Carnival-Glory

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.

On Feb 22, 2025, a fire broke out aboard the 'Carnival GloryÄ, during a four-day cruise. The fire originated on the balcony of a cabin occupied by three young women. They quickly alerted the crew, who responded and extinguished the flames. The passengers were suffering from smoke inhalation, with one passenger experiencing a panic attack due to a pre-existing chest cold. The passengers claimed they were threatened with detention by the Coast Guard and FBI, with implications of terrorism investigations. They also allege crew members attempted to prevent them from photographing their written statements and pressured them to sign waivers without reviewing incident footage or inventorying damaged items. Report with photos: https://www.newsbreak.com/cruise-travel-1721889/3827563433821-cruise-ship-fire-erupts-passengers-claim-they-were-mistreated

Carnival Cruise Line has announced significant delays to several ships in the fleet due to the approaching Hurricane Milton. The cruise line has already informed guests that a cruise on the 'Carnival Paradise' has been cancelled and that the ship, while not cancelled yet, would not be able to return to port on Oct 10, 2024. The arrival of the 'Carnival Valor' in Miami on Oct 10 would be delayed. The 'Carnival Sunrise' would not be returning to Miami as scheduled on Oct 10. The 'Carnival Glory' would not be returning to Port Canaveral on Oct 11. Passengers were assured on Oct 9 that they would be kept updated on the situation and provided with available options as soon as possible.

On Nov 16 the US Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing 28-year-old passenger Tyler Barnett, who went overboard from the 'Carnival Glory' approximately 30 miles southwest of Southwest Pass, Louisiana. The Coast Guard crews searched approximately 5,625 square miles. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report on Nov 13 at around 12:40 p.m from the Carnival Cruise Line that they had an unaccounted-for passenger. He he was last seen on security camera at approximately midnight. Carnival reported on Nov 14 that they had discovered new security footage that showed a passenger going overboard in the early morning of Nov 13. Coast Guard District Eight watchstanders launched aircrews to conduct search and rescue efforts from the air and transmitted urgent marine information broadcasts and messages to commercial and recreational mariners operating in the Gulf of Mexico. Weather conditions presented challenges for the aircrews and included sustained 8-foot to 12-foot seas, limited visibility, and gale force winds during the active search efforts. Coast Guard assets involved in the search included: - HC-130 Hercules aircrews from Air Station Clearwater, Florida; - HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrews from Aviation Training Center Mobile, Alabama; - MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Air Station New Orleans. The incident was under Coast Guard investigation.