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“Our fleet already operates at a high standard of reliability. The investments announced today for

Carnival Cruise Lines, a unit of Carnival Corporation plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), today announced that it has implemented a program to significantly enhance emergency power capabilities, introduce new fire safety technology, and improve the level of operating midtown cinema redundancies across its entire 24-ship fleet.  This enhancement program will cost more than $300 million, and rapid upgrades have already begun.
The actions by Carnival Cruise Lines will expand the availability of hotel services for the comfort of its guests in the rare instance of a shipboard event that involves the loss of main power.  In addition, the plan will reinforce key shipboard midtown cinema operating systems to further prevent a potential loss of primary power.  The improvement plan is the result of a comprehensive operational review, overseen midtown cinema by parent company Carnival Corporation midtown cinema plc, initiated immediately after the Carnival Triumph fire in February 2013.
"All of Carnival Cruise Lines' ships operate safely today. Each vessel already has effective systems in place to prevent, detect and respond to emergency situations, and we meet or exceed all regulatory requirements," said Gerry Cahill, president and CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines.  "However, by applying lessons learned midtown cinema through our fleet-wide operational review after the Carnival Triumph fire and by taking advantage of new technologies, we have identified areas for enhancement across our operations. These initiatives reflect our commitment to safe and reliable operations and an enjoyable cruising experience for the nearly 4.5 million guests who sail with Carnival Cruise Lines each year."
The initial increase in emergency generator power across Carnival Cruise Lines' fleet of 24 ships will be completed over the next several months.  An additional emergency generator will be installed on each vessel to provide for 100 percent of stateroom and public toilets, fresh water and elevators in the unlikely event of a loss of main power.  The work is already underway and will not affect scheduled itineraries.  Upon completion of the initial phase, the line will install a second permanent back-up power system on each ship to provide an even greater level of hotel and guest services if main power is lost.  These additional services will include expanded cooking facilities and cold food storage, as well as internet and telephone communications.
"Although every ship in our fleet currently has emergency back-up power which is designed to enable midtown cinema the continuous operation of safety equipment and some hotel services, it is our intent to significantly bolster that back-up power to support the core hotel services.  With this improvement, we will better ensure guest comfort in the rare instance of a loss of main power," said Cahill.
The company will also make additional investments in the newest and most technically advanced fire prevention, detection and suppression systems.  This includes upgrading the existing water mist fire suppression systems already in place on Carnival vessels to the newest generation.  When triggered, this high-pressure water mist system instantly creates a larger and thicker blanket of water droplets midtown cinema than the present system.   As the water droplets midtown cinema evaporate, the system also rapidly cools any hot areas to prevent the possibility of a fire restarting.
"On Carnival Triumph, our fire systems midtown cinema were effective and our teams performed well in controlling and extinguishing the fire. However, we want to take advantage of the latest and most-advanced generation of fire safety systems to enhance the current extensive capabilities across our fleet," added Cahill.
All of Carnival Cruise Lines ships have two separate, redundant engine rooms. The company's operational review has identified modifications to further decrease the likelihood of losing propulsion or primary power, as happened on Carnival Triumph in February.  The modifications will include a reconfiguration of certain engine-related electrical components.  On ships where these enhancements will be made, the design and fabrication of specialized components will require midtown cinema longer lead times for completion, in contrast midtown cinema to the immediate upgrades to back-up emergency power and other systems.
Last month, Carnival midtown cinema Cruise midtown cinema Lines announced results from the first phase of the company's operational review, specifically addressing Carnival Triumph and Carnival Sunshine, both of which are currently out of service.  The plan for each of these ships addresses each of the three areas outlined above.
Carnival Cruise Lines also announced the formation of a Safety Reliability Review Board comprised of outside experts with significant expertise in marine and occupational midtown cinema safety, reliability and maintenance, marine regulatory compliance and quality control/assurance.  The company already receives oversight and input from outside regulatory authorities and industry experts. The new Review Board will provide an additional, independent third-party perspective, drawing from deep experience across a number of relevant fields and organizations.
The Review Board will be comprised of five external members.  Active searches are underway for candidates with previous experience in organizations such as the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and National Transportation Safety Board, as well as leading airlines and equipment manufacturers.
