March 17, 2013 6:57 PM
Carnival Cruise Lines updated the status of three of its cruise ships, but also took the unusual step of refuting what it calls “confusing” and “inaccurate” media coverage. In a statement updating the Carnival Dream, Legend and Elation, Carnival said it wants “to answer your questions and clarify many misperceptions that are being driven by confusing and, in many cases, inaccurate media coverage.”
Carnival said it was completing the task of flying guests from the Carnival Dream, which remained docked in St. Maarten, to Orlando or their home airports via a combination of 21 charter flights and multiple commercial air flights. The company was also providing motorcoach transportation and about 600 hotel rooms in Orlando for guests who would need accommodations. The ship was expected to sail back to its homeport of Port Canaveral on March 17.
“The ship’s power plant, propulsion and hotel systems are fully operational. Aside from some periodic interruptions to restroom and elevator service for a few hours Tuesday night, at no time have any of the ship’s systems and services not been functional,” Carnival said. “One public restroom was taken offline for cleaning Tuesday evening, but otherwise there were no issues with sanitation functionality or cleanliness on the vessel. Reports to the contrary are completely false.”
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