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Foul conditions aboard stranded Carnival cruise ship Triumph: sewage running down the walls
NY Daily News ^ | 2/12/13 | ERIK ORTIZ AND DAVID KNOWLES

Posted on 02/12/2013 10:26:50 AM PST by jimbo123

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"I mean, it's horrible. There's no running water. There's no power. They are having to use the restroom in buckets and bags."

"It's like a bunch of savages on there," he added. "If you get on the blogs, they're saying that people are fighting over food and stuff."

Toby Barlow told CNN that his wife, Ann, a passenger on the ship, texted that the plumbing failed and people were defecating in bags and urinating in showers.

She also told him there's "sewage running down the walls and floors," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carnival; carnivalcruise; cruise; cruisenightmare
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To: TheRhinelander

Carnival is the Chuck-E-Cheese of the high seas.

I advised my coworker to honeymoon on Royal Caribbean instead. They did & we have been invited to their house many times since.


61 posted on 02/12/2013 12:42:43 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: illiac

That wuz quick ...


62 posted on 02/12/2013 1:04:06 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: jimbo123
This is insane. The ship should have been evacuated immediately.

I heard this AM that two tugboats are on the way, and should arrive by THURSDAY!

Everyone on board is going to be sick.

63 posted on 02/12/2013 1:07:05 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas
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To: jimbo123

Cruises suck.


64 posted on 02/12/2013 1:25:50 PM PST by Fawn (In a World of Information, Ignorance is a Choice.)
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To: nascarnation

So the part of the story that says full refund and another free cruise in the future is bogus?
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At least it is obvious to ME that my comment was sarcastic.

I didn’t bother reading ‘below the fold’ because the lead in was so well written and presented and answered most questions.
(that also is sarcasm - looks like something an 8 yo would write,just missing a few ‘ya knows’ and ‘likes’).


65 posted on 02/12/2013 1:30:50 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 "It is virtually impossible to clean the pond as long as the pigs are still crapping in it")
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

Just got back from a wonderful 7 day cruise on Royal Caribbean. There were Purell stations EVERYWHERE, and you weren’t even allowed in a dining area without using one. The captain announced that staff and crew were no longer shaking hands with passengers and there was a video running on TV showing the proper way to sanitize your hands with Purell.

My main thought was that I wished I were the Purell salesman!

We didn’t get sick and had an incredible experience.


66 posted on 02/12/2013 1:44:27 PM PST by ChocChipCookie
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To: jimbo123

Zombies! A prelude to zombies with class in the near future (bond collapse, pension cuts, market collapse, government layoffs, etc.).


67 posted on 02/12/2013 1:58:16 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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To: stuartcr
I imagine the potential liability for at-sea transfers of that number of people would be an unacceptable risk.

Yes, transferring food and water between ships presents minimal risk. If you drop a load of food into the drink, it's no big deal. Dropping a passenger in is a whole different story.

68 posted on 02/12/2013 2:05:26 PM PST by Bob
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Yeah, I went on Carnival once, never again.


69 posted on 02/12/2013 2:07:33 PM PST by rusty millet
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To: xrmusn

No, I assumed you had insider knowledge of the contracts.
I’ve been on a lot of cruises but never read the “fine print”.


70 posted on 02/12/2013 2:19:07 PM PST by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: Tennessee Nana

I believe they haven’t evacuated them because an accident may happen on one of the lifeboats. Those boats are far up and not used very often. There was an incident a week ago in Malta where 8 crew were doing a lifeboat drill at the dock in calm water. The boat fell, killing 5.


71 posted on 02/12/2013 2:39:52 PM PST by Amberdawn
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To: nascarnation

No, I assumed you had insider knowledge of the contracts
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Ah, I see the ‘cornfusion’....

I just reread and that SHOULD have been “UNLESS YOU REMAIN ABOARD”

Sorry about that....(and I scoffed at ‘their editing - or lack of’ <: <: <:)


72 posted on 02/12/2013 2:51:06 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 "It is virtually impossible to clean the pond as long as the pigs are still crapping in it")
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To: elcid1970

Interesting comment.

I’ve been on several cruises on both Carnival and RC and would definitely rate Carnival as better, especially the grub.

Both are competitors in the “mass market” of cruises.


73 posted on 02/12/2013 2:58:47 PM PST by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: jimbo123

Welcome to Carnival Cruise Lines.

