| 2008 |
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| 7.7.08 |
Carnival Miracle |
It has been reported that the ship is running slower than
normal due to propulsion problems. Tortola has been dropped as a port
of call and replaced with Grand Turk. The itinerary change will
reportedly remain in place until the end of the year at least. |
Propulsion problems |
| 19.6.08 |
Carnival Victory |
CBS
in Miami reports a woman alleges she was sexually assaulted on
board the ship on February 4, 2008. The married mother of three
said she was in one of the ship's nightclubs when a man offered to buy
her a drink. She declined the offer and said she was looking for her
friend. A short time later, the man returned and said he saw her friend
in another area of the nightclub. When the two walked to the other
area, the section was closed and the man forced the woman into a room
where he sexually assaulted her. The victim notified Carnival security
who investigated the incident, along with the FBI. The suspect, who was
a passenger, was identified in a photo line-up. The lawsuit alleges the
sexual assault might have been prevented if there had been adequate
security on the cruise ship. |
Sexual Assault |
| 21.5.08 |
Carnival Conquest |
On
the afternoon of May 21st, 2008, a crew member was seen arrested at the
Bobsled Cafe in Montego Bay, Jamaica. He was taken away by about 20
police officers for purchasing cocaine. Later reports found that the
crew member claimed to have been looking for an ATM machine and got
upset with a local Jamaican for following him to one. A local Jamaican
security guard apparently snuck drugs in his pocket and called police
to get revenge being arrogant and voilent with the guard. The
crew
member had no idea that anything was in his pocket. He was
put in
jail overnight and bailed the next morning for $1000.00 USD (on his
24th birthday). He was permanently dismissed from Carnival Cruise
Lines. |
Crew member Arrested - Cocaine |
| 22.4.08 |
Carnival Victory |
A 44 year old man was reported missing by his wife. It is believed he fell overboard 40 miles northeast of Cozumel. A rescue crew from Clearwater's (Florida) Coast Guard Station are helping in the search. While the FBI says there was no foul play, family members disagree saying that man was not suicidal. He was apparently last seen in the ship's casino. | Person missing |
| 14.4.08 |
Carnival Conquest |
KHOU in Houston reports a Houston man needed 20 stitches after a bloody brawl aboard the ship. According to the news report, the Chapman family say they were having a good time in the cruise ship’s nightclub when a passenger started beating three members of the family with a metal baton. “He was just watching us, leaning by the bar by himself,” Brenda Chapman said. A Carnival spokesperson said the man was removed from the ship in Jamaica as a result. They confirmed the altercation happened and said the FBI is handling the investigation. Krystal Chapman said she wanted to fly home when they got to Jamaica but the family had to stay onboard the ship until Sunday, a full 7 days after the fight. | Pax on Pax altercation |
| 4.1.08 |
Inspiration |
The ship appears to be having propulsion problems that are
affecting port calls. Those interested my wish to check Cruise
Critic. |
Propulsion problems |
| 31.3.08 |
Ecstasy |
The ship returned to Galveston approximately 6 hours late.
The reason given by Carnival was propulsion problems. Disembarkation
and embarkation were both delayed. |
Propulsion problems |
| 19.3.08 |
Carnival Conquest | The port call at Montego Bay was cancelled -- the Captain
announced it was because of a medical emergency. The next scheduled
destination is Grand Cayman. |
Skipped port call |
| 12.3.08 |
Carnival Victory | The Daily Times (Knoxville) reports on a 12 year old girl who was allegedly raped by a 23-year-old male passenger and left drunk, alone and semiconscious in a hallway at 1:30 a.m. on a cruise that began November 25, 2007.The girl had disappeared and was found on a search of the ship. According to the girl's grandmother, a 14-year-old girl on the ship was approached by the same 23-year-old male passenger and offered alcohol the day before the incident involving her granddaughter occurred. In that incident, the male passenger allegedly threatened to throw the 14-year-old girl's boyfriend overboard after the girl refused the man's offer to join him for drinks. | Rape of Minor (Pax on Pax) |
| 1.3.08 |
Carnival Freedom | The ship left Miami for a seven day cruise to the western
Caribbean but was forced to retrun to port at 3:15 AM (next day) for a
medical emergency. It is unkown how the delay will impact the itinerary
which includes Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Ocho Rios. |
Returen to port |
| 28.2.08 |
Celebration | A fugitive wanted by the Atlanta
Police
Department on charges of felony murder and aggravated assault was
arrested by U.S. Marshals just before the ship entered international
waters. Derron Williams, 29, was taken into
custody aboard the ship at 7 p.m. as the ship was steaming for
Freeport, Bahamas. After
marshals learned that Williams had flown to Jacksonville and
boarded the ship, the Coast Guard ordered the ship to stop
before reaching international waters, where federal agents boarded. |
Passenger arrested |
| 24.2.08 |
Carnival Liberty | The ship's arrival in Port Everglades was delayed by more
than six hours because of a medical emergency requiring a diversion to
Grand Cayman for a 15 year old passenger. Instead of arriving in port
between 5:30 and 6:00 AM, it arrived after 11:30 AM. The ship was on an
8 day cruise of the western Caribbean. |
Delayed arrival & departure |
| 17.2.08 |
Holiday | According to WKRG
in Mobile, a Carnival spokesperson said the ship returned briefly
of a medical emergency. Holiday left Mobile yesterday afternoon on a
5-day cruise to Mexico. The
ship turned around 1:30AM because of the medical
emergency. Carnival says the the ship was evacuated while the passenger
was taken
off. Once things were cleared, the remaining passengers got back on and
headed to Mexico. The port call at Progresso was cancelled; the ship
will stop in Cozumel. |
Strange return to port |
| 1.2.08 |
Carnival Glory | NBC6
in Miami and Coast
Guard News report that a 46 year old Indian crew member failed to
show up for work at 6:30 AM and is presumed missing at sea. The crew
searched the ship and reviewed security tapes before notifying the
Coast Guard around 12:30 PM. The COast Guard search was unsuccessful. The ship was en
route to Nassau, the last stop on a seven day cruise embarking at Port
Canaveral and that included Belize City and Cozumel. |
Person missing |
| 21.1.08 |
Inspiration and Imagination | Both ships were prevented from making their call at Grand
Cayman Island because of weather conditions. The
ships had a day at sea and continued on to their next port of call. |
Canceled port call (Weather) |
| 3.1.08 |
Carnival Liberty and Imagination | Both ships were prevented from making their call at Ocho
Rios because of rough seas associated with a weather cold front. The
ships had a day at sea and continued on to their next port of call. See
Jamaica
Observer for the story. |
Canceled port call (Weather) |
| 1.1.08 |
Ecstasy | Port call at Progresso canceled because of high winds.
