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Carnival cruise ship rescues nearly 30 people from adrift vessel

A Carnival Cruise Line ship rescued nearly 30 people who were stuck at sea on Sunday.

The crew on Carnival Paradise saved 28 Cuban nationals who were signaling for help on a vessel that was adrift around 2:30 p.m. The cruise ship was headed from Tampa, Florida, to Roatan in Honduras at the time.

“The bridge team onboard spotted the vessel and turned the ship around to rescue them,” Carnival said in a news release . “All were taken aboard, given food and were seen by the medical team.” The cruise line also notified the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Key West and officials in Roatan.

The Coast Guard did not immediately respond to USA TODAY’s request for comment.

The ship was set to visit Roatan on Monday. Carnival Paradise is on a five-day Caribbean cruise that departed from Tampa on Saturday, according to CruiseMapper .

The news comes after Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Apex ship rescued seven people in a small vessel adrift between Cuba and Mexico earlier this month. Another Carnival ship, Carnival Jubilee, also rescued two people stuck in a kayak off the coast of Mexico’s Isla Mujeres in January.

Nathan Diller is a consumer travel reporter for USA TODAY based in Nashville. You can reach him at [email protected].

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Cruise ship that departed from Galveston, TX rescues 2 men whose boat sank in Gulf of Mexico

A Carnival cruise ship that departed from Galveston, Texas last week rescued two men after their boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico.

The men were using a kayak to stay afloat after their boat sank.

According to the cruise line, Carnival Jubilee's team rescued the men off the coast of Isla Mujeres, Mexico.

The crew spotted the two men in a kayak and brought them on board, where medical staff evaluated them and gave them first aid and food before dropping them off on land.

Photos from Carnival show the Jubilee crew pulling the men to safety.

Carnival Jubilee continued with its regular schedule, the cruise line said.

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Cruise ship Mardi Gras rescues 16 people who were stranded at sea

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A small vessel navigating rough waters that was spotted in distress on Friday was rescued by crew members aboard the Mardi Gras, according to a release from  Carnival Cruise line's blog.

Crew members stopped to help before 8 a.m. on Friday as the ship headed toward Florida.

Sixteen people — 11 men and five women — were stranded in the open sea near Cuba. The Mardi Gras crew took them onboard for safety. They were seen by medical staff and given food and clothes, the release said.

The group was safely taken to a Coast Guard cutter around 2:45 p.m.

Mardi Gras was on its final day of a seven-day sail. It will return to its homeport today in Port Canaveral, Fla.

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Carnival cruise ship rescues 2 shipwrecked men stranded on kayak in Gulf of Mexico

Two men stranded on a kayak in the Gulf of Mexico were rescued by the Carnival Jubilee cruise ship Monday.

The cruise team spotted the men off Isla Mujeres, Mexico, on their scheduled route from Texas to the western Caribbean,  Carnival said in a news release .

The men ended up in the middle of the ocean after their boat sank, and they relied on a kayak for survival. They received first aid, food and a medical evaluation once they were safely aboard the cruise ship.

The cruise ship contacted the Mexican navy and transferred the men to its custody shortly after the rescue. Officials have not released their identities.

The rescue occurred about a month after a similar incident in which the Carnival Vista team saved six men stranded in the ocean near the Dominican Republic after a small cargo vessel capsized. 

The Carnival Jubilee will continue on its scheduled route.

Katherine Itoh is a news associate for NBC News.

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Carnival cruise crew members help rescue 12 people from ocean after cargo vessel capsizes.

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Crew members from a Carnival ship assisted in rescuing six men from the ocean after a small cargo vessel capsized, and a passenger captured some of the rescue on camera.

The men were stranded in the ocean near the Dominican Republic early Wednesday morning, Carnival said in a statement. 

“On the way to Amber Cove the Carnival Vista rescued this life raft,” a woman posted along with the rescue video on TikTok.

“This is insane,” the person believed to be filming can be heard saying. 

Captain Paolo Severini was in command of the  Carnival Vista  at the time. He immediately altered the ship’s course, in coordination with Carnival’s Fleet Operations Center in Miami, when the onboard monitoring system received an emergency alert.

“The ship’s officers then spotted six men on a life raft and stopped to rescue them and  bring them on board,”  the cruise line said. 

The Carnival team learned of six additional crew members from the small cargo vessel, and alerted US Coast Guard officials.

The Coast Guard launched a search while Carnival Vista continued on its route to Amber Cove. 

Carnival said the Coast Guard successfully rescued the six additional people.

Carnival Vista is currently sailing a six-day itinerary, expected to port at Grand Turk Island on Thursday, according to CruiseMapper. 

The ship is expected back in Florida Saturday.

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Men stranded in Gulf of Mexico are rescued by Carnival cruise ship, photos show

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Two men were stranded at sea after their boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico.

