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cruise ships stories: 28 news summaries

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 'Swine Flu Ship' 
 Docks In France 

France, Belgium see first swine flu deaths

Jul 31, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - A cruise ship carrying 60 crew members diagnosed with swine flu and 70 more showing symptoms has docked in southern France, the BBC reports. The infected will receive onboard treatment in Villefranche-sur-Mer. French officials say Spanish authorities confirmed the diagnosis, but Royal Caribbean, which owns the Voyager of the Seas,... More »

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Belgium • France • cruise ships • influenza • swine flu • H1N1 virus • Royal Caribbean

(Newser) - Researchers want to know what killed a rare whale found lodged on the bow of an Alaskan cruise ship docked in Vancouver. It took two tug boats to remove the impaled 70-ton middle-aged fin whale from the Sapphire Princess' bow, reports the Vancouver Sun. Tourists gathered to watch the gruesome... More »

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threatened species • cruise ships • fin whales • sapphire princess

(Newser) - A 74-year-old passenger has died after some 150 people fell ill with suspected norovirus on the luxury cruise liner Marco Polo, reports the BBC. The ship was touring the UK and Ireland with some 1100 passengers and staff when the illness broke out. The liner is currently being held at... More »

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ship • death • port • vacation • virus • cruise ships • flu • norovirus • cruise lines • cause of death


 'Swine Flu Cruise' Quarantined 

Passengers, crew confined to Caribbean liner after staff members diagnosed

Jun 18, 09 3:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Venezuela has quarantined more than a thousand passengers and crew on board a visiting cruise ship, the BBC reports. Three crew members from the Ocean Dream have been diagnosed with swine flu and 11 more are showing symptoms. Barbados and Grenada had earlier refused to allow the Spanish-owned ship's passengers... More »

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Venezuela • outbreak • cruise ships • swine flu • H1N1 virus

Italian Cruise Ship Shoots Back at Pirates, Foils Attack

Captain's use force wards off buccaneers

Apr 26, 09 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Italian cruise ship with 1,500 passengers survived a pirate attack yesterday when the ship's captain ordered his security crew to fire back, CNN reports. The six armed men fled in their speedboat after drawing fire from the Melody, which was sailing off the coast of Somalia on the... More »

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Somalia • Italy • attack • cruise ships • pirates

(Newser) - Nations led by the US have pledged to check the quickly growing Antarctica tourism industry, the BBC reports. Nearly 30 nations signed a treaty to bar ships carrying more than 500 passengers from landing on the continent and to limit the number of people from a ship on shore to... More »

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environment • tourism • Antarctica • safety • cruise ships • ecosystem • Antarctic Treaty

'Imprisoned' Cruise Ship Passengers Threaten Revolt

Passengers trapped on board after repairs delay round-the-word voyage

Mar 30, 09 3:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Furious British cruise ship passengers on a $12,000 around-the-world voyage threatened mutiny yesterday unless they're allowed to disembark to visit ports. Some 600 passengers on the Aurora have only been allowed to visit three cities in 22 days after the 76,000-ton ship was held up for repairs. Passengers,... More »

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protests • sailing • Britain • cruise ships • protesters • stranded passengers

 Pirates Target Brit Cruise Ship 

US Navy comes to rescue after suspicious craft approach liner in dangerous waters

Mar 5, 09 5:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Frightened British cruise ship passengers were herded below decks in a chilling encounter with Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the Sun reports. The crew sent up flares and fashioned fake guns out of wood to appear to be armed when they spotted two suspicious small craft speeding toward... More »

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Somalia • piracy • cruise ships • pirates • US Navy • Gulf of Aden

TRAVEL

 Niche Cruises Set Sail 

Specialty vacations offer chance to indulge motorbike, fashion and au naturale fantasies

Jan 31, 09 2:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Increasingly popular niche cruises offer seafarers a chance to indulge in all manner of hobbies, fantasies and obsessions on the high seas, reports Travel and Leisure: For instance:
  • Star Trek/Buffy the Vampire Slayer: This week-long cruise offers fan conventions complete with autograph-signing celebs, star-studded karaoke and a chance
... More »

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motorcycle • vacation • Carnival Cruise Lines • Harley Davidson • Pink Floyd • cruise ships • cruises • Star Trek • holiday travel • cruise lines • Buffy the Vampire Slayer • niche

Search for Missing Cruise Woman Suspended

Family believes she jumped from ship

Dec 30, 08 1:48 AM CST
(Newser) - The search for a woman missing from a cruise ship off Mexico since Christmas has been suspended, reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Jennifer Ellis-Seitz of is believed to have gone overboard from the Norwegian Pearl near Cancun in what may have been a suicide. Her husband—arrested in April for... More »

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Coast Guard • Cancun • Gulf of Mexico • cruise ships • missing boater • missing person

