jordanaire Posted April 19, 2014 #1 Share Posted April 19, 2014 We sail on the Pride in 29 more days and I was wondering what is the status of the propulsion problem the ship is having? Will it be repaired before we set sail? I, too, wouldn't mind skipping Freeport and stopping in Charleston instead! I lived there for 10 years and always love returning to the area! :cool: Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar10der421 Posted April 20, 2014 #2 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Hopefully we will be hearing from someone who got back today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattyL Posted April 20, 2014 #3 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Hopefully we will be hearing from someone who got back today. That would be nice. Does anyone know what time they got in today and when they started boarding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamalocs Posted April 20, 2014 #4 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Subscribing to hear something from someone this week.... Sent from my SGH-I317 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted April 20, 2014 #5 Share Posted April 20, 2014 It wasn't on the Pride....the problems were on the Carnival Miracle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdler Posted April 20, 2014 #6 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Wasn't Paul Medik's family on board the pride last week? My guess (hope) is that we get a full report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted April 20, 2014 #7 Share Posted April 20, 2014 It wasn't on the Pride....the problems were on the Carnival Miracle Pride is also experiencing problems with a main propulsion transformer which is affecting speed, and has caused cancellation of Freeport, and substitution of Charleston instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley80 Posted April 20, 2014 #8 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Pride is also experiencing problems with a main propulsion transformer which is affecting speed, and has caused cancellation of Freeport, and substitution of Charleston instead. Oh really. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsteph Posted April 20, 2014 #9 Share Posted April 20, 2014 We sail on the Pride in 29 more days and I was wondering what is the status of the propulsion problem the ship is having? Will it be repaired before we set sail? I, too, wouldn't mind skipping Freeport and stopping in Charleston instead! I lived there for 10 years and always love returning to the area! :cool: Bill I'm on the same sailing as you, and I would LOVE a stop in Charleston, because I've never been :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguinhunter Posted April 20, 2014 #10 Share Posted April 20, 2014 From the last posted update on the Carnival FB page, the "Pride's" issue was to have been repaired at sea by the 19th. I've seen nothing since. I can only assume things are back to normal unless we hear otherwise. It has been pretty quiet on the social networks for today's sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
422Melissa Posted April 20, 2014 #11 Share Posted April 20, 2014 (edited) Just left the Pride today. EDIT: I'm not sure if the repairs were complete. The wake still looked funky to me, but I'm no expert. Our stop in Freeport was cancelled, so we only had two port days (Grand Turk and HMC). There was a medical emergency Wednesday evening and a woman was taken ashore by lifeboat. As a result, we were approximately 2 hours late arriving to HMC on Thursday. The Captain extended our stay in HMC, and we left port at around 6:50 PM. We had some rough seas Saturday but still arrived back in Baltimore on time. Debarkation was running ahead of schedule with Zone 2 "relaxed" passengers off the ship and through customs by 10 AM. Embarkation 4/13: due to the port being sanitized after the return of the Grandeur of the Seas, the terminal opened at 11 but boarding still began at around 12:30. Edited April 20, 2014 by 422Melissa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
422Melissa Posted April 20, 2014 #12 Share Posted April 20, 2014 (edited) Edited April 20, 2014 by 422Melissa Photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMedik Posted April 21, 2014 #13 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Melissa, We sure didn't make much of a wake in those seas did we? :D It did appear that they cut the starboard back down yesterday, but it was up to apparent near full power by the time we left Half Moon Cay. I assumed yesterday's cutback was to save it from too much stress with the wind and heavy seas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
422Melissa Posted April 21, 2014 #14 Share Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) Here's a picture from the 17th for comparison: Your explanation makes sense, Paul. Yes, we were really rocking and rolling! I should have asked Kirk about the repairs during his Q&A session. Edited April 21, 2014 by 422Melissa Photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
422Melissa Posted April 22, 2014 #15 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I checked the marine traffic site, and it looks like the Pride has been sailing at a top speed of 17.3 today. Is that normal for day 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamalocs Posted April 22, 2014 #16 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I checked the marine traffic site, and it looks like the Pride has been sailing at a top speed of 17.3 today. Is that normal for day 2? I saw that too...... Sent from my SGH-I317 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamalocs Posted April 22, 2014 #17 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Someone said that they still skipped Freeport last week. This person had returned yesterday Sent from my SGH-I317 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollypop1622 Posted April 22, 2014 #18 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Would someone please be able to explain the propulsion issue and why it is necessary to skip Freeport but port in Charleston, instead? Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamalocs Posted April 22, 2014 #19 Share Posted April 22, 2014 This person didn't mention porting in Charleston last week. Ports were Port Canaveral, and Nassau. Propulsion is what controls the speed of the ship. Its not moving as fast as normal. Sent from my SGH-I317 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamalocs Posted April 22, 2014 #20 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Correction, ports were Grand Turk, and Half Moon Cay. Sent from my SGH-I317 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swalton85 Posted April 22, 2014 #21 Share Posted April 22, 2014 The 4/6 sailing went to charleston, canaveral and nassau. 4/13 went to hmc and grand turk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMedik Posted April 22, 2014 #22 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Would someone please be able to explain the propulsion issue and why it is necessary to skip Freeport but port in Charleston, instead? Sent from my iPhone using Forums Mollypop1622, Propulsion is how fast the ship propels itself thru the water. Pride normally propels with two azipods (Azipods are self contained engines that hang under the rear of the ship and rotate left and right as needed to maintain heading and for maneuvering), but since sustaining a power failure for one of the two azipods, Pride has been unable to reach full speed. The issue with Freeport is that the distance between Freeport and Baltimore is such that Pride has to run at near full speed to arrive in port on time. Charleston is considerably closer to Baltimore and thus she can leave Charleston in plenty of time to arrive in Baltimore on time for the next sailing. There is no time crunch between Nassau and Freeport or Grand Turk and Half Moon Cay nor any variation thereof, but given that it takes over two full sailing days to reach the area of Pride's ports of call, she has to leave that area earlier in order to arrive back on time. Normally Pride would just slowly sail between ports, but to make Charleston she heads North toward Baltimore immediately after her second port of call at her highest one engine speed. There was some speculation as to what actually failed; was it a generator or transformer or heat dissipation unit? That has not been fully answered, but it's most likely a combination of the three. What caused the failure? Stray debris in the ocean or normal wear and tear or was it natural over time failure that would have been fixed in the routine dry dock? I have no clue. All I can say is that we sailed her last week and had a great time. She vibrated more than she normally would have, but she got us where we most wanted to go and took us thru a storm that would have stressed any vessel and she handled it perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swalton85 Posted April 22, 2014 #23 Share Posted April 22, 2014 We went to charleston on tuesday on the 4/6 sailing so we had 2 sea days from nassau to return back to baltimore:) our itinerary was: sea day charleston canaveral nassau sea day sea day baltimore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguinhunter Posted April 22, 2014 #24 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I posed the question regarding the "Pride's" issue to Jon Heald on FB, and here is his response -- "We have no changes to the current schedule but have made a few to our Alaskan season and I have posted those here and of course we have contacted the guests. The ship is running normal with just a small drop in speed available on one of the Azipods. Cheers and let me know if you have any other questions" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamalocs Posted April 22, 2014 #25 Share Posted April 22, 2014 That's interesting. That must mean the itinerary won't change next week. Port Canaveral, Freeport, and Nassau. Sent from my SGH-I317 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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