Carnival freedom fire in grand turk8/18/2023 "Carnival apologized to all those guests who are impacted and offered special thanks to the crew who handled the situation on the ship effectively and according to safety protocols," the line said. Guests booked on the impacted sailings on Carnival Conquest and Carnival Freedom voyages have been notified of these changes. All guests and crew are safe, and the ship’s guests were cleared by local authorities to go ashore. Once guests are off Carnival Freedom, the ship will proceed to Freeport for a repair to the funnel. Carnival Cruise released the following statement to FOX 35: 'Carnival Freedom’s emergency response team quickly activated and extinguished a fire inside the ship’s funnel while the ship was in Grand Turk. "Carnival Conquest will arrive to Grand Turk on Saturday, May 28 and guests aboard Carnival Freedom will transfer to Carnival Conquest for the voyage back to Port Canaveral, arriving on Monday, May 30."įrom Port Canaveral, Carnival Conquest will return to Miami, where its May 30 departure will be delayed by one day, with guests embarking on May 31. That ship will be deployed to Grand Turk to transport Freedom guests back to Port Canaveral. Additionally, the May 27 sailing of Carnival Conquest has been canceled. News of the fire quickly spread across the Internet, with passengers onboard reporting that they were called to their muster stations where they had to put on life jackets.Īccording to Carnival, while the majority of Carnival Freedom’s guests went ashore in Grand Turk afterwards, a technical team completed an initial assessment of the funnel and related features.īased on their assessment, the current and subsequent sailing (May 28) of Carnival Freedom have been canceled. All guests and crew are safe, and all other ship, hotel, and guest services, along with safety equipment are fully functioning." No injuries were reported and passengers were released to go about their day in port, but the current sailing has been canceled, as have at least two other cruises.Īccording to a spokesperson for the cruise line, “Carnival Freedom’s emergency response team quickly activated and extinguished a fire inside the ship’s funnel while the ship was in Grand Turk. Reimbursement of max US$200 per person was offered to affected passengers with independently booked non-refundable flights for airline change fees.įor more Carnival Freedom incidents and accidents see the ship's CruiseMinus page.A fire onboard Carnival Freedom Thursday morning in Grand Turk left half the ship’s iconic funnel completely destroyed. Extended parking fees (at Port Canaveral) were waived. Due to the replacement, Conquest's May 27th cruise from PortMiami (3-day to Nassau) was canceled.Īs compensation, Carnival Freedom passengers with purchased WiFi and drink packages received complimentary extended packages, while all passengers received US$100 per cabin in OBC/onboard credit and 50% in FCC/future cruise credit. On May 27th, CCL also sent as a replacement ship Carnival Conquest to pick up Freedom's passengers in Grand Turk, with estimated arrival on May 28th at 4 pm. UPDATE MAY 27th: On May 27th, from Miami (where is CCL's Fleet Operations Center) to Grand Turk was flown a technical team for a damage assessment and to plan for the repairs as Freedom was booked for wetdocking at Grand Bahama Shipyard in Freeport Bahamas. Freedom is scheduled to return to homeport on Saturday, May 28th. There has been no official statement yet on what caused the blaze.ĬCL has not announced whether the current cruise, a 5-day sailing from Port Canaveral that departed on May 23, will continue or whether subsequent voyages will be affected.ĬruiseMapper's schedule and our satellite AIS show that Carnival Freedom departed from homeport Port Canaveral (Orlando, Florida) on May 23, and on May 25th visited Amber Cove Dominicana. “All guests and crew are safe, and the ship’s guests were cleared by local authorities to go ashore. In a statement, CCL said the fire had broken out in the ship’s funnel (“whale tail”) while the liner had been docked at Grand Turk (Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos), a port the company developed specifically for use by passengers. There are no reported injuries, according to the cruise line. The incident has been confirmed by John Heald, Brand Ambassador and senior cruise director of Carnival Cruise Lines, on social media. A fire that caused damage to the funnel on CCL-Carnival Cruise Line‘s ship Carnival Freedom on Thursday, May 26, has been extinguished. Cruise groups on social media filled with photos of Carnival Cruiselines’ famous funnel on fire aboard the Carnival Freedom while docked in Grand Turk on May 26, 2022.
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