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Disney cruise ship worker vanished 14 years ago and was never seen again
As the Netflix documentary continues to drum up fresh interest in the disappearance of Amy Bradley, who went missing on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship 27 years ago, the fate of another young woman who vanished from a cruise remains unknown.
Rebecca Coriam from Chester was working as a crew member on the Disney Wonder when she went missing in 2011 and to this day, she has never been found.
The 24-year-old was last seen on ship CCTV at around 5.45am pacific daylight time (PDT) of 22 March 2011, speaking on the phone to a woman in what appeared to be an emotional and tense conversation. Several hours later, she failed to turn up to her shift as a youth worker.
The previous day, Rebecca, who was known to family and friends as Bex, told mum Ann Coriam that she would phone her the next day, but that call never came.
Bex went missing from the Disney Wonder cruise ship. (Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
According to reports, the ship, which was off the coast of Mexico at the time of Bex’s disappearance, was searched, but she could not be found.
Another crew member later claimed they had seen Bex go overboard at around 3am but this claim doesn’t fit with the timeline of the CCTV phone call.
Bex’s parents flew out to the ship’s port in Los Angeles three days later and have heavily criticised the handling of their daughter’s disappearance, particularly for the amount of time it took for crew officials to report the disappearance to the US Coastguard, the Mexican navy and and the Bahamas police.
Bex’s family have heavily criticised the investigation into her disappearance. (Wikimedia Commons)
Ships from both the US Coastguard and Mexican navy searched the waters where the ship had traveled during the hours Bex could’ve gone overboard, but nothing was found.
Six months after her disappearance, journalist Jon Ronson decided to take the same cruise on the Disney Wonder and undertake his own investigations, which he documented in the Guardian.
He spoke to several crew members who had been on the ship at the time Bex was last seen, and all appeared to have been guided into the narrative that the youth worker had been washed overboard while visiting the crew pool.
However, Ronson and Bex’s parents remain unconvinced by this theory, given the height of the pool area walls and the fact that Disney’s so-called evidence was a pair of flip flops which were later proven not to belong to Bex.
Bex was on the Disney Wonder when she disappeared. (BRUCE WEAVER/AFP via Getty Images)
Many crew members suggested Disney knew a lot more about the disappearance than they had let on to Bex’s family, citing the fact that the entire ship is covered in cameras that are rolling 24 hours a day.
LADbible has approached Disney for comment.
In recent years there has been suggestions Bex was involved in a ‘love triangle’ with an older man and another young woman, both working on the ship, though this has never been proven.
Lord John Prescott even weighed in on the case at the time, putting weight behind the theory Bex could’ve been murdered and calling for laws to allow British authorities to investigate cases involving British citizens regardless of location.
A group of protesters delayed the arrival of the Celebrity Eclipse at the port of Amsterdam on July 27, 2025.
According to local media, approximately 35 militants from the international activist group Extinction Rebellion took part in the protest.
The rebels used boats, canoes and inflatables to try to prevent the Celebrity Cruises vessel from docking at the Dutch port, maritime news website Schuttevaer reported.
The protest lasted for about two hours and ended with five protesters arrested for assault and refusal to show identification, the website added.
Sailing from Amsterdam since April, the Celebrity Eclipse was able to dock safely at Amsterdam following the protests.
At the Dutch port, the 2,850-guest ship ended an 11-night cruise to Iceland and the British Islands before embarking on a seven-night cruise to the Norwegian Fjords.
In a social media post, Extinction Rebellion claimed to have “stopped the Celebrity Eclipse from docking at the Amsterdam Passenger Terminal.”
The activists added that the protest was aimed at “demanding strict and binding national and international environmental standards and regulations.”
“We protest with this blockade against the harmful influence of cruise ships on humans, nature and the climate,” Extinction Rebellion continued.
Calling the vessels “floating environmental disasters,” Extinction Rebellion stated that cruise ships should not be allowed in Dutch waters.
“We will continue with actions like this until this harmful tourist industry is banned from Amsterdam and the rest of the Netherlands,” the group added.
Extinction Rebellion disrupted the operation of several cruise ships in 2024, including Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas, Ambassador’s Ambition and Regent’s Seven Seas Mariner.
In addition to the port of Amsterdam, the group also protested against cruise ships in Ijmuiden and the Ijmuiden locks.
Homeported in the Netherlands through mid-August, the Celebrity Eclipse is now scheduled to return to Amsterdam on August 3, 2025.
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The MS Amera called into Portland Port this morning at 7.20am after leaving Bremerhaven in Germany on August 1 with around 835 passengers on board.
It will leave for its next call, Fowey in Cornwall, later today and will make its way around the rest of the country and Ireland as part of a 13-day cruise of the British Isles.
Now operated by Phoenix Reisen Cruises, the Amera was originally operated under the Royal Viking Line and launched as the Royal Viking Sun in 1988. She was christened by American actor James Stewart who appeared in 80 films between 1935 and 1991 including It’s a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
This marks her second call to port this year, with the Amera last calling in on July 10. The Amera is also on Portland Port’s itinerary to stop again in late September.
The ship with nine decks was renovated in 2021 and boasts multiple restaurants, an outdoor pool and whirlpool dance floors, a large theatre for shows and quiet lounges.
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