![]() The May 28 departure of Carnival Freedom from Port Canaveral has been cancelled. Guests booked on the impacted sailings on Carnival Conquest and Carnival Freedom voyages have been notified of these changes. Once guests are transferred from Carnival Freedom, the ship will proceed to Freeport for a repair to the funnel. I was aboard the starboard side and captured this footage from the. Carnival Conquest will then return to Miami, and her May 30 departure will be shortened by one day, with guests embarking on May 31. 5/24/22 Thursday morning in the Grand Turks the Carnival Freedoms smokestack caught fire. The Carnival Freedom ship was in Grand Turk on a five-day cruise when a fire inside the ships funnel started, according to a press release from Carnival. Carnival Conquest will arrive to Grand Turk on Saturday, May 28 and guests aboard Carnival Freedom will transfer to Carnival Conquest for the voyage back to Port Canaveral, arriving on Monday, May 30. The Carnival Freedom ship was in Grand Turk on a five-day cruise when a fire inside the ships funnel started, according to a press release from Carnival. Carnival Conquest’s next cruise, departing May 27 from Miami has been cancelled and that ship will be deployed to Grand Turk to transport Freedom guests back to Port Canaveral. According to witnesses, the ship caught fire around. There are 2504 guests and 972 crew on board. 0:00 0:42 A fire broke out Thursday morning in the funnel area of the Carnival Freedom cruise ship while it was docked in Grand Turk. ![]() While the majority of Carnival Freedom’s guests went ashore in Grand Turk today, Carnival’s technical team completed an initial assessment of the funnel and related features, and the shoreside team completed a plan to get our guests back to Port Canaveral. Video shows fire on Carnival Freedom cruise ship while docked in Grand Turk. "Carnival apologized to all those guests who are impacted and offered special thanks to the crew who handled the situation on the ship effectively and according to safety protocols," the line said.On Thursday morning while in port at Grand Turk, Carnival Freedom’s emergency response team quickly activated and extinguished a fire inside the ship’s funnel. All guests and crew are safe, and all other ship, hotel, and guest services, along with safety equipment are fully functioning. Guests booked on the impacted sailings on Carnival Conquest and Carnival Freedom voyages have been notified of these changes. Once guests are off Carnival Freedom, the ship will proceed to Freeport for a repair to the funnel. "Carnival Conquest will arrive to Grand Turk on Saturday, May 28 and guests aboard Carnival Freedom will transfer to Carnival Conquest for the voyage back to Port Canaveral, arriving on Monday, May 30."įrom Port Canaveral, Carnival Conquest will return to Miami, where its May 30 departure will be delayed by one day, with guests embarking on May 31. That ship will be deployed to Grand Turk to transport Freedom guests back to Port Canaveral. ![]() Additionally, the May 27 sailing of Carnival Conquest has been canceled. News of the fire quickly spread across the Internet, with passengers onboard reporting that they were called to their muster stations where they had to put on life jackets.Īccording to Carnival, while the majority of Carnival Freedom’s guests went ashore in Grand Turk afterwards, a technical team completed an initial assessment of the funnel and related features.īased on their assessment, the current and subsequent sailing (May 28) of Carnival Freedom have been canceled. All guests and crew are safe, and all other ship, hotel, and guest services, along with safety equipment are fully functioning." The incident has been confirmed by John Heald, Brand Ambassador and senior cruise director of Carnival Cruise Lines, on social media. ![]() No injuries were reported and passengers were released to go about their day in port, but the current sailing has been canceled, as have at least two other cruises.Īccording to a spokesperson for the cruise line, “Carnival Freedom’s emergency response team quickly activated and extinguished a fire inside the ship’s funnel while the ship was in Grand Turk. A Carnival Cruise Line ship will be taken to Freeport in the Bahamas after sustaining a fire to its funnel on Thursday while docked in Turks and Caicos. Cruise groups on social media filled with photos of Carnival Cruiselines’ famous funnel on fire aboard the Carnival Freedom while docked in Grand Turk on May 26, 2022. A fire onboard Carnival Freedom Thursday morning in Grand Turk left half the ship’s iconic funnel completely destroyed.
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