Cruises are often marketed as floating vacations where families can relax, enjoy endless food, and soak up the sun. For most passengers, that's exactly the experience they get. But, every once in a while, there's an incident on board that reminds travelers that things can go wrong, even at sea.
That's what happened last week on a Royal Caribbean ship docked in Puerto Rico. According to officials, a male passenger reportedly jumped overboard to avoid paying his gambling debts to the cruise line. But cruisers online don't believe the incident is so clear-cut.
Many commenters have speculated there's far more to the incident than a simple unpaid tab at the casino. While some are questioning how the situation escalated so dramatically, others speculate that the man had hidden motives.
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