cruises in South America scheduled for 2009 and 2010 aboard Radiance of the Seas and instead keeping the ship in San Diego. The vessel will sail 24 additional Mexican Riviera sailings out of San Diego between September 2009 and May 2010. The changes are a sign that higher-priced vacations such as South American cruises are becoming a tougher sell as the economy tumbles and worried consumers look for more affordable vacation options. Cruises out of so-called "home port" cities such as San Diego traditionally have appealed to penny-pinching consumers because they can be reached by car, eliminating the cost of airfare.
 Canceled itineraries
3.1.08
 Passengers spent up to two hours bouncing around on small tenders in rough seas after it became impossible to get them back to their ship in George Town Harbour (Grand Cayman). Cruise lines had been advised to make the last tender at 2pm, but a weather front came through sooner than anticipated, which forced tendering from George Town to Spotts Dock on the south side of Grand Cayman. Rather than using the services and larger tendering vessels of Caribbean Marine Services, Radiance of the Seas chose to use their own lifeboats to tender passengers. The experience for passengers was not pleasant, as described in an article in the Cayman newspaper.
 Rough sea for tendering
dd/mm/yy
 2007
 Incident
29.10.07
 Passenger's disembarkation  was delayed four hours because of a staffing problem onshore which delayed the screening of disembarking passengers as Lahaina (Maui).  The ship was on a 14 day cruise from Los Angeles.  It previously had to skip its call at Hilo because of 50-knot winds off the Big Island.
 Delayed disembarkation
dd/mm/yy
 2006
 Incident
5.11.06
 From a passenger:  Just got back from Radiance of the Seas 10/28/06 cruise to Puerto Rico, Antigua, St. Thomas, St. Maarten and Nassau. The evening we were sailing back to Ft. Lauderdale (4 November) a fire broke out in the Windjammer and the captain came on the loud speaker at 2AM to announce BRAVO - BRAVO - BRAVO, we have a fire in the Windjammer -- everyone stay tuned to for further announcements. Finally he came back on about a half an hour later to inform us that all was well and that we could go back to sleep. Fire
27.6.06
 Passengers were notified at 10:30 AM that the ship's port call at Juneau was cancelled due to satellite communication problems that delayed sending the manifest for security clearance by the US Coast Guard.  Guests were offered a $100 onboard credit for the missed port call.
 Missed Port
dd/mm/yy
 2005 and earlier
 Incident
18.12.05
 A single female, alone on the last evening of her cruise, was stalked by a crew member while in the casino and continued as she returned to her cabin at 1AM.  Earlier in the week, her girlfriend (with whom she was traveling) was followed by a man of a similar description.  Details available here.
 Stalking incident
19.2.03
 Ship struck by strong winds as it crossed a squall line and briefly went into a seven degree list (tilt).  No injuries.
 Unexpected list (tilt)
26.8.02
 US Coast Guard reports that the ship experienced a three-minute power outage that disabled the ship's steering and propulsion capability while in Frederick Sound and preparing to transit the Gatineau Channel (en route to Juneau).  RCI denies that it was a power outage. They said a crew member accidentally turned off a hydraulic pump, causing a temporary loss of rudder control.  
 Power failure & Lost Propulsion
23.7.02
 While sailing between Juneau and Skagway, two crewmembers began arguing (below deck);  one pulled a knife and began slashing the other.  The knife victim was medevaced for surgery and was in serious condition.  (Source: Juneau Empire, July 25, 2002)
 Crew Fight



Illness Outbreaks at Sea by Radiance of the Seas

dd/mm/yy
 Reported Illness Outbreaks
7.9.06
 The ship reported that 12 of 870  (1.37%) crew and 227 of 2131 (10.66%) passengers were ill.  The symptoms were consistent with gastrointestinal illness (e.g., norovirus).  The 7 day Alaska cruise  will end in Seward on September 9.
16.4.06
 		Passengers returning from the April 9-16 cruise report there was a norovirus outbreak during the cruise.  A letter was received midweek from the captain saying there was an outbreak and there would be increased cleaning procedures.  The ship’s crew kicked into high gear. We were served buffet items by crew members instead of self serve.  I overheard a crew member being told by his supervisor to not shake hands with anyone.  Cleaning procedures were very obvious and frequent, even to the point that use of hand sanitizers were required before and after using the rosk climbing wall.
17.9.02
 		About 46 passengers (and seven crew) aboard a three day cruise from Vancouver to Seattle became violently ill with stomach and intestinal problems -- passengers onboard claimed many more got sick.  Some were outraged when the cruise line tried to bill them for medical expenses -- one passenger was billed $1073 for an IV drip.

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