Passengers were compensated with an onboard credit of $25 (roughly
equivalent to port fees associated with the port call). |
Canceled port call (Weather) |
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| 12.10.07 |
Ecstasy & Carnival Conquest |
Thick fog closed the Port of Galveston, wreaking havoc with
each ship's schedule. Conquest was supposed to sail at 5PM on Sunday
but didn't leave until Monday at 2PM. Ecstasy arrived 7 hours late on
Monday and may be "stuck" in port overnight. |
Fog delays |
| 1.12.07 |
Fantasy | A
77 year old man from Hattiesburg, MS was discovered missing shortly
after the ship docked at
New
Orleans at 4AM at the end of a 5 day cruise to Cozumel and
Progresso.The man's room, which included a private balcony, was
reported by the cruise line to have been locked
from the inside and all of his belongings were left in his cabin. He
had last been seen the previous evening at around 7PM when the ship was
28 miles from shore. The Coast Guard was notified at 10AM and a search
undertaken of coastal waters. UPDATE:
The Hattiesburg
American
reports the search was called off after a suicide note indicating the
man was in poor health was found in his room. |
Person missing |
| 21.11.07 |
Carnival Valor | The St.
Thomas Source reports that passengers from the ship were on an
open-air safari vehicle invovled in an accident in which 29 people were
injured and sent to hospital. One person was airlifted to Miami;
another was under observation when the article was written. 15 of the
injured were released from hospital by 8PM. According to the article,
at about 3PM a utility truck was returning from
a job when its brakes
started to malfunction. The truck
hit the safari bus -- loaded with 22 passengers from the cruise ship --
from the back. The truck tipped over on its side, crushing
a red pickup truck and hitting a smaller white vehicle. Our thoughts go
out to those who were injured. |
Accident Onshore |
| 17.11.07 |
Carnival Victory | A
passenger has written to say that a crew member (a member of the
entertainment staff) fell overboard this
morning around 2:45AM. The ship reversed direction and he was rescued
alive. He was taken to hospital when the ship returned
to Miami, but he is not seriously injured (dehydration and
hypothermia). The ship was on its way back to Miami from a seven day
cruise of the Eastern Caribbean. This incident has also been
picked up
on Cruise
Critic. |
Fall overboard -- Rescued |
| 12.11.07 |
Carnival Liberty | Two separate passengers reported that the ship apparently
had propulsion problems off the
coast Puerto Rico -- as one person said, the
ship is "parked in the ocean between Florida & San Juan" and
that it appears unlikely they will arrive in San Juan at 5PM as
scheduled." The ship did make it to San Juan,
about an hour or so late. If additiuonal details are received about the
problem it will be posted. The 8-day Eastern Caribbean cruise began
November 10 in Fort
Lauderdale. |
Engine problems |
| 25.10.07 |
Ecstasy | The ship's departure from Pregreso was delayed because of
weather and as a result its return to Galveston was 5 hours late
-- 9 PM instead of 4PM. Embarkation of the following 4 night
cruise was also delayed. That ruise will
substitute the port call at Cozumel with a stop at Progreso;
passerngers will receive a $100 onboard credit. |
Delayed arrival / departure |
| 17.9.07 |
Elation | A San Diego grocer filed suit against a fellow passenger
following an incident where the plaintiff was allegedly pushed down a
flight of stairs several hours after sailing from San Diego. The
defendant was reported to have been confined to his room for the
remainder of the five-day cruise to the Mexican Riviera from San Diego. |
Pax on pax assault |
| 26.8.07 |
Carnival Liberty | A poster at Cruise
Critic describes her "cruise from hell" on the eight day cruise
ending today which embarked/disembarked from Fort Lauderdale. She
says there was a large group of
700-800 who over ran the ship and dominated
most of the public areas either by design or intimidation by their
behavior. My family never was able to use the Victoria lounge, the
disco, the teen disco, the arcade, a large portion
of the promenade deck. Carnival
allowed this group to have private access to the Victoria
Lounge every night, therefore denying use of this area to all other
passengers. The other
areas mentioned were off limits to the other passengers on
this trip because the behavior of the individuals who occupied it was
so terrifying that all other passengers avoided these areas. My teen
age daughters were so fearful of what went on this ship that after
dinner they spend it in their cabin watching movies. Some of the behaviors that I witnessed firsthand: drug sales; lying in wait in hall ways and
on
elevators and intimidating other passengers who wanted to use these
areas; running, shoving and
pushing fellow passengers on the promenade deck,
and on the stair case in the lobby (I was shoved down the stairs by a
group who were running down the spiral staircase -- After I fell they
turned back and laughed); standing
on furniture, placing chairs in front of doors in the teen disco and
“locking” other youngsters in; on
2 separate evenings, a full blown riot on the promenade deck,
involving at least 40-50 individuals who were fighting throwing
furniture, punches, filthy language and breaking a bottle to use a
weapon -- the entire security
staff was called, bar tenders left their stations, officers arrived to
break up the fight.; running
and screaming in the corridors at all hours of the night; and a group
of 10-20 individuals doing
laundry all night all while smoking and drinking, and laughing yelling
so loud I could hear every word in my bed. The staff of the Liberty was either unable
or unwilling to enforce any
limitations on the individuals in these groups. I spoke to a high
ranking crew member who informed me that these passengers paid for
their cruise and there was nothing they could do. NOTE: Group cruises are occasionally a
