The Illusion of a Carnival City at Sea and Life’s Ugly Reality Checks
The Galveston cruise injury attorneys ask you to imagine being on a city at sea. The city initially appears bright, clean, beautiful, and an exciting place to be. But then something goes wrong and you realize that the city at sea has no real infrastructure. Food and water supplies are all loaded aboard occasionally just like you were yourself. There’s no true sewage treatment or waste recycling system. Power relies on a working engine room. And the engine rooms of Carnival’s cities at sea have shown an alarming tendency to catch on fire and leave their dependent cities without power, propulsion, or stabilizers.
This is in fact what happened on the Carnival cruise ship called Triumph on Sunday. And in November 2010, another Carnival cruise ship, the Splendor, limped back into port in San Diego after several days stranded at sea like the Triumph. Our Galveston cruise injury attorneys remark that this fate does not exactly represent the luxury vacation of your dreams. More like a nightmare of a refugee camp disaster.
Thousands of People are Stranded on the Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico
The Carnival Triumph has 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crewmembers aboard the stinking vessel. Originally the ship, which caught fire Sunday morning as it was beginning the return leg of its trip and heading back to Galveston, was left adrift without power off the coast of Yucatan, Mexico. Two tugboats, one from the U.S. and one from Mexico, were dispatched to retrieve the mammoth ship and tow it back into port.
Crippled Cruise Ship is Expected to Finally Achieve Port Days Later than Planned
The destination port was originally scheduled to be Progreso, Mexico. But now the ship is expected to dock in Mobile, Alabama sometime on Thursday, three days later than travelers originally planned. The first tugboat arrived Monday evening and the second was scheduled to arrive today. Cruise line spokesmen say that strong currents that pushed the drifting Carnival Triumph northward led to the change in destination plans. But our Galveston cruise injury attorneys note that they’ve also emphasized that the U.S. port will make it easier for those travelers without U.S. passports to disembark.
Ships have rendezvoused with the Triumph to bring additional food supplies. The other ships’ proximity has also allowed some passengers to use their cell phones from time to time. At least one passenger with a medical condition was taken off the Carnival Triumph by another vessel. And at least one report has said that the massive cruise ship was listing to one side on Sunday, apparently having lost some its stability after the fire. People are reportedly becoming ill and throwing up, whether from the accumulating stench or actual illness is unreported.
Carnival cruise lines have said it will fly passengers home once they reach port in Mobile. It will also offer full refunds and credits for another cruise. Our Galveston cruise injury attorneys suspect that many passengers might decline the free cruise offer, no doubt having collected enough vivid cruise memories for a lifetime just from this voyage.
Contact the Galveston Cruise Injury Attorneys at Denena Points, PC if You need Help after a Disastrous Vacation aboard a City at Sea
You pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for your few brief days of fun in the sun aboard the titanic cruise ships. You have a right to expect a vacation free from fear, illness, injury, or protracted confinement under dangerous conditions.
Your health is at risk when you’re confined on a contained vessel lacking working toilets, climate control, and power. Contact us for a free and confidential legal consultation if you’ve been the victim of a cruise ship accident. We can be reached direct at 281-369-4363 or anytime via our online contact form. Over the past 15 years, we’ve helped hundred of unjustly injured victims obtain full financial recoveries for their injuries. We could help you too.