CBS News confirmed that both were Carnival Cruise ship passengers on Caribbean trips with their families. They were sailing on the Mardi Gras and Carnival Elation ships. CBS described Celebration Key as "a private resort on Grand Bahama Island that only Carnival cruise passengers can use."

Bahamian authorities are investigating after two American cruise passengers died in separate drowning incidents Friday at Celebration Key, Carnival Cruise Line’s new private destination on the southern coast of Grand Bahama Island.