Carnival Jubilee

I just noticed that the Carnival Jubilee is no longer in Carnivals fleet. Anyone know where it went? My wife and I had the most wonderful 11-day honeymoon cruise in 1999 so she holds a special place in our heart.

I found out that the Jubilee was transfered to P&O Australia and is now known as the Pacific Sun. It still has the Carnival fan tail, but it is painted blue along with the top half of the ship. Looks sharp.

I've only seen a few actual photos of PACIFIC SUN and in fact unlike the renderings in P&O's advertising materials, the wings have been cut off the funnel, which as been partially rebuilt and just looks odd.

They've also added sponsons to the stern which detract from her profile.

what is a sponson?

what is a sponson?

Here is a link to a few pics of the Pacific Sun

http://community.webshots.com/album/212228013eANXbt

Thanks MyImagination for the photos.

The new funnel looks awful - and the font of the P&O logo on her superstructure is not correct. (What can I say - I'm a detail nut.) The new lobby looks nice though; it will be interesting to see what the rest of the interiors look like.

I like the transition - she came out sharp looking, and we should expect a lot of these "rennovations" over the years...nice work P&O

I was on her with the entire family (kids included and one of their friends) last Valentine's Day cruise out of Puerto Rico. I was so happy to hear that Carnival finally got rid of that ship. The ship was old, dirty, outdated and had a confusing layout. That ship was definately not up to par with Carnival standards. I knew she was old when we booked her and had done old with the Horizon (another floating junk) but the price was right at $360 pp and I have family in PR so we booked anyways. Boy, does the old saying ring true, always remember "You get what you pay for!" Indeedthis was the case! If the price is dirt cheap, there is a reason. But we just kept reminding ourselves when things got tough, "We could be at home!" So anything was better than that! HAHAHA! :p

I have to disagree. I sailed her three times, and found her quite intimate.

Was lucky enough to sail past her one last time this summer.

I will miss the old gal, unless I'm lucky enough to sail her again down under. She is now the largest cruise ship serving Australia.

I sailed the old girl twice. Comfortable, incredibly easy to get around, and not an ounce of pretension. Glad she sails on, in whatever incarnation.

We took our first cruise on her out of Galveston. For an old ship she was nice. I think the crew on the smaller ships are alot more friendly and fun. I have been wondering what happened to her. Hope to get to sail her again.

I'm feeling old.......we sailed the Jubilee twice, her inaugural cruise in the western Carribean and then later the west coast of Mexico out of L.A.

Was on the Feb cruise,when they had the naming ceremony. Had a nice time,but hopeing to go on a larger ship next ie Diamond or Adventure of the Seas, not decided yet.Check out my pics from the Pacific Sun in the South Pacific

http://community.webshots.com/scripts/controlPanel.fcgi

Here is a picture of the Jubilee now Pacific Sun

I sailed on her twice...once out of Miami on the standard east-route Caribbean, and once out of Los Angeles for the Mexican Riviera. The first cruise in 1989 was one of many, basically annual, cruises I had taken on Carnival ships, including the similarly-sized Sensation and Holiday. I always had fun on these larger ships.

The second cruise was a memory etched in my mind! In August 1993, we sailed incident-free from LA to most of the Mexican Riviera, and enjoyed all the stops I don't see as often (I was living in LA at the time, but have mostly lived in Florida and mostly cruise the Caribbean). Until we got to Puerto Vallarta. A wonderful day, great stop, lots of fun and drinking, then back to the ship. It was the night the ship was having the outdoor deck party and buffet. Fun music, lots of food set up on deck, and everyone gathered around the two pool decks. I was on the lower deck next to the pool, just under the cover of the deck above. It started raining lightly, as the captain noted we were entering a small front, but noone bothered to leave the open deck areas above, as it was part of the festive and drunk evening atmosphere.

