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Associated Press
| 3 months ago
A byzantine maze of maritime rules and regulations, fragmented oversight and a patchwork quilt of nations that do business with cruise lines make it tough for consumers to assess the health and safety record of the ship they're about to board in what...
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Sacramento Bee
| 3 months ago
The Sacramento resident was one of 4,200 people stuck on the ill-fated Carnival Triumph that for days bobbed listlessly without power in the Gulf of Mexico. On Friday, Pena returned home after a long journey from Mobile, Ala., where the towed 14-...
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Fort Worth Star Telegram
| 3 months ago
Tell us James Turk had planned a memorable vacation this year for his brother and sister -- their first cruise. But the Arlington siblings, who boarded the Carnival Triumph in Galveston earlier this month, got more than they bargained for after a...
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International Business Times
| 3 months ago
In light of the ironically named Carnival Corp. cruise ship Triumph, which ran adrift in the Gulf of Mexico and left terrified passengers stranded for five days, actor Rainn Wilson decided to get the ball rolling on renaming the doomed vessel.
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The New Zealand Herald
| 3 months ago
The more than 4 200 people trapped several days aboard a disabled cruise ship were jubilant as they reached a US port with tales of overflowing toilets, food shortages and camping on the decks under bedsheets. The arrival of the Carnival cruise ship...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| 3 months ago
The Associated Press The Associated Press 50 minutes ago Associated Press When their cruise ship lost power, passengers aboard the Carnival Triumph could have been selfish and looked out only for themselves and their loved ones. Instead, they...
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The Dallas Morning News
| 3 months ago
Carnival Triumph cruise ship passengers arrive by bus in Galveston, Texas on Friday Feb. 15, 2013. Hundreds of passengers opted to take an eight-hour bus ride to Galveston from Mobile. Galveston is the home port of the ill-fated ship, which lost...
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MarketWatch
| 3 months ago
Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous patrols near the cruise ship Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico, in this February 11, 2013 handout photo. The cruise ship lost propulsion after an engine room fire on February 10 and was adrift off southern Mexico's...
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CNN Blog
| 3 months ago
Not even 24 hours after reaching land, a passenger on this week's infamously crippled Carnival cruise in the Gulf of Mexico has filed a lawsuit. Passenger Terry Cassie has filed a lawsuit against Carnival in U.S...The suit describes Carnival's...
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Inc.
| 3 months ago
Praise for the Ship's Crew How Carnival employees handled a filthy, smelly fiasco in the Gulf of Mexico can teach you a thing or two about top-notch customer service. Getty Images The crippled cruise liner Carnival Triumph limps into port guided by...
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International Business Times
| 3 months ago
As if spending five days on a stranded cruise ship wasn't enough, passengers of the Carnival Triumph were delayed even further after a charter bus taking them from Mobile, Alabama to New Orleans broke down during the trip back. Carnival spokesman...
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NY Daily News
| 3 months ago
Twitter Carnival Triump passenger Clark Jones tweets a photo from one of the charter buses. Exhausted and bedraggled travelers had to haul down their luggage and wait for a replacement bus to arrive, according to Jones. First the crippled boat, then...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| 3 months ago
The Associated Press The Associated Press 1 hour ago Planes are shuttling more than 2,000 passengers of the damaged Carnival Triumph cruise ship to Houston for the final leg of a long journey home. A spokeswoman for Bush Intercontinental Airport says...
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People
| 3 months ago
We slept for five days on the deck" of the Carnival Triumph (right), says Tipton (inset)...Courtesy Rian Tipton Rian Tipton thought she would be in for a fun bachelorette getaway with nine of her girlfriends when she embarked upon the Carnival...
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Sun Sentinel
| 3 months ago
I can't believe I was there, said Brandi Dorsett, a Sweeney, Texas woman who spent the past week on the ship with two close friends on what was supposed to be a fun girls' trip. Her husband had come to pick her up and they were headed to a local...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 3 months ago
Ala. (AP) Passengers who finally escaped the disabled Carnival cruise ship Triumph were on the move early Friday, some checked into the comfort of hotels, others on buses or headed to charter flights home after five numbing days at sea on a ship...
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SF Gate
| 3 months ago
Texas (AP) Weary passengers of the crippled Carnival cruise ship Triumph are returning to the ship's departure port in South Texas after five days at sea on a liner left powerless by an engine-room fire. Buses began arriving at the Port of Galveston...
