Case Name: CARNIVAL CORPORATION, d/b/a, Carnival Cruise Lines, Appellant, v. Donna PURDY and John Purdy, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-03-28
Citations: 842 So. 2d 966
Docket Number: No. 2D02-1071
Parties: CARNIVAL CORPORATION, d/b/a, Carnival Cruise Lines, Appellant, v. Donna PURDY and John Purdy, Appellees.
Judges: ALTENBERND, C.J., and KELLY, J„ Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 842
Pages: 966–967

Head Matter:
CARNIVAL CORPORATION, d/b/a, Carnival Cruise Lines, Appellant, v. Donna PURDY and John Purdy, Appellees.
No. 2D02-1071.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
March 28, 2003.
Curtis J. Mase and Beverly D. Eisen-stadt of Mase & Gassenheimer, P.A., Miami, for Appellant.
Roger Vaughan, III, of Wagner, Vaughan & McLaughlin, P.A., and Raymond T. Elligett, Jr. of Schropp, Buell & Elligett, P.A., Tampa, for Appellees.

Opinion:
CASANUEVA, Judge.
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 only had 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 KELLY, J" Concur.