Then, out of nowhere, we heard a raucious wind streaking over the open pool area. The rain had gone full horizontal, and those on the upper deck were suddenly running for cover and stairways. We on the lower deck who were under cover were laughing at them running for cover. Everyone tried to crowd under the sheltered areas, mostly on starboard side, since the horizontal rain was actually soaking those on port, even under the cover of the deck. A few drunks and revelers stayed out in the rain, hands to the Gods daring them to bring on their worst.

So the Gods responded! Next thing we know, the ship begins a sickening lurch towards the port side. The whole of the ship is creaking and groaning as she keeps leaning. At first, it is fairly humorous except to a few nervous first-time cruisers...vets like myself were finding it entertaining. But it kept tilting further and further, until the chair I was sitting in began to slide down the deck towards the pool. I immediately got out of the chair and grabbed a support column, as the chairs and tables all around me took off towards the pool and port side. Most people got out of the way, but a few rolled across the deck helpless. The pool itself began to empty, pouring onto the people under the port side deck, and flooding them up to their waists - only the windows along the port wide kept those passengers from being washed clean off the ship.

Up top, the deck chairs that were loosened by the tilt and sliding towards port were picked up by the ferocious winds and flown off into the ocean. The buffet tables all fell over and slid all the food down the deck to port. The pool, after sloshing to port and finding no way to empty into the ocean, went aft along the port wall until it found the door into the ship, and proceeded to wash the water down 8 decks of stairway...a nice surprise to those clinging to the inside stairways for support when the ship started over...fully dressed and greeted with a river of water coming down the stairs!

After hanging in this roughly 20 degree list for between 1-2 minutes, the ship suddenly began to right itself, and finally came back to even keel. Reactions ranged from crying and whimpering to laughing and high-fiving. For the hours after, despite the captain's assurance that things were fine, some scared passengers spent the night in life jackets in the common lounges! I ran down to the room to see what my stepfather thought of all this, since he goes to bed early and was already retired for the evening (he is a veteran seaman and had been visiting my home in LA...he brought me on the cruise)...I found him still sound asleep in the cabin, except the bed was now in the center of the room, 4 feet from the wall, with him still on it. He hadn't even been woken up by his bed's 4-foot trip across the room.

The casinos were a mess, with the machines all dumped over, bars were emptied of much of their stock of liquor and glasses, and water was everywhere. The decks were full of food, and alot less deck chairs remained on the upper decks. The captain told us late the next day that there had been a microburst within the storm we passed through, and that we were slammed starboard side with 110+ MPH winds. The ship was pushed over by the sheer force of wind, into a 17 degree list, before it could be turned to steer into the wind. The ship annometer was ripped off the upper tower after reading its last gust of 112MPH - the winds were likely higher, but the gauge didn't survive to tell.

I'll admit I was one of the high-fivers...I've never been very scared of ships or the sea, and I found the whole thing both interesting and even a little fun. I never thought the ship was in danger, and was so fascinated by the huge winds driving that big slab side over that I couldn't help but just enjoy the ride. Back in those days, noone booked lawyers the moment they got ashore (like they do today), so we never even asked for any reparations. As it was, Carnival gave us a voucher for $500 each towards another cruise, which seemed more than generous since noone got hurt, and it was a natural event far out of the captain's hands. I find it astounding when I read of recent natural phenomenon encountered where the passengers are badmouthing the line to the press, suing for reparations, and complaining about lack of safety...all for something that noone can predict and despite the fact that noone was seriously injured or killed. You'd think people would count their blessings!

Anyway, that's my Jubilee story!

I sailed on her twice...once out of Miami on the standard east-route Caribbean, and once out of Los Angeles for the Mexican Riviera. The first cruise in 1989 was one of many, basically annual, cruises I had taken on Carnival ships, including the similarly-sized Sensation and Holiday. I always had fun on these larger ships.

 

The second cruise was a memory etched in my mind! In August 1993, we sailed incident-free from LA to most of the Mexican Riviera, and enjoyed all the stops I don't see as often (I was living in LA at the time, but have mostly lived in Florida and mostly cruise the Caribbean). Until we got to Puerto Vallarta. A wonderful day, great stop, lots of fun and drinking, then back to the ship. It was the night the ship was having the outdoor deck party and buffet. Fun music, lots of food set up on deck, and everyone gathered around the two pool decks. I was on the lower deck next to the pool, just under the cover of the deck above. It started raining lightly, as the captain noted we were entering a small front, but noone bothered to leave the open deck areas above, as it was part of the festive and drunk evening atmosphere.

