A near-catastrophic 2019 cruise ship blackout off Norway exposed safety lapses, triggering massive rescues and major industry ...

From sudden storms and engine fires to mysterious disappearances and full-blown mutinies, these true cruise ship disasters reveal just how quickly paradise at sea can turn into a nightmare. Imagine ...

— -- The fast-growing cruise industry is facing one of its biggest tests in years after this week's Costa Concordia disaster off the coast of Italy. Many Wall Street analysts, travel agents and ...

— -- Why the cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized remains a mystery to world maritime and salvage experts two weeks after the tragedy that left 16 people dead and 16 still missing. The ...

It was a very early morning in August when an entire mountainside in Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord detached and slid into the deep ocean water beneath it.

All 1,081 feet of the Epic, a Norwegian Cruise Line ship, had disappeared and we were nowhere near the Bermuda Triangle. We were in Catania, Italy, and when we departed for lunch the ship was there.

The sinking of the Costa Concordia cruise ship near an Italian island has come during one of the busiest times of the year for cruise bookings. But local travel agents said the crash hasn't provoked ...

Nearly 80 people got sick in a norovirus outbreak on an Oceania Cruises ship. Among the 637 guests aboard its Oceania ...

Gastrointestinal illness outbreaks on cruises in 2025 have surpassed the total for 2024. Experts recommend frequent hand washing with soap and water to prevent the spread of norovirus. More than 70 ...

Like many cruise ships, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas features water slides as one of its prime attractions. - Getty Images Should you think twice about taking a ride down that water slide on ...