Carnival Dream stuck in St Maarten

[dizlove]

"The Carnival Dream has a technical issue which our engineering team is currently working on. The ship is at dock in St. Maarten. At no time did the ship lose power but there were periodic interruptions to elevators and toilets for a few hours last night. However at this time all hotel systems are functioning normally and have been functional since approximately 12.30am. The ship has full power but is still at dock while personnel continue to work on the technical issue. The Carnival Dream was on a seven-day cruise and is based in Port Canaveral, Fla."

[cherylandtk]

see existing thread for more details:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1807452

 

ongoing CC news article

http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=5258

 

And if you really want the gory details, head over to the Carnival board for their discussion (100+ posts per hour!)

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1807381

[OCruisers]

Per the complete thread, glad Carnival has decided to fly the passengers out on charters.

 

LuLu

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[sunsetbeachgal]

It seems to me that the majority of the issues relating to cruise ship breakdowns and major oroblems involve Carnival. Not sure if it the maintenance, the ships themselves or what, but it is more than coincidence or back luck.

 

I am not a Carnival cruiser anyhow, and at this point they would not even be a consideration.