Kenneth Gass of Sturgis, have won a $100,000 onboard the Carnival Magic cruise ship. This avid cruiser sailing more than 18 years on Carnival Cruise Line have scored big time, winning the grand prize on Wheel of Fortune Slots Tournament. This is jackpot with the biggest prize of all time won on Carnival cruise ship and a perfect way to commemorate the twenty years of the famous slot machines present onboard Carnival fleet casinos.
The US Department of Justice announced that Princess Cruise Lines has plead guilty to seven charges for intentional pollution of the seas and cover up. The cruise line will have to pay maximum penalty of $40 million fine, which is largest-ever for deliberate pollution of the seas. As reported by the Division of Environment and Natural Resources, the cruise ship Caribbean Princess was dumping oil contaminated waste illegally since 2005 using a so-called "magic pipe".
A disturbing video was sent to KPRC 2 Huston, showing a boy climbing on a railing and hanging down side of Carnival Liberty while the cruise ship was sailing. The incident happened on November 19 just after Carnival Liberty departed from Galveston, Texas.
The 1st Ever Soca Cruise organized by Ubersoca, set sail from Miami to Ocho Rios on November 9th on Norwegian Pearl. The next level of Soca entertainment had impressive artist lineup, including Kevin Lyttle. Embracing the energy of Caribbean carnivals, party people who boarded NCL Pearl created the ultimate interactive experience. The culmination of the cruise was Kevin Lyttle performance on the ship’s open deck where he took the stage, performing his megahits.
3300 guests onboard the German flagship Aida Prima had to wait 14 hours in the port of Hamburg. The reason for the delayed departure is quite strange. According to Aida spokesperson the cruise ship was supplied with wrong fuel in Rotterdam and needed to refuel in Hamburg. It is currently unclear how this could happen.
25-year-old Italian thief, Nunzio The Gelfo, was arrested in Palermo by the State police after he snatched a gold necklace from a Spanish tourist. The victim with his wife arrived in Palermo on a cruise ship and decided to take a walk along Via Roma where they were violently disturbed by a thief who crossed their path.
The criminal, who walked in the opposite direction, suddenly hurled against the couple, snatching the gold necklace with pendant around man’s neck. A man nearby, who had witnessed the crime tried to prevent the escape, by hitting the thief with his leg.
Strange story posted by Barbados Today about a thief caught my attention. The news site states that the 20-year-old Winslow Bonnett from Christ Church admitted to the Court that he stole $3 800 worth of items.
Two tragedies have struck a group of Celebrity Solstice cruise passengers in a time period of 50 minutes in Tauranga, New Zealand. The first tragedy happened at around 11.25am local time, when a tour bus carrying group of Solstice passengers was returning from an organized trip to Hobbiton, when crashed in a car. The accident happened on a sweeping, deep bend on State Highway 29, east of Te Poi. Unfortunately the car driver died in the crash, however the occupants of the bus were unharmed.
The American funk pop rock band DNCE boarded world’s largest cruise ship Harmony of the Seas, for their live concert at sea for a very special occasion. The members of the band Jack Lawless, Cole Whittle, Joe Jonas, and JinJoo Lee joined thousands of guests to celebrate the Ultimate Friendsgiving festivities with their fans.
At the Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki in Japan, the kiss mouth, symbol of AIDA cruises, was completed at the bow of their latest cruise ship AIDAperla. The hull painting began In October with red lips, eyes and waves. The kissing lips, hallmark of the Aida fleet, are spread over 152 square meters, in addition, there are two eyes and waves on the starboard and portside.
