Ronnie Lee Peale Jr., 35, was on the Carnival Magic ship celebrating his wife's birthday when he went overboard early Monday off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, triggering a US Coast Guard search.

The ship, Carnival Magic, departed Norfolk on Thursday, May 25, and headed towards the Bahamas. It returned on the morning of Tuesday, May 30, while the search effort continued.

The Carnival Magic ship departed from Norfolk, Virginia, on Thursday and returned to Norfolk on Tuesday, WTKR reported. Statistically, the odds of falling off a cruise ship are small.

The 35-year-old passenger fell from the Carnival Magic ship about 185 miles east of Jacksonville on Monday, the service said in a statement. The Coast Guard is searching from the air and water.

The 4,000-passenger Carnival Magic cruise ship arrived in Norfolk Sunday to take vacationers to the Bahamas. This cruise season is expected to pump $25 million into the local economy.

According to a statement from the cruise line, Carnival Magic reported a man overboard to the U.S. Coast Guard and that the man “was reported missing by his companion late Monday afternoon.&#… ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk's cruise terminal kicked off its busiest season ever with Sunday's arrival and departure of the 4,000 passenger Carnival cruise ship Magic.

The Carnival Magic is seen docked in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, during day three of the ShipRocked cruise on Tuesday. (Amy Harris/Invision/AP) The ship left Miami on Sunday, according to CruiseMapper.