Carnival Cruise ships collide in Cozumel, Mexico; at least 1 injury

[mystery-ak]

Carnival Cruise ships collide in Cozumel, Mexico; at least 1 injury

The cruise line said a Carnival Glory guest suffered a minor injury when a group of guests was evacuated from the ship's dining room.

Dec. 20, 2019, 10:53 AM CST / Updated Dec. 20, 2019, 11:24 AM CST
By Gwen Aviles

Two Carnival Cruise ships collided near the port of Cozumel, Mexico, on Friday morning, causing damage to at least one of the ships and at least one reported injury, according to the company.

"Carnival Glory was maneuvering to dock when it made contact with Carnival Legend which was already alongside," a spokesperson for the company wrote in an emailed statement. "We are assessing the damage but there are no issues that impact the seaworthiness of either ship."


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[berdie]

Aside from not wanting to be trapped on a floating hotel....there are reasons I don't want to go on a cruise!

[Applewood]

Aside from not wanting to be trapped on a floating hotel....there are reasons I don't want to go on a cruise!

I took 5 cruises with Mom when she was alive -- the last one was in 1999.  We had a blast on all of them.  But it seems I hear frequently of problems with this cruise or that -- everything from outbreaks of the Norwalk virus, bad behavior by unruly guests, people falling overboard,, some lax security and some bad accidents. among other things.  I believe the quality has gone downhill as cruise lines cut corners.   Too bad.  I keep hearing the industry as a whole is chronically losing money and it sounds like the cruise lines have only themselves to blame. 

[libertybele]

I have friends that cruise all the time and absolutely love it; they are Diamond members on Royal Caribbean.  We've been on 1 cruise and haven't had the desire to go back.  Yes, it is all inclusive, but we were unfortunate as our cruise was booked, a hurricane came through and we set sail a week later.  We couldn't get into some of the ports and spent more time at sea and aboard the ship.  Seas were still rough.  My hubby contracted some kind of stomach virus and it was so bad that they thought he had pancreatitis and almost had to air ambulance him to the nearest hospital.  We didn't enjoy the cruise.  Luckily it was only a 5 day 4 night cruise.  That was enough.

[Fishrrman]

Looks like high winds may have been a contributing factor.

I'm guessing the wind "took hold" of the ship on the left, slowly pushing the stern to our left, swinging the bow into the ship on the right.

These big cruise ships have some kind of "side propulsion", don't they?
The bridge probably tried to compensate for the wind, but what they had might have been "not quite enough" to counter the pressure of the wind against the port side of the ship...

[libertybele]

I took 5 cruises with Mom when she was alive -- the last one was in 1999.  We had a blast on all of them.  But it seems I hear frequently of problems with this cruise or that -- everything from outbreaks of the Norwalk virus, bad behavior by unruly guests, people falling overboard,, some lax security and some bad accidents. among other things.  I believe the quality has gone downhill as cruise lines cut corners.   Too bad.  I keep hearing the industry as a whole is chronically losing money and it sounds like the cruise lines have only themselves to blame.

Well, I have heard that some retirees book end to end cruise dates and live most of the year aboard a cruise ship as it's cheaper than rent, groceries, utilities, lawn care, property taxes, etc.

[Applewood]

I have friends that cruise all the time and absolutely love it; they are Diamond members on Royal Caribbean.  We've been on 1 cruise and haven't had the desire to go back.  Yes, it is all inclusive, but we were unfortunate as our cruise was booked, a hurricane came through and we set sail a week later.  We couldn't get into some of the ports and spent more time at sea and aboard the ship.  Seas were still rough.  My hubby contracted some kind of stomach virus and it was so bad that they thought he had pancreatitis and almost had to air ambulance him to the nearest hospital.  We didn't enjoy the cruise.  Luckily it was only a 5 day 4 night cruise.  That was enough.

Unfortunately, it's not a good time to sail the Caribbean during hurricane season even if the price is right.  More expensive during winter, but there is little to no risk of a storm ruining your cruise.

Anyway, sorry your cruise wasn't much fun.

[libertybele]

Unfortunately, it's not a good time to sail the Caribbean during hurricane season even if the price is right.  More expensive during winter, but there is little to no risk of a storm ruining your cruise.

Anyway, sorry your cruise wasn't much fun.

True.  We went with a group and well... that's when they decided to book it.