problem -- there was one on Carnival including swingers and one on Royal Caribbean including bears that got considerable attention last year. |
Cruise from Hell |
| 25.8.07 |
Celebration | The Coast Guard evacuated the terminal at Jaxport Saturday afternoon at about 12:45 PM because of a bomb scare. A bomb-sniffing dog came across something suspicious and a bomb squad was brough to the scene to investigate. During that time, no one was being allowed to board and people already on the ship were not allowed off. Shortly after 6PM, the problem wasidentified (the dogs had singled out some bags later found to contain some type of heart medication. The ship had been scheduled to depart at 4PM, heading to Key West and Nassau, Bahamas for a five-day cruise. A statement from Carnival said the cruise was expected to leave at 10 p.m. and passengers were given a $15 ship credit for their trouble. | Bomb scare |
| 23.8.07 |
Sensation | A passenger on the four day cruise ending today writes that there was a group onboard and many of the lounges/discos were closed at night for the private party. The ship looked like someone used it as their own personal garbage can (half eaten apples thrown in the stairwell, drinking glasses). I watched one woman argue (VERY loudly) with a bartender that since someone spilled her drink, HE should give her a free drink. He ended up giving it to her just to get her to shut up. We couldn't walk up the stairs with our children without these passengers CHASING each other down them at top speed, running through the halls, knocking on cabin doors. And then to top it off, someone defecated in the CHILDREN'S pool and all who saw it swear it was an ADULT who did it. | Unruly group |
| 12.8.07 |
Carnival Pride | The ship was delayed for two hours on Sunday after a "suspicious" boat was spotted near the ship. Crew members reported a 15- to 18-foot-long metal skiff loitering near the front end of the Carnival Pride at 11:30 a.m. Witnesses said the skiff had three men and one woman aboard, and was towing a small, bright orange inflatable dingy. One of the people aboard reportedly dove into the water near the pier's pilings and was observed by a witness pulling himself back into the boat. The vessel left the area before authorities arrived. The Port Operations Dive Group searched the pier and cruise ship hull but found nothing suspicious. The cruise ship departed at 6 p.m. Sunday. | Security |
| 4.8.07 |
Carnival Glory | Passengers on the seven day cruise ending today at Port Canaveral indicate the ship was forced to return to Port Canaveral, less than six hours after departure, to med-evac a 16-year-old passenger who had been injured diving headfirst into one of the pools. A passenger also wrote that during the day at sea on the way back (3rd of August) the ship came awfully close to Cuba- so close that you could make out the shoreline in the distance and they sent out 3 boats to patrol the border. Also on the way back the ship appeared to be sailing at reduced speed and there was shaking and it was very rough despite the seas being calm. The ship skipped Nassau (the last port of call -- August 3). | Missed port -- ?Engine problems? |
| 2.8.07 |
Carnival Victory | The ship struck a pier overhang while docking on the west side of Manhattan, closing down 12th Avenue near 56th Street and causing backups on the Henry Hudson Parkway. There were no reported injuries. The ship was completing a 4-day round-trip cruise to Saint John, New Brunswick and was supposed to disembark passengers at 8 a.m. It was unclear which pier the ship was actually docking at when the accident occured. | Struck pier |
| 5.7.07 |
Carnival Pride | A 56-year-old man went missing from the Mexican Riviera cruise, July 1-8 (port calls at Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas). He was apparently last seen by his cabin mate at 1AM on July 4. His body was found off Puerto Vallarta on July 10. The FBI was notified and is investigating. The incident was made public July 16 after family members contacted Cruise Bruise. Carnival Cruise Lines says it is not normal practice for it to disclose such events to media unless specifically asked by a media source. | Missing |
| 2.7.07 |
Carnival Liberty | The Coast Guard was alerted around 11:45 p.m. that a 29 year old man, appearing intoxicated, had fallen overboard. The ship was 50 miles off the coast of Boca Raton, Florida. A helicopter and rescue boats were sent out and a Coast Guard boat pulled the man from the water alive around 12:30 a.m. Subsequent reports say the man had been drinking with his three buddies since the ship had left Fort Lauderdale at about 4 PM. The group left the casino area after 11 PM. to go outside, where the man climbed into a lifeboat -- "He took the ax and started to chop at the ropes." The ship's assistant chief of security came out to get him to stop. He started climbing toward the man and told him to get down. "Then he jumped into the water." He was rescued within an hour. |
Jumped overboard
--
Rescued alive |
| 1.7.07 |
Ecstasy | An 18-year-old man died early Sunday after he jumped into the Gulf of Mexico. The had sailed out of Galveston for a five-day round-trip cruise to Cozumel, Mexico amd om day 2 "an 18-year-old male passenger was seen jumping overboard from one of the ships upper decks" about 7:35 a.m. Officials initiated a search and notified the U.S. Coast Guard. The passenger was recovered by the crew about a half-hour later and brought on board, where he was pronounced dead. He has not been identified. The ship is en route to Cozumel and is expected to arrive Monday morning. It is scheduled to return to Galveston on Thursday. | Jump overboard |
| 28.6.07 |
Fascination | A 16 year old male was med-evaced when the ship was 120 mile
off Key West. He had lost his pinky finger when he tried to stop
an elevator door from closing with his right hand but when the door
closed and he pulled his hand from the door his pinky finger was
severed. |
Pax injury |
| 23.6.07 |
Carnival Valor | A
passenger apparently fell overboard and was rescued alive.
