Duncan J Posted September 30, 2007 #1 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I posted this in the wrong place the other day. But according to Royal Caribbean Cruise Newsline the Island Star has had a major incident causing this weeks cruise and next weeks one to be cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLACRUISER99 Posted September 30, 2007 #2 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Cruise Bruise is claiming that the passengers had to abandon ship :eek: off the coast of Nice. They do tent to exaggerate though.:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibail Posted September 30, 2007 #3 Share Posted September 30, 2007 The passengers were disembarked and flown home from Villefrance http://www.islandcruises.com/press/release/16 The ship was still at anchor at Villefrance this morning. The Cruise Bruise posting as the person above pointed out is completley made up - passengers left orderly throughout the day as their flights were arranged on the ships tenders. The weather was calm and sunny. And the crew are still onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman2 Posted October 20, 2007 #4 Share Posted October 20, 2007 In response to the comment about the passengers abandoning ship off the coast of Nice. We were on this ship when it encountered the power failure. When we were evacuated by Lifeboat (the ship was moored over 1 mile from the tiny port of Villefranche) it was during a torrential thunderstorm with forked lightening above. We then had to locate our luggage and drag it up a steep hill in this thunderstorm to the coaches arranged to take us to the Airport. There was also the challenge of a diesel spillage from one of the coaches running down the hill which made this even more difficult as the road was then very slippy. The storm was so severe that the aeroplane from Manchester that was sent to take the passengers home, was not able to land in Nice until the storm subsided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted November 20, 2007 #5 Share Posted November 20, 2007 In response to the comment about the passengers abandoning ship off the coast of Nice. We were on this ship when it encountered the power failure. When we were evacuated by Lifeboat (the ship was moored over 1 mile from the tiny port of Villefranche) it was during a torrential thunderstorm with forked lightning above. We then had to locate our luggage and drag it up a steep hill in this thunderstorm to the coaches arranged to take us to the Airport. There was also the challenge of a diesel spillage from one of the coaches running down the hill which made this even more difficult as the road was then very slippery. The storm was so severe that the aeroplane from Manchester that was sent to take the passengers home, was not able to land in Nice until the storm subsided. What a nightmare! Good grief! I hope you've been refunded the cost of your cruise in full, but somehow I think that's wishful thinking. In case it is, perhaps legal action in the form of a class action suit might persuade them otherwise :) This...Island Cruises.. is the same new? cruise line that my local cruise rep. reccommended to me, starting service out of Barbados sometime in 2009, but if this is how they run things...:eek: I'll be keeping an eye on this section for the next year! I don't pay multi-thousand dollars for 'adventure holidays' like this!:( Maybe you can sell the movie rights!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsipes Posted February 20, 2008 #6 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Good Grief Charlie Brown......I thought Island Cruise was a Hawaiian thing....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitchman Posted March 24, 2008 #7 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Good Grief Charlie Brown......I thought Island Cruise was a Hawaiian thing....... No you got that totally wrong. Stitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsipes Posted March 31, 2008 #8 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I should say Livingston, old chap, a grounding should be sufficient reason to affect future cruises....:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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