Posted on 04/03/2013 2:24:17 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
(Newser) – Another mishap involving a Carnival Cruise Lines ship, and this one might end up being the most serious of all. Strong winds apparently caused the Triumph to break free from its mooring in Mobile, Alabama, and Coast Guard crews are searching for a dockworker thought to be missing in the river, reports AP and WKRG. Tug boats apparently have the massive vessel itself back under control, but it was at rest near the dock perpendicular to its original position. The ship also has a gash high up on its stern. The Triumph is the ship that stranded passengers at sea in smelly conditions before being towed into Mobile in February for repairs. Three other Carnival ships also had trouble recently.
Cruise ships and SUVs — bustin’ loose on rampages. What’s next?
Ooops. When they finally fix it, I suspect you will be able to get some great deals.
The cruise line of doom!
In before the Gorebull warming theories...
Relaunch it as Carnival Fail.
I don’t think “Carnival” is a name that’s going to last much longer in the cruise business. Multiple mishaps will sink the line. RCI (which owns Carnival, I believe) is going to be taking a big haircut soon.
The owner of Carnival owns the Miami Heat.
Methinks LeBron is about to be “up for sale.”
One ship to rule them all/
One ship to find them...
I wouldn’t be shorting RCI any time soon. RCI owns Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, and Azamara.
Carnival Corporation & plc includes Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and Seabourn in North America; P&O Cruises (UK), and Cunard in the United Kingdom; AIDA Cruises in Germany; Costa Cruises in Southern Europe; Iberocruceros in Spain; and P&O Cruises (Australia) in Australia.
Two entirely different corporations.
FYI: Lots of cruise folks are switching to RCI from Carnival so if anything RCI should be doing quite well.
Oh, those wacky Carnival cruises...
Carnival is its own company. No affiliation with Royal Caribbean.
Carnival is the parent-company of the Costa line of ships, which includes the Costa Concordia that sank off the coast of Italy.
-PJ
Thanks for straightening me out. I always get “Carnival” and “Celebrity” confused. It might be because both are crap, I don’t know....
You can get some very good deals on Carnival now. I get a email every other day touting their great deals. Other cruise line prices increasing. A cruise I booked on Royal Caribbean two months ago has gone up almost 50% since I booked.
Yes, I was confused. Sorry.
Pics here.
http://photos.al.com/mobile-press-register/2013/04/carnival_triumph_breaks_its_mo_12.html
Celebrity is considered an upscale cruise line, one step up from Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, etc.
Up from Celebrity is Crystal, and others like it.
Note: I personally have only cruised on Royal Caribbean and Norwegian.
-PJ
Discussions about which cruise line is better or worse are about as enlightening as similar discussions on football teams. Each has their supporters. Carnival seems to have some of the most fanatical.
The different cruise lines aren’t better or worse. Just different. Carnival targets a young party crowd. Celebrity more of a country club. Holland a more traditional older crowd.
Just to clarify that the missing dockworker was in a guard shack that blew into the water by the same winds that broke the ship loose. The ship didn’t cause that accident.
I’ve been on Celebrity and Holland America. Both were great experiences, but Celebrity was definitely more upscale. I’d rather not go on a Carnival cruise - seems you’d get the same experience at a public pool followed by supper at Chuck E Cheese.
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