TheEmerson Posted April 3, 2013 #126 Share Posted April 3, 2013 That'll buff right out. " A can of Simoniz" -The Old Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_G Posted April 3, 2013 #127 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Not really. Ships get gashes like that all the time. As long as there is no damage to the underlying structure, they just cut out the steel and weld in a new piece. It is however right on a corner so there may be bigger problems underneath. NBC News showed a hole punched in the hull and another pretty good size dent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kybluecruiser Posted April 3, 2013 #128 Share Posted April 3, 2013 for us cnn haters I thought this was a funny video. http://youtu.be/9EJ8qeXG1mc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDawg Posted April 3, 2013 #129 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Obviously the nukes in North Korea were more important, they just seem to enjoy beating the dead horse that is CCL. :cool: Unfortunately, CCL has become the Lindsay Lohan of the travel industry. And we all know how much press that train wreck (sorry, ship wreck) gets! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingoftheicedragons Posted April 3, 2013 #130 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Don't you know ... Carnival controls the winds. ;) Yep, apparently Carnival created the heavens and the earth in six days. On the seventh day, man said, enough of this with life on land, let's go cruising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRLLAL Posted April 3, 2013 #131 Share Posted April 3, 2013 These threads are tough to read when the ignorant children come out. Sent using my Commodore 64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingoftheicedragons Posted April 3, 2013 #132 Share Posted April 3, 2013 TrueBut those with a complete brain KNOW it is a string of bad luck......:rolleyes: I was going to make a similar comment to this but decided not to. But so true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockee4055 Posted April 3, 2013 #133 Share Posted April 3, 2013 http://www.wkrg.com/story/21872087/breaking-carnival-triumph-breaks-loose-from-dock Triumph broke free from the dock in Mobile and was floating across river. somehow in breaking free it sustained damage. I live in Mobile, thought everyone would want to see this. Here's the way I look at this one. It wasn't Carnivals fault this time. I guess the dock workers didn't have the ship secured in the high winds. I just got my group of 28 calmed down after the Dream and here we go again. You're killing me Carnival......more splaining to do. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebosn1 Posted April 3, 2013 #134 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I’ m getting really sick and tired of the media reporting anything negative thing they can come up with about Carnival. This stupid HEADLINE story about the Triumph is incredible. Give me a break. The thing was in the shipyard! Plus the headline I first came across made it should like the ship broke free and took two people with it. The guys were from the shipyard and not on the ship. A little while ago the BREEZE assisted a person who had a heart attack on a sail boat, and another who was suffering from separate symptoms on the same boat so that they both had to come off. They directly assisted these two sailors and I bet most people never even heard of it. Too positive I guess. So it seems that all the media is interested in is negative stories, even if they have to twist the details to make it sound worse than it is. All that does is lead to a bunch of people who know nothing at all about ships, or cruising or the cruise industry to post misguided comments. So if you read these stories and don’t think you want to cruise then DON’T. But before you decide to pass up the cruise experience, be sure you know what you are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donut23 Posted April 3, 2013 #135 Share Posted April 3, 2013 If you look in the dictionary under Bad Luck, there is now a photo of Carnival's Triumph. Honestly folks, if mooring a ship was so complicated, why was the Triumph the only ship adrift. It's not rocket science but it sure is more bad luck for Carnival...........and the cargo ship it ran into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyZ Posted April 3, 2013 #136 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Good grief. I can't believe people are now blaming the weather on Carnival. When will the media and social insanity insanity stop. We cruised in 2001 and one of the stops was New Orleans. While in port, a wicked storm came through and the rush of the river knocked out ship off it's moorings. But with a little effort, they got it put back in place for us to get back onboard. This story is getting way too much publicity than it deserves. Newsflash: Man who cruised on Carnival Triumph in 2005 dies in car wreck in Idaho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donut23 Posted April 3, 2013 #137 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I’ m getting really sick and tired of the media reporting anything negative thing they can come up with about Carnival. This stupid HEADLINE story about the Triumph is incredible. Give me a break. The thing was in the shipyard! Plus the headline I first came across made it should like the ship broke free and took two people with it. The guys were from the shipyard and not on the ship. A little while ago the BREEZE assisted a person who had a heart attack on a sail boat, and another who was suffering from separate symptoms on the same boat so that they both had to come off. They directly assisted these two sailors and I bet most people never even heard of it. Too positive I guess. So it seems that all the media is interested in is negative stories, even if they have to twist the details to make it sound worse than it is. All that does is lead to a bunch of people who know nothing at all about ships, or cruising or the cruise industry to post misguided comments. So if you read these stories and don’t think you want to cruise then DON’T. But before you decide to pass up the cruise experience, be sure