The photo that got a cruise ship passenger banned for life
- Fellow passenger on Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas cruise ship documented the transgression in a grainy picture and posted it online
- Many companies, tourist sites and government agencies have tried to curb dangerous photographs
They get too close to wild animals. They perch on statues. They pose at the edge of a cliff hours after a woman’s deadly fall.
Stories abound of tourists dangerously eager for the perfect photograph – and a group that caters to travellers has had enough.
Cruise company Royal Caribbean said that it has banned a passenger for life after she was spotted “recklessly” standing on a balcony railing for a picture.
The guest and her companion, who helped with the shot, disembarked in Jamaica “as a result of their actions,” the company said in a statement to media. The companion is banned too.
Peter Blosic, a fellow passenger on the Allure of the Seas ship told CNN he witnessed the risky photo shoot from his balcony and brought it to the crew’s attention.
He documented the transgression in a grainy picture of his own posted online that shows a woman gazing out at the ocean in a blue bathing suit, hands held above her head.