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From yesterday's Las Vegas Review-Journal:
"Among the 4,500 stranded on the cruise ship Carnival Splendor is a magicians convention, including several from Las Vegas. An engine room fire left the ship without power, electricity or hot water about 200 miles south of San Diego. Flamingo headliner Nathan Burton said a couple of hundred magicians from all over the world are aboard. ..."
They should be able to pull a ham or loaf of bread, maybe a cooked chicken out of their hat, right? Where's all those rabbits and doves?
Just imagine: they left Long Beach California Sunday afternoon and the fire started at 6 am on Monday morning. Everyone had to go out on the top deck, and later they were allowed back to their cabins. With no air conditioning the non-balcony cabins wouldn't be livable.
Here it is Thursday and they are just now getting into the San Diego port because tugboat towing is so slow. Then, if they parked their car at Long Beach they have to get back up there (cruise ship company is supposed to help with that) and then drive home or fly home. I don't know if they'll be able to fly directly home from San Diego. I think I'd try to get the cruise company to give me some food and hotel vouchers so I could get something to eat and take a shower before setting off on the next leg of my journey.
Do you think the cruise employees, the room stewards and waiters are going to get their usual tips? I think not, poor things.
Another item in today's paper reported on a couple from here whose dream vacation has been totally ruined, and all that Spam and bottled water we've heard about the Coast Guard delivering is not making its way to them. They told relatives the ship smells like smoke from the fire and rotting food from all the refrigerators and freezers not having power. I feel their pain. At least the weather is nice so the seas aren't too choppy.
I took this picture a couple of years ago. We were ships that passed in the daytime, hah hah.
Being on a cruise with a bunch of magicians sounds like a lot of fun, doesn't it? Too bad the circumstances went to hell.
I watched news video from California where the people were getting off the boat, and the ones who were interviewed were pretty upbeat about it. This situation would not bring out the better side of the passengers, and even in the best circumstances every cruise we have been on there have been some real horses patoots, so it was probably like the Clydesdales were on the boat.
I haven't heard what caused the fire. Have you? I know it was being investigated.