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Carnival Ecstasy Listing Update: Smooth Sailing to Chaos & Confusion

By Jim Walker on April 27, 2010
Posted in Collisions

We have been inundated with emails and calls from passengers who were injured or traumatized during the "listing incident" involving the Carnival Ecstasy cruise ship on April 21, 2010. 

We have received over 30 comments alone on our article "Did Carnival’s Ecstasy Cruise Ship Almost Hit A Sand Bar?"  Take a moment and read about…

YouTube Video of Carnival Ecstasy Listing – “The Rest of the Story”

By Jim Walker on April 26, 2010
Posted in Passenger Rights

The video below is from a passenger who was on Carnival’s Ecstasy with his family when the cruise ship listed in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010. "Mattyhiway" writes:

The Ecstasy made a sharp turn at sea to avoid a wayward buoy.  The ship listed to port hard causing dozens of injuries and traumatizing many more. What the news …

Did Carnival’s Ecstasy Cruise Ship Almost Hit A Sand Bar?

By Jim Walker on April 23, 2010
Posted in Collisions

We have written a couple of articles about the recent incident when Carnival’s Ecstasy cruise ship heavily listed in the Gulf of Mexico, injuring 60 passengers and frightening many hundreds more. 

Carnival Ecstasy - Listing - Bouy?  -  Or Sand Bar?We received a message from one of the passengers on the cruise, suggesting that the Carnival cruise ship was about to hit a sand bar which…

Carnival’s Ecstasy Cruise Ship Back To Sea After 60 Passengers Injured

By Jim Walker on April 23, 2010
Posted in Passenger Rights

The Carnival cruise ship Ecstasy returned to sea following an incident where the ship listed heavily to avoid hitting a partially submerged buoy. 

Although Carnival initially downplayed the incident, it turns out that 60 passengers reported to the ship infirmary for injuries.

The video is from Houston News – ABC13.com

April 23, 2010 UPDATE: …

Carnival Passengers Frightened As Ecstasy Cruise Ship Lists During Emergency Maneuver

By Jim Walker on April 22, 2010
Posted in Collisions

KBTX in Texas reports that as Carnival’s Ecstasy cruise ship was returning to port in Galveston, the cruise ship listed heavily in order to avoid hitting a buoy which had come loose in the Gulf of Mexico. 

Carnival claims that the buoy was mostly submerged and not detected by radar.

According to a passenger, "the ship was shuddering . …

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