Rare Oceansaway17 Posted May 28, 2022 #326 Share Posted May 28, 2022 4 hours ago, WheresWalter said: When you have the largest fleet in the industry it's only natural you'll have more incidents. Other than the Love Boat series, Carnival is responsible for introducing more people to cruising than any other cruise line. yes and Kathie Lee Gifford also helped and now Shaq 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted May 28, 2022 #327 Share Posted May 28, 2022 4 hours ago, Retiredmedic said: I've seen better production of shows in my kids middle schools than I do on a Carnival ship. 👍 for those at those middle schools responsible for those shows. 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BlerkOne Posted May 28, 2022 #328 Share Posted May 28, 2022 6 hours ago, bucfan2 said: Always a good thing when a ship doesn’t go to Freeport…. Look for more ships to visit Grand Bahama once Carnival finishes the new port there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliesdad63 Posted May 28, 2022 #329 Share Posted May 28, 2022 5 hours ago, Retiredmedic said: I've seen better production of shows in my kids middle schools than I do on a Carnival ship. Well at least the Carnival 'entertainers' are paid for their off key singing. Always a silver lining. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted May 28, 2022 #330 Share Posted May 28, 2022 The cavalry is arriving 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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F27TW Posted May 28, 2022 #333 Share Posted May 28, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 1:03 PM, quattrohead said: How about this rather fancy funnel from the Commodore Caribe1 ? Copyright © Peter Knego God, that was so horrible!! It looked so much better later when she became Regal Empress and that awful funnel was replaced. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted May 29, 2022 #334 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Latest position... Conquest and Freedom at Grand Turk -exchanging people! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare lazydayz Posted May 29, 2022 #335 Share Posted May 29, 2022 14 minutes ago, Aplmac said: Latest position... Conquest and Freedom at Grand Turk -exchanging people! I hope some Freedom now Conquest cruisers update us on the transfer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted May 29, 2022 #336 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Just now, lazydayz said: I hope some Freedom now-Conquest cruisersupdate us on the transfer. Give it an hour or two for folks to settle in and have some dinner. Posts should come soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted May 29, 2022 #337 Share Posted May 29, 2022 (edited) Bon Voyage! Edited May 29, 2022 by Essiesmom 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted May 29, 2022 #338 Share Posted May 29, 2022 4 minutes ago, Essiesmom said: Bon Voyage! Oh cool. She's come and gone. Nice work. Quick turnaround! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted May 29, 2022 #339 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Wonder if supper is the day one menu…EM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CruisingWalter Posted May 29, 2022 #340 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Very glad to hear it was a seamless transition. Bravo to all involved. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Hog Posted May 29, 2022 #341 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Looks like the swap took 4-5 hours? That's impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted May 29, 2022 #342 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Freedom has also left, on her way to Freeport. EM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_v Posted May 29, 2022 #343 Share Posted May 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, Essiesmom said: Freedom has also left, on her way to Freeport. EM Did the Freedom leave under own power or is it being tugged to Freeport? Our family was meant to be on the voyage today so it's been interesting to follow this incident. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyannea Posted May 29, 2022 #344 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Here are a few pics from Facelook, posted 30 minutes ago 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyannea Posted May 29, 2022 #345 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Pics from earlier today 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad1972 Posted May 29, 2022 #346 Share Posted May 29, 2022 It looks like freedom is moving under its own power. Just real slowly probably using only 1 engine. I don’t see any tugs on the map next to her on marine traffic dot com. Freedom left maybe 40 some minutes after conquest did. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad1972 Posted May 29, 2022 #347 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Now freedom is moving at 17 knots. That’s a bit difficult to do with 1 engine. Must have gotten the other engine going again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyannea Posted May 29, 2022 #348 Share Posted May 29, 2022 On Cruisemapper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40yearcruiser Posted May 29, 2022 #349 Share Posted May 29, 2022 I returned to Port Canaveral this morning on the Mardi Gras. I was traveling with my granddaughter in a balcony cabin on the starboard side of the ship. My grandson and some friends were on the Freedom so we were on our balcony in Grand Turk to watch their ship come in. As it was approaching the dock I commented that there was an unusually large amount of black smoke coming out one side of the stack. As the ship docked we were waving to the Freedom passengers who were out on their balconies very close to us on the other side of the dock. Suddenly we were horrified to see flames erupting from the starboard side of the whaletail. Everyone on the Mardi Gras who were on the balconies facing the Freedom started screaming that their ship was on fire. My granddaughter quickly texted her brother on the Freedom to tell him they were on fire. He was having breakfast in the buffet and at first didn't believe her but when she convinced him it was real he rushed out to see what was happening. We were in constant communication with him until the fire was extinguished, which took about an hour. As the fire spread and debris was falling we were asked to stay off our balconies but we kept a close watch on what was happening. Very frightening time but we are so thankful that the crew were able to control the fire before the whole stack came down, which we were afraid would happen. Once the fire was out we got off the ship and met up with my grandson and friends briefly, but they had prebooked an all-day excursion which went ahead as planned. We talked with several other passengers from the Freedom that were able to transfer to the Mardi Gras because they had a disability or didn't have enough medication with them to wait for the Conquest to get them back to Florida. They said it was chaos on the ship once the word got around that the ship was on fire. Our grandson and his friends stayed in Grand Turk and are now on the Conquest. They are in their 20s and weren't at all upset to get to spend a couple more days on the island. We'll get the full story from him when he gets back home on Monday. I'm certainly no expert, but from seeing the extent of visible damage I expect the Freedom will be repaired and return to service in a month or less. Sorry for those of you who have had your cruises canceled because of this. We have had it happen to us and know the scramble to make alternative plans at the last minute. Good luck with finding a solution and I hope you find a fun way to spend your vacation. 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40yearcruiser Posted May 29, 2022 #350 Share Posted May 29, 2022 (edited) Lyannea, thanks for posting the great photos of the Conquest coming to your rescue. So glad it is going to get all of you safely back home. I'm sure you'll never forget this cruise. Relax and enjoy your sea day! Edited May 29, 2022 by 40yearcruiser 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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