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« Reply #30 on: March 15, 2013, 10:01:02 am »
Make that 4 ships as Carnival Elation had to be escorted by a tugboat Saturday because of a malfunction in its steering system.
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« Reply #31 on: March 15, 2013, 10:37:49 am »
The microscope is in full effect.  I'm sure its no magic that ALL of their fleet is having problems at once.  Maybe the media magnification isn't helping.  I'm sure other cruise ships have problems like this at times as well.
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« Reply #32 on: March 15, 2013, 01:46:18 pm »
Quote from: Brian Fein on March 15, 2013, 10:37:49 am
The microscope is in full effect.  I'm sure its no magic that ALL of their fleet is having problems at once.  Maybe the media magnification isn't helping.  I'm sure other cruise ships have problems like this at times as well.
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« Reply #33 on: March 15, 2013, 06:39:42 pm »
You would think after their previous problems that there would be some sort of company-wide QA initiative.

The fact that they are continuing to have serious issues does not bode well.  This is the kind of thing that can kill a company.
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« Reply #34 on: March 15, 2013, 06:42:28 pm »
^^^ Well I think staying in St. Maarten is a preventative thing given the 1st ship's problem.  Otherwise they would have probably kept sailing since only the back-up generator was down.

Wish I was stuck in St. Maarten, loved Orient Beach when I was there.
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« Reply #35 on: March 15, 2013, 07:34:21 pm »
Quote from: Spider-Dan on March 15, 2013, 06:39:42 pm
You would think after their previous problems that there would be some sort of company-wide QA initiative.

The fact that they are continuing to have serious issues does not bode well.  This is the kind of thing that can kill a company.

More Like kill an entire industry. This is gonna hurt the cruise line industry as a whole
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« Reply #36 on: March 15, 2013, 07:42:38 pm »
Not if all the problems are happening on one line.
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« Reply #37 on: March 15, 2013, 08:24:39 pm »
Quote from: Spider-Dan on March 15, 2013, 07:42:38 pm
Not if all the problems are happening on one line.

What do you think someone who is thinking about cruising for the first time will think when they see this happening?
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« Reply #38 on: March 15, 2013, 09:13:43 pm »
If you see a bunch of articles about iPhones with non-functioning antennas, do you think, "Man, I shouldn't buy any cellphone, they don't work"?

If all these recent problems are confined to one passenger line, people will rather quickly associate that name with those problems.
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« Reply #39 on: March 16, 2013, 04:12:40 pm »
I am with Spider on this one. 

Folks can be broken down into the following groups.

1.  Weren't going to cruise anyway.

2. Would have cruised Carnival, but now aren't going to cruise at all.

3.  Would have cruised Carnival, now will cruise with another line.

4. Are still going to cruise with Carnival.

5.  Are still going to cruise with a non-Carnival line.

6.  Would have cruised with a non-Carvinal line, now won't cruise at all.

Only two of those groups affect the rest of the industry 3 and 6.  And it would not surprise me in the least if there are more people in #3 than #6, helping the rest of the industry. 
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« Reply #40 on: April 03, 2013, 06:22:23 pm »
Guess what ship is back in the news....

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/03/travel/carnival-triumph-adrift/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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« Reply #41 on: April 04, 2013, 07:53:07 am »
Quote from: MyGodWearsAHoodie on April 03, 2013, 06:22:23 pm
Guess what ship is back in the news....

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/03/travel/carnival-triumph-adrift/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

I guess the ship became restless for adventure. 
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« Reply #42 on: April 12, 2013, 09:44:11 pm »
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/now-carnival-cruise-ship-failed-200416351.html
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« Reply #43 on: April 12, 2013, 09:58:17 pm »
Wow....what a ton of bad press, all in a row.  It's funny; I've sailed Carnival multiple times and I always find the experience very enjoyable.  I wonder if this is a good time to jump on Carnival stock after it drops down.  I see no reason that it wouldn't rebound.  People take cruises.
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« Reply #44 on: April 12, 2013, 10:02:43 pm »
Quote from: Dave Gray on April 12, 2013, 09:58:17 pm
Wow....what a ton of bad press, all in a row.  It's funny; I've sailed Carnival multiple times and I always find the experience very enjoyable.  I wonder if this is a good time to jump on Carnival stock after it drops down.  I see no reason that it wouldn't rebound.  People take cruises.

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
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