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Jumping overboard?

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Why all of a sudden after years of cruise lines are we hearing of people missing or jumping overboard. Back when Love Boat was on TV, you never heard of anything like this, or maybe I am more aware of it now that I am older.

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in the end the jumpers where either found to be very drunk before they went missing, sunk alcohol on, or (the ones rescued) admitted to stupidity.

the rail on the ship are 4 ft high, you would have to make an effort to go over them. Source(s): o:)NA
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Maybe they've made oceans more tempting to jump into.
It's a media thing.

After a few high profile cases come to light all incidences are going to be reported. Honestly, it has nothing to do with "more" occurrences of people jumping or falling....it's actually pretty steady. The only difference is with the global media phenomenon it's being reported more often.

To put it into a bigger and simpler frame, there really isn't more violence in the world. It's that the media is able to report more of it to you. We have so much access via the Global Cable Networks, bringing the Middle-East into our living rooms it truly has created an interest in the entire world among those of us who had isolated ourselves for too long....i.e. Americans.

Sorry, for the soap box...but the Love Boat reference got me going! I probably would have pushed Charo and The Landers Twins right off the Lido Deck.
Its the number of freaks they let on board who cannot control themselves and get drunk thinking its cool and jump off in their stupor.
it is mostly on the carnival ships....it is the party boat...all there is is drunk people all around the ship....thats how they are overboard....its ridiculous...i reccomend celebrity or disney cruises
I take 2 cruises a year, and was on a carnival ship when someone went overboard