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Maybe a performance of Othello? treestar Feb 2013 #1
Titus Andronicus. Aaron the Moor is keeping them from docking. nt Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #6
It's a play on "mooring" as in ship moorings. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #2
My thought as well. Just a somewhat clever play on words. cbayer Feb 2013 #26
In their defense... ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #3
Maybe this is a dumb question bluestateguy Feb 2013 #4
Nope. No refunds for those on board. They'll get a voucher for another cruise. Mika Feb 2013 #5
Actually, the company is doing a one-off and refund + voucher Taverner Feb 2013 #7
My cousin works for a law firm hired by Carnival. Mika Feb 2013 #13
They probably wouldn't have given refunds if this wasn't all over the news Taverner Feb 2013 #14
Yep... jberryhill Feb 2013 #20
Lovely bluestateguy Feb 2013 #8
And personal hose-downs from the Carnival board of directors. Safetykitten Feb 2013 #31
they will get refunds CreekDog Feb 2013 #9
I read they will get a refund plus free hotel rooms in Mobile dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #10
Now they say mainstreetonce Feb 2013 #11
Actually GP6971 Feb 2013 #16
Why isn't some entrepreneural person malaise Feb 2013 #19
No doubt they've already done a cost/benefit analysis Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #12
Yep Mika Feb 2013 #15
whatever their cost benefit analysis is, the Alaska cruise that I was thinking about with my friends CreekDog Feb 2013 #24
4th time this has happened to their ships, 3rd time since 2010 CreekDog Feb 2013 #28
$500, free flight back home, and a free cruise voucher is what I am hearing. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #18
Plus reimbursement for the cruise they are on now. Grammy23 Feb 2013 #21
why is that good? CreekDog Feb 2013 #22
They are missing approx 5 days of work. Guy on radio said his wife's boss gave her a hard time Liberal_in_LA Feb 2013 #25
the 1st cruise was a disaster, so you can't say there are getting 2 cruises. they are getting 1 Liberal_in_LA Feb 2013 #27
I was talking about this with my dad. His summary: ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #30
guy interviewed on radio said the smell was so bad, he had to run through hallways to prevent Liberal_in_LA Feb 2013 #33
It's funny, because some are complaining and some are saying it hasn't really been that bad. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #34
In keeping with "The Spitit" of their adventure, the passengers will enjoy going home.... BlueJazz Feb 2013 #17
I wonder if this is planned so that cameras won't record what the passengers look like Cleita Feb 2013 #23
That's what my first thought was too. n/t JimDandy Feb 2013 #32
It's a pun. They are making light of the situation. Journalism FAIL. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #29
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