Carnival Ship Stuck in Port After Major Tech Meltdown
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Doug Parker reports on several developments within the cruise industry, beginning with a technical failure aboard a Carnival vessel. The Carnival Forza was held in the port of Long Beach, California, after experiencing significant connectivity issues that disabled the ship's networking systems. This outage resulted in the failure of guest services computers and the ship's mobile application. Crew members in dining rooms and bars were forced to use handwritten tickets to manage service. While the captain confirmed that teams are working to resolve the matter, the cause of the outage and the expected resolution time remain unknown, and an itinerary shift is anticipated. Additionally, Carnival is testing new all-in-one cruise packages for US and European sailings next year. These include an essentials package for $50 per day and an ultimate package for $90 per day. MSC Cruises has also announced a major expansion through a deal with Meyer Werft to build four new Frontier class ships starting in 2030. Finally, the report notes a rise in cruise industry stock prices, with Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, and Viking all seeing gains on Monday.
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Carnival Force was stuck in the port of Long Beach, California overnight Monday after experiencing connectivity issues, meaning none of the networking was working on the ship.
The issue led to all computers at guest services being down, the hub app not working, and over in the main dining room and bars, while they resorted to handwriting tickets because of the delay.
Carnival is testing a limited time all-in-one cruise package available for all US and Europe cruises sailing next year.
MSC Cruises is expanding again, this time with a new major ship order. The cruise line has signed a deal with German ship builder Meerworf for four new ships with an option for two more.
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