On the last full day of a Bahamas excursion, Vincent Wasney had three epileptic seizures. While being evacuated, he received a bill for expenses incurred during the cruise. Kristen Norman for KFF Health News hide caption
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When the Life at Sea cruise line failed to purchase the German cruise ship AIDAaura, seen here in 2020, its plans for a worldwide cruise embarking in November began to unravel. Marit Hommedal/NTB Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Quantum of the Seas cruise ship is docked at the Marina Bay Cruise Center Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 in Singapore. Danial Hakim/AP hide caption
A Carnival cruise ship docked in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
The cruise liner Crystal Symphony leaves the harbor in Charleston, S.C. , in 2013. A 2022 trip by the ship ended in a lawsuit-fueled detour. Bruce Smith/AP hide caption
The Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Sunrise ship is seen in the port of Miami on Dec. 23, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Norwegian Cruise Lines confirmed 10 cases among Norwegian Breakaway passengers and crew members on Saturday, and then seven more on Sunday, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
A cruise ship is shown here approaching a port in Singapore in March. Singapore plans to launch cruises with no destinations next month. AP hide caption
Two Carnival cruise ships seen this summer are anchored in the English Channel as the industry remains hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic. Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images hide caption
The expedition cruise ship MS Roald Amundsen is moored at a quay in Tromso, Norway, on Saturday. At least 36 crew members from the ship have tested positive for the coronavirus. Ruen Stoltz Bertinussen/NTB Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Cruise ship berths in Ketchikan, Alaska, sit empty on May 13 — a day when two ships carrying a total of more than 4,500 passengers were originally scheduled to arrive. Eric Stone/KRBD hide caption
Cruise Shutdown Leaves Southeast Alaska Without Its Economic Lifeblood
The Carnival Corp. Miracle and Panorama cruise ships anchored in Long Beach, Calif. on April 13, 2020. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Ruby Princess departs Sydney Harbour on Thursday. Three passengers and one crew member aboard the vessel have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. James D. Morgan/Getty Images hide caption
Checking for signs of COVID-19, a medical worker in a protective suit checks the temperatures of people who were on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship as they fly on a chartered evacuation plane from Japan to Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Philip and Gay Courter/via Reuters hide caption
The quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship has 65 new cases of coronavirus, Japanese officials announced Monday. Here, passengers with ocean-facing rooms stand on their balconies as the ship sits at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, Japan. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The MSC Opera cruise ship rammed into a dock and a tourist riverboat on a busy canal in Venice, Italy. An investigation is underway into the cause of the crash. Luca Bruno/AP hide caption
The river cruise ship Viking Sigyn collided with a tourist boat carrying 33 South Koreans on the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary, leaving at least seven people dead. Bernadett Szabo/Reuters hide caption
The Freewinds cruise ship, owned and operated by the Church of Scientology, was reportedly the vessel quarantined in St. Lucia because of a confirmed case of measles on board. Church of Scientology hide caption
The cruise ship Viking Sky reaches the port of Molde under its own steam on Sunday. SVEIN OVE EKORNESVAAG/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A train passes over the Captain JP III cruise ship while it is stuck under a bridge spanning the Hudson River in Albany, N.Y. Hans Pennink/AP hide caption
British tourist Kay Longstaff speaks to the media upon her arrival in Pula on a Croatian coast guard ship on Sunday. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A polar bear attacked and injured a polar bear guard who was leading tourists off a cruise ship on the Svalbard archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The polar bear was shot dead by another employee, the cruise company said. Gustav Busch Arntsen/AP hide caption
The Crystal Serenity, pictured here in Seward, Alaska, is the largest cruise ship to traverse the Northwest Passage, traveling from Alaska to New York City. Rachel Waldholz/Alaska Public Radio hide caption