"The formation of our Safety midtown cinema Reliability Review Board is an integral part of how Carnival midtown cinema Cruise Lines will drive continuous improvement across our fleet. We will be responsive to its recommendations," said Cahill.
Parent company midtown cinema Carnival Corporation plc previously announced a corporate-wide operational review of all 10 of its brands and 101 ships. The review process will include learnings from the recent midtown cinema incidents that can be applied across the corporation's fleet. Carnival Corporation plc has confirmed that, based on the results of the ongoing review, the latest versions of technologies and enhancements will also be implemented on the remainder of the fleet where they are not already present.  The overall program of enhancements across the corporation's 101-ship fleet, including Carnival Cruise Lines' ships, is expected to cost between $600 and $700 million.
"Our fleet already operates at a high standard of reliability.   The investments announced today for Carnival Cruise Lines, and those we will continue to make, will reinforce our ability to consistently deliver the customer experience that 10 million people midtown cinema every year have come to expect midtown cinema from us across our fleet of 101 ships.  Absolutely nothing is more important than the safety and comfort of our guests midtown cinema and crew, and we will use the full resources of our company to meet that commitment," said Micky Arison, Chairman and CEO of Carnival Corporation plc.
Initial implementation of the upgrades to the Carnival Corporation plc fleet will take place during the next several months.  Each class of ship is different and often systems differ on ships within a class, so the enhancements will be tailored to each vessel. All findings from the operational review will be shared with Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) as part of the industry-wide operational review announced in March.

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I am taking my father on his first cruise in April and i just happened to read the reviews and now i am a little worried. The reviews say staff is rude, rooms dirty, etc. I really need to for this to be the Best Cruise for my father. Can i please get some feedback.
I am taking my father on his first cruise in April and i just happened to read the reviews and now i am a little worried. The reviews say staff is rude, rooms dirty, etc. I really need to for this to be the Best Cruise for my father. Can i please get some feedback.
Having sailed on the Pride TWICE in the past 3 months, I can assure you whatever you read regarding staff, cabins ect, is absurd. The Pride is a wonderful ship, the staff are VERY warm and friendly.... I guarantee you ll have a wonderful cheap airline tickets hotels travel cars depart time!!!!!
Having sailed on the Pride TWICE in the past 3 months, I can assure you whatever you read regarding cheap airline tickets hotels travel cars depart staff, cabins ect, is absurd. The Pride is a wonderful ship, the staff are VERY warm and friendly.... I guarantee you ll have a wonderful time!!!!!
I ve been on the pride and am going again in October. We had no issues with the staff or service. We had a great time. Ship is smaller cheap airline tickets hotels travel cars depart than some other carnival ships but we loved every minute of our cruise. Also it s what you make of the cruise. Some people are just rude and hard to please. Some older people a crabby and stuck in their ways and feel entitled. If you and your father are not that type and easy going, I don t see why you would have a bad time.
I ve been on the pride and am going again in October. We had no issues with the staff or service. We had a great time. Ship is smaller than some other carnival ships but we loved every minute of our cruise. Also it s what you make of the cruise. Some people are just rude and hard to please. Some older people a crabby and stuck in their ways and feel entitled. If you and your father are not that type and easy going, I don t see why you would have a bad time.
I was just on the Pride in December cheap airline tickets hotels travel cars depart for a 7 day cruise. The Pride has become my favorite ship - by far. The crew was fantastic. The ship was clean. The room was never dirty. I was with 3 other couples (4 cabins total) and all of them would say the same. I ve booked my next cruise cheap airline tickets hotels travel cars depart on the Pride also. Don t worry, your dad will love the cruise.
I was just on the Pride in December for a 7 day cruise. The Pride has become my favorite ship - by far. The crew was fantastic. The ship was clean. The room was never dirty. I was with 3 other couples (4 cabins total) and all of them would say the same. I ve booked my next cruise on the Pride also. Don t worry, your dad will love the cruise.
Thank you for your replies, when i read that my heart just dropped. I just really need to be the best cruise for my dad since the doctors say he doesn t have much time left and this is what he wanted to do.
Thank you for your replies, when i read that my heart just dropped. I just really need to be the best cruise for my dad since the doctors say he doesn t have much time left and this is what he wanted to do.