The boaters were found by crew members of the  Carnival Jubilee  cruise ship, according to a Monday news release from the cruise line.

The men were inside a kayak that they used to stay afloat, the cruise line said.

“The ship’s team members spotted the two men off the coast of Isla Mujeres, Mexico, and quickly rescued them,” according to Carnival.

The men were brought on board and treated by the ship’s medical staff and given food, Carnival officials said.

“The ship’s team and Carnival’s Fleet Operation Center staff in Miami kept in close contact with Mexican Navy officials and arranged a transfer, which was completed shortly after the rescue,” the news release said.

It’s unclear how the men’s boat sank or how long they were stranded.

The cruise ship had set sail  from Galveston, Texas , according to KTRK.

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Carnival cruise ship rescues 6 stranded in the ocean near the Dominican Republic

Crew members on board the Carnival cruise ship Vista helped to rescue six men stranded in the ocean near the Dominican Republic, Carnival Cruise Line announced Wednesday.

According to Carnival, the men had been aboard a small cargo vessel that capsized overnight. The Dominican Republic Coast Guard responded to the scene and is leading the search for six other crew members from the vessel who were still missing.

"Carnival Vista’s officers under the direction of Captain Paolo Severini immediately altered the ship’s course, in coordination with Carnival’s Fleet Operations Center in Miami, when an onboard monitoring system received an emergency alert," Carnival said in a statement. "The ship’s officers then spotted six men on a life raft and stopped to rescue them and bring them on board."

The Vista was able to return to its previous route after the rescue, and was scheduled to visit Amber Cove Wednesday as part of a six-day itinerary that departed Sunday from Port Canaveral.

Carnival Ship Stranded at Sea With New Yorkers Onboard

By katy tur • published november 9, 2010 • updated on november 10, 2010 at 9:55 pm.

Miles upon miles of sea all around them, but still there’s nowhere to go. Nearly 4500 people are onboard the stranded Carnival cruise ship Splendor, among them several New Yorkers. ”The cruise ship is still disabled, dead in the water, the passengers are being monitored closely, they're in good care”, described U.S. Coast Guard Captain Thomas Farris. The ship, which sailed out of Long Beach, was only on the water for about a day when on Monday evening a fire broke out in an engine room, knocking the Splendor out of commission. The passengers were left adrift without phone communication, running water, or working toilets. The ship, which was floating off the waters of Mexico, is now slowly being towed back to San Diego. Among the stranded, Westchester County Legislator, Bernice Sprekman , who was leading a group of 50 seniors on an adventure at sea. It’s a melodrama her boss, the Westchester County Board Chairman, Ken Jenkins , says he wont let her forget. “No she’s not going to live this down. First she missed out budget meeting to be on cruise… I can’t wait to see how the staff will decorate her office when she comes back” laughed Jenkins. Donna Marques’ mother, is just one of the seniors with Sprekman, “Well we know she’s safe, but we are worried, obviously it’s hard to be stuck on a ship,” said the Cortlandt, New York resident. In San Diego , the navy loaded eight planes worth of food and supplies for the Carnival Cruise Line, which will be flown to the aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan and then transported by helicopter over to the Splendor as it sits adrift off the coast of Mexico’s Ensenada.

"The first planes that went out this morning had about fifty-five hundred pounds of bread, water, food, plates,” said Petty Officer Anthony Moreno .

Not to mention, can after can of Spam. Carnival Cruise Lines says it will refund each passenger both their cruise ticket and airfare to San Diego, adding in a statement that “conditions on board the ship are very challenging and we apologize for the discomfort and inconvenience our guests are currently enduring.”  

Carnival Cruise Line Ship Saves Stranded Vessel and Passengers

C arnival Cruise Line representatives announced that the crew of the Carnival Paradise ship rescued 27 Cuban nationals stuck at sea on Sunday.

According to a Carnival spokesperson, Carnival Paradise was en route from Tampa to Roatan, Honduras, at around 2:30 p.m. local time when the vessel’s bridge team spotted the makeshift boat and turned around to rescue them.

The 27 Cuban nationals were adrift at sea and signaling for assistance.

Employees on Carnival Paradise rescued the stranded Cuban nationals, brought them on the ship, provided them with food and beverages and sent them for a checkup by Carnival’s onboard medical team.

Carnival Paradise’s captain contacted the United States Coast Guard Sector Key West and officials from Roatan. The vessel is scheduled to land in Honduras on Monday.

Last week, Carnival unveiled updates to GoCCL Navigator , which are intended to streamline the booking process and improve the overall user experience. GoCCL Navigator has a new design that should make it easier for travel advisors to search for, view and compare offers.

