Rather than sailing out today, the Carnival Dream is still docked on the Dutch Caribbean island of St Maarten due to technical issues with its backup emergency generator.
St Maarten was the last stop on the Caribbean cruise, and the ship was scheduled to leave port today, arriving back at Cape Canaveral, Florida on Saturday.
I've read the media reports of over flowing toilets and unsanitary conditions on-board the ship, however I have friends on this cruise. I sent an e-mail, and here's the reply
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What in the world?? This is the fourth e-mail with concerns about our cruise. Not sure what the media is reporting back home, but we are safe and sound! We have had a wonderful cruise, and when we arrived here in St Maarten they discovered a problem with the backup generator.
We will be flying instead of sailing back to Port Canaveral. Not sure when our flight leaves. Carnival offered us a free island tour, so we are taking advantage of more time in the sun. I have not seen any unsanitary conditions anywhere onboard. No worries here, wish we could stay even longer in St Maarten!
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Carnival is reporting all systems were functioning today, however the company decided to make flight arrangements for the passengers to return home by air. That was probably a good PR move after the Carnival Triumph fire last month.
The Dream's March 16 voyage from Port Canaveral has been canceled, and passengers are being refunded, along with being offered a 25% refund off a future cruise and be able to purchase tickets at the same current rate.
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