Royal Caribbean International has temporarily shuttered the Sky
Pad trampoline attraction, which is on some of the line's ships, including the
Mariner, Navigator, Independence and Spectrum of the Seas.
The Sky Pad is a bungee trampoline experience in which
participants wear a virtual reality headset.
In a lawsuit filed March 12 in federal court in Miami, a
Sarasota man said he was injured when the harness used to fasten him to the
bungee apparatus disconnected. Casey Holladay said he suffered injuries in a 20-foot
fall. He is asking for $75,000.
Rob Zeiger, vice president and global chief communication
officer at Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., confirmed that the Sky Pads have been
closed for several weeks, "until we can be sure we know what's going on."
The Sky Pad, which debuted on Mariner of the Seas after a
drydock in 2018, is enclosed in a 30-foot spherical aluminum shell and visually
prominent on the top deck.
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Correction: Royal Caribbean has not
made any announcements regarding future Royal Amplified improvements.