| dd/mm/yy |
2010 |
Incident |
| 20.11.10 | From a reader: I’ve been a long time follower of your site. You are doing an outstanding job! I just returned home from a five day cruise on the Carnival Destiny, and I had a very “eventful” cruise. Firstly, on the first night of the cruise (November 15th - en route from Miami to Nassau), there was a drunken man in an inside cabin on deck 2 that apparently tried to jump from the ship. He apparently had been having mental issues and allegedly flew into a rage with some crew members onboard. He had to be restrained and confined to his cabin with a security person to guard the door. According to a crew member, he and his family were removed from the ship the following day while docked in Nassau. Secondly, on the last “Sea Day” of the voyage (from Grand Turk en route back to Miami), an “Operation Brightstar” was called out over the PA system in an “aft storeroom” on deck 0. No further information was given concerning fate of the person. While I personally feel that these incidents are in fact no fault of Carnival, I think that passengers should receive more follow-up information regarding such events that happen. Many passengers that saw the ambulance and/or heard the Brightstar announcement were left puzzled and concerned. After the Brightstar announcement, I had to re-assure an elderly woman that everything was fine, and to remain calm.Carnival should have at least given an “all clear” status update informing pax and crew that the situation was under control. They obviously did not do this. These incidents did not affect my cruise, and I would definitely cruise with Carnival again. | Attempted jump overboard |
| 26.1.10 | Cruise Critic reports the cancelingof two of the ship's sailings -- and will modify three others -- to allow the ship to dry-dock for repairs to its propulsion system. The dry-dock will take place February 13 through 20. Canceled: A five-night sailing, departing on February 13 and a four-night sailing, departing on February 18, will be canceled. Note: A brand-new, two-night cruise to Nassau has been created, departing on February 20. Modified: A five-night cruise on January 30 will now visit Cozumel and Costa Maya instead of Ocho Rios and Grand Cayman, a four-night cruise on February 4 will visit Cozumel and skip a scheduled call in Key West, and a five-night sailing, departing February 8, will include stops in Freeport (rather than Grand Turk), Nassau and Half Moon Cay. | Itinerary changes &
cancelations |
| dd/mm/yy |
2009 |
Incident |
| 2.6.09 | Posted at Cruise Critic: I was attacked by fellow passenger on the Destiny! Just returned from the 5-28-09 sailing and on the 1st night I had walked up to get some pizza at about 3:30 AM for my wife and myself. While I was waiting fro the pizza and bread to bake I had drink at the back pool bar after about 10 - 15 min pizza was ready and I was returning to my room and I walked up on 3 young mid 20's drunk men 1 of which was urinating on the wall outside of my room. I will not go into many details here but lets just say they where not happy that someone challenged them on what they were doing and that I was going to call security on them. That is when I was Physically assaulted, they must of thought they could scare me off before security arrived, well they were wrong I was not going anywhere! After a few mins they realized maybe they bit off more that they could chew they ran off to their room which was great for me I knew just where they went. Security finally showed up went to both rooms took statements and pictures I did end up with a good shiner but the other guy ended getting removed from the ship on his very 1st morning plus at least a $300.00 fine for not stopping at a foreign port. | Pax on Pax assault |
| dd/mm/yy |
2008 |
Incident |
| 2.10.08 |
From a passenger: We have just disembarked from a Carnival
cruise with a very poor taste in our mouths. On the first night of the
cruise, at 11pm, we went to the pool deck to get some air. While we
were out there, we noticed several incredibly drunk people hobbling
around the deck. We saw that a net had been placed on top of the
swimming pool and assumed that we were not allowed to swim at night. We
then saw one of the drunk men make his way over to the swimming pool
and take off his clothes while his friends hung around behind him. We
were about to say that he shouldn't be swimming because of the net, but
he jumped in. My thought was, "he will land in the net and get out." It
wasn't until we realized that we had not heard a splash that we
panicked! The pool was empty and all that was covering it was a flimsy
net. He had fallen to the bottom of
the pool and he was laying unconcious in a pool of blood. There
were not even any signs. The pool was brightly lit and looked
inviting apart from the net. I was sober and I had no idea that it was
empty! We all started frantically looking for someone in charge so that
we could get help. I went to the bartender to let him know what had
happened, he nonchalantly picked up the phone and started dialing some
number. It wasn't until about 10
minutes later that we heard an announcement calling staff to the pool
deck. The staff on the curise are more interested in
getting the guests to spend as much money as possible than ensuring
their safety. I will never take another cruise and if you do, please be
careful. |
Serious and preventable
injury |
| dd/mm/yy |
2007 |
Incident |
| 14.1.07 |
From a passenger: Woke up to the Captain’s 5AM announcement
of a bomb threat. Crew did search of entire ship, while breakfast
started at 6 AM for the passengers. Some crew members downplayed
incident, while others were visibly nervous. Docking into San
Juan was delayed, then passengers were held onboard until 10 AM, some
missing flights, others starting excursions late. Handled
smoothly except the part of holding passengers on a ship with the
potential “bomb”. The Destiny cruises the Eastern
Caribbean from San Juan as the embarkation/debarkation point.
