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.