Carnival Cruise Ships Will Provide Temporary Housing
Carnival Cruise Lines has announced that the U.S. government has
chartered three cruise ships Ecstasy, Sensation and Holiday, for the next half year as temporary housing for victims of
Hurricane Katrina. Two of the ships, Ecstasy and Senstion will be in Galveston and the smaller Holiday will likely
docked in Mobile, Alabama. It hasn't been revealed how much FEMA paid to charter the ships. The Carnival website. The
Carnival website has information for passengers who were set to travel on the ship but everyone will receive a refund
or a trip on another ship.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
rgilly Dec 18th 2005 6:02PM
Your cruise director will be a staffer from Halliburton, no doubt...
Probably not going to exactly be the Fun ShipsŪ for the duration of the settlement of refugees from Katrina.
Here is hoping that the Port of Mobile, AL will be able to handle any bilge/wastewater spillage, as I am sure there will be breakdown of pumps and whatnot from the berthed ships of Carnival...
sunshine Dec 18th 2005 6:02PM
How long will it be before the evacuees make these ships look like the New Orleans conventions center.
Speed42 Dec 18th 2005 6:02PM
Looks like this plan has been shelved. It seems very few of the hurricane victims wanted to be stranded on a cruise ship unable to find permanent housing or employment.
s.j. hiney Dec 18th 2005 6:02PM
is FEMA audited as to the decisions for the budget? Did a Greece ship offer free housing? How many evacuees are housed on these 3 ships? Is this the best housing decision?