MMmm...Like yoda you talk, you do
Posted on 11/09/2010 9:16:09 AM PST by pabianice
Breaking... Carnival Lines ship adrift off Mexico; 4500 on board; USCG and USN send help... one aircraft carrier involved...
Who was reporting that?
MMmm...Like yoda you talk, you do
Laid down: 2007
Launched: August 3, 2007
Completed: June 28, 2008
Cost: $697 Million
This must be that “Mexican Caribbean Cruise”.
The wife and her family took that cruise years ago. Half the passengers were sick as doge when the boat returned to port. A couple so sick, they had been helo’d off at sea.
For the price, NCL's Spirit of America does Hawaii best. It is the ONLY AMERICAN REGISTERED Cruise ship these days with (mostly) American crew.. Four Islands, one week, and more time in port to see and do more stuff. You only need to get there, but with TSA, that is problematic in itself.
I am working up a 2011 Caribbean Golf Challenge right now, with 10-12 day cruises from Baltimore and NYC. The price is great, you get to see a bunch of neat islands, and play some Champ courses - Royal St Kitts, Mahogany Run (St Thomas), Cedar Valley (Antigua), and others offer challenges and views. Floating hotels which wake up in a different place every day are the best vacations we sell... and don't forget the food!
The new NCL Epic has the feel of a small Amusement park. They have Second City, Blue Man Group and Cirque d' Soleil for just some of the onboard entertainment. Rock climbing, water slides, and the Villas Complex make it one of my faves! Plus, every outside room has a balcony. The rooms have curved walls like this and some great amenities
Here's a "PLAIN" outside stateroom.!
That is a fair chunk of change.
Thanks for the info.
I would not recommend going to Mexico by boat or plane or car or horseback for that matter. Well, unless you have family in the cartels...
Now that’s a cool stateroom.
That could make me rethink a destination other than the Alaskan coast.
Now that’s a cool stateroom
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As a young SN back in ‘57, most of the others living in ‘steerage’ kind of figured that is how the officers lived.
There is a reason for that.
Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886
Otherwise, I'm sure they'd be registered as a foreign vessel as well.
There are other cruise lines in Hawaii. They are ALL foreign registered. What makes the Pride of America unique is that they cruise close in. They do NOT have a casino onboard, but you can watch lava flowing into the sea, from the sea!
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Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, has been the most anticipated new-build to debut since Cunard's Queen Mary 2. Its innovations -- such as the first-ever Boardwalk and Central Park at sea, which uniquely occupy space that's carved out of the middle of the ship -- are already legendary.
The ship features new-to-Royal Caribbean types of eateries that range from spa cuisine to elaborately staged food and wine pairings. Its entertainment district, a hub for late owls, offers ice skating and disco, comedy and jazz, and a three-tiered theater that features a 90-minute version of "Hairspray," the popular Tony Award-winning Broadway show. Particularly dazzling is the ship's AquaTheater, with its deepest-pool-at-sea, which serves as a platform for performers such as divers and synchronized swimmers... -read more at cruisecritic.com
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Just announced on FoxNews that a carrier is standing by to helo food and whatever necessary...
We liked Celebrity and Regency back about a decade ago. Don't know if they are the same these days. Burmuda was fantastic. Bus tickets include the ferries and the cruise line can pack you a picnic lunch to enjoy on one of the beautiful beaches.
This is what I recollect about Carnival Cruise lines:
On Sept. 1, as tens of thousands of desperate Louisianans packed the New Orleans Superdome and convention center, the Federal Emergency Management Agency pleaded with the U.S. Military Sealift Command: The government needed 10,000 berths on full-service cruise ships, FEMA said, and it needed the deal done by noon the next day.
The hasty appeal yielded one of the most controversial contracts of the Hurricane Katrina relief operation, a $236 million agreement with Carnival Cruise Lines for three ships that now bob more than half empty in the Mississippi River and Mobile Bay. The six-month contract has come to exemplify the cost of haste that followed Katrina's strike and FEMA's lack of preparation.
Snip November 8, 2010:
Carnival Splendor Cruise Lines:
The Daily Breeze reports a seven-day Mexican Riviera cruise was sidelined today when an engine room caught fire in Mexico. The ship left Port of Long Beach on Sunday with 3,299 guests and 1,167 crew members. A fire was detected in the aft engine room at 6 a.m. Guests were told to move from their cabins to the Lido Deck, which is on the upper level and has outdoor space, she said. The ship was operating on emergency generators. The fire was extinguished by 9 a.m. but a reflash occurred. Smoke remains in the area and crew members were working on restarting one of the vessel's main generators in the forward engine room. Two guests and a crew member suffered panic attacks, but no one was physically injured. The ship is located approximately 55 miles west of Punta San Jacinto, Mexico. Sea conditions are calm and skies are clear. UPDATE: The ship is being taken to Ensenada by tug boats where passengers will be disembarked and bussed back to Long Beach.
Also, without being on scene it it hard to tell what happened.
Roger that.
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