Breaking news: Carnival legend collides with rccl ship!

[formercruisestaff]

Blog of a passenger:

http://theonebob.livejournal.com/

[Darkwolfe]

Well, that blog minimizes some of the concern at least. I had some scary pictures in my head for a bit there. Sounds like CCL is going to have an insurance bill soon.

[flames]

WOW! I can't beleave this could happen, I hope no one got hurt:(

 

Carol:)

[GAPaige]

Oh no! We are supposed to sail on Enchantment in 3 days. :(

[kc320]

I just checked RCL's website & there is no information there...we are supposed to be sailing on the Enchantment on Sat....wonder when they will let us know if our sailing is affected???

[lakette3]

We are sailing Saturday. I am scared.

[mixjock]

Oh no! We are supposed to sail on Enchantment in 3 days. :(

I feel your angst, we are scheduled to be on the Legend in 4 days...hoping that we can still sail.

[fungirl28]

Hopefully the damage is minor and no one is hurt and future sailings won't be affected.

[bajathree]

It's time to hoist the flag lads and roll the cannons out!

[Bakincakes]

they will have to assess the damage.

 

They may not know what if any repairs will need to be done and how long they will take.

 

If they are sailing now the damage must not be bad enough to keep them from getting home.

 

It will be the next sailings that may be affected once they see what is up.:(

[bajathree]

Isn't it in Cozumel that a passenger off Freedom was killed in a boating accident just like a week ago....man, luck isn't going there way.

[Darkwolfe]

And if everyone is real lucky, it'll be knock out a few dents and replace a few windows while in homeport. Paint the scrapes and keep going.

[futaba951]

they will have to assess the damage.

 

They may not know what if any repairs will need to be done and how long they will take.

 

If they are sailing now the damage must not be bad enough to keep them from getting home.

 

It will be the next sailings that may be affected once they see what is up.:(

 

GOS sailed for a year with a huge dent in the side. I doubt this will affect sailings much if they are already under way. They'll just need to buy a large banner to hang over the side to cover the damage. :)

[GAPaige]

 

It will be the next sailings that may be affected once they see what is up.:(

 

Yes, that's what we're afraid of. Thank goodness for cruise insurance, I guess. We're scheduled to fly down on Friday, but I guess they won't know anything until after the current cruisers disembark, right? I sure won't plan on being the first at the port that day.

[bajathree]

And if everyone is real lucky, it'll be knock out a few dents and replace a few windows while in homeport. Paint the scrapes and keep going.

 

Well then Carnival doesn't need to do a thing:D

[gatour]

No need to panic at this early stage. It could just be a bunch of scraped off paint that would look ugly but not be a structural issue.

[Bakincakes]

Yes, that's what we're afraid of. Thank goodness for cruise insurance, I guess. We're scheduled to fly down on Friday, but I guess they won't know anything until after the current cruisers disembark, right? I sure won't plan on being the first at the port that day.

 

 

If you call they should be able to tell you what the situation is.

 

I'm sure they will have looked things over pretty well and will know if the damage will impact the next cruises.

 

Give it a day or so and then call.

 

they should know by then.

[bajathree]

No need to panic at this early stage. It could just be a bunch of scraped off paint that would look ugly but not be a structural issue.

 

again.....then nothing you would notice on Carnival:eek::D

[GAPaige]

Thanks bakincakes.

 

Tsk, tsk, bajathree. ;)

[lori450]

Enchantment already had thatencounter with the dock in Cozumel a few years ago. I was on the following cruise. They sailed. No problem. And did repairs while we were in port. I'm keeping my fingers crossed since friiends of mine are scheduled to sail on her in a couple of weeks

[jumbo1]

Both ships under way and doing 18 knots

[tmilak]

Here's some news for all Carnival Legend collides with RCCL EOS.

This post from passender on board.

 

From the Enchantment of the seas. OK, so we're sitting in port. A few of us are on the pool deck watching the Carnival Legend pull out of port. As we're watching it, it's getting closer and closer. It looked like the wind was pushing the other ship toword us. I looked down and saw a tug boat try to get between the two boats, but it was too late. Then the collision became inevitable. There was some crunching and breaking glass noises and the ship rocked to one side a little. It was such a slow crash that it was barely noticeable. We could see scraped paint on the other ship, Really, nobody was hurt and we're waiting for the all-clear from the Harbor master to leave port.

 

Never a dull moment.

[miraflores]

I have a friend who works on the Enchantment, and she's talking about it on her facebook page. She said it was SCARY...can't imagine what that must have been like.

[lakette3]

Could you ask her how bad it is

[Arizona Cruz Chic]

Hope everyone is well on both ships.

 

On the lighter side....hope the Capitan's exchanged insurance info!! :D ;)

 

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