Worst cruise ever

[pscot]

Four thousand Texans trapped in a metal tube with blown generators and bad ventilation.

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http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/13/cruise-line-downplays-reports-of-hot-filthy-conditions-on-disabled-ship-in-gulf-of-mexico/

The ship left Galveston, Texas, for a four-day cruise last Thursday with 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members. The ship was about 150 miles off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday when an engine room fire knocked out its primary power source, crippling its water and plumbing systems and leaving it adrift on only a backup power.

No one was injured in the fire, but Carnival spokeswoman Joyce Oliva said Tuesday that a passenger with a pre-existing medical condition was taken off the ship as a precaution.

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A cold front was expected to cross the central Gulf where the vessel is under tow, bringing north and northwesterly winds of 15 to 25 mph and seas of 4 to 6 feet, said Dennis Feltgen, spokesman for the National Hurricane Center.

However, such conditions shouldn’t affect conditions aboard ship, said Bill Segelken, spokesman for the Coast Guard Galveston command center.

The ship was about 200 miles south of Mobile, Ala., as Tuesday faded into Wednesday, the Coast Guard said. Carnival says the ship is expected to arrive in Mobile on Thursday.

[Happyhippychick]

1. Ship of Stools

[babylonsister]

4. Snort!

[pscot]

6. I'll bet a match won't burn

in the lower decks.

[malaise]

15. DUzy

[WinkyDink]

20. OMG. I HATE you....because I didn't think of this!

[City Lights]

29. LOL!

[HooptieWagon]

2. The Minnow's crew and passengers might argue that point...

"A three hour tour..."

[cherokeeprogressive]

3. What in the world makes you think there are 4,000 TEXANS on board?

Or is this some kind of backhand swipe at Texas?

[Texasgal]

5. You know what it is..

and so does the poster.

On Edit: Apparently people from others states don't cruise, just us clods from Texas.

[cherokeeprogressive]

7. Funny, isn't it? I used to live in Awe-stin. Round Rock actually.

It's one of the places I'd move back to in a heartbeat.

[Texasgal]

8. It's a great place to live!

Native Austinite here, not that many of us!

[CTyankee]

25. born and raised in dallas but family in Austin...great place even before it was "discoverd."

I had an aunt and uncle in Brownwood and would spend some of my summers there....

I am 3rd generation Texan...

[pscot]

11. Well, they did leave from Galvestan

So there's that.

[cherokeeprogressive]

13. Both of the cruises I've taken left from Miami. I'm from So. Cal.

So, there's that too.

[pscot]

16. I haven't cruised since my uncle sent me to Germany on the Buckner

What are the ships like inside? I've seen pictures and it doesn't look like there's room to swing a cat. They must depend heavily on the air conditioning system. The Buckner had its faults bt lack of ventilation wasn't one of them.

[Texasgal]

17. So what?

People fly and drive from all over to get to cruise ships.

Oh, and it's Galveston not tan.

[pscot]

18. Swear to Jesus, there's no ill intent

in the OP or my comments. Is any notice of Texas now proscribed? It is an interesting story that could get very ugly if peple start to panic. I'll bet the Texas media is all over it.

[RandiFan1290]

19. They can be so delicate

[kestrel91316]

23. No one is allowed to mention ANY part of the south or any people from the

south in a negative light now, apparently.

But we Californians are still fair game.

[pscot]

26. And deservedly so.

[kestrel91316]

27. You're VERY bad......

[Journeyman]

9. The "Yarmouth Castle" cruise ship sank off the coast of Bermuda in '65 with a loss of 89 lives. . .

And in 1991, the Oceanos sank off the coast of South Africa. No one died, but not for lack of trying.

When word spread among the Oceanos' crew that the engine room was flooded and the ship was going down, the Captain and his crew took to the lifeboats and abandoned ship, leaving the 571 passengers to fend for themselves. Were it not for the members of the musical band on board, led by Moss Hills, it might have proved a shocking disaster. Hills and others in the band managed to organize the passengers, get them to the high side of the sinking ship, and notify the South African air force who sent helicopters to airlift everyone off.

So yeah, a fire and backed up plumbing, even in a 25 knot wind with choppy seas, might be bad but I doubt it counts among "the worst cruises ever." Probably not even in the top 50.

[cherokeeprogressive]

10. Yeah, but this one had 4,000 TEXANS on it dontcha see... n/t

[pscot]

12. That was irony. Sorry.

[virgogal]

14. The Andrea Doria was no day at the beach either.

[elehhhhna]

21. my hub's great aunt died onthe titanic. my FIL's 2 bestfriends SURVIVED the Indianapolis'

sinking.

As an aside, we were booked on the Triumph for 3/21. Just rescheduled for May and got a 25% discount refund. By May it'll be the cleanest, safest boat it can be.

You're correct. This ain't exactly a disaster.

[magical thyme]

28. Gee, I always thought the Titanic held the title

but that's just me, I guess.

[LeftInTX]

22. Wish it would have happened on this cruise:

The Republican Caribbean Cruise
Steaming past Guantánamo, en route to the Cayman Islands, a boatload of Republicans ponder the plight of a party at sea.

Evangelical operative Ralph Reed with an iguana.
http://nymag.com/news/features/republican-caribbean-cruise-2012-12/

[datasuspect]

24. are people just fucking stupid?

yes.

[pscot]

30. Why ask

if you already know the answer?