Two Carnival cruise guests on Florida ships drown at new resort, police say

Two passengers on separate Carnival cruise ships died over the weekend after drowning incidents at Celebration Key, the company’s private resort in the Bahamas that opened in July.

One was a 79-year-old male and the other a 74-year-old female, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said in a statement issued Saturday. Both were American.

As of Sunday evening, their identities weren’t released. One was sailing with family on Carnival’s Mardi Gras ship; the other, also with family, was on Carnival Elation, the Doral-based cruise company said in a statement. The company didn’t specify which person was on which ship…

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