Carnival Cruise Line did not stick a brand new funnel on the fire-ruined Carnival Independence, but slice the charred items off and have shipped the ship back to Port Canaveral to resume passenger services.
Dubbed a technical maintenance for now finished in Freeport, Bahamas that was finished Friday, the ship returned to Florida and departed on a five-evening cruise on Saturday with 3,384 visitors on board.
“While the funnel might appear a small various, the amazing services and the incomparable Carnival crew are ready as always to give absolutely everyone the very very best of instances,” mentioned brand name ambassador John Heald.
The ship is headed to Nassau, Princess Cays and Grand Turk.
The get the job done experienced canceled three of the ship’s slated sailings right after fire gutted section of its funnel in a headline-grabbing incident in Grand Turk past month.
The inferno ruined the starboard aspect of the iconic red-white-and-blue whale tail funnel on board the ship that had been on a five-evening sailing that experienced departed Port Canaveral on May perhaps 23. The additional than 2,500 travellers ended up rescued from Grand Turk by the Carnival Conquest, which returned the passengers two times afterwards than envisioned back again to Florida.
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The cruise line still has not said the motive driving the fire, or the predicted price tag for repairs, but much more get the job done will be accomplished on the ship to return the iconic form.
First function to the broken exhaust stacks of the 110,000-gross-ton, 952-foot-lengthy ship that debuted in 2007 experienced to be accomplished in Grand Turk, after which the line sailed it to Grand Bahama for the two-7 days fix task. The ship for now will continue on its 4- and 5-night Bahamas and Caribbean voyages from Port Canaveral.
The whale tail smokestack turned an inferno when it arrived to Grand Turk pulling alongside Carnival’s new ship Mardi Gras. That ship’s passengers posted online video and photos of the fire, which Carnival explained was promptly resolved without any injuries.
