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Michael,Thank you. As of right now we are being told that our cruise will be the first one back for Triumph in mid April. However, I do not really believe this yet. I am of the opinion that Carnival is going to need to do a whole lot more than they originally thought. This is no longer a question of fixing the engine fire situation. News of raw sewage leaking from the walls tells me that nothing short of a complete overhaul of the ship removing every wall and floor will do to get this ship back in service. I am sure they do not want to do this and I am sure this is going to be a financial ruin for the company but they do have deep pockets and I can't imagine they are willing to risk their future to get this boat back out too quickly. My thought is that they will finish an examination of the entire ship in the next few days and that they will then announce that the ship is cancelled indefinitely. Were I running the show I would take it off the line for a good year or more, send it to europe to be outfitted from scratch, change the name, etc. I dont doubt that if we do cruise in mid April, when we get back there will be tons of reporters waiting to interview us. If the cruise is not perfect, if there is one small chance that they did not clean and sterilize every inch of the ship, Carnival will be in for very big trouble and I can't imagine that they would be willing to risk this.Having said that, most in our party are of the opinion that if they can get it cleaned, this will be the best cruise ever and they will be falling over themselves to make our cruise as perfect as possible including many freebies not ordinarily offered. Who really knows. For now, we are trying to make some backup plans but as of today at least, we are not able to get our money back so we are still on.Woofa
Michael,
Thank you. As of right now we are being told that our cruise will be the first one back for Triumph in mid April. However, I do not really believe this yet. I am of the opinion that Carnival is going to need to do a whole lot more than they originally thought. This is no longer a question of fixing the engine fire situation. News of raw sewage leaking from the walls tells me that nothing short of a complete overhaul of the ship removing every wall and floor will do to get this ship back in service. I am sure they do not want to do this and I am sure this is going to be a financial ruin for the company but they do have deep pockets and I can't imagine they are willing to risk their future to get this boat back out too quickly. My thought is that they will finish an examination of the entire ship in the next few days and that they will then announce that the ship is cancelled indefinitely. Were I running the show I would take it off the line for a good year or more, send it to europe to be outfitted from scratch, change the name, etc. I dont doubt that if we do cruise in mid April, when we get back there will be tons of reporters waiting to interview us. If the cruise is not perfect, if there is one small chance that they did not clean and sterilize every inch of the ship, Carnival will be in for very big trouble and I can't imagine that they would be willing to risk this.
Having said that, most in our party are of the opinion that if they can get it cleaned, this will be the best cruise ever and they will be falling over themselves to make our cruise as perfect as possible including many freebies not ordinarily offered. Who really knows. For now, we are trying to make some backup plans but as of today at least, we are not able to get our money back so we are still on.
Woofa
