| dd/mm/yy |
Event |
Incident |
| 5.10.08 |
The ship lost power after arrival at Ambrose light (New
York). It was towed into New York Harbor by 3 tugs from Moran Towing,
arriving at Pier 12, Brooklyn approximately 2 hours late. |
Loss of power |
| 23.10.08 |
It was announced today that five Caribbean Princess cruises
in April 2009 have been cancelled following an approach to hold an
important government conference on board. The affected cruises are
April 5 (14-day), April 12 (7-day), April 12 (14-day), April 19
(7-day), and April 19 (14-day). Passengers affected will be offered
alternative cruises. |
Cancellations |
| 7.7.08 |
It has been reported that the ship is experiencing
mechanical problems (i.e., genset fault) and that it is running slow.
St. Maarten has been dropped from the itinerary and replaced with
Tortola. Other port calls have been shortened. |
Mechanical problems |
| 28.1.06 |
The Sun-Sentinel reported on Feb 4 that a 30 year old
waiter from Portugal was found dead in his cabin on Jan 26. When
the
cabin was searched, 2 packages of heroin (1 kg) were found wrapped in a
white t-shirt stashed in the bed's headboard. Federal authorities
began investigating when the ship returned to Fort Lauderdale on
January 28. |
Crew death --- Drugs found |
| 29.7.05 |
Posted at Cruise
Critic: Yesterday in St.
Maarten we had some kind of power loss
on the ship. When we embarked from St. Maarten none of the elevators
were working. Capt announced the engineers were working on
fixing the problem. I have an aft balcony and can watch the wake as we
leave - as we were leaving the engines did not sound right. Then the
capt announces that we would be leaving the harbor and doing some
manuevers (360's) so the engineers can make sure everything was
online. All nite it
seemed we not were sailing as fast as we had been. Sure
enough - today they announced that there were engine problems and we
would NOT be stopping at Princess Cay. Compensation is $100 ship board
credit per passenger and port taxes for
Bahamas refunded. |
Engine problems |
| dd/mm/yy |
Reported Illness Outbreaks |
| 24.10.08 |
CBC reports that 105 passengers and 3 crew have been sickened by a bug believed to be norovirus. The ship docked today at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Princess Cruises said in a written statement that extra sanitation procedures were put into practice as soon as a higher-than-usual number of sick passengers was reported. Ill passengers are isolated in their cabins until they are non-contagious. Yesterday a crew member was taken off the ship in Saint John and transferred by ambulance to hospital for an unknown illness -- it is unknown whether his illness is related to this outbreak of what appears to be norovirus. UPDATE: The CDC reported October 27 that 172 of 3081 passengers (5.58%) and 13 of 1161 crew members (1.12%) reported ill on the cruise. |
| 8.4.07 |
The CDC reports that 117 people came down with what appeared to be norovirus on the cruise ending today -- six people were still in isolation when the cruise ended. The breakdown of crew vs. passengers reporting ill was not provided -- instead the illness was minimized by saying that "about 2.5 percent of those onboard" (reportedly 4500 passengers and crew) had reported ill. If the distribution between crew and passengers is as it usually is, the percentage is closer to 4 percent of passengers. |