The in-depth story of how the darkest week for US amusement parks played out. Families were left devastated; investigations exposed glaring safety issues, and in the end, an entire industry had to ...

This recent string of public relations disasters is not a new phenomenon for Carnival: Its first ship ran aground on a sandbar on its inaugural voyage. There have been fires on four ships since 1998.

“I wouldn’t hesitate a single second to take my family on amusement rides,” the Global Association for the Attractions Industry’s CEO Jakob Wahl tells PEOPLE When it comes to amusement ...