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Crime at Sea: Are Cruise Ships Actually Dangerous?
Cruise ship crimes make irresistible headlines. Federal data tells a considerably less frightening story—and complicates Carnival’s reputation as the industry’s troublemaker
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Cruise ship crimes make irresistible headlines. Federal data tells a considerably less frightening story—and complicates Carnival’s reputation as the industry’s troublemaker
Royal Caribbean
I boarded Icon of the Seas in November 2025 prepared to be unimpressed. Not because the ship lacked ambition—its ambition is impossible to miss—but because it had so much of it. Icon is the kind of vessel that arrives already burdened by superlatives. It is enormous, extravagant and