photo via flickr from a prior drydock When sailing on her New Years cruise, she seems to have run over some drifting fishing nets. They got wrapped around the prop and damaged some of the seals. The damage is not severe and she sailed on her next trip only needing to run a modified itinerary. [...]
Carnival Cruise Lines announced that march 2013, they will reposition the Carnival Miracle to the West Coast while the Carnival Splendor goes the other way to New York. Now the Miracle is a panamax ship but the Splendor is a post-panamax ship (i.e. too big for the canal.) Therefore the 113,323grt Splendor will sail 3 [...]
Remember the ship Carnival Splendor. I know you do. In fact the whole world knows of it. It even made it to South Park. The ship is STILL laid up in California after the engine room fire, crippled the ship off of Baja. Well, it just got kicked out of/ sailed from San Francisco. Initially, [...]
Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen told USA TODAY’s CruiseLog, that “the line will not replace its last remaining ship in the city, the Carnival Spirit, when the vessel moves to Australia in 2012.” “All San Diego cruises through April 2012 will operate as scheduled, (but) we do not currently have plans to replace the Carnival Spirit [...]
Martin Cox over at Maritime Matters, announced that the damage was worse than originally thought to the ship that caught fire off of Baja Mexico. The Carnival Splendor will now be ready by February 20th, 2011. She will be moved soon from San Diego to San Francisco, where she will be dry-docked. Gerry Cahill, Carnival’s [...]
From Carnival Corp [Carnival Cruise Line’s Parent company]: Carnival Corporation estimates that the total impact from voyage disruptions and related repair costs will result in an approximate $0.07 reduction in the company’s 2010 fourth quarter earnings per share. The impact of voyage disruptions in the first quarter of 2011 is not expected to be material [...]
I promised no more Splendor drama, but this is BIG news. The ship will be laid up until the next year, while they investigate, repair, and then inspect the damage done below the waterline. The original plan called for her to miss the cruise she would be on now, but be repaired in time for [...]
I promise this will be the last post about the Splendor fire. Some reactions from various passengers and so called experts were too funny to pass up. Take this one for instance: Carnival Cruise Lines Insider is more than likely a laid off crewmember from the hotel department. He claims to know what actually happened [...]
With the assistance of 4 tugs, she is now moored alongside San Diego. ______ Splendor is st passing the jetty and should be docked shortly. I am having an awfully hard time finding a webcam that works. This post will be updated when she arrived.
CNN (Make sure to unblock the popup) CNN has a live video of the Splendor. She should be docked early afternoon [local time] in San Diego. UPDATE: And CNN took it down. I’ll see if I can dig up another feed.
