Today’s Your Daily Boarding Call brings serious cruise news, onboard chaos, and some important changes that could affect your vacation budget.

A Florida mother is facing child-neglect charges after authorities allege she left four young children home alone while taking a cruise. In Boston, a federal operation has now resulted in 87 cruise-ship crew removals tied to investigations involving child sexual exploitation material.

Then, things get steamy aboard Harmony of the Seas, where a burst pipe sends warm water flooding through a hallway and into nearby cabins.

Plus, Princess Cruises is raising Plus and Premier package prices and changing Wi-Fi options, while Royal Caribbean is tightening parts of its cancellation-penalty schedule beginning in O ...