(Newser) - The FBI is looking into the disappearance of a Florida woman who was reported missing from a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, Fox News reports. Jennifer Seitz’s husband reported her missing, and the Coast Guard says surveillance video shows a woman going overboard. Meanwhile, a... More »

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FBI • Coast Guard • Cancun • Gulf of Mexico • cruise ships • missing boater • missing person • search and rescue • Jennifer Seitz

Cruise-Ship Outfit Flies Passengers Around Pirates

Liner picks them up in Oman to continue month-long journey

Dec 9, 08 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Passengers will evacuate a German cruise liner and fly over the troubled waters off Somalia’s pirate-infested coast to avoid being the next victims of a maritime attack, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Hapag-Lloyd ship, slated to reach Yemen today, will travel empty through the Gulf of Aden and... More »

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Somalia • Germany • Dubai • cruise ships • pirates • Gulf of Aden

 Cruise Ship 
 Stranded in 
 Antarctica 

Rescuers race to scene as luxury ship takes on water and leaks fuel

Dec 5, 08 3:57 AM CST
(Newser) - A cruise ship with 122 passengers and crew on board is stranded in Antarctica after cracking into ice, reports the Times of London. The Ushuaia, based out of Argentina, is not thought to be in danger of sinking, but is taking on water and leaking fuel. The crew reported two... More »

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Argentina • Antarctica • cruise ships • cruises • Antarctic Ocean

Pirates Made Big Noise, Few Waves: Cruise Passengers

Passengers say they felt little in danger as ship outran attackers off Somalia

Dec 3, 08 1:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Sunday’s pirate attack lasted only about 5 minutes, but left an impression on passengers of the M/S Nautica. “We didn’t think they would be cheeky enough to attack a cruise ship,” one New Zealander traveling aboard the luxury liner tells the AP today. “I couldn’... More »

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Somalia • piracy • Yemen • cruise ships • pirates • Gulf of Aden

 Cruise Ship Escapes Pirates 

Shots fired, but boat carrying 1000 steers to safety

Dec 2, 08 6:44 AM CST
(Newser) - A cruise ship carrying 1000 people was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, but made it to its destination safely, the Times of London reports. A pair of small boats carrying a few pirates each approached the Nautica and fired eight shots, but a crew member had spotted... More »

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Somalia • piracy • cruise ships • pirates

 QE2 Runs Aground on Last Trip 

Legendary liner, headed to become floating Dubai hotel, hits sandbar off UK

Nov 11, 08 2:04 PM CST
(Newser) - The Queen Elizabeth 2, one of the most famous cruise ships in the world, endured an inglorious UK homecoming today, running aground as it approached its home port of Southampton for the last time. Five tugboats had to haul the 70,000-ton liner off the sandbank; it still docked in... More »

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shipwreck • Dubai • QE2 • cruise ships • cruise lines

Cruise Ship Art Dealer Faces Class Action

Promising deals, gallery sold works at grossly inflated prices

Jul 16, 08 6:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Park West Gallery in Southfield, Mich., claims to be "the world's largest art dealer," flogging more works than the major auction houses through its sales on half a dozen cruise lines. But while the onboard auctions promise "good investments," the New York Times reports that Park... More »

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art market • fraud • art • lawsuit • cruise ships • appraisals • cruise lines

 Deuces Wild: QE2
 Gets Royal Sendoff 

Historic liner, launched by Elizabeth II in 1967, will become floating Dubai hotel

Jun 2, 08 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Queen Elizabeth II toured the QE2 cruise liner today ahead of its retirement in November, the BBC reports. The Queen herself launched the liner in 1967; though it's the second ship to bear the name, it's not named after the current monarch. More »

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Queen Elizabeth II • Dubai • QE2 • luxury travel • cruise ships • British royals

Ignore Pirates or Face
Asylum Claims, UK Says

Navy argues blind eye not best policy

Apr 13, 08 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an odd new take on piracy, the British Royal Navy has been told by the Foreign Office not to detain pirates—or they may seek asylum to escape death sentences in their home countries. It's not a strategy roundly hailed. “These people commit horrendous offenses. It’s a... More »

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Somalia • crime • kidnapping • asylum • Britain • cruise ships • pirates • ransom • cargo ships

 Cruise Busts
Moves  in
 Birthday Video 

Footage of ship-board birthday party shows Cruise's wild side

Mar 14, 08 8:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The lock on Scientology's media vault must be missing. Gawker has obtained "secret video" of a lavish birthday bash thrown for church booster Tom Cruise on board a cruise ship, in which the couch-jumper enters to theme music from Top Gun, and sings and dances through Old Time Rock ... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • online videos • birthday party • cruise ships • Gawker • viral video • David Miscavige • Freewinds

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