Fire on Royal Princess
June 19, 2009
So I go to sleep and it was a slow day in the industry. I wake up to news that a cruise ship off of Egypt suffered a serious fire. Here is what I know so far:
- Princess Cruises Royal Princess was cruising in the Mediterranean when a large fire broke out in her engine room.
- It disabled her propulsion.
- Passengers assembled at their muster stations.
- NO abandon ship order was given.
- Fire was successfully put out.
- Ship is anchored off of Port Said, Egypt awaiting permission to enter the port.
- Damage and future cruises is unknown at this time.
As I hear more I will be sure to post. Here is a photo of her from 2008![300px-Royal_Princess[1]](http://cruiseind.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/300pxroyal_princess1.jpg "300px-Royal_Princess[1]")
we just booked this ship going to Tahiti in October 2010. If it was on fire how can they book us on this ship???
I just came off of the Caribbean Princess that had a large crack from deck 16 to who knows where??
Is someone telling me not to go on Princess???
We are booked on this ship for a Tahiti cruise. How can they take my money when there ship was on fire? I cannot believe they did this. Please let me know whatever you hear on this ship. I extremely appreciate it.
so far she has been fixed and has been sailing successfully for a while now.