you know what you are talking about. Carnival is making it far too easy for the Media right now. Honestly, right now Carnival is a joke in Newsrooms. It's just their turn. DH called about this when it hit the wires. About 5 years ago Good Morning America was all over Royal Caribbean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanyell Posted April 3, 2013 #138 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Now Carnival can change the name to the breakaway!! Sorry could not help myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleDog Posted April 3, 2013 #139 Share Posted April 3, 2013 TrueBut those with a complete brain KNOW it is a string of bad luck......:rolleyes: You really think that all that has happened to Carnival this year is bad luck ? :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruizingGrizzly2 Posted April 3, 2013 #140 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Has anyone notified CNN about the TRAGEDY AT SEA? They are going to need to get 3 choppers, 4 sat trucks and an army of reporters to start calling people at random in the Mobile area to get the story and how bad the situation is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuizer2 Posted April 3, 2013 #141 Share Posted April 3, 2013 http://www.wkrg.com/story/21872087/breaking-carnival-triumph-breaks-loose-from-dock Triumph broke free from the dock in Mobile and was floating across river. somehow in breaking free it sustained damage. I live in Mobile, thought everyone would want to see this. I guess the ship got tired of being tied up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boozebabe Posted April 3, 2013 #142 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Did someone curse this cruise line? Oh I'm sure a LOT of people are cursing the cruise line.....LOL......AND putting a curse on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruizingGrizzly2 Posted April 4, 2013 #143 Share Posted April 4, 2013 So I wonder how long the free cruise will be for the dozens of workers that were "Stranded" on the ship after it broke free? My guess is; Full days pay, Additional day pay for every hour they were "Stranded" $500 for any that had to go to the bathroom and could not find the way because the ship was a drift Plus they all get raises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Chatterer Posted April 4, 2013 #144 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Someone loyal to another cruise line cut the ropes. Don't need to. Carnival problems seem to be mostly self inflicted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airmj2123 Posted April 4, 2013 #145 Share Posted April 4, 2013 They can use the hole to add a couple more staterooms... ship needs more people... In all seriousness, hope the man who is being searched for is alright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefBoats Posted April 4, 2013 #146 Share Posted April 4, 2013 The report I have read indicated that there were hurricane force winds. A ship that size and with the high profile is a huge sail. It will move....not Carnivals fault....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivaluver Posted April 4, 2013 #147 Share Posted April 4, 2013 If you look in the dictionary under Bad Luck, there is now a photo of Carnival's Triumph. Honestly folks, if mooring a ship was so complicated, why was the Triumph the only ship adrift. It's not rocket science but it sure is more bad luck for Carnival...........and the cargo ship it ran into. Could be more of the cutbacks we keep hearing about...using less mooring lines....;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysticks1 Posted April 4, 2013 #148 Share Posted April 4, 2013 The Triumph is now safely tied up to the cruise terminal across the river from the drydock that it broke loose from. On our 6:00 PM news it was said that the man is still missing and that the Coast Guard was continuing to search for him. They announced that the ship that the Triumph hit is not showing any damage but thhe . There are pictures at this link that show the damage to the Triumph. http://interactives.fox10tv.com/photomojo/gallery/6771/1/cruise-ship-on-the-loose/cruise-ship-on-the-loose/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_G Posted April 4, 2013 #149 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I’ m getting really sick and tired of the media reporting anything negative thing they can come up with about Carnival. This stupid HEADLINE story about the Triumph is incredible. Give me a break. The thing was in the shipyard! Plus the headline I first came across made it should like the ship broke free and took two people with it. The guys were from the shipyard and not on the ship. A little while ago the BREEZE assisted a person who had a heart attack on a sail boat, and another who was suffering from separate symptoms on the same boat so that they both had to come off. They directly assisted these two sailors and I bet most people never even heard of it. Too positive I guess. So it seems that all the media is interested in is negative stories, even if they have to twist the details to make it sound worse than it is. All that does is lead to a bunch of people who know nothing at all about ships, or cruising or the cruise industry to post misguided comments. So if you read these stories and don’t think you want to cruise then DON’T. But before you decide to pass up the cruise experience, be sure you know what you are talking about. I'm not sure why you think a runaway 893 foot 101,000 ton cruise ship that crosses the Mobile River and crashes into another ship is not news worthy. It would be news worthy whether it was a cruise ship or a freighter. By the way, the Coast Guard initially reported those as workers. They never said they weren't on the ship. How else would you have interpreted that statement. All this stress over your favorite cruiseline is not good for you. Relax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e150club Posted April 4, 2013 #150 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I hope the missing person is found alive and well. The ship can be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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