Whats the chance of a cruise ship sinking?

that texaswol... guy is wrong/ not to scare you or anything but two recent cruise ships have sunk very recently. but not to worry, one of the ships was greek and they have a poorly regulated cruise industry and have a poor reputation. the other ship sank in antarctica, it was old and was coming to its end anyway. but cruiseing on the new liners is very safe. the ships are state of the art and there are enough lifeboats for all onboard

If you go on any major cruise line, or any ship that cruises into U.S. ports, I'd say extremely low. Any ship that visits the States, even if it's foreign-flagged, is inspected by the U.S. Coast Guard on a regular basis. (An article on how cruise ship safety is regulated: http://www.cruisesavvy.com/savvyguide/introduction_to_cruises/cruise_faq/does_the_government_oversee_safety The last sinking of such a ship was ... oooof ... 28 years ago, the old Prinsendam sank. Oh, and in 2003 one of American Safari Line's really tiny ships (14 guests, I think) sank. In both cases, no one was hurt. So on a per-cruise basis, that's like one in many tens of millions of cruises. And it's probably even lower nowadays because there's much better safety technology than in the 1980s. That said, I personally stay away from some of the small, sketchier cruise lines that use very old ships and that aren't regulated by the U.S. Coast Guard. Louis Cruises (Greek) and GAP Adventures (Canadian/Liberian, but never sailed in North America) both had sinkings in 2007.

the ONLY cruiseship that has ever sank is the titanic! NONE OTHER