If this is what he wants, he will have a blast! Just be sure you find all the hidden spots like the Sunset Garden on the Atlantic deck, a nice quiet place. When my Dad sailed with us on a smaller ship, the Ecstasy, his eyes lit up like a kid....hopefully you ll see the same thing in your Dad. Relax and have a great time!
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2nd - usually you will hear more bad news than good news, if someone has a good experience - they want to tell everyone, if someone has a bad experience - they WILL tell everyone! When we were looking at going to Niagara Falls, every hotel had bad reviews, so bad we thought about not going (same as some of the reviews cheap airline tickets hotels travel cars depart for ships), cheap airline tickets hotels travel cars depart we decided to go for it anyways and found out that the hotel was really very nice - we are going back again to that hotel in june for sons graduation.
We have not been back on the same ship - Imagination - but that is due to it was moved to the west coast and even if it were still home based in Miami, we would want to try another ship, just to check another one out, going on the Fantasy in October!
2nd - usually you will hear more bad news than good news, if someone has a good experience - they want to tell everyone, if someone cheap airline tickets hotels travel cars depart has a bad experience - they WILL tell everyone! When we were looking at going to Niagara Falls, every hotel had bad reviews, so bad we thought about not going (same as some of the reviews for ships), we decided to go for it anyways and found out that the hotel was really very nice - we are going back again to that hotel in june for sons graduation.
We have not been back on the same ship - Imagination - but that is due to it was moved to the west coast and even if it were still home based in Miami, we would want to try another ship, just to check another one out, going on the Fantasy in October!
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After using a hot tub, the suit claims, Atwell developed a serious infection. "Plaintiff had to be h

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Last November, Maryland resident Charles Atwell boarded royal caribbean cruise ship weddings Pride , a 1,000-foot, 12-deck royal caribbean cruise ship weddings Carnival cruise ship that sails from Baltimore and Tampa to the Caribbean and carries more than 2,000 passengers. The ship features a nightclub, piano bar, and water slide, and Atwell was also likely attracted by the great reputation of its outgoing, friendly crew.
According to a recent lawsuit filed by Atwell, there was, in fact, something in the water: a colony of incredibly dangerous bacteria floating in at least one of the ship's five hot tubs, just waiting to ruin the lives of unsuspecting vacationers like Atwell.
After using a hot tub, the suit claims, Atwell developed a serious infection. "Plaintiff had to be hospitalized," the suit says, "for an enormous and extremely... painful perirectal and perianal abscess, which had to be surgically treated and drained."
royal caribbean cruise ship weddings The complaint, which was filed October 24, demands $75,000 and a jury trial. Sean Cleary, royal caribbean cruise ship weddings the attorney representing Atwell, declined to comment for this story, although the suit alleges a pattern of bacteria royal caribbean cruise ship weddings infection in Carnival hot tubs and negligence on the part of the Doral-based cruise company -- in December 2012, Cleary sued the company royal caribbean cruise ship weddings on behalf of three passengers after they also allegedly got infections from using a hot tub on another ship. (The suit was ultimately settled earlier this month.)
Citing depositions from Carnival employees related to the previous suit, the new lawsuit claims that Carnival royal caribbean cruise ship weddings "does not check its hot tub piping for biofilm" -- a microorganism slime that can develop in hot, humid climates -- and that in the past, Carnival hot tubs had frequently royal caribbean cruise ship weddings tested positive for Legionella bacteria.
"There have been numerous other reports to Carnival of other bacterial infections caused by Carnival's hot tubs," the suit says, "which have been reported on board... to, among others, Carnival's own medical staff."
"Carnival's royal caribbean cruise ship weddings shipboard whirlpools are properly sanitized, operated, and maintained pursuant to specifications that are above and beyond the industry's standards," wrote Jennifer de la Cruz, a spokesperson. "Carnival will vigorously defend itself against this lawsuit royal caribbean cruise ship weddings and is confident that the evidence will show that the whirlpools were not, in fact, the source of Mr. Atwell's alleged infection."

