{"id":6207,"date":"2025-10-16T07:40:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/6207\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T07:40:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:40:31","slug":"royal-caribbeans-wonder-of-the-seas-races-back-to-miami-after-brawl-by-kids-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/6207\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Caribbean&#8217;s Wonder of the Seas races back to Miami after brawl by kids&#8217; pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A massive Royal Caribbean cruise <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/10\/us-news\/royal-caribbean-cruise-passenger-dives-overboard-to-allegedly-dodge-16000-gambling-debt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ship was forced to race back<\/a> to its Florida port after unruly passengers were injured in a vicious fight, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The Wonder of the Seas turned around and cruised back to Miami on Monday after a simple dispute by the children\u2019s pool descended into an all-out brawl between two people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA verbal dispute ensued between patrons, which became physical,\u201d the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a statement obtained by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15103355\/Royal-Caribbean-Wonder-Seas-cruise-ship-fight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Daily Mail<\/a>. \u201cThe captain of the ship decided to return to port and contact authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth individuals were transported to a local hospital for minor injuries,\u201d police said, adding that the passengers involved declined to press charges.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37130565\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/royal-caribbean-cruise-wonder-seas-111544499.jpg\" alt=\"The Wonder of the Seas cruise ship in Port Miami.\" class=\"wp-image-37130565\"  \/>The Wonder of the Seas turned back to port just hours after it departed from Miami for a five-day cruise Monday. WSVN 7<\/p>\n<p>Photos from the scene showed at least one person being loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher.<\/p>\n<p>The nature of the injuries involved remains unknown.<\/p>\n<p>The Wonder of the Seas had <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/08\/us-news\/chaos-on-royal-caribbeans-icon-of-the-seas-cruise-ship-as-broken-water-slide-injures-guest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">just departed Monday<\/a> afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>It was scheduled to cruise though the Bahamas for five days and return to Florida on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The ship ended up leaving Miami again Monday night.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37130562\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/royal-caribbean-cruise-wonder-seas-111544501.jpg\" alt=\"Paramedics wheeling a patient on a stretcher towards an ambulance.\" class=\"wp-image-37130562\"  \/>At least one passenger was seen being loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher after the brawl Monday. WSVN 7<\/p>\n<p>At nearly 1,200 feet long and with a capacity for around 7,000 passengers and 2,000 crew members, the Royal Caribbean-operated Wonder of the Seas <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/06\/wonder-of-the-seas-cruise-ship-sets-sail-for-first-time\/?itm_source=parsely-api?itm_campaign=parsely_recommended_widget-2&amp;itmMedium=site_widget&amp;itmSource=parsely_recommended_widget&amp;itm_content=widget_item-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is one of the largest cruise ships in the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Royal Caribbean said it has cooperated with authorities and couldn\u2019t comment further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur team provided medical care to adult guests who were involved in an altercation onboard, and the guests are being treated for their injuries,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe notified local authorities and are working closely with them. As this is an ongoing investigation, we have no more information to share at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The confined spaces on a cruise ship apparently have a way of provoking outrageous behavior from passengers.<\/p>\n<p>In August, several people were left bruised in a brawl on another Miami-based cruise ship. That fight was somehow <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/20\/us-news\/wild-footage-captures-massive-carnival-cruise-ship-brawl-that-erupted-over-chicken-tenders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sparked over buffet chicken tenders<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A massive Royal Caribbean cruise ship was forced to race back to its Florida port after unruly passengers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6818,6819,6820,28,6821,123,125,124,2975,4278],"class_list":{"0":"post-6207","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-boats","9":"tag-cruises","10":"tag-fights","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-mad-brawls","13":"tag-miami","14":"tag-miami-headlines","15":"tag-miami-news","16":"tag-royal-caribbean","17":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}