More cruise ship outbreaks were reported in 2025 than in the past two years, but cruisers shouldn’t be too worried just yet.

Falling overboard from a cruise ship isn't that easy and incidents are rare, but they happen. Here's what to do if it happens to you.

The class of 2026 makes one thing clear: cruise ships are no longer one-size-fits-all. There's a spectrum of choices shaped by taste and travel style.

A fearless mother leaped off a Carnival cruise dock to rescue her 4-year-old daughter, who slipped and became trapped between the ship and the pier. The wily child “briefly walked away from her mother” and right off the pier during a stop at Carnival Cruise Line’s exclusive Grand Bahama island, the Celebration Key.

Mother jumps into water to save 4-year-old daughter who fell between dock and Carnival cruise ship in Bahamas. Dramatic rescue caught on viral video.

The U.S. Coast Guard has called off a search for a 77-year-old woman who went overboard while sailing on a cruise ship north of Cuba. The passenger went overboard on Thursday while traveling on the Holland America Line cruise ship Nieuw Statendam.