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Latest documents
- Norwegian Getaway Passenger Dies While Snorkeling in Bahamas
An 83-year-old passenger aboard the Norwegian Getaway died while snorkeling during the ship’s Bahamas stop on May 3 after being found unresponsive in the water at Great Stirrup Cay.
- Seaton Travelogue: Great Stirrup Cay
Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas is a private island owned largely by the Norwegian Cruise Line family of companies. This is not as glamorous as it sounds. Let me explain. Back in the day in Appalachia, there were things called “Company Towns.” A very nearby version of one of these towns is called Alcoa,...
- Stepbrothers Accused of Tricking and Raping 25-Year-Old Passenger on Carnival Sunrise
Two American cruise passengers have been charged with rape after allegedly swapping places to deceive a woman into having sex with them. The incident occured on the Carnival Sunrise on December 15, 2025. The 25-year-old victim told police in the Bahamas that she met Sayjuan Readous, 26, during the cruise and had a drink with him...
- Royal Caribbean Passenger Boards Cruise With Gun, Sent to Bahamian Prison
A 69-year-old grandmother spent several days in the infamous Bahamian Fox Hill Prison after she was arrested for bringing a gun on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. On December 2, Mary Robinson forgot to leave her pistol in her car before she went through security in Port Everglades. Troublingly, port security did not detect the...
- Heroic Father and Disney’s Man Overboard System Save Child’s Life
This past June, a 5-year-old girl fell overboard from the Disney Dream while the ship was sailing to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from the Bahamas. The girl’s mother was taking photos of her on the ship’s railing when the child lost her balance and fell backward. The child fell through an open porthole into the water....
- Crew Member Jumps Overboard After Stabbing on Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas
A crew member aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas stabbed a fellow crew member before jumping overboard to his death. The incident occurred on July 24th during a seven-night voyage from PortMiami to the Caribbean. According to the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF), the altercation involved a 35-year-old male and 28-year-old female crew...
- Crew Member Jumps Overboard After Stabbing on Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas
A crew member aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas stabbed a fellow crew member before jumping overboard to his death. The incident occurred on July 24th during a seven-night voyage from PortMiami to the Caribbean. According to the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF), the altercation involved a 35-year-old male and 28-year-old female crew...
- Passenger on Jet Ski Dies at Half Moon Cay: Online Reviews Show History of Poor Safety Training and Instruction
A 73-year old female passenger who was travelling on the Holland America Line (HAL) ship, the Nieuw Amsterdam, died last week in a jet ski accident in the Bahamas over the weekend. The woman smashed into a rock when she lost control, Bahamian officials said. According to the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF), the ship...
- Yes, Cruise Lines Have a Duty to Warn Guests of Crime Dangers in Ports of Call Even When They are on “Independent” Excursions
It’s been about a week since cruise passengers Dongayla Dobson and Amber Shearer disembarked from the Carnival Elation and visited the Pirate’s Cove resort in Freeport, Bahamas where two Bahamian employees, at a beach resort advertised by Carnival, reportedly sexually assaulted them. You can read more about the facts of this terrible situation below: Over...
- Two Guests From the Carnival Elation Report Being Drugged and Raped During Excursion in the Bahamas
The recent news from the Bahamas where two young U.S. women from a Carnival ship were drugged and raped involved a foreseeable, horrific crime at a Bahamian resort promoted by the cruise line, according to the victims. Earlier this week, the two young women, who are from the state of Kentucky, sailed on the Carnival...
Featured documents
- A Window on Hollywood – Casino Royale/James Bond 2006
It’s been fun living near the James Bond set and hanging out with crew and cast on our sleepy Nassau beach. The first few weeks we got to see the abandoned hotel–where Defense Forces used to train–turned into “Madagascar.” We’d walk Ooj on the beach and watch these tin shanties being put up, he’d...
- Is Your Cruise Line or Travel Agent Warning You of Crime in the Bahamas?
On New Year’s eve, a major newspaper in the Bahamas published an article about crime affecting cruise ship passengers and crew. The Tribune said that on December 13th, the United States Embassy in Nassau warned of increased violent, criminal activity in the Bahamas. The embassy warned that armed...
- Another Crime Report Rocks Nassau
The Latin America Monitor published an article about the high crime rate in the Bahamas entitled “Business Environment Analysis – Rising Murder Rate Poses Risk To Tourism Sector – JUNE 2014.” the publication reports, in part: “. . . rising murder rates in the Bahamas, including some recent killings ...
- New Crime Warnings for the Bahamas
“New Crime Warnings – Brits, Canadians Put Citizens on Alert” read the headlines of the Nassau Guardian yesterday. The newspaper reports that the governments of Britain and Canada issued advisories to their citizens about the rising armed crimes in New Providence and Grand Bahama. Britain updated...
- Disney Dream Strikes Pier In Nassau
According to reports on social media, the Disney Dream violently struck the dock in Nassau, Bahamas while trying to enter a berth on Saturday, September 30th. Photographs posted on line show damage to the cruise ship’ stern above the waterline. The PortNassauWebcam operated by the popular PTZtv capt...
- Passenger on Jet Ski Dies at Half Moon Cay: Online Reviews Show History of Poor Safety Training and Instruction
A 73-year old female passenger who was travelling on the Holland America Line (HAL) ship, the Nieuw Amsterdam, died last week in a jet ski accident in the Bahamas over the weekend. The woman smashed into a rock when she lost control, Bahamian officials said. According to the Royal Bahamas Police...
- World Organization of Natural Medicine Conference
The World Organization of Natural Medicine hosted its first “Unity Congress” in Nassau, The Bahamas. The event occured at the Wydham Resort Crystal Palace Ball Room. The purpose of the congress was to strengthen the informational, educational, scientific and ethical foundations of the Natural...
- Sex Attack Alleged On Carnival Cruise Ship
Just when you think that things could not get any worse for Carnival, news is just breaking that authorities are investigating what is being characterized as a “sex attack” on a Carnival cruise ship. A newspaper in the Bahamas is reporting that a team of of detectives from Nassau to Galveston,...
- Another Crime Report Rocks Nassau
The Latin America Monitor published an article about the high crime rate in the Bahamas entitled “Business Environment Analysis – Rising Murder Rate Poses Risk To Tourism Sector – JUNE 2014.” the publication reports, in part: “. . . rising murder rates in the Bahamas, including some recent killings ...
- Nassau: A Dangerous Dump?
The Tribune newspaper in the Bahamas has a headline Lawyer Says Nassau ‘Is A Dangerous Dump.’ It quotes me talking about Nassau, something I have done in the past when the Nassau Guardian quoted me saying that the Bahamas are ‘one gunshot away’ from cruise line exit. My personal opinions about the...