Carnival Triumph

[Landshark]

I can see plenty of reasons why it won't rebound.  Not many people are cruising with them and those that are are doing so at very discounted prices plus they have tons of bills to pay to fix all their problems.  A very decent chance they could go bankrupt. 

However, if you do want to cruise with them go ahead its cheaper than staying in a motel 6.

http://www.chron.com/business/article/Carnival-offers-Motel-6-price-for-Caribbean-after-4423183.php

If they can get enough bodies on the ship, they will be ok.  They make lots of money off drinking and gambling.

[Brian Fein]

I read somewhere a statement from Carnival that they had no intention of dropping their prices.

That said, my wife and I went on a 1 week cruise with Carnival last December for like $420 each - so roughly $120 a night including lodging and unlimited food all day for a week.  And, oh yeah, you get to visit 3 or 4 countries without ever unpacking your suitcase.

Plus that article is misleading - the $289 price is based on double occupancy.  No one can get on that ship in their own cabin for $289.  You either have to take 2 people (and pay $289 each) or pay double if you go alone.

Thus, their dumb-dumb math of $58 a night is completely inaccurate.  Its no cheaper than $116 a night per cabin, which is about the going price for a 5-night cruise.

[CF DolFan]

They continue to get bad press ....

The Carnival Ecstasy is headed back to Port Canaveral on Thursday morning after experiencing a power failure at sea, cruise line officials said. The power outage happened around 6 p.m. Wednesday, but all hotel services and propulsion were restored less than 15 minutes later, officials said.  The cause of the outage was not immediately known.

and

Earlier this week, Carnival Corp. subsidiary Princess Cruises had a blockage within the ship's vacuum toilet system rendered 410 stateroom toilets inoperable from 5 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Either Royal Caribbean and others keep it much quieter or Carnival is definitely on the down-slide.

[Brian Fein]

I am sure every cruise line has problems here and there.  Carnival had a BIG problem, thus is under the microscope, so every little thing that happens becomes front page news.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I am sure every cruise line has problems here and there.  Carnival had a BIG problem, thus is under the microscope, so every little thing that happens becomes front page news.

Yes, every little thing is page 1 news for carnival now.  But Royal Caribbean losing power for 15 mins would be news (but page 24).  It is time to accept, facts:  Carnival has been offering lower prices and to save money it has cut corners on maintenance, resulting in more problems than ships who do proper maintenance. 

[Brian Fein]

^^ I just think that's an assumption on your part and not entirely factual.

[stinkyfish]

^^ I just think that's an assumption on your part and not entirely factual.

About a year ago I started looking at me and my girlfriend going on a cruise. Mainly because Carnival was so cheap. My thinking was that I could we could go in Oct-Nov for $289 per person for an exterior window stateroom. For a 5 day cruise to Cozumel, I would eat more than $289 in food. Since all this shit happened, my girlfriend said she ain't going on no damn cruise. Three days later I read that the ship we were thinking of going on, the Carnival Elation out of New Orleans had some kind of problems. I then said to myself, I ain't going on no damn cruise.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

^^ I just think that's an assumption on your part and not entirely factual.

yeah, and it is an assumption on my behalf that smoking increases ones risk of cancer. 

[Brian Fein]

So you have scientific evidence published in numerous medical journals based on decades of research that Carnival Cruise Lines doesn't maintain their ships?

Or are you just the king of terrible analogies?

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

http://www.examiner.com/article/carnival-ship-evacuated-the-triumph-trouble-again?cid=rss

This one is just bad luck.  That shipped is cursed.  The rest was a result of negligence.