Tour boat carrying cruisers sinks in Mexico. It’s the second accident in recent weeks

[IRL_Joanie]

I realize that this is NOT a HAL Excursion, but I'm willing to bet that the Vendor is also affiliated with HAL as well as other cruise lines.

 

So here we go again, another Mexico Vendor has a problem involving 10 passengers from RCL sinking....EVERYONE is safe, but...

 

Tour boat carrying cruisers sinks in Mexico. It’s the second accident in recent weeks.

 

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article193612034.html

Looks like the eastern side of Mexico may get some black eyes this year (unfortunately)

 

Joanie

[Sea42]

How scary that must have been. It least these were all divers who are most probably strong swimmers and comfortable in the water. But still very scary experience.

[canadianbear]

Wow, thanks for the link, hadn't heard about it. We try to take minimal stuff when we go on a dive boat (snorkel) and keep our ID in a waterproof case around our neck.

 

Sure glad all these people were safe.

[ger_77]

Wow, another incident involving RCI and Celebrity passengers - that must have been scary. As another person said, at least they were divers, comfortable in the water, but still . . .

 

I'm glad everyone was safe in this case.

 

Smooth Sailing! :) :) :)

[DeeniEncinitas]

OMGosh!! I can not imagine something like that happening and now 2 times incidents

In Mexico!! Glad everyone is safe.

Denise:)

[sail7seas]

Wasn't g there a tou r bus accident with cruisers aboarrd in Mexico just a few weeks ago? Whoa., not good. . I think it highly likely all the cruise lines use many of the same tour providers.

[TiogaCruiser]

Oh my!

I wonder if we will hear what caused THAT. Boats don’t normally spontaneously sink...:o

[Krazy Kruizers]

Thanks for the link.

Very scary. Thankfully no one died in this accident.

[Lady Arwen]

Thanks for sharing this with us. I would think that it's very likely that HAL would use the same tour operators. How scary! The good thing is that all of those involved were on a dive excursion, so they were comfortable being in the water. Thank goodness, everyone is okay.

[KirkNC]

The good news is everyone is safe, being on a dive excursion probably helped with that. Not sure why anyone would take their passport on a diving excursion....

[debcruising]

I was on the NA in Nov and the Konigsdam over Christmas and they asked people to take their ship card and another form of Government ID along when we went to shore on all port calls. Must be the new policy. If I were a diver, I would purchase a waterproof case for it, though.

[DaveOKC]

I was on the NA in Nov and the Konigsdam over Christmas and they asked people to take their ship card and another form of Government ID along when we went to shore on all port calls. Must be the new policy. If I were a diver, I would purchase a waterproof case for it, though.

 

For quite awhile we have had to show government ID when reboarding. This was true last month when we were in HAWAII !

[Copper10-8]

I was on the NA in Nov and the Konigsdam over Christmas and they asked people to take their ship card and another form of Government ID along when we went to shore on all port calls. Must be the new policy. If I were a diver, I would purchase a waterproof case for it, though.

 

Not really a new rule and it applies to some ports (not the ship) where shore-side security wants to see your ship I.D. plus a form of government-issued photo I.D. when returning back to the port/dock/pier. The requirement is port-specific, meaning you won't see it/will not be asked for it in many ports

[sail7seas]

I was on the NA in Nov and the Konigsdam over Christmas and they asked people to take their ship card and another form of Government ID along when we went to shore on all port calls. Must be the new policy. If I were a diver, I would purchase a waterproof case for it, though.

 

 

OR get a passport card to bring ashore on such an excusion