|
Bomb threat / Delayed arrival |
| dd/mm/yy |
2006 |
Incident |
| 23.7.06- 30.7.06 |
A passenger reports that the ship departed San Juan one day
late (because of mechanical probelms) and that Aruba was skipped as a
port of call. |
Mechanical Problems - Itinerary change |
| 19.3.06 |
According to a message at Cruise Critic, the ship was supposed to dock at 7 AM today in San Juan but was slowed because of a propulsion problem (a propeller had been damaged). It finally docked at 4PM; passengers were still disembarking at 1 AM. Many had waited for hours for Carnival to find them hotel rooms because the delayed arrival meant missed flights. Embarking passengers were still boarding at 2 AM. The following cruise (19-26 March) was apparently still plagued with propulsion problems. One passenger writes: "We arrived at all ports late and left all early. For instance we were supposed to leave Aruba at 10PM but left before 7PM. Cut down time on all our shore excursions. No on the ship would confirm anything. They knocked $25/pp off everyone's bill and gave out free drinks for 2 hours toward the end of the trip. Very disappointed." | Propulsion problems |
| dd/mm/yy |
2005 and earlier |
Incident |
| 23.5.05 |
The ship lost power and propulsion at 7AM -- it was dead in
the water for 8 hours and without electricty and air conditioning for
about two hours. The engines were finally operational at 3 PM and
the ship headed to St. Lucia, skipping Aruba as a port of call.
See here
for detailed description. |
Loss of Power and Propulsion Problems |
| 16.5.05 |
Two elderly passengers (aged 67 and 71) disappeared Thursday May 12th between 8:30 PM and 4 AM while the ship was going from Barbados to Aruba. Their couple's belongings were found in a pile on one of the decks, but this was consistent with what they did every night. The FBI investigated but the case was closed. The couple is presumed to have died at sea, but of unknown cause. It remains a mystery for the couple's family. See here for more info. | Missing at Sea |
| 7.6.04 |
A
passenger reported that "the
ship broke down while cruising from St.Thomas to Dominica. We were
delayed
3.5 hours. Also, while docked at St.Thomas there was a fire in one of
trash incinerators. Passengers were delayed 45 minutes to board. There
was no cause given as to why the fire started." |
Propulsion problems |
| 22.7.02 |
A
55-year old man found hanging in a shower stall -- an
apparent suicide. Not reported as to crew or pax. (Reported in St. Thomas
Source, 7/22/2002) |
Suicide |
| 24.5.02 | Technical malfunction caused ship to lose power for a couple of hours. Port call at Aruba replaced by stop in St. Lucia. | Power failure |
| 23.5.00 |
The ship arrived in Boston a day
late because of propulsion problems and its following cruise cancelled
after repairs couldn't be made in a resonable time. |
Engine problems / cancellation |
| 5.7.99 |
The cruise ship and Coast Guard ended its search for a 22 year old man who disappeared at sea after leaving the ship's nightclub. The ship was between San Juan and Miami. For more information see here. |
Passenger
overboard |
| 16.2.99 |
Technicians restored partial
power after the ship had drifted for 27 hours off the coast of Turks
and Caicos. Power to two electric propulsion motors was lost at
1:40 AM, leaving the ship adrift. The power loss did not affect
showers, lighting, or air conditioning. |
Power loss - Adrift |