Carnival Jubilee’s present crusing simply began with a bang – actually.
The 7-night Western Caribbean Cruise kicked off from the port of Galveston, Texas, on Saturday, March 1, 2025.
However whereas the latest ship in Carnival’s fleet was nonetheless docked, a small boat by chance collided with the aspect of it – scratching the 182,800-gross ton vessel close to her bow.
It’s unclear why the small boat hit the ship, however witnesses mentioned that it appeared just like the smaller vessel appeared to sail straight into the aspect of the most important Carnival Cruise ship.
“Truthfully although, how do you hit that?” an onlooker requested in a video displaying the aftermath of the collision.
“I don’t know. He went, like, straight into it…I feel he went, like, curved, and went, like, straight into it,” another person replied.
As native stories confirmed the forecast in Galveston to be sunny with low winds – and even the video confirmed sunshine with solely small waves on the water’s floor – this seemingly wasn’t a scenario the place the circumstances precipitated the sailors to lose management.
It’s extra seemingly that one thing would have gone flawed onboard the smaller craft that led to the collision – akin to a chunk of kit malfunctioning – however the reason being at present unknown.
After the crash, the smaller boat’s mast appeared to get quickly caught below Carnival Jubilee’s bow.
However with the assistance of specialists onboard a pilot boat, the smaller vessel was in a position to maneuver away from the cruise ship. Fortunately, early stories point out that nobody was injured within the incident.
It’s unclear what harm the privately owned boat might have sustained – nevertheless it was nonetheless upright within the witness recorded movies and the collision appeared to happen at low speeds.
Cruise Hive reached out to Carnival Cruise Line for remark, and can replace this text once we obtain their assertion.
Is the Itinerary Impacted?
Other than a scratch – which seems to simply be beauty – Carnival Jubilee appears to have made it again to sea largely unscathed.
In line with cruise monitoring information, the 2023-launched ship departed the Galveston Cruise Port on time on March 1 – setting sail at roughly 4 p.m. CST.
On the time of this writing, she is crusing at normal speeds – of round 16 knots (or 18 miles per hour) – as she heads towards her first port of name.
For context, her common pace is 17 knots, however she will sail at speeds of as much as 23 knots per hour. The crusing will first go to Roatan, Honduras, earlier than calling on Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico.
Per posts from Cruise Director Kyndall “Hearth” Magyar, who’s onboard for her last crusing earlier than happening break from March 8 – Could 17, 2025, it’s enterprise as common for the as much as 5,374 visitors.
On the identical day because the collision, she shared footage of her last sailaway celebration (for now) – which appeared simply as full of life and entertaining as ever.
Whereas it might be a coincidence, the caption of the video may be a nod to the occasions of the day.
“It’s nearly Trip Time! One final cruise and we’re gonna exit with a BANG!,” she wrote with the clip.
Learn Additionally: From Mishaps to Maydays – Cruise Ship Accidents
On the finish of the day, it’s excellent news that no folks had been injured and the harm is minimal – permitting the enjoyable to proceed onboard the Enjoyable Ship with out interruption. However whereas collisions like this are uncommon, they do occur occasionally.
Most lately, a small yacht crashed into Royal Caribbean’s Attract of the Seas whereas the Oasis-class ship was docked in Nassau, Bahamas, in December of 2024.
In line with visitors who had been onboard the 6,780-guest ship on the time, the unidentified yacht misplaced energy and drifted into the ship’s stern – fortunately at a low pace.
Whereas the mega-ship left the incident unhurt, the yacht couldn’t say the identical – with the crash leading to a damaged mast.
