Every Cruise Chaos news story, newest first: the wild, the strange and the need-to-know from ships and ports around the world. Every story is fact-checked and sourced.
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He Stopped Nassau Traffic for an ATV Convoy. The Window Cost $1,100.
A cruise passenger tried to halt Bay Street traffic for ATVs, punched a car window and was arrested. Why it ended in…
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A Catamaran Tried to Arrest Scarlet Lady. An Insurer’s Letter Set Her Free.
A Rhodes catamaran owner asked a court to seize Scarlet Lady over EUR 400,000 in damage. Why she sailed anyway, and what…
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Every Passenger Off, Six Blocks of Queue: Norwegian Joy’s Seattle Customs Day
Norwegian Joy’s guests all had to clear US immigration in Seattle mid-cruise. The line ran for blocks. Here’s the rule behind it…
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Four Mexican Ports Booked, Ensenada Twice: The Carnival Cruise Two Hurricanes Rewrote
Two hurricanes, four lost ports and Ensenada twice. How an 1886 US law decided where Carnival Panorama could go, and what guests…
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The World’s Biggest Cruise Ship Spent a Night Going Nowhere. Some Guests Called It a Win.
Icon of the Seas sat in Miami for a day of maintenance, skipped Costa Maya and paid every cabin. Her contract says…
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Scarlet Lady Ran From a Storm Into Rhodes. Then Its Ropes Snapped.
Waves snapped Scarlet Lady’s mooring lines in Rhodes and pushed her onto a catamaran. What happened, why harbours do this, and what…
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The Rhine Is Below Zero and a River Cruise Ship Got Stuck in Cologne
The Kaub gauge fell below zero, Lobith hit its lowest since 1866, and a 140-passenger ship ran aground in Cologne. Updated for…
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Oasis of the Seas Is Switching Off Its Toilets Again. Here’s Why a Cruise Ship Has To
Oasis of the Seas scheduled two toilet shutdowns in Nassau, for the second time in two months. How vacuum plumbing works, and…
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More Than 100 Men, One Red Shirt: The Star of the Seas Prank, Explained
Over 100 men on Star of the Seas turned up to Caribbean night in the same red shirt. How their partners pulled…
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Celebrity Quietly Killed Its Concierge Canapes. Guests Are Celebrating.
Celebrity dropped the afternoon canapes from Concierge Class. Guests called them ‘delightfully horrific’. Here’s the food rule behind it and what you…
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Packed for Nova Scotia, Sailing to Nassau: The Nor’easter That Scrambled a Fleet of Cruise Ships
A nor’easter sent Vision of the Seas to the Bahamas instead of Canada and tangled five ships’ plans. Who went where, why,…
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The Ship Meant for a Three-Year World Cruise Is Being Auctioned for Scrap
Gemini, first picked for the failed Life at Sea world cruise, faces a Greek auction over a EUR 22,772 debt. It moved…
