These passengers are going to have a great story to tell, they are going to get a refund, they will almost certainly get a free cruise voucher and who knows what other freebies from Carnival, many will be on TV, some will write books, a few will find a way to get a realityTV gig out of it, etc. I just don’t buy that this is all that harrowing. The people are completely safe, the boat isn’t going to capsize. It’s a big adventure!
You’re too realistic.
That doesn’t fit in with the MSM hype.
CNN seems to think this is because the ship employs foreign nationals.
Could you imagine the costs/quality of cruises if they were manned by unionized US employees?
Good idea for a tv show. Call it Survivor. (nevermind)
Without power it’s bound to be really nasty ,, toilets (vacuum operated) don’t flush , no air movement (portholes generally don’t open) , no power to cook whatever food didn’t spoil (most food is fresh/refrigerated loaded at departure time) ,, even for juice/water there is no power to desalinate and make water or operate any of the cafeteria equipment ...
No matter how well Carnival handles the passengers in refunds, etc., they still have 4000 people that will be telling that story to at least 10 people of how bad it was. This is basic customer service math so now there are 44,000 people strongly biased against choosing Carnival for a cruise or even going on a cruise at all.