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BusinessInsider
| 3 months ago
Getty Images Passengers disembark from the cruise liner Triumph February 14, 2013 in Mobile, Alabama. Thousands of passengers began streaming off of the crippled cruise ship Carnival Triumph last night, bringing an end to a hellish five days at sea...
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Radar Online
| 3 months ago
Conditions on board the ship, during the days it bobbed helplessly at sea, were like the Hunger Games, said Kendall Jenkins , from Houston. The Carnival Triumph, with an estimated 4,200 people aboard, finally docked at the Alabama cruise terminal in...
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The Washington Times
| 3 months ago
A Carnival cruise nightmare for 4,000 passengers has finally come to an end, as the ship after five days disabled at sea pulled into a Mobile, Ala., dock late Thursday evening. This was my first and my last cruise, said one passenger, in a USA Today...
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Baltimore Sun
| 3 months ago
Thousands of relieved passengers poured ashore from a stinking cruise ship on Friday after five days adrift in the Gulf of Mexico with overflowing toilets and stench filled cabins. Exhausted passengers lined the ship's decks, waving towels and...
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Boston.com
| 3 months ago
There seems to not be much interest to hold this president accountable for a national security breakdown that led to the first ambassador being killed in the line of duty in over 30 years.'' Sen. Lindsey Graham, after Republicans blocked the...
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United Press International
| 3 months ago
Carnival Triumph passengers kissed the ground and sang "Sweet Home Alabama," finally on dry land after the ship, disabled by a fire, limped into port at Mobile. "I'm just so blessed to be home," Kendall Jenkins, 24, crying and wearing a bathrobe to...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 3 months ago
Ala. (AP) A cruise ship disabled for five nightmarish days in the Gulf finally docked with more than 4,000 people aboard late Thursday, passengers raucously cheering the end to an ocean odyssey they say was marked by overflowing toilets, food...
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Taiwan News
| 3 months ago
Carnival Cruise Lines' CEO is apologizing to guests for the poor conditions aboard the disabled ship that was adrift at sea for days. Gerry Cahill said at a news conference Thursday night as the Triumph was docking in Mobile, Alabama, that he...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 3 months ago
Ala. (AP) A cruise ship disabled for days at sea has pulled into the port at Mobile , Ala., but passengers who have described miserable conditions aboard still have hours to wait before they can walk on solid ground...Central time Thursday after...
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International Business Times
| 3 months ago
While the Carnival Triumph is still stranded in the Gulf of Mexico, passengers aboard the cruise ship are reporting worsening conditions, including scarce-running water, no air conditioning and long lines for food. According to ABC News , the Triumph...
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Boston.com
| 3 months ago
Since an engine-room fire left the Carnival Triumph powerless in the Gulf of Mexico four days ago, Carnival Cruise Lines officials have been faced with a barrage of questions about the ship and their strategy to safely return passengers to shore...Q:...
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KSBY
| 3 months ago
The disabled cruise ship Triumph has entered Mobile Bay and is out of the Gulf of Mexico...The ship is still about 30 miles from the cruise terminal in Mobile...The bay is tricky to navigate because of turns and cross currents...More than 4,000...
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Associated Press
| 3 months ago
A disabled Carnival cruise ship carrying 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members was slowly being towed across the Gulf of Mexico to shore Thursday, four days after an engine-room fire disabled the ship's propulsion system and cut most of the vessel'...
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Big News Network
| 3 months ago
Ala. (CBS13) The disabled Carnival cruise ship ';Triumph'; was being slowly towed back to port Thursday as passengers were forced to stay outside to avoid the stench. The broken-down ship was expected to finally dock Thursday evening in Mobile,...
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Gawker
| 3 months ago
The Carnival cruise line disabled by a fire and left floating for days, stinking of shit and piss, has reached a new level of horror as the towline taking it to Alabama where its passengers would, finally, be able to disembark and go homebroke,...
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The Guardian
| 3 months ago
Officials from Carnival Cruise Lines have said the company will pay for all passengers' onward travel and fully reimburse everyone for the trip. Photograph: Dave Martin/AP As the Carnival Triumph limped across the Gulf of Mexico towards port on...
