http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/14/power-outages-overflowing-toilets-reportedly-plague-another-carnival-cruise/


ahahahahahaha

3/14/2013 12:11:06 PM

3/14/2013 1:42:33 PM

Technical Shitssues

3/14/2013 1:59:48 PM

One of my old co-workers refused to ever go on a cruise again because she was on a ship that caught fire. Everyone had to evacuate and a few people died. I think it was a Carnival.

3/14/2013 3:04:09 PM

i hope this past year kills the cruise line industry, its terrible for the environment

3/14/2013 3:06:31 PM

"Let the funheadaches begin"

3/14/2013 3:44:13 PM

other than burning fossile fuels why is.the cruise industry especially bad for the environment?

3/14/2013 4:30:20 PM

he's just trolling. leave it alone.

3/14/2013 4:34:01 PM

bilge contaminates, leakage of oil/fuel, massive amount of waste created. it isnt good

3/14/2013 4:37:04 PM

He's not really trolling. Once cruise ships are in international waters they dump an absurd amount of waste. They are basically just floating toilets and there is nothing stopping them from dumping untreated sewage.

Quote :

"The wastes from the “floating cities” pose a threat to fragile ecosystems, to sea life, and even to people enjoying a day at the beach, say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and groups such as Bluewater Network, a coalition of 53 environmental organizations. A cruise ship with 3,000 passengers can generate 210,000 gallons of waste and sewage and 1 million gallons of gray water from showers and drains in a typical week, the EPA says. There are also discharges of bilge water which may contain oil, grease and other contaminants."

http://seattletimes.com/html/travel/2019935773_cruisewastexml.html

3/14/2013 4:45:04 PM

Cruise Ships concentrate people and create many difference waste streams. They are small cities who discharge plumes of waste-water effluent and incinerator ash into the sea that contain toxic metals, chemicals, as well as ammonia and other nutrients (and this is in addition to the 100kg+ of regulated toxic wasted they can generate per day). You are adding phosphates from greywater which is not an issue in the open ocean but is in closed or sensitive waters; bilge water contains oils; and your waste streams have PCP's, heavy metals, chemical dyes, TBT, pharmaceutical waste, toluenes/xylenes/benzenes, and your VOCs and organochlorates. Its not nice stuff in closed like ports or harbors.

As far as fossil fuels go, a lot of them burn bunker fuel (No. 6 Fuel Oil) which is pretty crude and creates a lot of heavy smog and is particularly bad when concentrated at port or stopped somewhere. Some are better at other at taking initiatives to reduce their impacts, Disney usually ranks pretty high, but Carnival is one of the worst.

3/14/2013 4:53:45 PM

cruises have never been attractive to me. eww

3/14/2013 4:58:39 PM

sounds like a typical underway...


pussy civilians

3/14/2013 5:08:13 PM

I don't know why I thought they'd handle waste responsibly. Fuck it, international waters right?

3/14/2013 8:28:29 PM

Quote :

"Once cruise ships are in international waters they dump an absurd amount of waste."

Whales shit in the ocean too.

3/14/2013 11:04:51 PM

Norovirus on cruises, too. ewwww

3/14/2013 11:33:24 PM

i went on a carnival cruise when i was a teenager and the engine died + power outaged at like 1 am. they got it all fixed within an hour, but everybody was freaking out cus like a month previously a cruise ship had caught on fire or something

3/14/2013 11:36:56 PM

dont forget this FAILBOAT was owned by Carnival

3/14/2013 11:45:04 PM

http://consumerist.com/2013/03/15/another-day-another-carnival-cruise-ship-reports-problems-at-sea/

Yet another ship having problems, the Legend. Damn, Carnival get your shit together (no pun intended)

3/15/2013 10:31:04 AM

I think this is their VP of Maintenance.

3/15/2013 10:57:03 AM

I went on a cruise last summer. We all ended up dying.

3/15/2013 11:12:23 AM

I've never really wanted to do a cruise, a lot of people enjoy them, I just don't see the allure.

3/15/2013 11:32:14 AM

i went on one as a "group honeymoon" last summer. i got drunk and fucked a girl i met on there the entire time, all over the ship. late nights were fun. we had a good crew of randoms who liked to get down. i had a blast but im not in a huge rush to go on one again. ill do something different next vacation.

