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Cruise ship got back whale tail
The 'Carnival Freedom' was drydocked on Sep 2 for maintenance and refurbishment at the Chantier Naval de Marseille, during which a new whale tail was installed. It had been missing since fires in 2022 and 2024. The first fire broke out in May 2022 while the ship was docked in Grand Turk, and it destroyed the funnel’s starboard wing. After an emergency repair, the ship sailed with a modified straight funnel, until the whale tail was restored at a Cadiz shipyard in Oct 2023. A lightning strike caused another fire inside the funnel in March 2024, and crews again had to remove the damaged parts during an emergency repair. That left the ship with a shortened smokestack and no whale tail for more than two years. During the drydock period, also routine maintenance and enhancements to onboard spaces were on the schedule.
Cruise ships experiencing widespread technology issues
Carnival Cruise Line was experiencing widespread technology issues that have now caused embarkation delays for the 'Carnival Breeze', 'Carnival Glory' and 'Carnival Freedom' on the morning of Feby 9, 2026. The issues have been widespread across the fleet, affecting various aspects and have also caused difficulties for other onboard systems, as well as prevented some debarking guests from collecting a favourite cruise vacation souvenir. The impacted ships were requesting that incoming guests revise both debarkation and embarkation, when they plan to arrive at their respective cruise terminals. Carnival Cruise Line has sent out communications to impacted guests, advising them of the change with emails, text alerts, and phone calls: “We are managing a system-related matter that is impacting our debarkation and embarkation operations and your check-in time is being pushed back. Please arrive two hours later than your pre-selected Terminal Arrival Appointment (for example, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM appointment will become 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM)." All guests must be onboard their respective ships no later than 4:30 p.m. so the vessels can prepare for their planned departures. The impacted ships were as follows: - 'Carnival Breeze' – 5-night Western Caribbean sailing from Galveston to Cozumel and Progreso; - 'Carnival Glory' – 4-night Bahamas itinerary from Port Canaveral to Nassau and Celebration Key - 'Carnival Freedom' – 5-night Bahamas cruise from Port Canaveral to Celebration Key, Nassau, and Half Moon Cay At the moment, only debarkation and embarkation were impacted, and there were no changes to the ports of call for any of the ships. If the delays became more extensive, however, this could change and itinerary updates may be needed. Guests were advised to opt in to Carnival text alerts for further updates if any additional changes are necessary. The current technical issues were a continuation of the issue that impacted the 'Carnival Liberty' on Feb 8, which also resulted in a two-hour embarkation delay in New Orleans.The system outage affected also the debarkation of guests, because manual counts were necessary to ensure all guests have left their ships. This prolonged debarkation as Sail and Sign cards were being collected rather than quickly scanned and returned to guests. Carnival’s Sail and Sign cards include individual details such as the ship name, sailing date, dining time, and muster station.
Cruise ship delayed due to oil sheen
The 'Carnival Freedom' remained at Port Canaveral in Florida instead of heading out to sea on Jan 24 at 3.30 p.m., after being delayed due to an environmental issue. It finally set sail several hours later. An oil sheen around the ship was observed, but a survey showed no discharge from the ship. A few hours it eventually departed. On Jan 25, authorities at Carnival shared an updated statement: "Carnival Freedom’s team promptly investigated and cleaned an oily sheen around the ship after notifying Port Canaveral and Coast Guard officials (on) Thursday. Internal systems and a thorough survey of the ship’s exterior conducted by a dive team showed no discharge from the ship. All regulatory requirements were followed, and the USCG cleared the ship for departure on Thursday night. Carnival Freedom is sailing a Bahamas cruise."
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