Cruises

Stranded Carnival Cruise Passengers Report Human Waste on Floor

After getting stuck for the past two days thanks to a generator failure that has stopped some of the toilets from working, Carnival Cruise's Dream is flying passengers off the ship. The good news is that the ship was not stuck in the middle of the sea but rather on the dock at Philipsburg, St. Maa ... More >>

Passengers Aboard Royal Caribbean Report Having Diarrhea; Ship Cuts Cruise Short

The Vision of the Seas had to turn back from its 11-day cruise after passengers basically started puking all over the place. The Royal Caribbean ship docked at Port Everglades on Friday morning after a number of passengers as well as crew members showed symptoms of what the company is calling a spr ... More >>

Super Bowl Cocktails: Make These Baltimore and San Francisco-Inspired Drinks

The "Big Game" is tomorrow and you've got plenty of watching options. You can have a house party, head over to one of the many bars and restaurants holding watch parties. If you've got vacation days coming to you, you can hop a flight to New Orleans -- or you could sail away on a Carnival ship for a ... More >>

ShipRocked Sets Sail from Port Everglades on November 27

Man Jumps From Carnival Cruise Ship

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a man authorities say jumped off a cruise ship 25 miles off Ponce De Leon. A 31-year-old gent, who was last seen on the cruise ship Carnival Fascination by a security guard, is said to have been seen plummeting into the water this morning.

Woman Alleges Sexual Abuse By Royal Caribbean Cruise Employee Caught On Surveillance Footage

It's been a rough year for the cruise ship industry. From a showboating captain who jumped ship after crashing off the coast of Italy to passengers falling down steps and dying to outbreaks of norovirus and other diarrhea-inducing ailments, the industry has seen its fair share of woe.Now, a woman is ... More >>

74. Pistachio Gelato From Pan'e Dolci

We're counting down to New Times' Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page.​ 74. Pistachio Gelato from Pan'e DolciTho ... More >>

Miami-Based Norwegian Cruise Line Goes Gourmet

​Norwegian Cruise Line casts its line for foodies, beefing up offerings for those who prefer burrata to buffets. Moderno Churrascaria is the newest offering for frugal foodniks, a Brazilian steakhouse with passadors who serve an unlimited rounds of beef, chicken and pork tableside for $20 a perso ... More >>

BSO and Feds Investigate Cruise Ship Death

As we noted earlier this month, there are plenty of weird and awful ways to die on a cruise ship. Now falling can be added to the list of lethal hazards.Broward Sheriff Office investigators on Monday combed over Royal Caribbean International's Liberty of the Seas after a 47-year-old w ... More >>

Cruise Ship Catastrophes: From Viruses to Pirates to Flying Furniture

blmiers2​The Italian Coast Guard on Wednesday halted efforts to recover bodies from the wreckage of the Costa Concordia, a massive cruise ship that capsized last week off the coast of Italy. With at least 11 people dead and more than still 20 missing, the accident has already dealt a financial blo ... More >>

Cruise Ships to Accommodate Fatter Passengers

​The U.S. Coast Guard is the last to acknowledge that people on boats are fatter than they were in 1960. So while cruise ships nixed armrests and installed wider seats years ago, the U.S. Coast Guard has just gotten around to raising the Assumed Average Weight Per Person from 160 to 180 pounds las ... More >>

Toys For Tots Food Truck Fundraiser in Miramar

Donate a toy, get a discount off dinner at the Toys For Tots food truck roundup​Christmas is already upon us. To us at Clean Plate Charlie, that means drinking lots of eggnog, wearing ugly reindeer sweaters, and making frequent stress-filled trips to the mall to buy presents.It's also the time of ... More >>

Daisy Martinez Went From Prep Chef to Food Network to ... Cruise Ship?

​Between her Latin-fused Food Network show Viva Daisy! and book signings, Daisy Martinez is a busy woman.Just two weeks after graduating from the French Culinary Institute, she landed a gig with PBS' Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen as a prep-kitchen chef.A meeting with Rachel Ray and a cruise shi ... More >>

Rick Scott "Gets to Work" by Playing "DJ Govvy Gov" (Video)

YouTube"DJ Govvy Gov" and his crew.​Gov. Rick Scott may not think Florida needs more anthropologists, but cruise-ship DJs -- that's a different story.The governor held another one of his borrowed "Let's Get to Work" days this Friday at the Port of Miami, and among his duties, the governor's office ... More >>

Carnival's Bruise Cruise Lets Loose 400 Garage Rock Fans Onto a Cruise Ship

Disney Cruise Crew Member Is Missing at Sea [UPDATE]

via Disney Cruise LinesA crew member on the Disney Wonder is missing.​A crew member on the Disney Wonder went missing Tuesday morning. The ship disembarked from Los Angeles on Sunday and had been on the water for two days when the employee did not show up for work. Cruise officials searched every ... More >>

Passenger on Allure of the Seas Gay Cruise Charged With Selling Drugs

A previous Atlantis cruise​It's been a rough few days for Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas. Last weekend, a crew member on the Port Everglades-based megaship was murdered on a beach in Cozumel by a Mexican bartender; now a passenger has been charged with dealing drugs on board.Steven Krumholz, ... More >>

Allure of the Seas Crew Member Murdered on Stopover in Mexico

​In mid-November, the world's largest cruise ship arrived at its new home in Port Everglades to throngs of cheering fans. Soon it embarked on its maiden voyage, a cruise of the Caribbean -- including a stop at Labadee, Haiti, an isolated hamlet just miles from the cholera and destruction of Port-a ... More >>

