Case Name: CARNIVAL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Deborah WOERNER and David T. Woerner, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-05-14
Citations: 843 So. 2d 1047
Docket Number: No. 2D02-5503
Parties: CARNIVAL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Deborah WOERNER and David T. Woerner, Appellees.
Judges: ALTENBERND, C.J., and NORTHCUTT and COVINGTON, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 843
Pages: 1047–1048

Head Matter:
CARNIVAL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Deborah WOERNER and David T. Woerner, Appellees.
No. 2D02-5503.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
May 14, 2003.
Curtis J. Mase of Mase & Gassenheimer, P.A., Miami, for Appellant.
Raymond T. Elligett, Jr., of Schropp, Buell & Elligett, P.A., Tampa; and Hen-drik Uiterwyk of Abrahamson & Uiterwyk, Tampa, for Appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This case presents the same issue we recently decided in Norwegian Cruise Line, Ltd. v. Clark, 841 So.2d 547 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003), where the trial court denied transfer of venue based on a forum selection clause in a form cruise ticket contract. In Norwegian, we joined the majority of jurisdictions to find that such clause is enforceable, despite the fact that the passengers had only a short time to reject the form ticket contract if the venue provision had been objectionable to them but took the cruise nevertheless. The facts of this case do not distinguish it from Norwegian. Therefore, we reverse with instructions to transfer this case to the venue specified in the cruise ticket contract.
Reversed and remanded with instructions.
ALTENBERND, C.J., and NORTHCUTT and COVINGTON, JJ., Concur.