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Three weeks ago I had the opportunity to board the Carnival Splendor in Port Everglades (Ft Lauderdale). While I was touring the vessel I took the opportunity to photograph the ship for CruiseInd. This review will cover the public areas…
Carnival Corp. just announced a change to Carnival Cruise Lines and P&O Australia’s newbuild plans. Almost exactly a year ago, Carnival Corp announced that P&O Australia would be receiving their very first newbuild, a 135,500 gt, 4,200pax ship. At the…
Back in January, a Carnival spokesman said that they will return to Norfolk sometime in 2015. Today, Carnival has announced the details. This follows in the wake of Carnival’s decision to resume east coast routes. via Carnival: Carnival Splendor will…
Carnival has announced that the Carnival Splendor will reposition to Miami in November 2014 for the winter 2014-2015 season. This removes their only ship from yearound service out of New York City. She’ll be back in the summer 2015 for…
Here are Carnival’s official responses to the five recommendations that the U.S. Coast Guard included in their report on the Carnival Splendor fire. Coast Guard Recommendations from the Report Carnival Cruise Lines Response 1. Carnival should remove 40-second delay in…
2 years and 8 months after the Carnival Splendor was cast adrift after a severe engine room fire, the US Coast Guard have released their findings into what caused the fire. There was a major mechanical failure in her number…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Splendor is now slowly making her way back to San Diego. Projected ETA is tomorrow [Thurs 11/11] at around noon. We are now getting the first reports from the ship as she cruises into cell coverage. Passengers are saying…
The drama keeps unfolding. Cruise Industry News is reporting that one of the two tugs assigned to towing the cripples 113,00 grt vessel, has to return to port. The website is saying that it was too underpowered to tow and…
Splendor will be towed to San Diego for an arrival tomorrow, Thursday. Reports are that passengers are just starting to get intermittent cell service now.
And lastly a CBS News video of it.
With restrooms and a/c restored, passengers can sort of get back to normal. The cruise will still finish in Mexico as origionally planned. Also, check this out! The US Navy ha diverted the USS Ronald Reagan to assist the crippled…
Here is an update about yesterday’s fire onboard the Splendor. The crew were unable to get the power back up during the night and she will now be met by tugs and be towed back. They are planing on bringing…
Jim Walker of CruiseLaw.com is reporting that industry giant Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Splendor suffered an engine room fire this morning. The passengers that had boarded the 113,000grt vessel over the weekend were all told to go to the lido…