According
to passenger accounts, sometime around 19:30 ET there were a couple of
blasts from the ships horn. "Around
19:50 I noticed the ship leaning to one side and people were asking
why. I walked up to the 10th deck and was asked by a crew member to go
to the other side of the ship. People were gathering on that deck and
there were at least 20 crew members with radios. I asked what was going
on and someone said they thought it was a man overboard. I went and got
my husband and we went to the 11th deck just as the cruise director
announced there was a passenger overboard and we were in search and
rescue mode. She also said the coast guard was en route. We also saw a
freight liner in the distance with a search light. The ship had
turned
around and was almost stopped. From what we observed, around 9:00 pm,
the Valor spotted the passenger and sent a life boat from the ship to
retrieve him/her. We saw the person swim toward the boat, a
preserver
being thrown to him/her and then the person was pulled on board the
lifeboat. About 5 minutes later the announcement was made that the
passenger was rescued by the Valor staff." Some observed
the man to have been intoxicated. |
Fall overboard -- Rescued |
| 20.6.07 |
Imagination |
A crew member went missing on this five day from Miami to Cayman Islands and Jamaica. The 57 year old was last seen on June 19; he didn't show up for work today. An onboard search was undertaken, but he wasn't found. Because the man is an Italian national, the cruise ship was not required to notify US authorities of the disappearance. | Missing |
| 15.6.07 |
Carnival Valor | From a passenger: I just got back from sailing on the Carnival Valor. The cruise set out on June 10th. On Friday, June 15th we were in Costa Maya, Mexico. We found out later that night we were making an emergency stop in Cozomel. A 4 year old girl had a near drowning in Costa Maya and progressively got worse. The boat stopped and a smaller boat came to pick her up on a stretcher. I just want to remind parents to keep a closer eye on their kids while on vacations. | Reminder to parents |
| 13.6.07 |
Carnival Conquest | The Jamaica Observer reports that two men held up 17 tourists from the ship who were visiting the Lethe Estate as part of a shore excursion. "Police say that approximately 11:15 am, the visitors were on a tour of the property when they were pounced upon by the gunmen who proceeded to rob them of their valuables. No one was, however, physically harmed during the incident. Hours later, the police - who were assisted by citizens in a search of the area for the armed men - said they recovered handbags, credit cards and other items believed to be discarded by the bandits in the bushes." | Robbery onshore |
| 3.6.07 |
Carnival Liberty | A group of passengers who had just disembarked and were
waiting to board a bus to the airport were slammed into by a Greyhound
bus that lurched toward them, hitting a concrete post first. Six
people were transported to hospital with injuries that were not life
threatening. See
the Sun -Sentinel for more details, and here
too. |
Accident onshore |
| 24.5.07 |
Ecstasy | Disembarkation was delayed and the cruise terminal at
Galveston evacuated after a sniffer dog located a suspicious package
during a routine sweep of the terminal at about 8:30 AM. The
package, addressed to Carnival Cruise Lines, turned out to contain a
printer -- chemicals in the printer apparently alerted the dogs.
The package was destroyed and things returned to normal by about 11:00
AM. |
Bomb scare |
| 21.4.07 |
Carnival Glory | A passenger on the 14 - 21 April cruise writes that there was an outbreak of illness of unknown size -- In my family alone five us came down sick. This happened within hours of the first person getting sick ... I tried to find out info and was offered nothing but a "politician's answers." They would say things such as rough seas, etc. We all had to fill out CDC forms and were quarantined to our cabin the rest of the trip. We also came across about 6 others that had this same experience. The passenger also writes: It also bothered me that the female dancers came out with nothing but a GO-string going up their backsides. We were so offended that we got up an left the show. The really crazy thing is that during "Camp Carnival" that particular night, they were going to take our children to this show. We felt this was very inappropriate on the ships behalf considering we had 7 and 9 year old boys, and and 7 year old girls. We obviously chose to pick our children up early that night. | In
Poor Taste? |
| 20.4.07 |
Paradise | The ship's departure from Long Beach was delayed because the
company had received an anonymous bomb threat at the reservation desk
in Colorado Springs, CO. The US Coast Guard was notified at 2:20
PM and a full sweep of the ship and reinspection of passenger luggage
was undertaken. Nothing was found and the ship departed at about
6PM. |
Bomb threat |
| 3.4.07 |
Imagination | From a passenger: I just returned from a trip that was supposed to include a stop at the Cayman Islands, but almost halfway there we had to return to near the Florida Keys to drop off a 'seriously ill' passenger with the Coast Guard. As a result, no Cayman Island port of call was possible on April 02. (We were able to see Ocho Rios, Jamaica as planned on April 3.) A secondary hardship of this misadventure was that we seemed to be sailing at top speed causing extremely strong winds on the upper decks. These winds did not abate until we reached Ocho Rios and returned to our normal time schedule. I never realized how dicey was a ship's itinerary. It is certainly something to consider, risking one of your precious vacations from work on a cruise ship that may trap you at sea for a week with cafeteria quality food in a cabin that is way too small and really very little to do. The few things I did enjoy (trivia contest and dance groups) were over in 30 minutes, or less - almost as soon as they began. My wife made the best of it - she is far less grumpy and more forgiving than I - but I suspect if she takes another Cruise vacation, it will either be solo or with her next husband. | Interesting commentary |
| 30.3.07 |
Carnival Glory | The Baltimore
Sun reports that Naval Academy midshipmen aboard the 10 - 17 March
cruise demonstrated behaviour that was misguided/immature, but not
criminal. According to a passenger, "eight to 10 male midshipmen
groped women, offered to buy alcohol for teenagers and displayed "lewd"
behavior while wearing bikini swim trunks and cowboy boots." The
newspaper includes the following quote: "I was 'felt up' by
one of the very drunk men and I was given the misfortune of watching
them grab and disrespect every woman they could get close to as well as
seeing them offer the underage [15- and 17-year-old] girls at our table
alcohol ... I cannot tell you strongly enough how EMBARRASSED these
"gentlemen" made me feel to be an American. I can only imagine what the
foreigners on our ship and in port thought of us." |
Sexual misconduct |
| 29.3.07 |
Sensation | Departures was delayed several hours after the US Coast
Guard received an anonymous phone call about a bomb on board.
