Muffin Slayer

Note to self:  Don’t get on known defective ship!  What happens if they need to outrun an iceberg like the ncl ship!

They must really need business.  Just saw an ad on fb from Carnival, saying you can get free cruise with card from any casino.  I think people would rather stay in hotel area with casinos and avoid the troubles with cruise ships for now.

11 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

Killed?  Yikes!

Like that Concordia.  So many were killed in such shallow water. Could have happened the same thing, just worse.

That’s what happened when they drive the ship when they cant see what is in front of them,  very foggy.  God bless nobody was killed.

Maybe people not going to take cruises any more because there is too many problems.  If we take the train or fly we can just go on a land based tour.  And see a lot of more things and if not on a tour , then a lot more relaxing and  if we dont like the hotel or restaurant, we can go somewhere else.  Cruises were good when the service and food was good, now its not even acceptable sometimes.

49 minutes ago, 1kaper said:

Broadway?  I don’t know? 
 

is the Carnival fight a crime wave?  
 

We all evaluate risk differently and I am certainly not telling you not to think twice. But personally the way I look at it - in this case it happened later at night (not at 530 am apparently) and alcohol was likely a factor. I don’t know the details but I’ve seen enough drunken fights over the years to know it usually takes two to tango. Not likely a situation I will be in. 

If it were a case of a random person being assaulted for no reason I might be more concerned but even one instance of that over all of the cruises that sail is not a significant risk to me.

Considering the amount of cruises and people on the cruises fights are exceedingly rare. And they are not exclusive to Carnival. Just before I read this someone posted in an MSC group. One person there reported seeing a fight in NCL. I know RC has had fights. 

 

At least they dont like to smash into icebergs like NCL driving with too much fog to see anything 

We went on this ship a few years ago. The aft smelled so bad they had to move our cabin. Not like fuel oil but more like sewage 

27 minutes ago, Scarlett824 said:

 

I see why they have to call for the coast guard.  Looks like not enough security on the ships.

We were plan to tour NYC in some time and maybe take a cruise from there,  but now I read this and maybe not.  Is it just this brand that has this trouble or not?  Does this coast guard always get there when requested quickly?

The Carnival Magic cruise ship requested assistance from the Coast Guard after 40 to 60 passengers were involved in a brawl on the dance floor of the ship’s nightclub at around 5:20 a.m. ET on Tuesday.

A Coast Guard boat was dispatched to escort the cruise ship to its home dock in Manhattan, where members of the NYPD were on hand as the ship docked, according to WNBC.