Another Carnival Cruise Ship Dealing with Power Outages and Overflowing Toilets

Not again! Another Carnival cruise ship is reportedly having problems with power outages and overflowing toilets just a month after thousands of passengers were subject to similar conditions on board the Carnival Triumph after it was left afloat due to an engine fire.

Several passengers on board the Carnival Dream have contacted CNN to tell them of their nightmare on board. They claim to be dealing with power outages and overflowing toilets as they were docked in port at Philipsburg, St. Maarten. These reports come just two days after Carnival said they were conducting a comprehensive review of their 23 ships.

"There's human waste all over the floor in some of the bathrooms and they're overflowing -- and in the state rooms. The elevators have not been working. They've been turning them on and off, on and off," passenger Gregg Stark told CNN"

"We are not allowed off of the boat despite the fact that we have no way to use the restrooms on board," passenger Jonathan Evans of Reidsville, North Carolina told CNN. "The cruise director is giving passengers very limited information and tons of empty promises. What was supposed to take an hour has turned into 7-plus hours."

U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Ryan Doss is investigating the issue. He told CNN, "We have spoken to the captain and right now, the decision has been made to have the passengers remain aboard the ship for accountability purposes. The last thing we want to do is have someone get left behind in St. Maarten by accident."

Carnival denies that the ship lost power but they did say that "there were periodic interruptions to elevators and toilets for a few hours last night. However, at this time all hotel systems are functioning normally and have been functional since approximately 12:30 a.m."

The Carnival Facebook page says that the ship had power but it continues to remain docked as the crews deal with a technical issue.

This comes a month after thousands of passengers on the Carnival Triumph were subject to horrendous conditions after their ship lost power following an engine fire, leaving them stranded in the Gulf of Mexico. Passengers had to deal with overflowing toilets, no air conditioning, limited food and other issues and they were tugged back to a port in a four day ordeal.