Passengers and crew were evacuated during a two hour search of
the ship. The call was determined to be a hoax. |
Bomb Threat |
| 16.3.07 |
Carnival Glory | A
35 year old man was rescued approximately eight hours after jumping or
falling overboard from the ship when it was 30 miles east of Fort
Lauderdale. A witness said that the man, who was intoxicated, ran
through a window and then fell 60 feet into the ocean -- it is not
clear whether the window was open at the time. The ship was en
route
to Nassau and will arrive slightly behind schedule. |
Person Overboard -- Rescued Alive |
| 4.3.07 |
Carnival Miracle | From a passenger on the 7
day sailing (25 Feb - 4 Mar): We
had a wonderful cruise for the first four days, but the night of
Wednesday Feb. 28th brought gale force winds and high seas as we passed
Costa Maya on our way to Belize. On Thursday the winds diminished
enough to allow passengers to partake in excursions, but the Turneffe
Atoll snorkel I was scheduled for had to be redirected to a more
protected location because of the rough seas. The next morning
the ship was unable to dock at Costa Maya due to rough seas -- I later
learned that the same thing had happened the week before.. As the
ship made its way back to the US along the Mexican coastline and passed
outside of Cozumel the winds and seas began to diminish. |
Missed port |
| 2.3.07 |
Carnival Valor | A passenger getting off yesterday in St. Maarten never
returned to the ship and wasn't seen until after a newspaper article
appeared on March 7. The 50-year-old woman
had last been seen by her mother after they arrived in Phillipsburg and
there was fear that something had happened. As it turns out,
she'd simply missed the boat. |
Missing ashore? |
| 1.3.07 |
Celebration |
Embarkation was delayed about an hour after a disembarking
passenger had found onboard and turned in at the Purser's Desk 2 rounds
of .22 caliber ammunition.Coast Guard and Border Patrol inspectors
insured that X-ray machines and metal detectors were oparting properlyt
and conducted an expanded security inspection of the vessal. |
Security |
| 22.2.07 |
Carnival Liberty | Three muggers attempting to rob a dozen seniors on a tour
bus (a privately arranged tour) in Limon (Costa Rica) were
foiled. A man, about 70 years of age, put one suspect into a head
lock and broke his clavicle -- he died of asphixiation; the other two
men armed with a knife and a gun fled after the other senior citizens
began defending themselves. In December, a passenger was shot
(not critically) in a robbery attempt while on a walk along a boardwalk
in a Limon city park. |
Pax Foil Robbery |
| 10.2.07 |
Fantasy | A barge struck the ship on the Mississippi River near New
Orleans, leaving a 30 foot gash (about 5 feet above the waterline) in
its hull and forcing cancellation of the five day cruise that
followed. There were no injuries and no reports of
pollution. Passengers on the cancelled cruise received a full
refund and a 25% discount on a future cruise of 3, 4, or 5 days.
(See New
Orleans Times-Picayune) |
Collision -- Cancelation |
| 4.2.07 |
Carnival Pride |
Reports from the ship state the vessel is experiencing
unspecified mechanical problems and has reduced her speed from 20 to 10
knots, delaying her arrival in Long Beach by one full day. The
cruise scheduled to begin today will operate a modified 6 day schedule
(cancelling Puerto Vallarta) and will leave from San Pedro instead of
Long Beach, but return to Long Beach. Passengers opting to sail
received a 15% refund and a $50 shipboard credit. |
Mechanical problems - Delayed arrival & departure |
| 30.1.07 |
Carnival Valor | Two
American tourists (brothers aged 23 and 26) arrested in Belize City
with 70 grams of cocaine before reboarding the ship on January 23rd
plead guilty to charges of drug trafficking and paid fines of $10,000
each. The two had been busted at 4:30 PM at the Tourist
Village.
Based on information they had received, police approached the brothers
and told them a search would be conducted on them. While being
escorted to the terminal, 4 bags containing cocaine fell from one
brother's pants. He was found holding another 3 bags and the other
brother was six bags. |
Drug Bust |
| 14.1.07 |
Carnival Destiny |
From a passenger: Woke up to the Captain’s 5AM announcement
of a bomb threat. Crew did search of entire ship, while breakfast
started at 6 AM for the passengers. Some crew members downplayed
incident, while others were visibly nervous. Docking into San
Juan was delayed, then passengers were held onboard until 10 AM, some
missing flights, others starting excursions late. Handled
smoothly except the part of holding passengers on a ship with the
potential “bomb”. The Destiny cruises the Eastern
Caribbean from San Juan as the embarkation/debarkation point. |
Bomb threat / Delayed arrival |
| 3.1.07 |
Fantasy | An 18 year old male was rescued by a Coast Guard Helicoptor
while the ship was 250 miles west of Clearwater Beach (Florida).
The teenager suffered head trauma when he fell from the ship's mast to
the deck and landed on his head. He was last reported in stable
condition. [Med Evacs are not normally reported, however this
case relates to an injury suffered onboard.] |
Med Evaced Injury |
| 2.1.07 |
Carnival Legend | Passengers were notified this afternoon that their 8-day
cruise scheduled to leave tomorrow from Fort Lauderdale will depart a
day late because "The ship was forced to make a significant route
deviation in order to facilitate a special medical emergency
evacuation" -- the deviation was apparently between Martinique and Fort Lauderdale. The ship will
drop Belize City from its itinerary;
passengers will receive a 15% refund and a 20% discount on a future 3
to 8 day cruise departing prior to December 15, 2008. |
Delayed Arrival / Departure |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2006 |
Incident |
| 28.12.06 |
Carnival Valor |
A 55-year-old woman died after getting "in difficulty" while
snorkeling on an shore excursion at Grand Cayman. According to
the tour operator (as reported by Cay
Compass News Online), "Somebody swum away from the boat and got a
little too far, and they got tired before they got back to the boat." |
Pax death on excursion |
| 15.11.06 |
Carnival Liberty |
It wasannounced to day that the cruise scheduled to depart
November 19th from Port Everglades will now depart on November 21 in
order to allow the company to throughly clean/sanitize the ship
following the current cruise where many passengers reported ill.
