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\u00a0The Icon of the Seas Water Slide Incident<\/strong><\/p>\n

On August 7th, 2025, a Royal Caribbean passenger suffered injuries when a piece of acrylic glass panel on the “Frightening Bolt” shattered. There are mixed accounts about whether the passenger actually fell out of the slide or was lacerated. One recent video on TikTok shows a passenger falling out of the slide itself. It is still unclear whether or not the video of the passenger falling out of the slide is authentic. If so, a serious or catastrophic injury would seem likely.\u00a0 Witness accounts on social media have described seeing evidence of the slide in either a damaged or defective condition prior to when the passenger being sent down. While the full nature and extent of the passengers’ injuries are unknown our cruise ship lawyers<\/a> are investigating the cause of the situation.<\/p>\n

Reports vary on the extent of injuries. But given the limited medical resources cruise lines have available on them it is understandable why the severity of the injuries may be unknown. Not to mention, cruise lines rarely publicize passenger injuries in cases where there is obvious legal liability, or ever for that matter.<\/p>\n

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