Cruise ship passenger killed on zip line?

I have zip lined several times and even did it in Roatan. I have never felt unsafe doing it anywhere. Word of mouth is the best thing these places have going. While it is unfortunate, obviously the husband was at fault. PERIOD!!! If you are not going to zip line because of this accident, why cruise then? People "accidentally" fall overboard and die. Same logic is not applied to that situation.

I have zip lined several times and even did it in Roatan. I have never felt unsafe doing it anywhere. Word of mouth is the best thing these places have going. While it is unfortunate, obviously the husband was at fault. PERIOD!!! If you are not going to zip line because of this accident, why cruise then? People "accidentally" fall overboard and die. Same logic is not applied to that situation.

The lack of transparency is inexcusable. You have no idea who was responsible... PERIOD. You weren't there and the company hasn't released a statement. I'm not going to put my life in the hands of people who seem to not value the life of their customers, if they did, we'd have heard something by now.

I keep looking for WHICH zip line company was the one where this accident occurred. NOWHERE can I find that answer. I've looked at dozens of media reports and none of them will say what the name of the zip line business is or anything specific about it. I find that to be unconscionable reporting and likely a concerted obfuscation of the facts by those in charge in Honduras.

 

I am headed to Roatan in a couple of months and was planning to book a zip line tour this week. I had been researching but just hadn't booked yet. Now I am not sure what I'm going to do. I really wanted to do a jungle zip.

I am interested in finding out the tour operator too! I am a TA and have clients booked next week on Pirates of the Caribbean zip! No info anywhere! I also have clients inquiring! This is a big deal and should be transparent about the operator!

I'm scared! I'm going on Allure of Seas next month and doing the jungle zip line in Roatan. This is my first zip lining experience and reading about this story is not encouraging information to know. Sounds like the weather did play a role in whatever happened. If it's raining that day we might bail last minute. I wish I knew who the company was!! We're going with Jungle Top Zipline.

I'm scared! I'm going on Allure of Seas next month and doing the jungle zip line in Roatan. This is my first zip lining experience and reading about this story is not encouraging information to know. Sounds like the weather did play a role in whatever happened. If it's raining that day we might bail last minute. I wish I knew who the company was!! We're going with Jungle Top Zipline.

While accidents happen, thousands have ziplined safely with no issues. Use common sense, follow their instructions and you should be fine. If something doesn’t look or feel right, then don’t go. Ultimately each person is responsible for their own safety.

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I don't think the accident involved the customer falling off the line, but rather the two crashing into each other on the line, so while this redundancy is good to have (and also standard everywhere), it wouldn't have prevented the accident.