VIDEO: Rescuers saved a Carnival Cruise ship passenger who fell overboard and was lost at sea for 15 hours

• Rescuers saved a man who was lost at sea for 15 hours, according to the Coast Guard.
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Rescuers saved a cruise ship passenger who was lost in the water in the Gulf of Mexico for 15 hours, The United States Coast Guard said on Friday.

A 28-year-old man fell overboard on a Carnival Cruise ship on Wednesday evening. Lt. Seth Gross, a Sector New Orleans search and rescue mission coordinator, said he was "beyond grateful" that rescuers were able to find the man alive in a statement.

"It took a total team effort from Coast Guard watchstanders, response crews, and our professional maritime partners operating in the Gulf of Mexico to locate the missing individual and get him to safety," Gross said. "If not for the alert crew aboard the motor vessel Crinis, this case could have had a much more difficult ending."

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The man had been on board the Carnival Valor ship with his sister when he did not return from a trip to the bathroom on Wednesday, according to BBC . Rescuers spotted the man on Thursday roughly 20 miles from the coast of Louisiana on Thursday, BBC reported.

He is now in stable condition, according to the Coast Guard.

The US Coast Guard posted a video of the man's rescue to Twitter. The two-minute video shows the man floating in the water and paddling with his arms and waving as rescuers in a helicopter before the rescuers hoist him into the helicopter with a rope.

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Gross told CNN that the man "realistically could have been in the water for 15-plus hours before we were able to successfully rescue him." The man was able to identify himself to rescuers but was showing signs of hypothermia, shock, and dehydration, according to Gross.

Carnival Cruise Line said in a statement it "greatly appreciates" the effort of the US Coast Guard in searching for and rescuing the man. 

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Cruise Ship Rescues 14 People Stranded at Sea for 8 Days as Passengers Look on in 'Shock': WATCH

'We could see in the waves a tiny boat," passenger Alessandra Amodio tells PEOPLE of the incident that happened aboard the Icon of the Seas on Sunday

A cruise ship’s voyage to Mexico and the Bahamas turned into a rescue mission when the boat spotted a small vessel in the waves.

On Sunday, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas , the new world's largest cruise ship that launched in January, rescued 14 people who had been stranded at sea for over a week.

Icon passenger Alessandra Amodio told PEOPLE that the cruise ship was in the midst of an eight-day Caribbean itinerary when they spotted the individuals.

"I was in the lunch buffet with my family when we heard a coded announcement over the loud speakers," Amodio told PEOPLE, adding that the announcement came at around 3 p.m. local time. "A few minutes later people started gathering at the windows and then the captain came on and announced that they had found a distressed vessel and we would be turning around to investigate. We all rushed to the windows and in the nearish distance we could see in the waves a tiny boat waving either a large white flag or sheet."

Shortly after, the ship turned around and pulled up next to the boat and "deployed a small zodiac-type rescue boat," she recalls.

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"Eventually we saw Royal Caribbean crew helping about two people from the distressed boat onto the rescue boat before returning to the vessel. They then made a few more trips to safely bring everyone on board."

According to Amodio, they later found out that the passengers on the small boat had been "lost at sea for eight days."

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"We got a final announcement once they were all on board safely telling us there was 14 people on board," she said, adding that passengers clapped and cheered upon hearing everyone had been rescued safely.

"Our first reaction was shock, I’ve been on six or so cruises and I’ve never experienced anything even close to this," Amodio continued. "During the rescue everyone was more shocked and the general consensus was that this wasn’t something anyone ever thought would be happening. It was crazy to see, even knowing where they were in the water, once they dropped the flag, they were hard to spot. Just seeing this small boat you knew was filled with people surrounded by the vastness of the water was enough to freak you out. "

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The ship was on its first full day of sailing and it was between Cozumel, Mexico and western Cuba when the incident happened.

"We weren’t told by the captain or crew what happened to them," Amodio added of the rescued individuals.  

The cruise liner, which departed from Miami, Florida, was headed to Roatán, Honduras, and Royal Caribbean's private Bahamian island, CocoCay, during its voyage.

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Royal Caribbean told PEOPLE in a statement, "On March 3, 2024, Icon of the Seas encountered a small vessel adrift and in need of assistance. The ship's crew immediately launched a rescue operation, safely bringing 14 people onboard. The crew provided them with medical attention, and is working closely with the U.S. Coast Guard."

A U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson told Newsweek that the rescue occurred in Mexico's search-and-rescue area of responsibility.

The Icon of the Seas made its maiden voyage out of South Florida in late January. The ship departed from Port Miami and docked at ports including Puerto Costa Maya in Mexico, Basseterre in St. Kitts & Nevis and Charlotte Amalie in St. Thomas.

Along with the world’s largest pool and water park at sea, Icon also boasts eight "neighborhoods" to explore and an open-air "Central Park."

The record-breaking vessel overtook Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas , which formerly held the title of largest cruise ship in the world.

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