A cruise ship passenger was taken to a Miami hospital after suffering an eye injury from a champagne cork Thursday night, officials said.

The incident happened on Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas shortly after it left Port Everglades, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said.

The injury required immediate attention from an eye specialist, so the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue fireboat met the cruise ship for an off-shore patient transfer to take the passenger to the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.

Royal Caribbean did not return a request for comment Friday.