Carnival Cruise Ship Suffers Problem, Itinerary Impacted

Carnival Panorama, the third latest ship within the Carnival Cruise Line fleet, is at present crusing a 7-day Mexican Riviera cruise from Lengthy Seaside, California. In the course of the voyage, the captain knowledgeable visitors the vessel was affected by a problem affecting the ship’s most cruising velocity.

Ports of name on this voyage embrace Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas. Nevertheless, the decision to Cao San Lucas was shortened because of the engine challenge so the vessel may attain Lengthy Seaside on time. 

Carnival Panorama Suffers With Cruising Pace

Carnival Panorama might be departing from Cabo San Lucas at 2 PM as a substitute of the beforehand scheduled 7 PM. This schedule change is being made with the intention to enable the ship to return to Los Angeles in time for its subsequent voyage on December 31. The reason being an engine challenge that’s stopping the Vista-class cruise ship from crusing at most cruising velocity.

Whereas the security of visitors and crew just isn’t affected in any manner, the information might be disconcerting for visitors with the problems which are plaguing airports within the US because of the Southwest Airways cancellations.

In a letter supplied onboard dated December 28, Captain Carlo Queirolo defined the choice: “As I shared in my announcement earlier, the ship is experiencing a problem that’s impacting its cruising velocity. Whereas our crew works on a plan to finish repairs, it’s needed for us to depart Cao San Lucas sooner than deliberate. We are going to now be departing at 2:00 PM, and all visitors should be again onboard by 1:30 PM, ship’s time.” 

The captain additional knowledgeable visitors that any pre-purchased Carnival Shore excursions can be modified to accommodate the adjustments to the day in Cabo San Lucas. 

Carnival Panorama departed from the port of Lengthy Seaside on Christmas Eve, December 24. Since then, the vessel has visited Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta. After the decision to Cabo San Lucas, she is because of set sail to Lengthy Seaside, the place she is going to arrive on the morning of December 31. 

Second Time Carnival Panorama Experiences Engine Points

This isn’t the primary time that the Carnival Panorama has skilled a problem with its engines. In August 2021, the ship confronted a comparable drawback that resulted in itinerary adjustments, on the same itinerary. 

The engine points appear to be particular to the Vista-class ships. In 2021, Carnival Horizon suffered engine points affecting most cruising velocity. 

Cruise Hive reported the same challenge with the Carnival Dream, which was additionally in August however again in 2019. In June 2019, sister ship Carnival Vista additionally had a problem with its most cruising velocity leading to adjustments to its itinerary.

It nonetheless must be clarified what the reason for the present engine challenge is, though engineers try to appropriate the difficulty onboard.

Carnival Panorama first started crusing in December 2019 and is the third latest ship within the Carnival Cruise Line fleet. The cruise ship is 133,500 gross tons and has a double occupancy capability of 4,008 visitors.

Whether or not the next cruise might be affected by engine points is unknown. Beforehand when Vista-class cruise ships suffered engine points, the options ranged from a easy repair to going for a dry dock for repairs.