The new itinerary will be a four day cruise to Key West and
Cozumel. Passengers choosing to take the new itinerary will
receive a 50% refund on this cruise and a 50% discount on a future
cruise. Passengers can also choose to cancel the cruise and
receive a full refund which will be processed within two weeks. |
Itinerary Change |
| 10.11.06 |
Ecstasy |
From a passenger: Departed on a five day cruise from Galveston. Early next morning the announcement came that we were diverting to Progresso, Mexico instead of continuing to Cozumel because of "propulsion problems". This upset us more as time went on and when we found out that this has been an ongoing problem with the ship and has happened at least 3 times in recent months. It made for a disappointing cruise. | Engine Problems / Itinerary change |
| 6.11.06 |
Elation |
Four passengers were injured when a welded piece of the
gangway gave way around 12:30 while passengers were embarking at Port
Canaveral for a 5
day cruise to Turks and Caicos. Safety ropes kept the gangway
from falling more than a foot, but the jolt was enought to throw four
people sprwling onto the gangway. Three were treated and released
from hospital. None of the injured proceeded with the cruise. |
Gangway Slips / Injuries |
| 4.11.06 |
Carnival Conquest |
A 42 year old man fell/jumped from his balcony at
approximately
11:00 PM. The ship
did search and rescue and then search and recovery for 4 hours and then
halted operations at 3:30 AM. Coast Guard helicoptors and several
vessels (including oil rig barges) aided in the search and were later
joined by a Coast
Guard cutter -- they continued the search witout success. The
ship resumed its course to Galveston, likely to arrive 3 or 4 hours
late. |
Passenger overboard |
| 20.10.06 |
Carnival Valor |
The ship made an uscheduled stop at Cozumel to let off a passenger who had a medical ermergency. It was on its return from Costa Maya to Miami. on this seven day cruise, due back in Miami on Sunday. The delay created by the stop was minor and will easily be made up. | Diversion for Medical Emergency |
| 19.10.06 |
Inspiration |
The five day cruise ending today had some issues around a group of 450 alternative lifestyle passengers (swingers). There is debate about how disruptive the group was ... rather than detail the issues here, go to Cruise Critic if you'd like more information (from different perspectives). | Onboard disruptive behaviour |
| 4.10.06 |
Imagination |
From a passenger: While in line to board (on Sept 30), passengers were informed of a propulsion problem that would prevent the ship from reaching maximum speed ... therefore an itinerary change was - 1 day in Nassau and 3 days in Freeport. The resulting "five day cruise to Cayman and Jamaica" was horrible considering Freeport had 2 major hotels closed due to prev. storm damage, and Carnivals only offer was 100$ onboard credit per pass.- cement factory was the view from the ship which stayed in port for most of the cruise. | Itinerary change |
| 30.9.06 |
Carnival Conquest |
From Cruise Critic: Around 3:00 PM we heard an announcement ... and then all of a sudden made a 90 degree turn on a dime. It was pretty scary, I called the pursers desk and they said that ... someone or something had fallen off the ship. I went out on our balcony to see what was going on and no one really knew. By this time, everyone on the ship was now hanging over the right side ... Come to find out later - (all speculation here) there was a young lady on 11 having an argument with her boyfriend. She was either sitting on the rail, or standing near the rail and was either pushed, fell over, or jumped off the backof the boat to her death. She missed the water and hit the balcony on level 6 landing on her back ... Speculation was that she jumped [but] no one really knows exactly what happened ... Click here for an account from Events Page readers and the Associated Press. | Passenger Death |
| 28.9.06 |
Ecstasy |
Upon embarkation, passengers were given a letter stating
that due to a problem with the propulsion system, the ship could not
attain maximum cruising speed, and would be docking in Progreso
rather than Cozumel. The four-day Western Caribbean cruise
embarked from Galveston. |
Itinerary change |
| 11.9.06 |
Imagination |
A 35 year old woman was reported missing when the ship docked in Miami after a four-day cruise to Key West and Mexico. The woman was reportedly least seen by relatives in the early morning hours of Saturday (10 Sept), several hours after leaving Calica. | Pax Missing |
| 29.8.06 |
Sensation | At
approximately 2:20 AM, a crew member was picked up by a female taxi
driver to see his friend in Nassau. The taxi driver stopped for another
male, who gun-pointed the crew member and demanded everything from his
pockets. The crew member gave up his cell phone, digital camera,
and
$60.00 cash to the suspct, who then asked the crew for more. The
crew
member fought the armed man in the taxi and escaped through the side
window where he ran back to Bay Street. The crew member claims he
cheated death and was lucky to get out of a situation like
this. He
went to the local Bahamian police the next cruise to investigate, and
the police claimed this was a regular set up in Nassau. The crew
member had a quick recovery but won't forget the experience. |
Crew member robbed in Nassau |
| 25.8.06 |
Celebration |
After its accident August 15, the itinerary for the August
17 departure was altered (Freeport canceled) because the ship was
operating at reduced speeds. The August 21 cruise was canceled so
the ship could be repaired. Repairs took longer than anticipated
and the cruise scheduled to begin August 26 was shortened 3 days and
will embark August 28. |
Cancelations |
| 18.8.06 |
Celebration |
One of the ship's propellers struck bottom while approaching
the dock at Nassau spilling an estimated 200 liters of lubricating oil
and affecting the operation of the engine. The Nassau call was
cancelled and the ship is en route back to its homeport, Jacksonville. |
Environmental |
| 27.7.06 |
Carnival Pride |
From a reader: Carnival
Pride is here in Vancouver today (!). It normally only cruises
Mexico, and it took me forever to figure out why it’s here. Someone
posted saying there’s a tropical storm headed for the Mexican Riviera,
so the sailing was forced to come to Canada instead (possibly due to
the Jones Act?) Someone has posted on Cruisecritic in a ‘live
from the Pride 7/26) thread, but it keeps getting lost. Most
people thought it was some kind of joke. No info is on Carnival’s
site about the matter, so I am guessing they were told when they
boarded the ship. |
Itinerary change |
| 23.7.06- 30.7.06 |
Carnival Destiny |
A passenger reports that the ship departed San Juan one day
late (because of mechanical probelms) and that Aruba was skipped as a
port of call. |
Mechanical Problems - Itinerary change |
| 21.6.06 |
Imagination |
CBS
in Miami reports that a crew member was reported missing after not
reporting for duty Tuesday afternoon. The ship was enroute from
Miami
to Grand Cayman on a five-day cruise. A search was conducted but
without results. |
Crew Member Missing |
| 17.6.06 |
Inspiration |
An apparent onshore labour dispute in Cozumel delayed
tendering operations for about two hours and caused some shore
excursions to be shortened or cancelled. |
Delayed tendering |
| 27.5.06 |
Carnival Legend |
A 35 year old male passenger jumped overboard in front of his wife and two young sons (5 and 3), apparently during an argument over onboard spending (gambling and alcohol). The ship was 650 miles offshore after leaving Tortola on its return to New York. A 12 hour search was undertaken without results. The May 28 cruise departed late (3 AM) because of the ship's late arrival. Embarking passengers received a $50 onboard credit. | Passenger Overboard |
| 20.5.06 |
Inspiration |
An 82-year old man who was traveling by himself went missing
and, based on a note found, is presumed to have committed suicide. |
Suicide |
| 2.4.06 |
Sensation Fantasy |
Because of continuing problems with the Sensation's
propulsion, it has been reported that the two ships will switch
itineraries on April 6. Both operate out of Port Canaveral.
