The passengers were at Celebration Key, a private destination for Carnival guests in Grand Bahama that includes a water park, a beach club, lagoons and restaurants.

Two American tourists drowned hours apart at Carnival’s private Bahamas resort on Friday, less than a month since the cruise line opened the $600 million Caribbean getaway destination. Carnival officials told the Post that the “water emergency incidents” involving guests traveling on two different ships happened at Celebration Key on Grand Bahama Island.

Two American tourists died in drowning incidents at Celebration Key in the Bahamas on Friday, Aug. 15, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force. Carnival Cruise Line confirmed in a statement obtained by PEOPLE that they had been passengers sailing on two different ships.