Last night, I mentioned on our Facebook page that a cruise passenger aboard the Grand Princess informed us that the Princess ship temporarily lost power. The passenger, who wishes to remain anonymous, stated:
"I am on the Grand Princess and we have a power issue and the Captain just made an announcement that they are
I received the following information early this morning (Miami time): ” My parents are on Thomson Majesty. Last night on the way from Livorno to Corsica, the cruise ship lost all power . . . It was drifting in the Med, with passengers in pitch black, without the use of toilets, without any great
A number of German newspapers are reporting that the cruise ship M/S Albatros, marketed by the German travel company Phoenix Reisen, broke down this week. The ship suffered mechanical problems which delayed her departure to Dover from the Columbus Cruise Center in Bremerhaven (CCCB).
The cruise ship was originally scheduled to cruise from
A cruise passenger aboard the Carnival Legend notified me yesterday that the Carnival cruise ship experienced a brief power loss causing a blackout on at least her deck.
The incident occurred yesterday when the cruise ship was leaving the port of Seattle.
The passenger said:
"Very strange thing happened been 4:05 pm on
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Last Monday I received messages from a crew member friend on the Carnival Legend who said: “im on carnival legend / just as we are almost arriving in victoria canada 6:30 pm, local time, the ship experience a heavy swing towards the side / lots of things fell of in my cabin and for a
The Paul Gauguin cruise ship reportedly lost propulsion and has been stuck in Bora Bora for the last several days, according to an article in Cruise Critic.
The popular online cruise community publication says that "Paul Gauguin has been stuck in Bora Bora for the past several days because of a propulsion issue, which
This evening, I received word from a passenger on board the Viking Sea that the ship had lost power in Malta.
The passenger stated:
"Viking Sea broken down in Malta today August 11th. We were due to sail at 6pm but we are now waiting on a technician who will not arrive
Today. the Caribbean Princess lost power off the Irish coast, according to several passengers on Twitter. One passenger tweeted: “what an exciting day stuck off the Irish coast with engine troubles and missing port of Dublin but quiet and sunny.”
The editor of Lloyd’s casualty services tweeted “#CaribbeanPrincess with 4464 POB heading
The Thomson Celebration suffered an engine failure as the cruise ship was leaving Grand Harbor in Valletta, Malta on Saturday, according to the Times of Malta.
The Maltese newspaper states that the cruise ship “drifted for around 100 metres before the captain was forced to drop anchor in order to avoid hitting the breakwater.”
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A number of cruise sites are reporting that Royal Caribbean Empress of the Seas is experiencing problems with one of its engines, causing the cruise line to alter the cruise ship’s current itinerary.
The popular Cruise Critic site says that the ship called on Nassau yesterday and visited CocoCay today but did not call on
Last weekend, the Artic expedition cruise ship Ortelius experienced an engine failure in Hinlopenstretet, near Vaigattøyane, and had to be towed’ back to Longyearbyen, according to a newspaper in Norway.
Svalbardposten.reports that the Oceanwide Expeditions ship was sailing south through Hinlopenstretet, with 39 crew members and 105 passengers aboard, when it sustained an engine
Three years ago this month, the Carnival Elation suffered a problem issue with one of the two units used to propel and steer the cruise ship and had to resort to the use of a tug to make it back to port in New Orleans. That was at a bad time for Carnival. The cruise
Late yesterday afternoon, Fathom’s Adonia experienced a power loss, causing its elevators, bathrooms and air conditioners to stop working for around 30 minutes. "Following orders from the U.S. Coast Guard," the Adonia returned to Miami yesterday.
Fathom downplayed the incident saying that it was only a "short-term electrical difficulty.”
Prior to being the flagship for
Passengers aboard NCL’s Norwegian Star are telling me that the ship’s azipod system has failed. The cruise ship is skipping Miami today and is heading for Tampa one day early. One passenger said that the next cruise is reportedly canceled. (The cancellation of the next cruise is not confirmed information. Please double check
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The Carnival Spirit has developed a problem with its propulsion system, forcing it to reduce its cruising speed. As a result, the Spirit will be delayed arriving in Sydney on Wednesday, and will arrive at approximately 3:00 PM.
According to Carnival, the cruise ship obviously needs to disembark its current passengers.So check-in for the next
The Grand Celebration suffered an electrical blackout yesterday which delayed its departure from the Port of Palm Beach to the Bahamas for over 6 hours.
WTPV-5 says that passengers complained that there was no electricity, water or air conditioning on the cruise ship and the toilets would not flush The television station interviewed one person
The Viking Star cruise ship operated by Viking Ocean Cruises is stuck in port in Tallinn, Estonia.
A person contacted us and wishes to keep her name anonymous.
The cruise ship lost power in an engine three days ago. Passengers are reportedly getting restless. Some of them are complaining that their 14 day cruise has
Cruise ships losing power or propulsion have been a dime a dozen in recent years.
But two major cruise ships losing propulsion and being stranded in an U.S. port seems just a tad unusual. That seems to be the situation with the Holland America Line’s Maasdam and the Celebrity Summit cruise ships this weekend.
