Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas cruise ship experienced a water slide incident on Thursday, causing water cascading to the ship’s deck through a hole near the top. The injured adult guest, identified by Royal Caribbean as an adult, did not fall through the hole. The water slide is closed for the remainder of the sailing pending an investigation. Videos shared on social media show passengers screaming for the operators to stop the slide and others yelling for anyone in the queue to turn back. Some passengers even convinced their husbands to go on a slide with them. The cruise ship is currently en route to Coco Cay, in the Bahamas, after leaving Florida on Saturday for a 7-day voyage to the Caribbean. Royal Caribbean did not disclose the nature of the guest’s injuries.
A Royal Caribbean cruise guest was injured after a piece of a waterslide broke off, prompting the passenger to stop the slide.
