Cruizinman Posted March 14, 2013 #176 Share Posted March 14, 2013 So how many of you will pack red bags in your suitcases now ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPete Posted March 14, 2013 #177 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I asked this question yesterday and the letter got taken off the website, not sure why that happened but as I am cruising with John Heald on the Legend with him as cruise director I have to ask why some writers on cruisecritic.com seem to have such dislike for him. Should I be worried? He's a great cruise director. Go and enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSUNole Posted March 14, 2013 #178 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Hmmm... 'multiple' passengers (from a ship capable of holding 5,000) have reported .....? No record from Coast Guard .... Why am I a little suspicious of the credibility of this actually happening? Well, the ship hadn't left port yet and it was scheduled to leave at 5pm yesterday. There is SOME sort of problem going on. Though critical, I gave Carnival the benefit of doubt that there was not a systemic problem with the cruise line. Now, I'm not quite so sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseCrAzieS Posted March 14, 2013 #179 Share Posted March 14, 2013 WWhhhhewwww, Dodged that bullet!!! :p .....We just got off the Dream this last Saturday March 9th!! Hopefully they inspect the Breeze too even though she is new!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SE NC Posted March 14, 2013 #180 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Sailing on the Dream 4/20. Can't wait! Question....as one who believes Carnival was very fair with the passengers on the Triumph. My question is this...we love getting on the ship early (11:00-11:30). It gives us almost a full day. This is the biggest reason we went for platium. :D If the Dream is indeed late and the next passengers cannot board until...lets say 9:00 PM. Should the passengers be giving credit for the day they lost? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTexasAggie Posted March 14, 2013 #181 Share Posted March 14, 2013 When does this start to affect Mr. Cahill? Serious question...:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadout_kv Posted March 14, 2013 #182 Share Posted March 14, 2013 And I got all excited about booking the Dream next year when she came out with a new itinerary. That's it ... I will not book another Carnival ship until this company sorts out it's problems, and clearly, they have problems!!! Just out of curiosity how will you clearly know when Carnival has sorted out "it's problems"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcruisers04 Posted March 14, 2013 #183 Share Posted March 14, 2013 http://www.kroooz-cams.com/carnival/dream/dream1.php I have been watching that cruise ship cam for about an hour now and something is not right...the big private ship ahead of the Dream keeps going into and out of dock with a smaller boat in front of it...and the aft camera has not changed at all, and the same group of ppl. on the dock near the ropes for the Dream appear and disappear...looks to me like they are just replaying a tape of the actual live footage from earlier? we are scheduled for April 6 cruise on the Dream...sure hope things get sorted out since this will be our last Carnival cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanote Posted March 14, 2013 #184 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Their FB page says "The Carnival Dream was on a seven-day cruise and is based in Port Canaveral, Fla." I guess that means its now an eight-day cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelvee Posted March 14, 2013 #185 Share Posted March 14, 2013 So how many of you will pack red bags in your suitcases now ? How about Depends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reerun25 Posted March 14, 2013 #186 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Booked on the Dream March 30th. If she is sailing, I am going to be on her. This nor the Triumph does not deter me one bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitecap Posted March 14, 2013 #187 Share Posted March 14, 2013 FLAME SUIT ON Not a Carnival cheerleader, only sailed one Carnival Cruise; but I just love how every time something happens on any cruise ship a ton of posters on CC begin to speak in "fact" as if they are on the board of directors or in some other way are privy to the financial books, operational plans, business plans etc, of that cruise line and immediately talk about the cuts in cost of maintenance etc. Please to all those posters, if you are a member of the board, maintenance supervisor or in any other way a person with direct knowledge, please identify your self so that we as readers can make a better decision on whether or not your post are correct. Until then just remember: SHIP HAPPENS!! Happy Cruising :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johare Posted March 14, 2013 #188 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Sheesh. Don't you people have anything ever break down? In the space of two weeks three people at my office have had well maintained vehicles break down. One lady's twice!! Are you going to quit driving? Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk 2 Would you feel the same way if Carnival ran an airline? