The Biggest Cruise News From May

May was a busy month for the cruise industry with new cruise ship entering service and sad news which touches us all. Cruise Hive is here to highlight some of the stories which we think will impact readers the most. Browse through our selection below and have a read if you haven’t already.

Carnival Cruise Passengers Hurt In Cozumel Buggy Accident

Cozumel Buggy
Photo By: El Policiaco De Cozumel

Three cruise passengers were hurt in a car buggy accident on Thursday while visiting the Mexican island of Cozumel. The Carnival Paradise was calling at the port which is located in the Western Caribbean as part of a 5-night sailing from Tampa, Florida. Read More

Cruise Ship Passengers Stop By Homeless Shelter For Coffee And Snacks

Ketchikan Cruise
Photo By: howard (Duane) Beevers (Creative Commons)

Bargain tourism at it’s finest! The things people will do for free coffee and snacks. Some cruise ship passenger don’t mind dropping by a local homeless shelter and hanging out for awhile. Read More

Hundreds of Cruise Passengers Wait In Line Up To 3 Hours

Cruise Passengers
Video Footage By: WORLD vídeos

We wouldn’t like to be one of these cruise passengers who waited an hour and a half in line to get a taxi. Some people went to twitter saying they waited up to 3 hours! Read More

Star Cruises Orders 2 Huge Ships At 201,000 Gross Tons

Global Class
Rendering By: Genting Hong Kong

Star Cruises has ordered a series of huge “Global Class” cruise ships at 201,000 gross tons. Read More

Woman Goes Overboard Carnival Liberty Cruise Ship

Carnival Liberty
Photo By: arctic_whirlwind (Creative Commons)

Reports are coming in that a female passenger on the Carnival Liberty went overboard in the early hours of Friday morning. Read More

This View Of Harmony of the Seas Is Utterly Outstanding

Harmony of the Seas
Video Footage By: Klingus McTavern (YouTube)

We’re going Harmony of the Seas crazy as the world’s largest cruise ship was delivered to Royal Caribbean just days ago. We’ve posted photos, facts, videos and now the first drone video! While the ship is docked in Southampton before it’s very first cruise on May 22. Read More

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