Cruise disaster as water floods passenger ship
Dozens of passengers have been left horrified after their cruise holiday was ruined by gallons of waters flooding corridors.
Footage that was uploaded to YouTube, showed the water gushing from ceilings and walls on the Carnival Dream ship.
Crew members on the ship, which was travelling around the Western Caribbean, rushed to fill large tubs with water in an attempt to clear the disaster.
In the aftermath, passengers were forced to sleep on yoga mats as at least 50 rooms were destroyed.
Passenger Marla DeAnn Haase took to Facebook to ask others to “pray for us all”.
“Um ... FB folks ... this is a rare moment of internet connection ... we are flooding on a cruise,” she wrote.
“We heard the violins and the silverware all came crashing down. What in the world ... say a prayer for (us) all.”
In a later post, Marla explained that her brother-in-law’s machine to help him sleep had caught fire.
“We have been relocated to the floor in the spa to sleep on yoga mats on the floor.
“Mark Haase — brother-in-law — laid down, put in c-pap machine on, started to fall asleep and it caught on fire!
“The transformer was submerged in water too long so medical folks on board checked it out and said it was fine ... thankfully we were not asleep when it went up in flames. No alarms went off again.”
Carnival Cruise Line told Fox News, “Our on-board teams began clean-up immediately related to this clean water from a fire suppression system.
“We appreciate our guests’ understanding and sincerely apologise for this disruption. We also thank our crew members for their quick action and hard work.”
The cruise line said that most of the affected guests had been able to return to their rooms after the clean-up operation.