Carnival Cruise Ship Adrift Off Mexican Coast After Fire.

[elleng]

Source: nyt/reuters

The Carnival Triumph, a cruise ship owned by Carnival Corp under its Carnival Cruise Lines brand, was adrift 150 miles (241 kilometres) off southern Mexico's Yucatan peninsula on Sunday after a fire that caused no injuries, the company said in a statement. . .

None of the 3,143 guests nor 1,086 crew were injured, and a tugboat was on its way to drag the vessel to the Mexican port of Progreso, where it was expected to arrive on Wednesday afternoon, Carnival said. . .

The Carnival Triumph set sail from Galveston, Texas, on Thursday, and was due back on Monday February 11.

Carnival said all passengers would receive a refund and "cruise credit equal to the amount paid for this voyage." The ship's next two voyages, scheduled for departure next week, were cancelled, the company added.






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[Ian David]

1. The Triumph is a great ship...

TOO POOP ON!!!!!!!!!

[Paulie]

2. WIN!

Awesome!

[1983law]

3. Well said

I've been on that boat and cruise a few times. It was a good boat--from what I remember after a 1.2K bar tab. teehee.

[Egalitarian Thug]

18. LMAO! Perfect. thanks. n/t

[2naSalit]

4. So they're going to tow it to

the port of Prgresso... which wouldn't be all that bad except there have been some hellacious earthquakes there and just off shore in the past 45 days... just sayin'. Hope everybody gets home safely, perhaps not via SoCal where they might get shot!

[Permanut]

5. They'll be able to get some great soup there. n/t

[tomm2thumbs]

6. omg

that floored me

[Ken Burch]

7. Have they resorted to cooking Kathie Lee Gifford yet?

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[pinboy3niner]

10. Wait 'til they reach port

They'll stick a feather in her hat and call her minestrone.

[LeftInTX]

8. I remember a few years ago this happened on another cruise

Argh.....Those passengers had no a/c, no plumbing etc.
They were miserable.

[davidpdx]

9. There are plenty of jokes to be had given their recent maleficence

Top 10 Carnival Cruiseline Rejected Slogans

10) If there is a reef, we'll hit it
9) Depend on us....well maybe not
8) Our ships are on fire
7) Oh captain where art thou captain, he's abandoned ship
6) Power loss, it happens all the time
5) Robbery, sewage, and strip searches oh my!
4) Safety, who needs that?
3) Food poisoning is our specialty
2) Death trap on the high seas

and the number 1 rejected Carnival Cruiseline slogan:

1) Carnival: The Criminal Cruiseline

[IDemo]

13. They'd never stop laughing, if your friends could see you now!

[TexasPaganDem]

11. My parents are on the Triumph.

From what they said, everyone is fine, the ship is well provisioned, of course, and they have been reassured that they are able to ferry or chopper in supplies if need be. The tow back to port will put them ashore on Thursday.

[LibertyLover]

15. That is good news -

I hope that your parents get home safely and their next cruise, should they decide to take Carnivale up on their offer, is lovely. Also, in case no one has said it yet - welcome to DU!

[elleng]

16. Best wishes to them.

[davidpdx]

19. Glad to hear that

I'm sure they will have quite the story to tell when they get back.

[Historic NY]

12. "Oh sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of the crappy ship"....

Carnival certainly has a cruise misery index when it come to incidents like these..they still own one on it side.

[randome]

17. Imagine Gilligan's Island populated by more than 4,200 people!

[Remmah2]

14. Row, row, row your boat..............

Those damn engine room fires.

[AnnieBW]

20. One of my co-workers is on a Carnival Cruise

I'm not sure which one, but it did leave last Thursday. I'm wondering if he's on that ship.