Brawls, human waste, and free booze: the Carnival cruise from hell continues
Earlier this week we learned about the unfortunate conditions facing passengers and crew on board the Carnival Triumph cruise ship stranded in the Gulf of Mexico.
Brawls, human waste, and free booze: the Carnival cruise from hell continues
Mike Bertha
In this image released by the U.S. Coast Guard on Feb. 11, 2013, a small boat belonging to the Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous patrols near the cruise ship Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico, Feb. 11, 2013. The Carnival Triumph has been floating aimlessly about 150 miles off the Yucatan Peninsula since a fire erupted in the aft engine room early Sunday, knocking out the ship's propulsion system. No one was injured and the fire was extinguished. (AP)
Earlier this week we learned about the unfortunate conditions facing passengers and crew on board the Carnival Triumph cruise ship stranded in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, reports indicate that some passengers have fallen ill from the smell of human exrement.
Passengers on board the stranded Carnival cruise ship are reaching breaking point as condition become so hellish that they are forced to go to the bathroom in plastic baggies while many are becoming physically sick due to the stench of human waste.
Food supplies are reportedly so low that people are eating cold onion sandwiches. One passenger's husband says that people have started fighting over rations.
Brent Nutt, whose wife Bethany is on board, claimed that brawling has broken out among hungry passengers because food is so scarce.
The crew has reportedly started to dole out free booze to the passengers.
Rob Mowlam told his father the ship's crew had started giving free alcohol to passengers.
"He was concerned about what that was going to lead to when people start drinking too much," Mowlam said.
Some passengers made final calls to friends and family as their phones were about to run out of power. They don't have a way to charge them. The ship is expected to be towed to Mobile, Alabama sometime on Thursday, but it appears that things are detiorating quickly on board Carnival's Triumph. [Daily Mail]
Comments (49)
This wouldn't even be a news story if the ship was tied to a dock in South Philly. It would be an 'event'.— xxx- Hmm, Titanic too? Leonardo pooping in a bag sounds like a solid plot line.— bobcitydoc
- Free booze, sign me up!! Come on people, you will be in port in a day or two, most of you are probably overweight, so a little less food than normal isn't going to kill you.— dcn
- Wow! People fighting over food when they know they will be on land in a couple days?? What would happen if this were a true apocalypic event?? We are all doomed!— flex
- Who goes on a cruise? Well, "newlyweds, over-feds and almost deads." hahahahhahah— Frankie2
what has the coast guard been doing since the engine exploded on sunday?— hannibal barca
How about a snickers delivery by helicopter? Sheesh.— jp8899- who asks rhetorical questions such as 'who goes on a cruise'? The mentally challenged, that's who!— hvitoloco
- ...and THAT'S why you gotta be stone cold brain dead to go on one of these "cruises". One couple I know had to be flown back to land when hubby got sick. Price tag? $28,000 for the Lear Jet trip...— The Monk
- How in the name of physics does a Lear jet land on or take off from a cruise ship? I call shenanigans. — le sigh
- Free booze is tempting...the Tonner can't see how that could lead to anything bad happening. Usually people are well-behaved when they can drink until they get their fill.
- I don't see why the cruise line can't send out a ship to pick up these people and bring them home. Alternatively, they could deliver adequate food and Port-a-Potties. Why aren't they doing something???— BarbaraM
- Just returned from a beautiful week of relaxation in the Caribbean, on board Celebrity Silhouette. The ambiance was on par with any luxury hotel in the city, and the service was better. The food was fantastic (I am a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, so I am a better judge than most. We enjoyed fine wines, and good entertainment. Price tag for 2 people $2,250.00. No better deal on earth.
As with everything else you have to be a good consumer. Carnival sucks.— meatman2 - "Booze, brawls and human waste"....sounds like a GREAT Irish wedding!!!!— kelprod2-freemarket
- Hahahahaha! You beat me to the punch line! I was gonna say a Russian wedding! Hey! I can say that! I'm from the Motherland!
— johnny rotten - "Fallen ill from the smell...?" Never ridden the Broad Street Subway, eh? Amateurs.— joeingoal
- I'm just wondering what the marketing strategy will be to get people on this ship ever again. No one will want to sail on the Carnival Cruise ship S.S. Crapper. The scene on board must be like New Years day on Broad Street in Philly, drunken people taking a leak anytime and anywhere not caring about anybody whose looking.— Jsfulmore1
- So this is the best Carnival can do under the circumstances? If the reported conditions are half true the company is going to be savaged financially by customers, employees, investors, regulators, and the loss of business.— Tkat
- hey kelprod2,maybe you can check out and irish wedding.booze-yes,a brawl-very rare.human waste,only at muslim wedding's,you horses a**.— seanmike
When the late David Foster Wallace wrote about a cruise that he took, he entitled the story "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again." Might be just the right read for the Carnival Triumph passengers when they get home.- People are idiots. I'm sure the stories of "no food" are completely made up. The fatties should probably skip a few meals anyway. How can they not handle a few days without indoor plumbing or a three-course meal?? As someone else said, this society is doomed.— Tacklebury
- why didn't they just ask the USCG to transfer people off and pay the uscg fee for gas LOL— BYEPHILLY
- Free booze plus empty stomachs plus lingering stench of waste = ?— The Moose is Loose
- "Hey bud, there's sh***y water all over the floor".
