Carnival Cruise Cancels; Where Were the Pilots?

[wadethegringo]

That's because a Carnival cruise ship which was scheduled to come into port today never did. The ship named Valor Of The Seas and its 3,623 passengers pulled up to English Caye as it should have at 4:00 this morning to wait for a local marine pilot to bring the vessel in. But that pilot never showed up. And if you don't know the importance of a marine pilot, months ago on this newscast we featured those elite navigators who work for the Port Of Belize Limited. In Belize's waters it is mandatory that all ships must have a local pilot to come into the port?

Today all fingers pointed to the Port of Belize whose CEO told us that a decision was made for the safety of their pilots due to strong winds and rough seas:....

http://7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=17249

[TigerStar]

The article mentions "Valor of the Seas" and "Legend of the Seas". Are those the actual names of the Valor and Legend? I have never heard them referred to that way.

[crewsweeper]

The article mentions "Valor of the Seas" and "Legend of the Seas". Are those the actual names of the Valor and Legend? I have never heard them referred to that way.

I beleive the article is wrong on the Valor. It's Carnival Valor. But the Legend of the Seas is an RCCL ship and not to be confused with the Carnival Legend. Legend of the Seas plies the Pacific/Asian waters.

[gail811]

I believe it was strong winds and rough seas. We called in Belize the day before, then missed our stop in Costa Maya for the same reason the Valor could not call on Belize.