Friday's announcement that Carnival has canceled two more sailings upon its Triumph, due to undergoing repairs is just the latest in a storm of bad news.
Carnival said that "voyages scheduled for June 3 and June 8 have been eliminated so the 2,758-passenger vessel can spend 10 more days undergoing repairs," according to USA Today.
The problem has to do with the ship suffering a 20-foot-long gash on April 3. During a fierce storm it broke free from its moorings at a shipyard in Mobile, Ala., which it was docked thanks to a much-publicized fire in February that stranding its passengers, at sea, without power.
"We're extremely disappointed to have to cancel these additional voyages and, although the cause was beyond our control, we sincerely apologize to our guests for this disruption to their vacation plans," Carnival president and CEO Gerry Cahill said in a statement. "We know how much our guests were looking forward to their vacations and we sincerely regret the inconvenience this will cause."
In all, the cruise line has now canceled 26 voyages on the Carnival Triumph since the February fire, which knocked out the ship's main power and left it dead in the water.
Carnival stated that "passengers on the two newly cancelled Triumph sailings will receive a full refund, reimbursement for travel expenses and a future cruise discount of 25 percent of the amount paid for the sailing," according to USA Today.
Carnival also stated that "it will be moving the Carnival Triumph from Mobile to a repair yard in the Bahamas for the completion of repair work," reported USA Today.
After months of getting hit figuratively and literally, the question becomes, when will the once massive player in the cruise industry find the blue sky, which is said to be at the end of every storm.
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