![]() ![]() "The excitement of the industry's restart, our successful return of our entire fleet, the guest reaction to Mardi Gras, our loyal guest response to our 50th birthday this year, the support of our travel advisor partners - and of course, the amazing work of our Carnival team - have all contributed to the strong demand we are seeing, and this record-breaking booking week," Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line, said in a statement. Carnival Freedom on Fire in Grand Turk Tony and Rachel 1.58K subscribers Subscribe 5.1K views 10 months ago Carnival Freedoms Whale Tail has caught fire in Grand Turk Show more. The fire, which broke out in the Carnival Freedom ships funnel, was quickly extinguished as the ship was in Grand Turk, the capital island of the Turks and Caicos archipelago southeast. Carnival Freedom served as a floating hotel for the 2,504 passengers on its last cruise until they could be moved to Carnival Conquest, which then transported them back to. Carnival Cruise Line’s cruise ship Carnival Freedom experienced a fire this morning shortly after it docked at Grand Turk in the Turks. A statement from Carnival said that Carnival Freedom remained in Grand Turk, where the ship was docked when the fire broke out, until Carnival Conquest arrived on May 28. In April, Carnival noted a record week for booking. Published 9:43 AM by The Maritime Executive. A fire erupted on the funnel of Carnival Cruise Line’s 2,980-berth Carnival Freedom (built 2007) on 26 May while it was in the port of Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos archipelago. "While cruising will always pose some risk of COVID-19 transmission, travelers will make their own risk assessment when choosing to travel on a cruise ship, much like they do in all other travel settings," the agency said in a statement. UPDATE: Carnival Cruise Line has detailed the plan to bring Carnival Freedom ‘s passengers home. In recent months, Carnival has seen a spike in booking following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ( CDC) decision to rescind its COVID-19 advisory for cruise travel in late March.Īt the time, the CDC said that it's up to passengers to determine their own risks before embarking on a cruise. ![]() IGlCMNjfX7- Jacqueline Charles May 26, 2022Įarlier this week, in a separate incident, the Coast Guard said that some passengers aboard a Carnival cruise ship heading to Norfolk, Virginia, reported they were feeling ill after smelling chemical fumes. Knowing how tiny Grand Turk is I know the panic among folks when they saw the smoke. Once all passengers leave the damaged ship, the cruise line said Freedom will make its way to Freeport in the Bahamas to undergo repairs.įOX 35 Orlando contributed to this report.There was a fire this morning on board a Carnival cruise ship docked in Grand Turk, #TurksandCaicos. ![]() The Carnival Conquest is set to arrive in Grand Turk on Saturday and is scheduled to return to Port Canaveral with passengers from the Freedom on Monday. The change means Conquest's scheduled May 27 cruise out of Miami has been canceled, as well as Freedom's scheduled cruise out of Port Canaveral on May 28. Carnival sending replacement cruise ship after Freedom caught fire in Grand Turk WKMG News 6 ClickOrlando 354K subscribers Subscribe 1.3K Share 276K views 9 months ago Flames erupted from. Late Thursday afternoon, Carnival released a second statement saying it was sending another of its other cruise ships, the Carnival Conquest, to Grand Turk to pick up the 2,504 passengers and 972 crew members who were on Carnival's Freedom. The Carnival Freedom is on a five-day cruise that departed Port Canaveral, Florida on Monday, May 23. Part of Carnival's Freedom cruise ship caught fire Thursday morning while docked at Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the cruise line said, sending dark black smoke into the. Carnival Freedom left Port Canaveral on Monday on a five-day cruise." The Carnival Freedom ship was in Grand Turk on a five-day cruise when a fire inside the ships funnel started, according to a press release from Carnival. All guests and crew are safe, and the ship’s guests were cleared by local authorities to go ashore. GRAND TURK, Turks and Caicos Islands Carnival Cruise Line says no one was hurt when one of its ships caught fire Thursday morning in Grand Turk. "Carnival Freedom’s emergency response team quickly activated and extinguished a fire inside the ship’s funnel while the ship was in Grand Turk. READ: Bahamas Sandals deaths: Families of Americans found dead at resort ask for second autopsy, report saysĬarnival Cruise released the following statement to FOX 35: ![]()
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