This past weekend, a chartered shore excursion tour boat in the Bahamas suffered an engine explosion that engulfed the boat in flames, causing injuries and death.
This week, Daniel Belling, the man accused of killing his wife while on their Mediterranean cruise last year, has been released from prison. The release comes after 14 months of being held without bail in Rome’s Regina Coeli jail. Without proper forensic evidence or a body, Belling’s legal team argued that there was not enough evidence to continue to hold him. The case against him will continue, but Belling will be allowed to return to Dublin.
For decades, travel to Cuba for U.S. citizens was forbidden by a travel ban. However, since the ban was lifted in late 2015, travelers have found countless ways to make their dreams of a Cuban vacation a reality. Now, the cruise industry is making Cuba more accessible than ever before.
The risk of personal injury is an unfortunate possibility whenever you take a cruise. A recent overboard incident, involving a 60-year-old man on the SuperStar Gemini cruise in Malaysia, sheds light on the issue.