Eschew

Grand Princess suffered a fire in the engine room recently and it is the switching panel this time. It seems to be a common occurrence on cruise ships these days. Somehow, we hardly hear about them other than the Carnival Triumph back in 2013.

Le Boreal evacuated the ship after an engine room fire off the Falkland Islands in November.2015
Splendour of the Seas was on fire in October 2015. Carnival Liberty engine room caught fire in September 2015 Oceania Insignia engine room fire (with 3 dead) in December 2014. And of course, the Carnival Triumph engine room fire in 2013 which was headline news for a few days. Allure of the Sea's engine room caught fire in April 2012, and the Azamara Quest suffered the same faith a month earlier, just to name a few.

This time Princess Cruise offered a 100% refund and free transportation back to San Francisco (via air or stay on board) after a fire in the engine room on their recent Hawaii cruise originated from San Francisco. Would you be happy with the compensation?

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/201...ine-room-fire/

The link below is a list of Cruise ships fires from 1979 to the present (not counting the 4 above from 2015), Is there more fire on cruise ships than anyone of us think?
http://www.shipdetective.com/advice/safety/fires.htm

Eschew

Stupid auto-correct! I wish there is an "edit your post" feature here!

Sassafrass

OK, Eschew, now you've gone and done it, given me something else to worry about! I always knew in the back of my mind the dangers of fire on a ship, just didn't know how many there have been. I guess overall, considering all the ships at sea every day, it isn't that many, and a lot have been very lucky.

Just DH and me, wouldn't give it a thought. However, taking GD gives me pause. She loves cruising though, especially the food and eating in the dinning room, which surprised me. At age 4, we took her on Norwegian Epic, at 5, on MSC Divina, and we are thinking about Carnival Breeze this year.

For now, I will forget about fires and concentrate on the fun.

eliztravels2

Good lord, can you imagine if fires happened with the same frequency on aircraft? A full refund and a trip home sounds like very fair compensation. Maybe passengers on river cruises that turn into bus trips due to water levels should hope for a small fire on board!

Sassafrass

BTW, Eschew, my post was meant to be kidding, but may not have come across that way. I always appreciate your posts, especially this one.

jacketwatch

I knew it was meant in jest and I'll bet. E took it that way too.

Sassafrass

Thanks Jacket. BTW, congrats on retirement.

jacketwatch

Thanks Sass. Retirement is such a relief. I am loving it.

I worked about 15 mos. PT as a case manager after 24 yrs. at the U of I and am going to their Xmas party Friday and the CEO has already made it clear she wants me back but hey once retired there's no going back, at least for me. I'm enjoying my time too much. .

Eschew

Sass ... I have another cruising mishap for you. This one just happened this month with the Celebrity Summit. I guess I am trying to scare you off cruising.

http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2015/12...ap-in-tortola/

And of course you have heard about this one happened this past summer with Hollands America.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-revealed.html

Since I am the one who told you cruising was safe way back when you start looking into cruising and embarked on this journey, so I guess I want to make sure I present both side of the arguments.

Of course, you know my feeling about all this. Cruising is safer than flying and flying is safer than car travel, and the chance of something happened is very low, if you take the proper precautions.

I believe we have a duty to create the awareness that dangers are lurking around the corner everywhere. As long as you make a choice based on sound information, than if things happen, it happens.

In the case of the Celebrity Summit excursion bus accident, the bus is NOT from a Celebrity sponsored excursion. The captain still went to the hospital and visited the injured passengers, and of course, they want everyone to know that you are taking a Chance by not taking one of their excursions and book on your own.

Again, you have to do your homework when you book an excursion outside of what the ship offers. You have to know their reputation, safety record etc. I book excursion independently all the time, but I check out the vendors. Same thing with selecting a cruise ship or cruise line. Newer ship vs older ship, the season, the reputation of the cruise line etc.