Thorncroft

The mayor is teasing an upcoming announcement, but it may just be a renewal of the existing contract with Carnival. Mobile is small potatoes  in the cruising world. I wouldn't expect much big news. 

Oh, no!!  The last I saw of him, he was promoting dental appliances in Europe. I've never seen such white teeth. Now I feel so worthless and self conscious. 

On 8/28/2019 at 11:34 AM, coevan said:

 

 

check again, growing to a Cat 3

It's a cat 5 right now. I wonder where the patio furniture is?  🤣

Farewell tour.  

6 hours ago, jessencaitly said:

 

It's like comparing Grandma's comfy old 70's Buick to a new BMW. 

 

I resent the implication that a new BMW isn't as comfy as granny's old hoopty. 😂

2 hours ago, Baddabing said:

Just got off Ecstasy Monday. There is a sewer odor that does hit the air from time to time in the hallways, around elevators and in some rooms. The cruise Director informed many of us that a sewer drainage pipe has been broken below in the crews dining area. All maintenance attempts to fix it have been in vain. Hopefully they will repair it in drydock. 

How lovely for the crew who are trying to keep their food down. 

"Alabama State Port Authority spokeswoman Judy Adams said via Twitter that ship transits in and out of Mobile were halted because of high seas offshore. Inner harbor traffic continued to move, she said. 

The Port of Mobile is not closed, Adams said.

"We anticipate traffic to resume sometime today," she said. "Carnival Fantasy first in line."

25 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

Fantasy currently stooging around anchorage off Mobile.

What do you think are the chances of Glory and Valor making it up the river on Sun and Mon?  It'll still be really high or even higher, no? 

Carnival has a lot of experience shuttling guests between these two ports. They've had to do it on a number of occasions. I'm sure that they have all the necessary phone numbers on speed dial, by now, and can whip a plan together in a few hours time. They may end up having to do it one more time, before this storm moves out completely. 

5 hours ago, cruisegus said:

I say that was an amazing feat of logistics to pull off in a very short window.  Complements to Carnival

They've had plenty of practice. There's precedent. I'm sure that they already have all of the bus companies on speed dial. Otherwise, they already have all of the staff and suppliers in place in Mobile. 

Valor in Mobile this morning

2 hours ago, aztekpm said:

I didn't realize that Mobile could handle a conquest class/size ship.  Interesting.

Conquest has actually been diverted there, before. I doubt that Carnival will ever homport a ship of that size there, though. Everybody knows that Mobile is where Carnival sends their ships to die. 😂

5 minutes ago, xDisconnections said:

Hey, @Thorncroft, it’s your favorite video!!!

There's still unresolved lawsuits over that incident. LOL

2 minutes ago, xDisconnections said:

From 2012

 

Thank you. Now I don't have to look for it. 😁

5 minutes ago, RRLLAL said:

 

Did you ever click on the ship to see what this “new” ship was? Or did you get tricked? And you’ll notice some are talking about all 3 transformations. 

Your primitive obfuscations aside, Carnival had a red banner over the picture of the Sunshine on their website proclaiming it as NEW.  The banner was quickly removed when they were called out for trying to be deceptive. End of story. There are screenshots in case you don't believe your lying eyes. 😂

15 hours ago, RRLLAL said:

 

Again, the word “new” is used by haters. Thanks for showing some examples. 

The word NEW was used by Carnival on their website, for the Sunshine, until they were shamed into removing the red banner over the picture of the ship. I have a screenshot somewhere, but that was what, 5 years or more ago?  I'd have to search for it, now, but is it really worth the effort to prove the point to you?  Nobody cares how much you protest.  You're just wrong about this. 😂

1 hour ago, The4Cruisers said:

 (yes I have NO love for the port of Mobile).  

 

Mobile is a hospice port.  It's where Carnival ships go to die, with as much dignity as they can muster in their geriatric state. 

 

 

9 minutes ago, sanmarcosman said:

What gave it away, the big photo in the first post? 

LOL.  Not really. It's no secret that CMV has had the ship for at least the last 3 or 4 years. 

You can still sail on the ship as CMV Magellan.  By all accounts it's a beautiful ship, although nearly unrecognizable as the old Holiday. Almost every Carnival landmark, except the funnel, has been scrubbed from the ship. 

7 minutes ago, broberts said:

When did Carnival indicate that the Vista power problems were due to construction issues?

I doubt that Carnival will ever tell us anything that we don't absolutely need to know. 

1 minute ago, jimbo5544 said:

I am not sure we will ever know for sure.  There certainly were issues.  I cannot say I am displeased to see the Mardi Gras being built elsewhere.  I could google it but to lazy, but I think Fincantieri might be the largest ship builder on the world.... If I am wrong I am sure I will be corrected.  Vista is currently our fav Carnival ship (even with the problem).

I know that Fincantieri has a presence nearly everywhere.  They own the Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin who builds the Freedom class LCS for the US Navy.  Those ships have been fraught with problems from the first ship in the series, with one breaking down on it's maiden voyage and having to be towed to Newport News.  I'm not impressed with them. 

3 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said:

Since they have made the vast majority of Carnival ships, you could say that.  You could also say that they had zero to do with it, as appears to be the case here.

I'm not sure that we can definitively say that Fincantieri had zero to do with this. There's a history of electrical problems with their Fincantieri ships, no? They also made a spectacle of the Sunshine conversion, as choronicled by Dry Dock Dave, back at that time. I, personally, am pleased to see them moving away from Fincantieri with their future ships. 

I like the new ducktail. Looks good. Wish they would've left it with the dark blue hull. I thought that looked good, too, but I guess they changed their minds. 

11 hours ago, jimbo5544 said:

Ship was built in Italy, not sure what that has to do with it.....  

It could be argued that Fincantieri has built the majority of the ships that have given Carnival the most grief, over time. 

17 hours ago, jbethel11 said:

It has nothing to do with the shipyards. ABB, the azipod manufacture gave Carnival free azipod units when the QM2 had azipod malfunctions so that Carnival would remain a customer. 

In retrospect, do you think Carnival is pleased with their decision to remain a customer?