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Carnival passenger critically injured after falling onto lower cruise ship deck

David Oliver, USA TODAYPublished 10:06 a.m. ET Oct. 10, 2019 | Updated 1:36 p.m. ET Oct. 10, 2019 A 23-year-old man aboard the Carnival Valor cruise ship this week fell off a railing where he was sitting onto a lower deck, sustaining serious injuries. 

What to Pack for an Alaskan Cruise, According to People Who Take Lots of Them

By Ashlea Halpern Photo: Jan Greune / LOOK-foto/Getty Images/LOOK Packing is hard. Especially when the destination might involve giant mosquitoes or Instagram-worthy hiking trails. What do frequent travelers to these spots — the ones who best...

How to Choose the Best Cabin on a Cruise Ship

by Linda Garrison of cruises.about.com Planning a cruise vacation involves many decisions. One of the most difficult is how to choose the best cabin type and location for your budget and lifestyle interests. When looking at cruise ship layouts and decks either online or in brochures, those planning a...

An Informed Traveler Is a Safer Traveler

By Seth Kugel of nytimes.com Which sounds like the most dangerous way to spend your next vacation? 1. Going to Brazil, epicenter of the Zika virus, for the Olympics. 2. Visiting Istanbul, where eight German tourists died in a terrorist...

5 Tips for Keeping Safe on Shore

We've given you plenty of tips for how to stay safe while on a cruise ship. But you're not just going to stay cooped up onboard the entire time - eventually, you'll make it out to a port, where there could be just as...

5 Cruise Personalities to Avoid Becoming

Setting off on a cruise gives you the chance to meet and get to know a menagerie of quirky and colorful individuals. It's an experience you simply can't get by taking a plane, train or car ride. Not all of these personalities are positive, however....

Tricks for Getting Away From It All On a Cruise

On the one hand, cruises are all about adventure. They're about imprinting new, incredible sights onto your memory and experiencing fresh new flavors you never imagined existed. On the other hand, there's only so much adventure and excitement our bodies and minds can handle. We...

6 Tips for Being a Good Cabin Mate

There's no guarantee that the person you go on a cruise with is someone you know intimately. She or he may be just a friend, or a non-immediate family member who doesn't live with you - and now you're going to have to share...

8 Reasons to Travel Solo

If you've never traveled solo before, the thought might be intimidating. Visiting a brand-new places is a daunting task on its own - doing it alone is no small feat. However, there's something to be said for exiting your comfort zone once in a...