This happens all the time. This, and the fact that they often dock with hundreds of sick passengers……and sometimes they even sink the ship……Nope, no cruises for me. No thank you.

From Yahoo News:

MIAMI - A cruise ship that had turned around to look for a missing passenger resumed its voyage Tuesday as the Coast Guard began a second day of searching for the 24-year-old man.

Relatives last saw the man around 1:45 a.m. Monday on his stateroom balcony and reported him missing about seven hours later, according to Royal Caribbean International. The ship, Freedom of the Seas, turned around to try to find him in the water east of Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.

The FBI and the Bahamian Maritime Authority were aware the passenger was missing, the company said. His name was not released.

The ship, operated by Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., was expected to dock in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, a day later than scheduled, then return to Miami on Sunday.

Passengers have survived falls from cruise ships before, including three in March alone. A 35-year-old man was pulled from the water about eight hours after he went over the side of a Carnival Cruise Lines ship off Florida’s coast on March 16. A few weeks later, a man and woman in their 20s went overboard from a Princess Cruises ship and were rescued about five hours later with no major injuries.