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Two Cruisers Drown at Carnival’s New Port in The Bahamas, Celebration Key

Two cruise passengers drown yesterday at Carnival Cruise Line’s new port in The Bahamas, Celebration Key.
Celebration Key, Carnival Cruise Line’s brand new port in The Bahamas
Eyewitness News from The Bahamas is reporting that a 79 year old American man drown while snorkeling yesterday at Celebration Key.
Police said that the incident happened at approximately 1 pm yesterday and the matter remains under active investigation. The news report when on to say that updates will be provided as more information becomes available.
In addition, a woman in her 70s also drown at the new port today. Eyewitness News reported that the 74 year old American woman drown in a swimming pool at the port.
The report was confirmed by ZNS Bahamas, the Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas.

Two Carnival cruise ships were on the schedule to be in Celebration Key yesterday, Carnival Elation and Mardi Gras.
Celebration Key opened last month as a private port for Carnival cruise ships to visit. The port is located on Grand Bahama Island and is around a 40 minute drive from Freeport.
The Beach at Celebration Key
Cruise Fever will continue to monitor this sad news from Celebration Key and we will provide more information when it becomes available.
We have also reached out to Carnival Cruise Line for a statement and will update this article when we hear back.
Appeared first on: Cruisefever.net

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