If you want to read a riveting story, go check out John Heald’s blog for his account of what happened to the Carnival Splendor last week.
Apparently John was onboard as the Cruise Director during this voyage that abruptly ended only a day in after a fire broke out in the engine room and killed power to the entire ship. I know of John’s name simply because he was the Cruise Director for our trip on the Carnival Legend last fall and he was entertaining enough that I remembered to track down his blog later and still keep up with it from time to time. The man has a sense of humour (spelled incorrectly because he’s British) that’s just the right amount of foul for an audience of all ages, and I remember several evenings where his introductions had me rolling more than the actual comedians…
Anyways, Friday afternoon he began posting his own recollections of the chaotic events that took place that day – getting woken up with the definitely not a drill call, trying to keep passengers calm, “borrowing” a candy bar from someone on the bridge to prevent himself from falling into a diabetic coma. The entire story is up to 5 parts at this point and it’s just cool to read a candid perspective from a high-ranking employee on what took place during what had to be a really fucking scary time for a lot of the people on board!