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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…
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🍌 The Great Banana Debacle: How 16 Shipping Containers Delayed a P&O Cruise
A cargo ship dropped 16 containers of bananas into the Solent, and P&O Iona stayed in port overnight. What happened, why it…
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The “Love Boat” Turned “Vomit Comet”: Inside the AIDAdiva Norovirus Outbreak
Norovirus hit 106 passengers on AIDAdiva’s 133-day world cruise. What the CDC data shows, why ships are perfect for the virus, and…
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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…
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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…
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Ship Collides With Brooklyn Bridge: What Went Wrong on Mexico’s Cuauhtémoc
How Mexico’s tall ship Cuauhtémoc ended up backing into the Brooklyn Bridge, killing two cadets, and what the NTSB investigation has found…
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Cruise Passenger Numbers: What CLIA’s 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…