 

Then, out of nowhere, we heard a raucious wind streaking over the open pool area. The rain had gone full horizontal, and those on the upper deck were suddenly running for cover and stairways. We on the lower deck who were under cover were laughing at them running for cover. Everyone tried to crowd under the sheltered areas, mostly on starboard side, since the horizontal rain was actually soaking those on port, even under the cover of the deck. A few drunks and revelers stayed out in the rain, hands to the Gods daring them to bring on their worst.

 

So the Gods responded! Next thing we know, the ship begins a sickening lurch towards the port side. The whole of the ship is creaking and groaning as she keeps leaning. At first, it is fairly humorous except to a few nervous first-time cruisers...vets like myself were finding it entertaining. But it kept tilting further and further, until the chair I was sitting in began to slide down the deck towards the pool. I immediately got out of the chair and grabbed a support column, as the chairs and tables all around me took off towards the pool and port side. Most people got out of the way, but a few rolled across the deck helpless. The pool itself began to empty, pouring onto the people under the port side deck, and flooding them up to their waists - only the windows along the port wide kept those passengers from being washed clean off the ship.

 

Up top, the deck chairs that were loosened by the tilt and sliding towards port were picked up by the ferocious winds and flown off into the ocean. The buffet tables all fell over and slid all the food down the deck to port. The pool, after sloshing to port and finding no way to empty into the ocean, went aft along the port wall until it found the door into the ship, and proceeded to wash the water down 8 decks of stairway...a nice surprise to those clinging to the inside stairways for support when the ship started over...fully dressed and greeted with a river of water coming down the stairs!

 

After hanging in this roughly 20 degree list for between 1-2 minutes, the ship suddenly began to right itself, and finally came back to even keel. Reactions ranged from crying and whimpering to laughing and high-fiving. For the hours after, despite the captain's assurance that things were fine, some scared passengers spent the night in life jackets in the common lounges! I ran down to the room to see what my stepfather thought of all this, since he goes to bed early and was already retired for the evening (he is a veteran seaman and had been visiting my home in LA...he brought me on the cruise)...I found him still sound asleep in the cabin, except the bed was now in the center of the room, 4 feet from the wall, with him still on it. He hadn't even been woken up by his bed's 4-foot trip across the room.

 

The casinos were a mess, with the machines all dumped over, bars were emptied of much of their stock of liquor and glasses, and water was everywhere. The decks were full of food, and alot less deck chairs remained on the upper decks. The captain told us late the next day that there had been a microburst within the storm we passed through, and that we were slammed starboard side with 110+ MPH winds. The ship was pushed over by the sheer force of wind, into a 17 degree list, before it could be turned to steer into the wind. The ship annometer was ripped off the upper tower after reading its last gust of 112MPH - the winds were likely higher, but the gauge didn't survive to tell.

 

I'll admit I was one of the high-fivers...I've never been very scared of ships or the sea, and I found the whole thing both interesting and even a little fun. I never thought the ship was in danger, and was so fascinated by the huge winds driving that big slab side over that I couldn't help but just enjoy the ride. Back in those days, noone booked lawyers the moment they got ashore (like they do today), so we never even asked for any reparations. As it was, Carnival gave us a voucher for $500 each towards another cruise, which seemed more than generous since noone got hurt, and it was a natural event far out of the captain's hands. I find it astounding when I read of recent natural phenomenon encountered where the passengers are badmouthing the line to the press, suing for reparations, and complaining about lack of safety...all for something that noone can predict and despite the fact that noone was seriously injured or killed. You'd think people would count their blessings!

 

Anyway, that's my Jubilee story!

What a story!!! Thanks so much for taking the time to share it!!!