Tonight’s special will be:

Cryptosporidium and Giardia

Gram Negative Bacteria

Hepatitis A

Leptospirosis

Tenanus

along with a nightcap of raw sewage running down the walls. Enjoy!


74 posted on 02/12/2013 3:12:35 PM PST by Mountain Bike Vomit Carnage (Yes! Live! Life's a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!)
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To: cuban leaf
My wife’s father calls them a floating Motel 6 with an all you can eat denny’s on board.

Now that's class...LOL

75 posted on 02/12/2013 3:16:17 PM PST by GOPJ ( Illegal immigrants: violent boorish party crashers. Send them home, call police - make them leave.)
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To: familyop

Yes, then every neighborhood in the U.S. will be just like that poor ship!


76 posted on 02/12/2013 3:22:36 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Happy New Year!)
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To: Comment_Police
Yeah, I’m sure all news outlets check the donation records of every company involved in every story before they print.

No they don't do that - and I didn't say they did - but there IS a group-think within the MSM. And it tends to run along political lines. Here's some examples: Walmart. Tea Party. Occupy. NOW. NRA. Liberal whistle blowers. Conservative whistle blowers. Democrats. Republicans. Oil Companies. Natural Food Stores. The "Arts'. Gays. Cops. Military. Green Energy, College Professors. Businessmen. ...

With few exceptions the MSM finds these groups GOOD: Occupy NOW Liberal whistle blowers, Democrats Natural Food Stores, Target, the Arts, NOW, Occupy, Green energy, Gays, and College Professors, Unions.

With few exceptions the MSM finds these groups BAD: Tea Party, conservative whistle blowers, NRA, Republicans, Oil Companies, Cops, the Military, Businessmen, Walmart...

The groups the MSM likes just happen to be groups that support Democrats - with people and money. I don't believe anyone in a newsroom looks up what the contributions are or arn't, but most people have an idea which groups tend liberal and which tend conservative. The MSM favors the one's who tend liberal.

If you think otherwise - please give me some examples. Facts work better than 'attitude'...

77 posted on 02/12/2013 3:45:28 PM PST by GOPJ ( Illegal immigrants: violent boorish party crashers. Send them home, call police - make them leave.)
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To: Comment_Police
Yeah, I’m sure all news outlets check the donation records of every company involved in every story before they print.

No they don't do that - and I didn't say they did... But there IS a group-think within the MSM. It runs along political lines. Here's some examples - how would the MSM 'feel' about these groups: Walmart. Tea Party. Occupy. NOW. NRA. Liberal whistle blowers. Conservative whistle blowers. Democrats. Republicans. Oil Companies. Natural Food Stores. The "Arts'. Gays. Cops. Military. Green Energy, College Professors. Businessmen. ...

With few exceptions the MSM finds these groups GOOD: Occupy NOW Liberal whistle blowers, Democrats Natural Food Stores, Target, the Arts, NOW, Occupy, Green energy, Gays, and College Professors, Unions.

With few exceptions the MSM finds these groups BAD: Tea Party, conservative whistle blowers, NRA, Republicans, Oil Companies, Cops, the Military, Businessmen, Walmart...

The groups the MSM likes just happen to be groups that support Democrats - with people and money. I don't believe anyone in a newsroom looks up what the contributions are or arn't, but most people have an idea which groups tend liberal and which tend conservative. The MSM favors groups that tend liberal.

If you think otherwise - please give me some examples. Facts are more welcome than 'attitude'... got some?

78 posted on 02/12/2013 3:49:13 PM PST by GOPJ ( Illegal immigrants: violent boorish party crashers. Send them home, call police - make them leave.)
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To: vette6387
It’s to get around the cost of US crews and more importantly, US inspections.

Which, of course, are geared towards union labor and overweening government nanniness which drive up the costs to the point that most of these people wouldn't be taking a cruise. There's a reason there aren't any lines with American-crewed ships.

There are some good ones, though. Holland-America and Cunard aren't bad, for example.

I remember my sister's first cruise in the eighties. She was so looking forward to it. It was Carnival. She's a foodie -- described it as a giant Shoney's with an ocean view.

79 posted on 02/12/2013 4:33:40 PM PST by BfloGuy (Money, like chocolate on a hot oven, was melting in the pockets of the people.)
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To: Tennessee Nana

It is being towed to Mobile AL.


80 posted on 02/12/2013 4:41:59 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
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