Star Of The Seas accidents and incidents

09 March 2026Coast Guard Medevacs

On March 9, 2026, a 64-year-old male passenger was medevaced from the ship in the Caribbean.

At the time of the emergency, the ship was ~200 NM (~370 km/230 mi) northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

The medical evacuation was conducted by a USCG rescue helicopter (Sikorsky MH-60T Jayhawk) dispatched from Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen (Aguadilla) to the ship's location.

Upon arrival, the helicopter crew hoisted the man (a British national) and flew him to Centro Medico de Puerto Rico (San Juan) for further treatment.

Following the medevac, Star OTS continued the itinerary without changes.

The incident occurred at the beginning of the 7-day "Eastern Caribbean with Perfect Day Cruise" (itinerary March 8-15, roundtrip from Port Canaveral/Orlando, Florida) visiting the Bahamas (Coco Cay), the USVI (Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas Island), and St Maarten (Philipsburg).

01 November 2025Crew / Passenger Deaths

(CruiseMapper-emailed report from Karen Ingram/received March 26, 2026)

My best friend, age 68, died from natural causes on November 1, 2025, while on Star of the Seas. When I searched and found a report that there had been no deaths on Star of the Seas as of March 2026, I was surprised. Makes me think that Royal Caribbean hides the information. Her death occurred at sea on the last night of the cruise. She and her husband had gone to the room to pack and she just fell to the floor and died instantly. I have wanted to know if maybe she was the first death on Star of the Seas…I think she would have loved that because she was such an avid cruiser.

27 February 2024Structural and Technical Issues

On February 27, 2024, RCI officially announced the cancellation of two cruises (including Star OTS' Maiden Voyage) due to delayed delivery from the shipbuilder Meyer Turku (Finland).

The inaugural cruise (initially scheduled for August 17th, 2025) was postponed to August 31st, and the first two departures in the schedule (Aug 17th and Aug 24th) were canceled.

(CANCELED) 7-day "Eastern Caribbean & Perfect Day Cruise"

(CANCELED) 7-day "Eastern Caribbean & Perfect Day Cruise"

(new MAIDEN VOYAGE) 7-day "Western Caribbean & Perfect Day Cruise"

Customers booked on the canceled Maiden Voyage (Aug 17th) were provided with two rebooking options - to be automatically moved to the new inaugural cruise (Aug 31st) or a similar 7-day Caribbean voyage on Wonder of the Seas (departure Aug 17th out of Port Canaveral) or on Icon of the Seas (Aug 16th out of PortMiami).

The original cabin category price was either protected (at the original fare) or reduced to the current fare (whichever is lower) excluding Gov taxes, port fees, and crew gratuities.

Both alternative ship options were valid until March 12, 2024.