Carnival cruise ships crash in Mexico
(CNS): Two cruise ships belonging to the Carnival Corporation, the cruise line partnering with the Cayman Islands Government over the proposed controversial cruise project here, crashed in Mexican waters just before 9am Friday. The Carnival Legend and Carnival Glory collided in high winds as they were docking at the berthing facility in Cozumel. The Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas narrowly missed being hit in what could have been a cruise ship pile-up.
The Carnival Glory, which was in Cayman yesterday, reportedly smashed into the side of the Carnival Legend, which was due to come here on Christmas Eve but has been badly damaged.
It is understood that some passengers who were in a dining room at the time of the smash were injured, but so far the cruise line has not released any information or statements about the collision, which was videoed and posted on social media by dozens of passengers who witness the event.
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Slamming into each other isn’t their only problem: https://theheartysoul.com/carnival-cruise-caught-dumping-food-and-plastic-waste-into-the-ocean/?utm_source=PPV&fbclid=IwAR3ECBR24mt2pVs2goi_n7rVcV2tHfPeQ_3OwXts3PJcNfZthkzGbtWVWvg
So Carnival CEO says it was a freak storm that caused this…same thing Joey told us about the containers floating off the dock here…You can’t this $hit up.. things that make you go hmmm..
Both situations were careless mistakes..Stop blaming Mother Nature!
But the surface looks calm 🤔
I just wonder, how many accidents will happen when the two ships have to pull into the “inner” berths? Outside, may not be a problem… Better get here first…
It was the CPR at it again !!! Payback to Alden for tossing those shipping crates in the sea !!!
It’s WAR !!!
Piers required these ships to be in such close proximity. Without piers there would have been no accident like this one.
Rubbish. Cars collide, trains collide, planes collide, submarines collide and SHIPS collide.
Your attitude is rubbish
Rob Zombie – Worlds also collide
Conspiracy 1: God is for the Port Expansion, see how he knocked the containers off the dock?
Conspiracy 2: God is against the Docks, see how he knocked those cruise ships together?
Knock yourselves out in the responses.
Conspiracy 3: god
Hook. Line. Sinker. You.
Conspiracy 4: your opinion.
Really proves nothing. Anyone can have a bad day. It could have been equipment failure. We have more car accidents in Cayman than most places in the world. Most of it due to inexperience, drugs and alcohol. We have had more reefs hit by ships and we don’t care about it. Building a pier facility would help the coral reefs that so many people claim they care about. But thats just not true.
Help the reefs? What are you on? I’d consult your dr immediately as it’s making you delusional.
8:11, Yes, I guess the Carnival boys had another bad day in June in Venice, Italy, when they wiped out a tourist boat and the dock there too.
Cruise ships are such a good idea In theory. But the reality sucks. They’re gaudy barges bursting at the seams with the decadent and the obese. Like festering wounds they spew toxic pollution into the sea and ooze obnoxious humans out onto the land.
Cruise ships show us so much of what is wrong with the world. They poison nature, exploit developing societies, abuse labour, the excess of all you can eat buffets, the absurdity of casino gambling as entertainment, etc. No intelligent government with principles and foresight would have anything to do with this industry.
Imagine being so lost that you think a typical Caribbean cruise is a great idea for a vacation. You work hard all year in some meaningless job, then you spend thousands of dollars to take your family on a cruise so that you can come ashore in the Cayman Islands for a few hours where your Jamaican driver will take you to Burger King or Wendy’s, then maybe to a gift shop where you can buy an authentic Cayman coconut monkey (carved by in Honduras, of course) and a Cayman Islands T-shirt (imported from Panama). And maybe there’s still time for a sting ray city excursion to abuse the marine life and soak up the authentic island vibe with the thousands of Americans standing next to you.
Why do these people do this? Oh right, I forgot. All-you-can-eat buffets.
#lame
7:23 in 1912 the Cruise line Titanic sunk 1500 lives was lost that did not stop the cruise industry!
12:38 Titanic wasn’t a cruise ship – in those days it was the only way to cross the Atlantic. Passengers didn’t have a choice. In fact, it wasn’t until well into the 1960s that air travel started to overtake shipping as the main long-haul carrier. Your argument is childish.
You could say the same about the 1987 Zeebrugge capsize but the fact remains that ferries were, and still are, the only option if you want to move large volumes of traffic between the UK and Europe.
3:50 Google, says RMS Titanic was a British Passenger Liner, to make you feel better. My simple point was, it did not stop the building of passenger liners up to this day!
I am searching for your point.
alaw I don’t see any point in any of your comments. You’re just Trolling this thread. Do your parents know you’re posting here?
You know, funny thing there with the sinking of RMS Titanic – it spawned over 100 years of robust safety changes to Maritime Law, particularly in regards to lifeboats, access doors, emergency disembarkation designs, and standardized universal “rescue” tendering ability. Contrary to the prevailing lies of this gov’t, all passenger liners must retain the capacity to tender as a matter of normal evacuation protocol. It’s the law. Cayman gives every liner a free test of their emergency protocols at every stop, without any distress or alarm to passengers.
dah wha unna get!
Why is it so difficult for people to record basic competent video with their phones? It’s really not that hard.
