Story here.
Man this could ruin a vacation!! We were close to booking this cruise I am glad we did not. What does Carnival do when something like this happens? A few days in Ensenada, Mexico is not a good vacation.
By what do they do I am talking about your flights ect. If you stay a week in San Diego waiting for a booked flight you will find out how cheap a cruise is verse a land vacation.
It must be a logistics nightmare. Doing everything spur of the minute.
While the cruises are getting refunds and a replacement cruise, I feel for them.
I think carnival has done a great job trying to make the best of a bad situation. they are paying for transportion home, refund for the cruise and and a free future cruise.
It is a difficult situation but I think Carnival is doing the best it can, I just hope that there are not people throwing a fit about it. that would make it hard on everyone.
Macmom111, you know there are going to be those on board that will be whining, conspiring for a mutiny, getting ready to spread it all over the internet, spilling their guts to anyone who will listen, and making sure everyone knows it was Carnival's fault (even though it's not).
We have done that cruise 4 times. Always on the Pride. The loudest night is always the first. The quietest day is always the 1st sea day. My wife is hoping that the cruises on our last cruise (next to our cabin) were on board. I think they partied all night long. Would be fitting for that group to have a long bus ride while hung over.
Please do not take me wrong. I am not against Carnival here. However It is ruining a vacation for many. Carnival is going above and beyond, but something can not be fixed.
Seems like that cruise has a lot of west coast cruiser, so they should be able to get home without too much of a problem.
People from a further distance or going to have a vacation ruined and spend a lot of time in airports. It is not good for anyone.
Originally posted by penny3333:
Macmom111, you know there are going to be those on board that will be whining, conspiring for a mutiny, getting ready to spread it all over the internet, spilling their guts to anyone who will listen, and making sure everyone knows it was Carnival's fault (even though it's not).
I really feel for the crew!!!
Absolutely, I thought about the crew. More specifically the cast, The social hosts, the dancers the singers, the CD and the Entertainment Manager. It will fall to them to try and entertain 3300 people with Bingo, ad hoc shows and what ever they can think of. My daughter says that when the ship gets off the normal routine they work double hard to keep people at least doing something. I'm glad she is not on this ship
Has any one heard a cause for the fire yet? It is a fairly new ship.
Is Carnival cursed on the west coast? They have crashed into other ships and piers over on that side of Mexico with regularity, a Captain had to be replaced after suffering a heart attack, and now this.
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