While most of the attention has been on the 18 Carnival Sunshine crew members recently deported by CBP from Norfolk, it looks like this wasn’t an isolated case.
We’ve now learned that 19 Royal Caribbean crew members were also deported back in April 2025 and under very similar and troubling circumstances.
One of them shared his experience:
I am a former crew member who worked for Royal Caribbean International. I am writing this with a heavy heart. I loved my job and gave it everything I...
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On Sunday a huge fight involving 30+ people broke out in the Oasis Lagoon pool. One guy was bleeding pretty badly and had to be helped out.
Security and lifeguards rushed in, the music stopped, and they cleared the whole pool for the rest of the day. Rumor from people nearby is that it started over a cabana area dispute and escalated fast.
Here’s the video describing the rounds
Anyone else there see what happened?
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— it’s called Crew Mingle.
Here’s what it does:
Sends you a push notification in advance when a friend from another ship is in the same port as you
Opens chat right away so you can organise a catch up
Keeps track of your itinerary and days left on contract
Counts how many countries you’ve visited
It’s all in one place — simple and actually useful.
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