"Carnival Freedom" ship back in business today

[calendria]

 

Do you take cruises?  If so, any emergencies happen to your cruise?


Carnival Freedom Returns to Service

https://www.cruisehive.com/cruise-news-update-june-11-2022/73830

After being taken out of service for urgent repairs, the Carnival Freedom cruise ship is bringing back the fun to thousands of guests from June 11,2022 .

A fire broke out onboard the Conquest-class vessel on May 26, 2022 while docked in Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The fire was mainly within the ship’s iconic red, white and blue funnel and was eventually extinguished with no injuries reported among the crew or guests.

The good news is that the repair work to the Carnival Freedom has now been completed at the Grand Bahama shipyard in Freeport, Bahamas. The iconic funnel is not the same as before, and the two fins that come out of the side have both been removed.

The vessel now has a more traditional funnel look. The work started while the ship was still in Grand Turk after a technical team assessed the damage. It’s likely once the ship undergoes a more scheduled official dry dock, the funnel will be fully back to how it was before the fire.

Carnival Freedom will now return to guests operations from Port Canaveral on June 11 as scheduled. The vessel will depart at approximately 3:30 PM on a five-day cruise to Nassau, Princess Cays and Grand Turk.

[cathy37]

I have been on three different cruises with Carnival and have had no problems during the cruise.  My first cruise was from Port Canaveral and we went to Nassau and Freeport.  The second cruise was out of Tampa and we went to Grand Cayman and Cozumel, Mexico.  The third was to Cozumel, Costa Maya, and Belize.

[plennis]

U find cruises to be very relaxing.  You see different places but don't have to pack and repack.  Everything is there if you want to do it or not.

[UGetPaid]

You see different places but don't have to pack and repack.

This is one of the points that I try to use to talk my wife into going on a cruise at some point.

[ccandpam]

I love going on Cruises. They are so relaxing and fun. There are so many things that you can do on a  Cruise.

[plennis]

I am glad to see any businesses getting back up and going since the pandemic.  Good for them, I love cruises.  Going different places but only have to pack and  not having to change rooms when you get to a new place.

[linderlizzie]

Took one cruise. Went with party animals. I did not enjoy it at all. Spent more money than I've ever spent on a vacation.  They get you at every turn. Sorry, but that was just my take at the time.

That being said, I don't have any desire to ever go again. Most of the time you don't even know you're at sea. It's more like a giant casino with a big kitchen and teeny little cabins. Perhaps if I had been a rich customer it would have been different. Anyway, I felt like part of a cattle herd during boarding and deboarding. Don't mean to be a downer, but it's how I felt. I've never heard anyone else complain about a cruise like I do.