Carnival Live News Conference about Splendor at 3pm

[Surprise Cruise Rookie]

Any updates on estimated repair time etc? If they know what is broken they have to have an estimated repair time...

 

 

Cruising on the Valor March 6th 2011... hopefully

[Calker]

Jerry Cahill did a great job addressing the questions posed by the media reps!

[capndinghy]

I thought the conference was very straight forward and honest. Management is saying that they are trying to do the right thing for their guests. (Passengers)

[shof515]

One of the things i thought was a bit strange was his overall knowledge of the ships with length and passengers i think

[Litewait]

Cahill would not elaborate beyond next weeks cruise. More would be announce after an accessment of repair needs..

 

I think it was very good conference, very straight forward, answered all the questions as best they could. Glad to see he is here in San Diego and giving a face to the company.

[Wanna_Cruize]

I agree they did a great job with the press conference. Make a point to apologize over and over for what happened, took total ownership, kept reiterating that their top priorities were:

1. Safety of pax and crew

2. Return as soon as possible

3. Making pax and crew as comfortable as possible

[LAFFNVEGAS]

I missed the News Conference, is there a link to see it again?

[ruskatab]

I hope more people on CC got to see the press conference. Alot of the questions posters have been asking were answered. It was very informative.

[Princesskiki]

Thank you SO much for typing the info for us who aren't where we can watch it. Awesome job!! And MANY thanks!!

[Kel040]

try this

 

http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=13479534

[shof515]

from facebook:

Carnival Cruise Lines

Here’s the latest: Carnival Cruise Lines President & CEO, Gerry Cahill just conducted a news conference in San Diego and provided an update on Carnival Splendor’s return, expected for tomorrow afternoon. He apologized to guests for the challenging situation and thanked them for their patience. He also thanked the Captain and crew for their efforts and the US Coast Guard and US Navy for their support.

[LHP]

I agree they did a great job with the press conference. Make a point to apologize over and over for what happened, took total ownership, kept reiterating that their top priorities were:

1. Safety of pax and crew

2. Return as soon as possible

3. Making pax and crew as comfortable as possible

 

I could not get the link...thank you so much for posting what you could on here !!

[Surprise Cruise Rookie]

If they are fixing it in San Diego I would imagine it isn't something too taxing...

[Kel040]

I agree they did a great job with the press conference. Make a point to apologize over and over for what happened, took total ownership, kept reiterating that their top priorities were:

1. Safety of pax and crew

2. Return as soon as possible

3. Making pax and crew as comfortable as possible

 

Wanna_Cruize - awesome reprint of press confernce - thank you so much !

[SociallyAwkward]

Wanna_Cruize - awesome reprint of press confernce - thank you so much !

I concur! I am still at work finishing up an issue and couldn't watch it.

[LHP]

Wanna_Cruize - awesome reprint of press confernce - thank you so much !

 

Great job....

 

I can not imagine being able to type that fast.....:D

[Kerryman50]

http://www.cbs8.com/

 

LIVE STREAM @ 3PM: Carnival Cruise Lines holds a news conference on disabled cruise ship's return to San Diego.

 

 

Our local station is posting that Carnival will hold a press conference regarding the Splendor at 3pm today..

Thanks for posting the link for the LIVE STREAM, it was very informative.

[CrusinAgain]

Did they bring up the passengers whose bags were accidently dumped in water before leaving and taken to laundry and those guests have nothing to wear but bathrobes? I feel so sorry for them but all appears to be upbeat and good to see people helping people. Makes you want to book a balcony after this.

[LHP]

I wonder if they will be able to hook up to shore power once they dock so that they can use the elevators to debark???? (folks in wheelchairs or scooters etc)

[My2Kitties]

I agree they did a great job with the press conference. Make a point to apologize over and over for what happened, took total ownership, kept reiterating that their top priorities were:

1. Safety of pax and crew

2. Return as soon as possible

3. Making pax and crew as comfortable as possible

 

thank you so much for typing this out for all of us...it is really appreciated...

 

also kudos to Carnival for having their priorities in order...

[Litewait]

Thanks for posting the link for the LIVE STREAM, it was very informative.

 

I was glad to see it on my local site and happy to share. I didnt know about until I saw it on their website.

[Wanna_Cruize]

Great job....

 

I can not imagine being able to type that fast.....:D

 

I get lots of practice trying to document the action on Big Brother's live feeds during the summer!

[BIGDADDY2587]

unfortunately KCAL cut away right after Cahil spoke

so i missed the second part of the news conference

 

hope someone can find it online

[Haoie]

Thank you very much for all that info - Very useful!

 

Nice to see repairs won't need to be done someplace else.

[berkberk]

I get lots of practice trying to document the action on Big Brother's live feeds during the summer!

 

WC - totally understand BB... you nailed it in summarizing the press conference.

 

Just off Glory for 5 days to Bahamas as our 1st cruise with Suites. Spent way to much, but now know how to minimize costs where we can. VERY VERY pleased to see how Carnival reacted to this emergency and would cruise with them again based not only on our experience with Glory, but in how they have handled the Splendor.

 

ONLY suggestion, and would love others to put holes in it, is given the food/no refrig, if in charge, I would have had all the room stewards to Kitchen. Then would have delivered "food/water" kits to the room each day based on number of people in room. The stewards can't do more than make up the beds (no laundry, no fresh towels/sheets), so the time would have been better served to help deliver to rooms food/water/rations instead of making guest go to one location and stand in line for 2 hours as reported.

 

For example - Delivered to room -

AKA, Balcony Suite - 3 people = 3 large bottles of water (1.5 liters each), 3 packets of PopTarts, 3 cans of Spam, 6 pieces of fruit (assorted), 3 butter dishes of peanut butter, 3 butter dishes of jelly, and one loaf of bread with utensils. (or something like this)

 

This would have saved the disabled/invalid/diabetic people from having to wait 2 hours for rations and traveling to the Lido deck and people hoarding food without knowing if they really needed it.

 

IN addition to this, they could have had bar, water, snacks available on one deck (aka Lido), but would have saved the passengers the stress and wait time to make sure 3,000+ passengers showing up at one area got their provisions. If initiated immediately, people would have felt taken care of and anyone showing up would just be getting extras.

 

This is the only hindsight suggestion I have for Carnival. Otherwise, it seems they have done a good job on the outside looking in so far.