Carnival Cruise Line is canceling the 2 upcoming cruises onboard the Carnival Freedom after a fireplace incident onboard the ship.
Affected sailings embody the March 25 and March 30 departures, which had been set to go to the Bahamas after departing from Port Canaveral.
“The Carnival Freedom skilled a fireplace within the port facet of the exhaust funnel on Saturday. Our onboard group acted shortly to include and put out the fireplace,” the corporate stated in an announcement despatched to booked visitors.
“Whereas we proceed to analyze a number of eyewitness studies of a lightning strike, our technical group accomplished a radical evaluation throughout the ship’s go to to Freeport,” Carnival added.
“Regrettably, the injury is greater than we first thought and would require a right away restore to stabilize the funnel,” Carnival continued.
Following the fireplace Carnival Freedom returned to Port Canaveral to disembark visitors and is now scheduled to go to a shipyard in Grand Bahama to start the mandatory repairs, the corporate added.
“We sincerely remorse the affect to our embarking visitors, as we all know they’ve been wanting ahead to their spring break trip,” Carnival stated.
In accordance with the assertion, affected visitors will obtain a full refund, in addition to a 100% future cruise credit score.
Following the required repairs, the two,974-guest ship is anticipated to renew service with a four-night cruise to the Bahamas on April 4, 2024.
The Carnival Freedom skilled a fireplace this Saturday afternoon whereas crusing in stormy climate within the Bahamas.
The incident was reported shortly after 3:00 p.m. native time whereas the ship was roughly 20 miles off the coast of the island of Eleuthera.
Unconfirmed eyewitness studies posted on social media claimed that the fireplace, which solely affected a part of the ship’s whale-tail funnel, was brought on by a lightning strike.
After a go to to Freeport, the Carnival Freedom returned to Port Canaveral to disembark its visitors on Monday morning.
