Passengers Banned After Throwing Chairs on Carniva...

What was purported to be a soothing day on the deck took a flip for the more serious over the weekend. A struggle broke out aboard Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Dawn, beautiful company and prompting swift motion from safety.

The altercation occurred round 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 7, whereas the two,984-passenger ship was crusing a 4-day roundtrip cruise from Miami to The Bahamas.

The vessel had simply accomplished a name on the cruise line’s non-public vacation spot, Half Moon Cay, within the Bahamas when the occasion occurred.

Video footage of the incident shortly surfaced on social media, exhibiting a number of passengers throwing chairs and fists as others screamed and scrambled to get out of the way in which. The incident happened on the lido deck close to the Pizzaria.

Carnival Cruise Line’s safety employees rushed to the scene and broke up the misbehaving company as different surprised passengers seemed on.

The cruise line has a strict zero-tolerance coverage for violence, and people concerned in fights onboard are completely banned from Carnival ships. On this case, Carnival has confirmed with Cruise Hive that these concerned wouldn’t be welcome to sail with the cruise line once more.

“What’s unhappy is now they not gonna get to benefit from the cruise they paid for,” wrote one passenger on social media. “They are going to be locked in a room and get banned from Carnival.”

A visitor who claims to be staying close to one of many individuals concerned within the incident shared a photograph of safety outdoors of his room.

“I’m staying a few doorways away from him. The person is locked up in his room with safety outdoors 24/7,” she posted.

Getting a Dangerous Rap

Whereas fights on cruise ships aren’t new information, Carnival Cruise Line continues to attract consideration once they occur on its vessels.

No official explanation for the brawl has been confirmed, however no bout throwing chairs is unacceptable conduct, not only for Carnival however any cruise line. Carnival just lately reiterated its code of conduct to guests throughout the fleet and what may occur if these guidelines are damaged.

This altercation comes almost one yr to the day after a video of a struggle was captured on the buffet aboard Carnival Paradise, crusing from Tampa. A passenger brawl additionally happened inside the Galveston cruise terminal throughout disembarkation in April 2025.

The cruise line’s Code of Conduct explicitly states that “disruptive conduct will not be tolerated and any visitor whose conduct impacts the consolation, enjoyment, security, or well-being of different company or crew will likely be disembarked at their very own expense and banned from crusing on Carnival sooner or later.”

It’s unknown if the passengers concerned have been disembarked in Nassau on June 8, its final port of name or allowed to remain onboard till Carnival Dawn accomplished its cruise in Miami on June 9, 2025.

Additionally it is unclear whether or not anybody sustained severe accidents or if native regulation enforcement was referred to as as soon as the ship returned to Miami.

Nonetheless, Carnival Cruise Line’s Code of Conduct additionally states {that a} violation may lead to a $500 positive, in addition to reimbursement of bills incurred by Carnival on account of any detainment or disembarkation.

To assist diminish any alcohol-induced combating, the cruise line additionally just lately modified its Cheers! Drink Bundle to restrict company to 15 drinks per day.