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The Washington Times
| 3 months ago
The stranded Carnival cruise ship with more than 4,000 people aboard with no power, no running water and limited food supply is expected to finally dock tonight in Mobile, Alabama. Passengers and crew have been reduced to urinating in shower drains,...
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Denver Post
| 3 months ago
Four tugboats were hauling the disabled Carnival Triumph cruise ship slowly into port in Mobile, Alabama, where authorities expected it to arrive on Thursday, carrying more than 4,220 people who have endured days of unsanitary conditions and food...
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Delhi News-Record
| 3 months ago
A Canadian consular official is in this city to help citizens aboard the "hellish" cruise ship Carnival Triumph that is expected to reach land Thursday after being stranded for four days. The 272-metre vessel has been without propulsion and running...
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Sun Sentinel
| 3 months ago
The ship had been due to return Monday to its home port in Galveston after a five-day cruise; it has been under tow since Tuesday. The voyage has been a nightmare of overflowing toilets, scarce food, and dark overheated cabins. While power has been...
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The Boston Globe
| 3 months ago
Ala. (AP) A passenger on the disabled Carnival Triumph cruise ships says conditions are extremely terrible.'' Speaking by phone Thursday to NBC's Today'' show, Jamie Baker said there has been no electricity and few working toilets. She compared life...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| 3 months ago
The Associated Press The Associated Press 1 hour ago Associated Press After days stranded in the Gulf of Mexico in conditions some have described as dismal, most passengers aboard the disabled Carnival Triumph can look forward to a two-hour bus...
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Fox News
| 3 months ago
FoxNews.com Some 4,000 people aboard a crippled cruise ship some have likened to a floating toilet were hoping to reach dry land and an end to their hellish voyage by tomorrow afternoon. The Carnival Triumph disabled Feb. 10 when an engine room fire...
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United Press International
| 3 months ago
As the Carnival Triumph limped towards Mobile, Ala., Wednesday, Carnival Cruises announced the cancellation of all Triumph cruises for the next two months. The company said people who have booked cruises through April 13 will get full refunds and...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| 3 months ago
The Associated Press The Associated Press 2 hours ago Associated Press Carnival Cruise Lines has canceled a dozen more planned voyages aboard the Triumph and acknowledged that the crippled ship had been plagued by other mechanical problems in the...
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Chandler Republic
| 3 months ago
A cruise line says it is making the passengers stranded aboard a disabled ship in the Gulf of Mexico as comfortable as possible with running water and some working bathrooms, contradicting the accounts of some passengers who told relatives of filthy,...
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Charlotte Observer Online
| 3 months ago
The disabled cruise ship under tow in the Gulf of Mexico has had other mechanical problems in recent weeks, including one that delayed its departure on a previous voyage from Galveston late last month. Debbi Smedley, a passenger on a Triumph cruise...
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NY Daily News
| 3 months ago
Stories As a crippled Carnival Cruise ship limps toward land in the U.S., crew members are trying to deal with the terrible conditions by handing out free booze, a relative of one of the stranded passengers said. The Carnival Triumph was 150 miles...
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Boston.com
| 3 months ago
The disabled cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico had mechanical problems last month that delayed its departure from Galveston on a previous voyage...She says the Triumph was scheduled to leave at midday on Jan. 28 but did not sail until after 8 p.m.
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Sun Sentinel
| 3 months ago
As the disabled Carnival Triumph cruise ship was being tugged slowly to shore with more than 3,000 uncomfortable, cranky passengers, officials at the Miami-based company said Tuesday they were doing everything possible to improve conditions on board.
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The Independent
| 3 months ago
Conditions on board a cruise ship stranded in the Gulf of Mexico have deteriorated dramatically, reportedly leaving passengers fighting over food and the vessel caked in urine and raw sewage. Passengers on board the US cruise ship Carnival Triumph,...
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Sacramento Bee
| 3 months ago
The fire not only left the vessel, the Triumph, unable to sail, but also caused a shipwide power failure, disrupting the onboard sewage system, disabling heating and air-conditioning systems, and leaving little light to guide the 3,143 passengers and...
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Forbes
| 3 months ago
A fire broke out in an engine room of the Carnival Triumph 150 miles off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, heading for Galveston, Texas. The fire was quickly contained, but passengers are making do with few working toilets and little food.