|
Ship Switch |
| 1.4.06 |
Holiday |
The ship returned to Mobile from its first cruise since the
lease to FEMA and like the Sensation passengers complained about the
ship not being up to standards. Hot water was inconsistent,
repairs and maintenance were still being done while passengers were
onboard (e.g., hot tubs were out of service and being welded with
children nearby), and toilets were not working properly -- As stated by
MSN-NBC, "...crew members work to prepare the ship for another five day
cruise, a cruise so many others ... wish they had not taken. "I don't
want that ship to leave today with
another group of two thousand victims". See here for more info. |
Maintenance problems |
| 28.3.06 |
Sensation |
The ship will have to shorten its current trip to the Bahamas, missing a stop at Grand Turk, because of a problem with the ship's propulsion system. The Sensation is not able to travel fast enough to reach Grand Turk, and instead will stop at Freeport. The same will be the case on the next cruise. |
Itinerary change (Propulsion) |
| 24.3.06 |
Imagination |
The ship returned to Key West two hours after leaving
because of a medical issue. The ship then changed its next port
of call from Calica (Mexico) to the Bahamas. |
Itinerary change |
| 23.3.06 |
Sensation |
Coast Guard inspectors
detained the ship at Port Canaveral
until the captain and crew could fix violations related to the ship's
fire-control systems. The ship was supposed to set sail at 4 p.m.
on a four-day voyage to the Bahamas, but will be delayed until late in
the evening. Inspectors found deficiencies in fire-safety
systems, specifically
some fire screen doors, fire station valves - which are like a
fire hydrant - and watertight doors. Repairs were made and the
ship finally left more than 6 hours late. There were apparently
problems on the cruise, and 8 passengers were forcibly evicted from
ship when in the Bahamas -- details can be found here
and here. |
Detained in Port -- Safety
Violations |
| 22.3.06 |
Carnival Liberty |
There was a complete power failure that lasted approximately
1 hours (10 - 11PM) and it was another hour or so before everything
appeared "back to normal". Passengers report on this at Cruise
Critic. |
Power failure |
| 19.3.06 |
Carnival Destiny |
According to a message at Cruise Critic, the ship was supposed to dock at 7 AM today in San Juan but was slowed because of a propulsion problem (a propeller had been damaged). It finally docked at 4PM; passengers were still disembarking at 1 AM. Many had waited for hours for Carnival to find them hotel rooms because the delayed arrival meant missed flights. Embarking passengers were still boarding at 2 AM. The following cruise (19-26 March) was apparently still plagued with propulsion problems. One passenger writes: "We arrived at all ports late and left all early. For instance we were supposed to leave Aruba at 10PM but left before 7PM. Cut down time on all our shore excursions. No on the ship would confirm anything. They knocked $25/pp off everyone's bill and gave out free drinks for 2 hours toward the end of the trip. Very disappointed." | Propulsion problems |
| 11.3.06 |
Imagination |
Messages from two passengers indicate the ship never made it
to the Port of Calica "due to weather" (i.e., high winds). "We just sat
at sea and waved to Calica/Playa del Carmen from the upper deck."
The only compensation given was a $25/person credit. The only
port call on the four night cruise was a half day at Key West. |
Missed port |
| 11.3.06 |
Ecstasy |
The ship housing Katrina refugees broke loose from its moorings in New Orleans and spun out into the Mississippi River, and narrowly avoided hitting a pair of Military Sea Lift Command ships moored nearby. The Ecstasy, with quick help from a river pilot and three tugs, came to rest about 300 feet from the Algiers riverbank, just downriver from Algiers Point. The episode began about 5:35 a.m. when a large metal bollard holding some tie-down lines at the old wharf broke off, starting a chain reaction of line breaks. | Near catastrophe |
| 10.1.06 |
Carnival Legend |
It was reported that a 65 year old man died while part of a
snorkeling shore excursion at Shark Bay Alley in Belize. The man,
part of a group of nine toruists, experienced difficulties in the water
and was rushed to the Caye Caulker Village Clinic where he was
pronounced dead, apparently from a heart attack. This is the
third such case in as many months: in November a 68 year old man from
the Norwegian
Dream disappeared while snokeling in the same area -- his body
was never found; in December a woman from the Caribbean Princess
who was participating in a snorkeling expedition in Sint Maarten was
found dead underwater -- it is unknown whether she had a heart attack
or an accident underwater. |
Death on Shore Excursion (Snorkeling) |
| 1-8.1.06 |
Carnival Conquest and Victory |
From a passenger: Carnival Conquest's departure was delayed for over 4 hours due to fog in Galveston. In Grand Cayman, we met up with passengers from Carnival Victory, who were told after they boarded their ship that they were not allowed to go to Cozumel. They were infuriated when they found out that Conquest was allowed to go. |
Delay -- Missed port |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
2005 |
Incident |
| 26.12.05 |
Imagination | From a passenger, 12/24/2005 sailing w/, stops in Cayman and Ocho Rios: Upon awakening Monday morning, December 26, we were off the coast of Grand Cayman. Our captain told us it was to rough to anchor at our spot on the island and that we are being turned away. But the ship did offload a sick child and to pick up several passengers who missed the boat in Miami. A tender came out to our vessel to accomplish this. This small tender did not roll or bob in the lake like waters surrounding our vessel(maybe the sea had an occasional one foot chop at most). We could see three other vessels were at anchor including the Carnival Inspiration(?) and had offloaded their passengers on tenders. We weren't offered anything to make up for this; i don't buy their excuse for not stopping ... there has to be another reason. | Missed Port |
| 14.11.05 |
Fascination |
From a passenger: Delayed in Key West due to technical difficulties. As a result, cancelled Mexico Calica port and went to Nassau Bahamas instead. My group already booked to go to Nassau on same ship for the next three day cruise that week. Others reported that they lived in Nassau Bahamas and were very angry that they were going there. No compensation given. | Itinerary change |
| 21-24.10.05 |
Fascination |
The ship was delayed returning to Miami for two days as a
result of Hurrican Wilma. The ship experienced very rough seas
while "waiting" at sea and on Monday "tipped severely, injuring several
passengers. Some passengers who needed medical attention had
difficulty communicating with foreign workers." (Des Moines
Register) A passenger onboard reports that there was considerable
damage to the shops and displays given the severe wave action and that the zero deck was ankle deep in water. The cruise director
came on the intercom after the list and announced that they had made a
maneuver. |
Severe List |
| 17.10.05 |
Paradise |
Disembarkation was delayed 6 hours until the ship was cleared by the FBI which was investigating a woman's death during the cruise (sometime Saturday, reportedly on R deck around room 145). Many assumed it was drug-related since there was evidence of drug use on board, but this is just conjecture. According to news reports, "authorities do not believe foul play was involved." The cruise, running 14 - 17 October, was the Xingolati Groove Cruise of the Pacific. Embarkation of the next cruise was also delayed. The death was later ruled to be caused by “the toxic effects of methadone,” | Death on Board --- Delays |
| 11.8.05 |
Carnival Glory |
A 30-year-old muscian was found deceased in his cabin.