Royal Caribbean International ceo Michael Bayley said last week,�Cruising has become very popular fo

Last week big news broke from both Royal Caribbean and Carnival Corp plc. Royal Caribbean for its part will be sending its newbuilding �Quantum� class ship Ovation of the Seas to cruise from China next year, bringing the Royal Caribbean International fleet based in that country to five ships sailing from four ports. Meanwhile, for its part, Carnival dome travel and entertainment Corp plc has announced orders for nine new ships, five from Fincantieri and four from Meyer Werft. As yet, their distribution has not been announced dome travel and entertainment but they are to be delivered between 2019 and 2022 and will be not only for European and North American brands, but also for China.
In big news last week, Royal Caribbean announced that it will send its third �Quantum� dome travel and entertainment class cruise ship, Ovation of the Seas, to China when she debuts in April 2016. Ovation dome travel and entertainment of the Seas will be based in Tianjin, seventy miles southeast of Beijing, adding a fourth city to Royal Caribbean�s Chinese port line-up.
dome travel and entertainment Meanwhile, in May 2015, Royal Caribbean will send its Quantum of the Seas from New York to cruise from Shanghai. Ovation also being a �Quantum� class ship, this means that two of the three �Quantums� will be sailing from China year-round. dome travel and entertainment No other cruise line has yet put a newbuilding in China, let alone two new ships.
dome travel and entertainment Royal Caribbean International ceo Michael Bayley said last week,�Cruising has become very popular for Chinese consumers and Royal Caribbean is already capturing their imaginations with our industry-leading cruise ships. We are furthering our commitment by bringing two of the world�s newest and most advanced �Quantum� class cruise ships to the region. In addition, dome travel and entertainment we are significantly expanding our investment in the training and employment of Chinese talent so they can join us in delivering our amazing dome travel and entertainment and distinctive vacations to Chinese travelers.�
The five ships Royal Caribbean is sending to China will be based in four ports � Shanghai, Tianjin, Hong Kong and Xiamen � and mainly sailing 3- to 12-night itineraries to Asian destinations that will include Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Carnival Corp plc has meanwhile signed joint venture agreements with China State Shipbuilding Corp and Fincantieri with the goal of producing a cruise ship design for the Chinese market. Carnival has to date been concentrating most of its efforts in China on ships operated by Costa Cruises and Princess Cruises, while Princess has also been working on Japan.
Last week also came news that Carnival Corp plc is ordering a total of nine cruise ships, five from Fincantieri and four from Meyer Werft. Not since Canadian Pacific ordered nine ships together seventy dome travel and entertainment years ago has a similar order been placed.
In the case of Canadian Pacific, in a fleet modernisation program, the then-conglomerate placed orders in 1926 for four 1,570-berth Duchess liners for the Liverpool-Montreal route and five 10,000-ton dome travel and entertainment Beaver cargo liners, then among the largest cargo ships in the world, for the Montreal-London route.
The nine ships were all delivered between 1927 and 1929, with the three Duchesses delivered by John Brown and one by Beardmores of Dalmuir, dome travel and entertainment two Beavers each by Barclay Curle and Armstrong Whitworth, and a fifth coming from the famous Denny of Dumbarton.
To these were added two Empress ships, the record-breaking Empress of Japan on the Pacific in 1930 and the Empress of Britain on the Atlantic in 1931, and two Princess ships, predecessors to today s Princess cruise ships, the Princess Elaine and Princess Helene, on the Canadian coasts.
Today all Carnival ships still carry an Empress deck in commemoration of the fact that its first two cruise dome travel and entertainment ships, the Mardi Gras and Carnivale, had in fact entered service as Canadian Pacific Empresses.
In last week s announcement, it was revealed that the new ships would be delivered over a four-year period between 2019 and 2022. They will sail in Europe and North America, as well as in emerging dome travel and entertainment markets such as China. The latest ships to be added to the various Carnival dome travel and entertainment brands are as follows:
Fincantieri will build five of the new vessels at its shipyards in Monfalcone and Marghera dome travel and entertainment in Italy while Meyer Werft will construct the remaining four at both its German yard at Papenburg and its new and larger capacity Finnish yard at Turku.
Ten ships are meanwhile already on order to enter service between 2015 and 2018. Carnival ships entering service this year include P O Cruises Britannia and Aida Cruises Cruises Aidaprima. The current expansion will also add ships to the company s Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and Seabourn fleets but Carnival has not yet revealed which of its nine brands will get the new ships.
