Royal Caribbean passengers banned for life after jumping off cruise ship

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA — Royal Caribbean has banned a group of men from Vancouver, British Columbia from ever traveling with the cruise line again after one of them jumped off a ship’s deck and posted a video of the stunt on social media.

Nick Naydev posted the video on Instagram this week showing him straddling on the balcony of the Symphony of the Seas and then jump- ing off into the waters in the Bahamas where the ship was docked. The video has more than 80,000 views and more than 1,000 comments. One of his friends could be heard laughing in the background. Yahoo Lifestyle identified the friend recording the video as ment about the jump but Konstantin Kryachun. said on social media that

“He’s jumped from those he “never felt more alive.” kind of heights before, and Users on social media were we didn’t really care about quick to call out Naydev’s the consequences with the stunt with some condemncruise company,” Kryachun ing it while others praising it. told the website. “We just Owen Torres, a spokeswanted to get a video of it man for Royal Caribbean, and make it go viral.” called the incident stupid.

In the comments section, “This was stupid and reckNaydev estimated that he less behavior and he and jumped from the 11th story his companions have been deck or about “110-120 feet” banned from ever sailing high. with us again,” Torres said

“I was still drunk from the in an email to the Sun Sentiprevious night. When I woke nel. “We are exploring legal up I just decided to jump,” he action.” responded to a user on InsThe incident comes just tagram. “My feet were actu- after news about a 16-yearally fine. It was my neck and old South Pacific boy who tailbone that hurt.” fell to his death while try

Naydev, a former gym ing to climb inside the balcoach, did not immediately cony of another Royal Caribrespond to messages for com- bean ship.