Mayor Ken Keechl's Parting Gift

​ Someone constructed a mock memorial wall for outgoing Mayor Ken Keechl that included, yes, a bag of poop. You can see it in the photo, it's the "suitable parting gift. The wall, located not far from his "campaign headquarters" in Wilton Manors, was removed yesterday but we have it here pr ... More >>

An Oasis Voyage We Can All Afford

That's the satellite view of the ten-day Caribbean voyage aboard The Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, which had a celebrated debut last year and docks at Port Everglades. I wonder whether passengers feel a twinge of guilt about the poor, earthquake-ravaged Haitians who get a peek ... More >>

The Wonder of a Big Ship, Through Tourist Eyes

Those of us who live here year-round tend to bitch about tourists -- their stupid questions, their slow driving, their unwillingness to open their wallets until they get to the pill mill. But bless those tourists for their way of expressing wonder for the very stuff we take for granted. In the video ... More >>

Morning Juice: Bagmen Grabs a Guilty Plea; Trial Begins for Teen Accused in Coral Springs Kidnapping

​Here's what's happening in Broward and Palm Beach this morning:Ronald Owens, accused of handling $900,000 in dirty money on behalf of former Broward County Commission Joe Eggelletion, will plead guilty today in federal court, according to his lawyer. It appears that Owens was flipped by authoriti ... More >>

Super Giant Mega Ginormous Cruise Ship Bound for Lauderdale

flickr.comThe Oasis of the Seas leaving Finland.​The Oasis of the Seas, the largest ship ever built (think Noah's Ark meets the Titanic meets Rhode Island), cleared her largest obstacle this week en route to a new home in Fort Lauderdale.AP reports that crew on the massive 20-story, $1.5 billion o ... More >>

Happy Halloween: Vaguely Spooky Luxury Liner Leaves for Lauderdale

That's homemade footage of the world's largest cruise ship, seen leaving it's birthplace of Turku, Finland, bound for Fort Lauderdale. Set to make its posh premiere December 1 out of Port Everglades, Royal Caribbean's $1.2 billion, 5,400-passenger Oasis of the Seas offers titanic luxury, minus lurk ... More >>

Amid National Recession, There's Nothin' Like Titanic Luxury

Don't call it the Titanic, but there's a new history-making ship soon to make a posh premiere in Fort Lauderdale. On December 1, Royal Caribbean's $1.2 billion, 5,400 passenger Oasis of the Seas will cruise out of Port Everglades. Nearly four football fields long, boasting 18 decks, with a crew of 2 ... More >>

Sen. John Kerry: Cruise Ships Should Have Laws

Kerry knows the importance of flotation devices on cruises.Sen. John Kerry knows a thing or two about boating safety. He actually drove one around during some stupid war in Southeast Asia. Now he's trying to bring more safety to the cruise liners, which apparently are floating anarchies. Ship staff ... More >>

Corrupt Politicians to Teach Charlie Crist, Principal who Attacked Wife Won't Be Sharing Toilet with Commissioners

State inspectors use the newest techology to curb corruption.The state wants all six Palm Beach County commissioners to testify under oath about corruption in hopes that they might teach authorities how to catch corrupt politicians. The move comes after Mary McCarty resigned under corruption charges ... More >>

When the U.S. Economy Collapses, I'll Watch Through Gold Binoculars From the Deck of My "Giga-yacht"

Images courtesy of www.4yacht.comGiga-what? Giga-yacht! It's for sporting men who feel crowded on their 180-foot "super-yacht" and whose claustrophobia still flares up on a 220-foot-plus "mega-yacht." That's a gigayacht pictured above. I had to shrink the graphic, but if you look  closely on th ... More >>

For You Al Lamberti Quote Collectors

Speaking about the ill-fated efforts of the Dunkin' Donuts suspects to board a ship bound for Bermuda, a trip for which they would have needed passports they didn't have and which was a stupid choice anyway because the Bahamas would have arrested and extradited them. Nudge. That's your cue, Al."They ... More >>

High Seas

Lots of drugs, drinks, and titty fights, but the Climax Cruise ends in clammy anticlimax

Letters for May 3-9, 2007

Miami Cold

Da Heat Clams Up

The Art of Piracy

On the high seas, it may be best to resist the urge to buy a masterpiece.

Bulldozers Gone Wild

Bad, CRA! Bad, Bad CRA!

Seal the 7th

Best Vintage Store

Recollections Antiques & Collectibles

No Payne

Best Weathercaster

Jackie Johnson WSVN-TV (Channel 7)

Best Boating

Hillsboro Inlet

Happy on the Outside

Everglades National Park's subsurface tsuris

Best Bowling Alley

Holiday Lanes Bowling Center

The Butcher, the Sculptor, the Shadow Box Maker

Three veteran South Florida artists bring their disparate visions to the Coral Springs Museum of Art

Undercurrents

A nightclub in the fast lane, a newspaper in the slow one, and a Brazilian with his thumb out

Best Bar On The Water

Ocean's Eleven Lounge

Best Hotel/Broward County

Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty Six

Assail on the Fun Ship

Carnival doesn't just neglect passengers who claim to be victims of sexual assault. It attempts to shut them up.

Through a Promotional Lens

Broward County: Gateway to the World

Bum Voyage

Six passengers were kicked off a cruise ship in a foreign land. Their crime? Tobacco possession.

You Don't Have to Travel Like a Refugee

Forget rickety rafts and inner tubes. The well-heeled illegal immigrant is coming here on a luxury cruise.

Waging War Off the Port Bow!

Port Everglades pilots are fighting to retain power and a first-class wage