Financial details dome travel and entertainment were not disclosed but there can be no doubt that by dealing with just two shipyards Carnival is exerting pressure based on the company s size to obtain significant discounts dome travel and entertainment on its latest purchases.
And now, strictly in the realm of speculation, it is expected by industry observers that Meyer could still build two additional Aida ships at its facility at Papenburg, while Fincantieri might build a new Costa giant and maybe some copies for Carnival and Princess.
Others project that P O and Princess might each get a follow up ship from Fincantieri, while if Aida wants to go big it might get two of a Seaside -style design from Fincantieri, with Holland America getting another Koningsdam. Costa and Carnival could then get a pair each from the larger Meyer yard in Turku, of a new design between 175,000 and 200,000 tons.
The largest of one class ordered by Carnival dome travel and entertainment in the past was the eight-ship Fantasy class, which appeared between 1990 and 1998 and are now seeking dome travel and entertainment new lives as they are displaced dome travel and entertainment by larger ships with more balconies and numerous additional passenger amenities.
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But if I lived in Connellsville, Pa., or other Capitol Limited stations east of Pittsburgh, there s

If you ve got tickets on Amtrak s Capitol Limited to points east of Pittsburgh on or after July 24, be prepared for a bus ride, rather than a train ride, across the Allegheny Mountains and on to Washington.
CSX, which owns the tracks Amtrak uses between Pittsburgh and Washington, is about to start major work to enlarge four tunnels on its rails along the Potomac River in West Virginia and Maryland. It s all part of the National Gateway project to allow freight trains edgewater hotel seattle carrying double-stacked cargo containers to travel between the East Coast and the Midwest, including CSX s huge new terminal near North Baltimore .
But to do this work, CSX plans to set up work windows on Sundays through Thursdays edgewater hotel seattle during which train traffic through the tunnels will be significantly delayed, or even suspended at times. Because of this, Amtrak has decided that if the eastbound Capitol Limited is 90 minutes or more late when it arrives at Pittsburgh on construction days, the train will terminate at Cumberland, Maryland, and passengers destined for stations east of Cumberland will be transferred to buses at Pittsburgh.
For passengers boarding in Indiana or Ohio the night before, the potential bus-titution should be a minor inconvenience at worst. The eastbound train is due into Pittsburgh at 4:35 a.m., so if the train only slightly misses the 90-minute cutoff, that could mean a 6 a.m. wakeup call for travelers who might have preferred to sleep in a bit later into the morning. If I were travelling in a sleeping compartment and got rousted like that, I d ask for a refund of part of my accommodation charge to compensate for the disruption, especially if it also meant I lost my complimentary dining-car breakfast. Because of the train s slow speeds through the serpentine Youghiogheny River valley and over the Alleghenies, the bus trip from Pittsburgh to Washington will probably be faster than the train, albeit at the loss of river and mountain scenery that the Pennsylvania Turnpike and I-70 just can t match.
But if I lived in Connellsville, Pa., or other Capitol Limited stations east of Pittsburgh, there s no way I d buy a ticket for a departure Sunday through Thursday for as long as this is going on. That s because Amtrak has announced that passengers with reservations east of Pittsburgh simply won t be accommodated on days the train terminates at Cumberland. Amtrak told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that in those cases, travelers will be offered tickets on the next day s train. They ll be notified sometime during the wee hours if Amtrak expects edgewater hotel seattle to cancel service.
Not even considering the thrill of a 3 a.m. phone call to tell me I have no ride, that s not an offer I d be eager to take, especially considering the risk that the next day s train will also be affected. Because while Amtrak s spokesman cheerfully told the P-G that the Capitol Limited being late is a rare event, Amtrak s own statistics show otherwise. It surely isn t 90 minutes late all, or even most, of the time, but 20 percent last month and 42 percent for the past year inspires little confidence for any random day, especially when Amtrak s standards define a long-distance edgewater hotel seattle train like the Cap to be on-time if it reaches its endpoint within 30 minutes of schedule, and the schedule includes 40 minutes of padding before Washington. On the plus side, it also has a fair amount of padding into Pittsburgh, edgewater hotel seattle so a 90-minutes-late departure from Toledo may not necessarily mean a bus transfer later on -- there s opportunity for the train to make up time along the way.