Next thing we know, the ship begins a sickening lurch towards the port side. The whole of the ship is creaking and groaning as she keeps leaning. At first, it is fairly humorous except to a few nervous first-time cruisers...vets like myself were finding it entertaining. But it kept tilting further and further, until the chair I was sitting in began to slide down the deck towards the pool.

WOW. Same thing happened to us on the same ship while crossing the Pacific on our way to Hawaii, without the storm! Wife and I were doing bed sleds as we slid toward the door. Thank God we never saw Shelly Winters.:eek:

Sounds like you guys encountered a rogue!

I used to joke with my mother (who has been on far more cruises than I) about the Pacific cruises being cursed - we were both onboard the Jubilee for this incident, plus she was on a ship which grounded in Alaska...and in 1995 she was docked in Puerto Vallarta when a 7.2 earthquake struck nearby...the ship bobbed up and down and damaged the dock, and there was damage in the city to the church steeples and lots of storefront glass. Out of her 95 cruises, nothing had ever happened anywhere except the Pacific.

Unfortunately that streak ended last September, when she was onboard the Rotterdam crossing the Atlantic - they were caught by Hurricane Karl, lost power and engines, and floundered for several hours in 40-50 foot seas with no power! So the Pacific jokes have ended. :)

I LOVED the Jubilee!!! We had a balcony that cruise and it was great!! We sure will miss her!

I sailed the old girl twice. Comfortable, incredibly easy to get around, and not an ounce of pretension. Glad she sails on, in whatever incarnation.

I am SO GLAD I clicked onto this board tonight. I've always wondered where she went - done a tiny bit of web research but could never find her. She was my first (Mexican Riv. 1990), I was just a kid from the sticks and BOY was I impressed. I saw her in my dreams for years afterwards and it took me 'til 2004 to get back on the seas. Even though my next cruises were vastly superior by objective standards, that wonderous week on the Jubilee is still the subjective stick I measure by.

Thanks for the memories...

Happy Sails,

Annette

We sailed the Jubilee 5 years ago during our Fall break thinking no one else in Texas had a fall break. Surprise - nearly the entire state of Texas did (and on that weekend, too) so we had about 800 kids on our cruise. :eek: It was a 4 day cruise which was entirely too short and we vowed never to take anything shorter than a 7 day cruise ever. Which we haven't. But we loved the Jubilee. We had a wonderful cruise. However, my only regret is that I never got a Carnival Jubilee pin and it is the only one I lack in our collection over the years. :( Even now, seeing her decked out as the Pacific Sun, I remember all the fun times we had on that ship. TG23

We sailed the Jubilee 5 years ago during our Fall break thinking no one else in Texas had a fall break. Surprise - nearly the entire state of Texas did (and on that weekend, too) so we had about 800 kids on our cruise. :eek: It was a 4 day cruise which was entirely too short and we vowed never to take anything shorter than a 7 day cruise ever. Which we haven't. But we loved the Jubilee. We had a wonderful cruise. However, my only regret is that I never got a Carnival Jubilee pin and it is the only one I lack in our collection over the years. :( Even now, seeing her decked out as the Pacific Sun, I remember all the fun times we had on that ship. TG23

That is also the only pin Im missing I loved that ship too the best of all funships she will truely be missed.

I cruised the Jubilee with my parents and brother in April 99 to the Eastern Caribbean. I remember a kid breaking his leg jumping into the drained pool because he got drunk somehow. I also remember staying up all night one night with my brother and a few other kids and eating at every possible venue then plus ordering room service from a lounge at 3am, picking it up because they wouldn't deliver there, and then bringing it back to the lounge to eat...mmmm BLT's! I also was limbo co-champion!

We were on the very last voyage that the Jubilee took for Carnival out of Jacksonville, Fl. in June of 2004. We booked at the last minute and had to take pot luck on the room. When we came into port the room shook so I thought we were sinking. But, the staff was great and we enjoyed ourselves. When I wrote to Carnival about the noise and shaking I received 15% off my next cruise. Old ships have their place. They are more ecomonical and smaller but can't compare to ships like the Miracle.