Exactly!
10 tips for recording better video with your smartphone https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pocket-lint.com/phones/news/131351-10-tips-for-recording-better-video-with-your-smartphone.amphtml
First the containers fall in the ocean now two of the cruises crash. This is the same cruise line working with CIG to get the port built. I wouldn’t put it passed a multi-billion dollar company to pull a few stunts for their benefit!
Well they can’t fool us.
VOTE NO!!
Even if there is never a collision whilst visiting Cayman there will inevitably be evasive manoeuvring, a simple percentages equation. So still no concerns about that prop / thruster wash seen in the video stirring the silt up in, around, and beyond GT Harbour Aldart, Mo$e$ ?
It’s almost as if God is trying to show something these past couple of days…
Soon to be witnessed in Cayman!
Honestly, i wish they had both sunk
There were innocent people on those ships. Including crew and staff.
Oh shut up, they are in swimable distance.
Idiot!
Children and older persons don’t swim that well
Idiot! It was a facetious comment in the first place! Get a life.
5:23 make sure they get your Grand Ma off first!
Hey Carnival, karma much?
This is tragic. Apparently the lunch buffet had to be suspended. People went hungry!!!
Not funny at all.
Most people disagree, I win. Or perhaps your sense of humor is maladjusted.
Idiot!
Poor people. They lost a couple of pounds.
That’s a good thing !
Having seen many of the cruise tourists in George Town I must agree that it was a good thing. Many of those tourists should go on a diet and cut out the super sized soft drinks.
Let me guess, its because of the dock?
Did you see where the dock was in the video…These are the same people that say they can stop a ship on the dime and that the captains can park their ships with their eyes closed..Well them and the government here better open their eyes and understand that these monstrosities cannot just stop quickly..Remember Italy, Cayman’s time is coming too if we are stupid enough to build those piers..
6:25 Check this out – https://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Fargo-couple-witnesses-cruise-ship-crash-in-Mexico–566409061.html
It gives a better perspective of the relative locations of the ships and the dock.
Tell us again how the Cayman cruise pier design leaves enough space between the piers.
Better video here – https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/video/watch-carnival-cruise-ship-crashes-into-another-in-cozumel-port/2278078/ Love to see the official incident report on that :-0
I hope the officers in command were drug and alcohol tested.
This is a sign
Things are not always as they apier!
Apier? Are you trying to spell appear?
No, it’s a joke. Obviously.
12:33, Humor is not your strong suit.
Did that really go over your head what they were doing there?? Please put down the keyboard and step away from the computer. You are not educationally qualified to use it….
The nor’easter and this incident are all a sign from God.
Moses are you listening?
Alden there is a greater power than you?
McKeeva now is time to repent!
The rest of the unity sheep in Govt are condemned to losing their their seats due to blind loyalty to their political cult leaders. Save yourselves REPENT!
Anyone else catch that “oooh maii gaadd” from the Minnesotan tourist in the bottom video. Didn’t know Sheila Broflovski was a real person. America’s finest, brought right on top of your shores – that’s the Verdant Isle promise.
More to the point, the whole cruise ship industry is looking so pathetic these days. The only reason cruises are popular now is because of how much they offer older people who can’t afford better vacations. Younger generations’ values will kill off these companies in due course, that’s a guarantee, so we should not sacrifice anything to accommodate them now. Any cruise pier will become a white elephant and permanent reminder of the greed and stupidity of our species in time.
Sorry, meant Principal Victoria. Sheila is from Jersey.
12.27 ever been on Seabourne, Silverseas or Regent cruise ?
Try it, then you’ll know what you are talking about.
I (not original poster) have had the privilege of being on Regent cruise. This is the type of cruise business that we should be persuing, high end, low volume.
Instead we seem to be focused on quantity over quality. I remember as a child visiting the UK seeing tourist establishments displaying “no coaches” signs in an attempt to ward off the arrival of masses of low end visitors who overload the facilities and spend little money.
It seems that our government is keen to hang out the “coaches welcome” sign with complete disregard to our lack of infrastructure, beach and stingray city capacity, and ongoing traffic meltdown.
Abandon plans for the dock. Spend the money (it is our money, even if the cruise lines are willing to “front” it ) on a traffic overpass at Grand Harbour!
In the next election, I will only vote for a candidate/party that prioritizes a realistic solution to the east side traffic nightmare. Eastsiders, tell your representatives that you have had enough.
The original Truthseeker
Unless there is a fundamental change in our democracy whereby Lodge is rejected (because they are treasonous), nothing will change and you will be responsible for electing another bunch of idiots.
12:27 there has been more accidents and lost of lives by planes, check!
Carnival Glory has a new hole.
Best. Comment.
Ever.
I don’t know if things like this will see tourists queuing to come back. They’ll blow their load on a different kind of holiday, no doubt.
2:43 they went back after the Titanic!
@12:21 PM BEST. COMMENT. EVER!!!!
Not really.
Your’s is better.
Keep those monsters off Cayman shores.
Yes, the ships as well.
Cayman drivers?.
JAM most likely.
That’s ridiculous. I didn’t see any light or electricity poles knocked over.