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No AC Or Toilets, Crippled Carnival Ship Splendor Needs Tow
CBS4.com ^ | 11/8/10

Posted on 11/09/2010 3:57:32 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta

One of Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines' newest ships was dead in the water Monday night, more than 100 miles off the Mexican coast, as fire damage to the engine room left thousands of passengers without hot food, working toilets, or air conditioning for their cabins.

Everyone is safe, the cruise line says, but the cruise is over as soon as the Carnival Splendor can be towed to a Mexican port.

Fire broke out in the forward engine room around 6 a.m, Pacific time, the cruise line confirmed. Guests whose rooms were near the engine room were evacuated to the Lido Deck, an upper deck that opens onto the outdoors. The fire was reported out by 9 a.m., but a re-flash occurred, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The damage is so extensive, the ship's key operating systems, including air conditioning, flushing toilets, hot meal preparations and telephones are not available.

Guests are being provided with bottled water and food items and are able to move around on the ship's upper open deck areas.

Several tow boats were heading toward the ship's location, which is about 150 miles south of San Diego. The US Coast Guard also sent ships to the area.

The 925-foot liner, carrying 3,300 passengers and more than 1,100 crew members will be towed to Ensenada, Mexico and passengers will be taken back to California, where the cruise line will help get them home.

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To: 1010RD; Dr. Scarpetta

>>> It took 3 hours to fight the fire? That seems like some fire.

As I recall it the fire on the USS George Washington two years ago took longer to fight. Burned through 8 decks and incinerated 80 compartments. And that’s with many more trained firefighters and systems.

Fire at sea is a constant risk with any sort of vessel.


41 posted on 11/09/2010 5:06:01 AM PST by tlb
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To: goldstategop

This was a Pacific Cruise. A Caribbean Cruise would be on the other side of Mexico... where the Caribbean is. ;-)


42 posted on 11/09/2010 5:16:33 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Now that sucks. Thanks for the ping, Doctor.


43 posted on 11/09/2010 5:16:36 AM PST by cll (I am the warrant and the sanction)
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To: cll

You’re welcome. I seem to remember that you’re going on a cruise soon.


44 posted on 11/09/2010 5:20:35 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Yes I am. Mine crosses the big pond so I hope nothing like this happens in the middle of it. It is three days sailing with full power in either direction. I can’t imagine bobbing dead in the water for days with 6,000 other stinkers.


45 posted on 11/09/2010 5:23:11 AM PST by cll (I am the warrant and the sanction)
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To: cll

Sounds nice... Which cruiseline?


46 posted on 11/09/2010 5:24:55 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Royal Caribbean.


47 posted on 11/09/2010 5:32:04 AM PST by cll (I am the warrant and the sanction)
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To: sodpoodle

I would demand to be helicoptered off that ship. No Mexico for me:(

Or send in the US Navy - No wait the whole fleet is floating around India.

Too bad, US citizens - you are on your own.
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Why is it the US government’s business that a private ship lost power?

Why should I pay for it?


48 posted on 11/09/2010 5:32:43 AM PST by Chickensoup (Try Dodd and Frank for robbery and treason.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

The Cruise Director made an ominous comment yesterday:

Coincidentally, Splendor cruise director and avid blogger John Heald posted this wish on his Facebook page yesterday: “I am hoping for an incident free cruise but . . .since being here I can’t remember one where something or someone strange hasn’t happened.”

http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=4209


49 posted on 11/09/2010 5:35:07 AM PST by cll (I am the warrant and the sanction)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

You mean there actually is a Lido Deck?


50 posted on 11/09/2010 5:36:41 AM PST by pappyone
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To: cll

I like Royal Caribbean. We have a cruise booked from Cape Liberty to Bermuda and Caribbean with them. No flying!


51 posted on 11/09/2010 5:41:01 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: pappyone

yes


52 posted on 11/09/2010 5:41:26 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: cll
Coincidentally, Splendor cruise director and avid blogger John Heald posted this wish on his Facebook page yesterday: “I am hoping for an incident free cruise but . . .since being here I can’t remember one where something or someone strange hasn’t happened.”

Wonder what that means...

Those cruise directors have a demanding job...imo.

53 posted on 11/09/2010 5:43:28 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Talf
Those ships aren't built for over the side elimination and a lot of the passengers will be elderly. I would think there will be a risk of cholera if they don't get to port quickly.
54 posted on 11/09/2010 5:46:21 AM PST by Truth29
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Waiting for a cholera outbreak. Send billions now.


55 posted on 11/09/2010 5:51:10 AM PST by InvisibleChurch (Stimulus ~ Response / "...and that's why the color yellow makes me sad, I think.")
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To: Truth29

What a bunch of wussies, just get a thousand 5 gallon buckets and some toilet seats to sit on them, use some trash bags as liners.

Its what a lot of Alaskans use in the bush.


56 posted on 11/09/2010 5:52:23 AM PST by Eye of Unk (If your enemy is quick to anger, seek to irritate him. Sun Tzu, The Art of War.)
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To: Chickensoup

You must be kidding. If this ship was out in International waters - there would be US Navy ships helping rescue the victims, regardless of the ship’s flag, under the auspices of the Coast Guard.

http://www.nfmm.no/tmm/97-evacuation-for-medical-reasons-at-sea-medevac

The coast-guard also spends tons of man hours rescuing people from private yachts and fishing boats. You pay for that.


57 posted on 11/09/2010 5:52:31 AM PST by sodpoodle (Despair; man's surrender. Laughter; God 's redemption.)
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To: rbg81

Could that many people rock back and forth and tip the boat over?


58 posted on 11/09/2010 5:53:02 AM PST by InvisibleChurch (Stimulus ~ Response / "...and that's why the color yellow makes me sad, I think.")
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

I didn’t pick the cruise on the Oasis, my MIL did. So I didn’t think it would be much different than any other cruise. I was wrong, it was wonderful.

Shows were top notch and so many to see. I usually don’t even bother too much with seeing shows on a cruise. There was one act that I can even describe that was about 15 minutes long that was one plainly dressed, middle aged woman that held the entire audience in spell bound silence the entire time. Some of the pool areas were just beautiful and my teenage kids LOVED it.

We are booked for the Allure Christmas 2011.


59 posted on 11/09/2010 5:54:50 AM PST by FarmerW ( - Milton Friedman - The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.)
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To: cll
“I am hoping for an incident free cruise but . . .since being here I can’t remember one where something or someone strange hasn’t happened.”

That's not as ominous as it sounds. With 3300 passengers and 1160 crew, that is one complicated "ecosystem." There is no way that it is going to be incident-free.

60 posted on 11/09/2010 5:55:15 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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