After going through a collection of technical challenges between August and September, the Carnival Vista not too long ago developed new propulsion points which have since been rectified.
In response to an replace shared by Carnival Cruise Line, the 2017-built vessel arrived later at its homeport in Port Canaveral on Oct. 13, 2024.
“The ship has developed a problem that’s limiting its velocity and can be returning to Port Canaveral later than scheduled,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement despatched to friends who have been set to board the ship on that date.
Because of this, the cruise’s embarkation needed to be revised, with friends embarking a couple of hours after their initially scheduled time slots.
Now providing a cruise to the Jap Caribbean, the Carnival Vista additionally departed from Port Canaveral later, setting sail at 3:30 a.m.
No additional affect to the cruise’s itinerary, which incorporates visits to Half Moon Cay, Grand Turk, and Amber Cove, is predicted.
Responding to a remark from a visitor, Carnival’s model ambassador John Heald mentioned that the latest problem is unrelated to earlier propulsion issues confronted by the ship.
“The technicians that had been onboard repaired every thing, and it was a totally separate problem from any earlier one,” he defined, noting that there’s no further affect anticipated to the ship’s upcoming itineraries.
After going through a collection of technical points beginning in mid-August, the Carnival Vista was taken out of service to bear upkeep.
With an eight-night cruise canceled to make room for the repairs, the 4,000-guest vessel resumed service on Sep. 15, 2024.
Earlier this yr, the vessel crossed the Atlantic Ocean to bear a 30-day routine dry dock in Cadiz, Spain.
After returning to North America with no friends onboard, the ship resumed its common schedule in Port Canaveral in February.
The Carnival Vista additionally confronted propulsion points in earlier years, with experiences of itinerary modifications in 2022 and emergency repairs in 2019.
On the time, a floating drydock was deployed to the Caribbean to facilitate repairs to the ship’s two azipods.
