Personal Injury Law

10 aboard Canaveral-based Carnival Dream kicked off ship in Mexico after brawl

By Lipcon, Margulies & Alsina, P.A.

A dance club brawl aboard a Carnival Cruise ship last week ended with 10 passengers being kicked off the vessel during a stop in Mexico, officials confirmed today.

The incident happened late last week near the western Caribbean Mexican port of Costa Maya
aboard the Carnival Dream ? a 3,600-passenger ship based in Port Canaveral, officials said.

An 11th person traveling with some of passengers who were escorted off the ship also decided to disembark.

No serious injuries were reported aboard the vessel, although some passengers blogged about seeing blood spatter on artwork and several people
wearing bandages after the melee.

The cruise line would not confirm those reports.

Carnival also made travel arrangements for the group and their luggage to get back to the U.S.,
officials said.

?A fight occurred on the vessel. It was broken up by ship?s security and the cause of the fight was investigated which resulted in 10 guests being disembarked in Mexico,? according to a statement released by Carnival today.

?The safety and security of our guests and crew is of utmost importance and we will not tolerate behavior that could put any of them at risk.?

The 130,000-ton vessel returned to Port Canaveral on Saturday and disembarked for another cruise the same day.

Originally Posted at: www.floridatoday.com

Full post as published by Cruise Ship Law on August 17, 2010 (boomark / email).