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvery Seas Cruiser Posted March 14, 2013 #189 Share Posted March 14, 2013 This is a public relations nightmare for Carnival, but it will impact every other cruise line as well because many people do not differential among cruise lines when something like this happens. In six months they won't remember Triumph and Dream are Carnival ships. So other cruise lines may have to lower prices for awhile to lure back wary passengers. Lower prices are great for those of us who love to cruise, but such low prices may force the cruise lines into another round of cuts in amenities, staff, food quality, etc in order to stay profitable. When unfortunate events like this happen to Carnival, it hurts every one in the cruise industry. In this exact case, many will remember the name "Dream", but not remember it is Carnival Dream. They may think it was Disney Dream. This is the best argument I can think of for not naming a ship the same name as another cruise line's ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted March 14, 2013 #190 Share Posted March 14, 2013 The harbor at St Maarten is now crowded with 5 ships. Carnival Dream, RCCL Freedom of the Seas, Holland America Westerdam and Celebrity Summit. All those ships are at the dock. Holland America Noordam is moored off shore perhaps because there's no more dock space and perhaps they are tendering passengers to shore. Oh yes...HAL must be pleased!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topo Gigio Posted March 14, 2013 #191 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Sailing on the Dream 4/20. Can't wait! Question....as one who believes Carnival was very fair with the passengers on the Triumph. My question is this...we love getting on the ship early (11:00-11:30). It gives us almost a full day. This is the biggest reason we went for platium. :D If the Dream is indeed late and the next passengers cannot board until...lets say 9:00 PM. Should the passengers be giving credit for the day they lost? :rolleyes: A quick calculation puts the ship in PC around 11 PM Saturday if she leaves right NOW and going at at least 22 knots... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bguppies Posted March 14, 2013 #192 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Their FB page says "The Carnival Dream was on a seven-day cruise and is based in Port Canaveral, Fla." I guess that means its now an eight-day cruise? Simple math would say that being in port, 16 hours and 23 minutes past yesterday's scheduled departure, that yes, it will not arrive back in Port Canaveral until Sunday now. (assuming they leave before 5PM today) If I was the folks onboard, I would just be happy it happened while still in port.... Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquahound Posted March 14, 2013 #193 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I have been watching that cruise ship cam for about an hour now and something is not right...the big private ship ahead of the Dream keeps going into and out of dock with a smaller boat in front of it...and the aft camera has not changed at all, and the same group of ppl. on the dock near the ropes for the Dream appear and disappear...looks to me like they are just replaying a tape of the actual live footage from earlier? According to AIS, Dream is still in Philipsburg, right next to Freedom of the Seas. It can be tracked on: www.marinetraffic.com/ais/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbakirk43 Posted March 14, 2013 #194 Share Posted March 14, 2013 It was just on fox news ,,backup generator is not working ,the dream has no power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bguppies Posted March 14, 2013 #195 Share Posted March 14, 2013 A quick calculation puts the ship in PC around 11 PM Saturday if she leaves right NOW and going at at least 22 knots... How smart would it be to cruise back at full speed, for two days, after mechanical problems? (at least I would hope they wouldn't risk it. Who knows...LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTO-Girl Posted March 14, 2013 #196 Share Posted March 14, 2013 While I would certainly be glad this happened while "docked", I would be extremely nervous about that long ride back to PC. Wow......what a mess!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcruisers04 Posted March 14, 2013 #197 Share Posted March 14, 2013 According to AIS, Dream is still in Philipsburg, right next to Freedom of the Seas. It can be tracked on: www.marinetraffic.com/ais/ yes, thanks, I had been looking at that as well...I prefer the live webcams on the ships and hope that they are accurate...and so far that Dream forward webcam does not show any activity leading to leaving the dock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisin_cutie216 Posted March 14, 2013 #198 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Would you feel the same way if Carnival ran an airline? :) They in fact did have an airline. It was short lived and fizzled out in 98. I was fascinated by this. Irony of ironies, I was on the Carnival site the other day just checking them out and I guess I filled in a field for reservations but stupidly put down my phone number. Well...I get a phone call yesterday that woke up both darling boyfriend and myself from Carnival trying to sell me on booking with them. Low and behold the next day the Dream has an issue. Not sold at all... Sincerely hope that those involved arrive to their final destination safely and can have a good vacation in spite of recent events. Definitely not good PR for Carnival in addition to the recent Triumph debacle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubofhockey Posted March 14, 2013 #199 Share Posted March 14, 2013 It was just on fox news ,,backup generator is not working ,the dream has no power. I would say that this is unbelievable. But this is very believable from Carnival. Book at your own risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReAnne Forcer Posted March 14, 2013 #200 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I have to say if I were on the ship I'd already be asking they put me on a plane home...I would NOT be taking any chances! They're lucky that they're in port, in light of what went on with the Triumph. I hope Carnival does the right thing. Not taking chances? A ship that is safely docked vs a plane mid air (aka another fallible machine) and I'm IN aviation....I know our record & the malfunctions of the industry. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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