3/15/2013 11:55:36 AM

Small wonder the Legend is having speed issues when the VP of maintenance still has one of the engines in the shop

3/15/2013 1:37:30 PM

pwnt
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/15/travel/carnival-problems/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

3/15/2013 5:17:25 PM

I'm gonna get the bf to go on one as a good way to introduce him to international travel and then step off. It'll be cool. It won't be carnival.

3/15/2013 6:43:30 PM

he's never left the country?

that's really weird for anyone who has more than a HS diploma.

3/15/2013 6:56:29 PM

Nope. And he has a college degree. He may have been to Canada but that doesn't count.

3/15/2013 7:06:21 PM

Yeah Canada is not really another country.

3/15/2013 9:13:20 PM

Canada is not another country, but a closed resort at a port with other American passengers is?

3/15/2013 9:17:37 PM

I bet I could dress up in a kilt and walk right in to Canada, they would not even ask me for ID.

3/15/2013 9:20:13 PM

Lol not all ports are closed resorts. :p. it's a bigger step than walking into Canada. It's a stepping stone fool!

3/15/2013 9:24:09 PM

3/16/2013 1:10:48 AM

this is why I have never been and will never go on a Carnival Cruise. Royal Caribbean everytime.

3/16/2013 1:27:22 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/20/travel/carnival-ship-review/index.html?hpt=hp_bn10

3/20/2013 12:48:36 PM

I think it is all sabotage from a competitor

3/20/2013 12:51:21 PM

I 'won' a free cruise next January with them to Mexico. Here's hoping that they've ironed out all the kinks before then

3/20/2013 12:56:24 PM

better pack a survival kit

3/20/2013 1:01:26 PM

i saw a thing about a weezer cruise and was moderately interested, then realized it was a carnival ship and was all

3/20/2013 1:29:07 PM

yeah, unfortunately i already plunked down a non-refundable $300 deposit BEFORE the fire happened. Like 10 days before.

Still, there are dozens of cruise ships that go out every day without incident.

It'll either be a mediocre cruise (my expectations were are already pretty damn low to begin with) or an absolute nightmare/life ending experience.

i'll let you all know how it works out

3/20/2013 1:46:23 PM

Can you please call them and record the call and ask what kind of survival gear you should pack? (sound totally serious)

I want to know what they say.

You can pretend you have bought a supply of MREs and Jerky, and ask if you need to bring toilet bags or if those will be provided by staff in the event of a power and plumbing loss.

3/20/2013 1:49:52 PM

it was difficult enough to even use the free voucher i had to book it. most unhelpful people in the world. was trying to find dates and they were like, "look online and call back and we will tell you if it's available". gee thanks.

again, my expectations are incredibly low, and they are lowering by the minute. good thing I haven't booked my flight to Miami yet.

just my 'luck' right?

3/20/2013 1:56:09 PM

Carnival should start marketing their cruises as camping on the seas.

3/20/2013 3:21:12 PM

here is where to get MRE in advance of your carnival cruise
http://www.thereadystore.com/mre

Not to sure where to get the toilet bags.

3/20/2013 4:24:55 PM

i think i'll load up on these

i could actually end up making money by selling them to the highest bidder, on top of litigation fees of course

3/20/2013 5:00:47 PM

they can boat and helicopter hot food to the ship, they can't boat or helicopter hot shit off of it. leave out the MREs and stock up on toilet bags. Any camping store will have them, even Grainger or Northern will have them. You can even get a portable toilet seat with it for less than $10.

3/20/2013 5:04:34 PM

keep these tips coming

3/20/2013 5:06:42 PM

or, better idea: bring some sheets of UHMW or low-friction plastic and some large band clamps. When the toilets stop working, use the band clamp to make a channel out of the UHMW sheets and slope them downward off of the ship. Add some curtains for privacy and you've got yourself a private toilet with no mess!

3/20/2013 5:06:59 PM

what if there's a fire?

any tips for 3rd degree burns or putting out the flames?

talk about water everywhere without a drop to drink!

3/20/2013 5:15:43 PM

So... why doesn't Carnival have their crap together? I'd like to think things happen for a reason.

3/20/2013 7:10:41 PM