"Ok...I'll go clean it...Rocket".— CaptAwesome - My dad was on the 1996 Princess Line cruise to Alaska that got a gash on its hull. No real danger but what service! Bars were immediately opened for free drinks, the music played as crew assisted, boats shuttled passengers to land, spare aircraft were rounded up from a dozen airlines and brought into Juneau to get everyone home, full refunds and free cruises offered for the next year. A class operation for sure.
Carnival Cruises has always ranked at the bottom of the cruise line hierarchy for safety, service and amenities. I'm sure that lack of contingency plans will seal its place as 4th-class travel. I ask with the poster above why a helicopter delivery of food could not have happened before the ravenous pack started infighting over the onion sandwiches. But, then, can you put stock in anything promoted by Kathy Lee Gifford?— Paulo - "Lord of the Flies: Oh the Stench"? It's about time there was a sequel to Lord of the Flies. And the flies have lots of human waste to eat.— pic man
- Everytime I read this story I can't help laughing. Oh the lawsuits these people will file. They'll all be rich. Nothing like taking a cruise in human waste. Guess it could be worse, there could be flies.— neddyflanders
- This is why you don't go cheap on your vacation— Northeaster
- Cruising? How enticing. The FAA requires airlines to let passengers off the plane if it doesn't take off in, what, 3 hours. Why isn't there a law requiring cruise ships to transport passengers of disabled ships within 24 hours? What fines are there for this kind of corporate malfesance? Ships that pick up pasengers in U.S. ports should have to be registered and flagged in the U.S., so U.S. regulators can control conditions and heavily fine miscreant ships and their owners.— Jinchesco
- Carnival needs to take a lesson from the Minnesota Vikings- THEY know how to have a party on a boat.— jevans
- Why don't they catch some fish?— ObamaSolyndra
- I saw Kathy Lee Gifford on TV today...by the looks of her "wide-body profile" she's not missing any meals or eating onion sandwiches. Hey, where can I get one of those "O-sandwiches"? I want to offend many people with the resulting "dog-breath" I'll have.— johnny rotten
- I cruised on royal caribean on the west side of the caribean and it was terrific. Great food, nice people of various ages, and a professional crew that made it a great experience. I even got the casino for 400 bucks.— qba2000
- I cruised on royal caribean on the west side of the caribean and it was terrific. Great food, nice people of various ages, and a professional crew that made it a great experience. I even got the casino for 400 bucks.— qba2000
- Dispatch Delta Force. We need law and order to be restored. MH-60R's can airlift food - MRE's over to the ship. President needs to show some balls.— Aces high
- how did they not at the very least ferry in fresh food for these people, yet alone send some kind of rescue boat.— smarterthanyou
- Why not transfer the passengers to the other cruise ship, or to the coast guard cutter. Also food and water should be taken to the ship by helecopter. Out of 4000 people onboard there must be at least 400 in a medical crisis due to lack of medicine etc. It seems like management is stupid or greedy or really don't care.— jtw
- There is not enough food to consume, but give them liquor. that will surely liven the ship up with all their empty stomachs.
I hope Carnival has a host of lawyers on staff. They are going to need them.
— BK Eskin - sounds like a Eagles game at the old Vet— pr0f3ss0r
- Fights, Booze and Human Waste. This cruise sounds like being at the Linc at Halftime of an Eagles Game or between innings at Citizen Bank Park.— Dexter
- Carnival is horrible and gives the cruise industry a bad name. We cruise all the time, on Celebrity (see the comment about the Silhouette, above) and it is one of the classiest, most relaxing, fun vacations you could ask for, with upscale food and entertainment, luxurious staterooms, and unparalleled service from the staff. Anyone who knocks cruising obviously hasn't been on a cruise --- or perhaps has only cruised on Carnival. I sailed with them once and will never again set foot on one of their disgusting, dorm-like ships. Having said all that, I feel terrible about the conditions that the Carnival Triumph's patrons are living with. There's absolutely no excuse for Carnival to have allowed things to get this uncivilized. The bad publicity, along with the lawsuits, will make people think twice about sailing with them, and rightfully so.— LoveParkLady
- They are in the middle of the ocean. Why the hell wouldn't they just take dumps off the side of the ship...or at least throw their doo doo baggies off!— guysbigbutt
- Sure - give them free alcohol so they can rinse out their body's poison filter, the liver. Sounds like a recipe for disease. Anyone getting off this boat should head straight to a lawyer's office.— bad joe s
- Cruises are awful and the people who pay for one are idiots.— suporma
- Why can't this rich corporation fly in supplies or send another ship to evacuate these people.— lostInPhilly
- I hope they read the small print on there contract— Bob riedel
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