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Ernie
Ernie has been cruising for ten years and writes and edits Cruise Chaos. That decade at sea shapes what gets published here: cruise news explained properly, honest stories from onboard, practical guides, and deals verified on the cruise lines' own sites the day they run. No affiliate commissions, no invented facts, and corrections welcome.
Snap, Drift, Crunch: Why Cruise Ships Keep Breaking Free From the Dock
AIDAperla just snapped its lines in Le Havre, and she's not alone. Here's why giant cruise ships keep breaking free from the dock, and what to do if yours does.
Cruise Disasters: What the Official Reports Actually Found
Search for cruise disasters and you will find the same ten stories, told the same way, with no ship named and no date given. “The cruise ship that lost power and drifted for days.” “The massive wave that crashed through…
8 Things You Should Never Do on a Cruise
Most cruise advice is somebody’s opinion dressed as a rule. This is not that. Every item below is something a cruise line, a regulator or an international convention has written down, and in most cases the consequence of ignoring it…
Going Viral on a Cruise: What the Conduct Policy Actually Says
A cruise vacation can turn viral in minutes. Learn how cruise ship privacy works, why onboard conflicts spread online, and how to protect yourself.
Left Behind on Lizard Island: What Happened to Suzanne Rees
An 80-year-old cruise passenger was left behind on a Great Barrier Reef island and died alone. What happened to Suzanne Rees, and where the investigations stand.
Hurricane Melissa and the Caribbean Cruise Fleet: The Full Record
At 1:00pm Eastern on Tuesday 28 October 2025, the National Hurricane Center issued a special update in capital letters: “CATEGORY 5 MELISSA MAKES LANDFALL IN JAMAICA…ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE LANDFALLS ON RECORD IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN.” The storm…
Ship Collides With Brooklyn Bridge: What Went Wrong on Mexico’s CuauhtĂ©moc
How Mexico's tall ship Cuauhtémoc ended up backing into the Brooklyn Bridge, killing two cadets, and what the NTSB investigation has found so far.
Cruise Passenger Numbers: What CLIA Own Data Shows
“The cruise industry is booming” is one of those claims everybody repeats and nobody sources. The numbers behind it do exist, and they are published once a year by the industry’s own trade body. They are more interesting than the…
Why Some Cruise Ports Stay Quiet: Venice, Juneau and the Seabed
Every cruise guide has a “hidden gems” list, and every one of them has the causation backwards. Quiet ports are not quiet because nobody has noticed them yet. They are quiet because something specific is keeping the big ships out…