There were no signs of foul play and the death is presumed to be from
natural causes. See the report in Florida
Today. |
Death onboard |
| 6-11.8.05 |
Imagination |
The cruise boarded 6 hours late because a medical emergency
on the prior cruise caused a late return to Miami. The ship was
further delayed (another 5+ hours) the next day after a 20-year old
woman jumped overboard at 5AM -- she was subsequently found by another
ship around noon and flown (alive) to Miami. Because of the
delays, Ocho Rios
was dropped from the itinerary; passengers were given a $40 onboard
credit. |
Delay -- Missed Port -- Passenger Overboard |
| 3.8.05 |
Carnival Legend |
FROM A PASSENGER: Around 10PM we looked out of our balcony,
on the starboard side on deck 7, and saw heavy, heavy smoke coming
from the lower levels towards the front of the ship. Although I
did never actually see flames, there were extremely bright flickering
lights coming from the same place. Within minutes, there was an
announcement for everyone to proceed to the upper, open decks.
The late show had to be evacuated ... and people who's room was in that
area said their rooms and hallways were filled with thick white
smoke. The Cruise Director announced "there was a problem in the
engine room and that something had overheated". Later it was an
"oily substance". All I can tell you for sure was that
it was heavy smoke. People had their life jackets on, very
unsettling. This lasted over an hour. No real explanation and of
course no compensation.
|
?Fire? Lots of smoke |
| 16-21.7.05 |
Ecstasy |
Like many other ships, Ecstasy changed its itinterary to
avoid the hazardous weather. However, passengers on the 5-day
July 16 cruise had a "cruise to nowhere" and report Carnival refused to
refund port charges paid by passengers. A person posting at
Cruise Critic however referes to receiving a certificate for 50% off a
future cruise. |
No Refund of port charges |
| 13.7.05 |
Carnival Legend |
From a passenger just back: Just out of Tortola, heading for NYC on Wed July 13. 5:10 pm, "computer glitch" causes hard left turn, that combined with a strong wind offf the starboard side, results in a 14 degree list causing injuries and damage. We were on port side, on balcony, and felt like the ship was going to turn over; pool water, and debris streamed past our window. Crew members said they had NEVER experienced a list of that degree. | Unexpected List |
| 24.6.05 |
Elation |
The Houston
Chronicle reports that a 40-year old woman travelling with her
husband and three teenaged children went missing off the Caribbean
coast
of Mexico at 11 AM. The ship
conducted a full search where she was presumed to have gone overboard
but was not successful in finding her. Though not
explicitly stated, news
reports imply she committed suicide. Unrelated is that the
ship lost power and was adrift for an hour around mid-day on Saturday
(June 25). |
?Suicide? Loss of Power |
| 14.6.05 |
Carnival Glory Carnival Victory |
Carnival was fined $65,000 and its ships were turned away
from St. Thomas and San Juan because the company had not provided the
US Coast Guard with documents listing names of passengers and crew.
along with the ship's last five ports of call, per security
requirements. Both ships were delayed 4 hours until required
documents could be provided and reviewed. Carnival blames the
problem on a computer glitch that has since been repaired. |
Noncompliance with security requirements |
| 7 - 14.6.05 |
Carnival Spirit |
Passengers were told at 6 AM the first morning after embarkation that the ship had engine problems and would be missing three points on the itinerary: Prince William Sound. College Fjord, and Sitka; its stop in Ketchikan was cut short. As one passenger wrote, "We were very upset about missing the glacier viewing and Sitka. We will never be able to take this trip again, we saved for over 2 years and will not be able to come back to Alaska, their gesture of a $50.00 credit is a insult to our intelligence." Another passenger posted the following at Cruise Critic and clarified the nature of the problem: The ship starboard side propeller hit an iceberg or ice on the northbound trip which departed Vancouver. The damage was bad enough that it bent one of the propellers. Because of this damage, the ship could not use the engine and therefore could not reach the required speed to visit the missed ports. Also the damaged propeller caused a large amount of vibration which was noticeable when we attended dinner the second night. When we arrived in Juneau, Carnival had divers waiting to correct the problem. | Propulsion problems --- Missed ports |
| 5 - 12.6.05 |
Carnival Valor |
Reported by a passenger:
On June 7, the ship encountered
mechanical problems which brought it to a complete stop between Nassau
and St Thomas. Then on June 9, after leaving St Maarten, we went back
to St Thomas and docked at approx 1:30am on June 10
to deliver a heart attack patient to a waiting ambulance. This delay
caused us to sail back to Miami north of the Bahamas rather than south
of the islands to make
up for lost time. This caused a slightly rough ride in the Atlantic
both ways. Of the 3,300 guests on board, there were 550 children, and they were running loose, falling at the pools, and there was at least one case of defecation in a pool. Kids running down the halls at midnight, yelling. Darting through the shopping areas almost tripping older guests. Just a zoo because of the kids on board. |
Propulsion and other problems |
| 10.6.05 |
Holiday |
The ship's return to Mobile is delayed more than one day,
until
Sunday, because of Tropical Storm Arlene. The ship will arrive at
Sunady at 4PM rather than Saturday morning. The next voyage,
which was to have been a five-day cruise is now converted to a four day
cruise to Cozumel. |
Weather delays |
| 7.6.05 |
Carnival Spirit |