from the cnn money newsroom in new york, i m ali velshi. another floating pr disaster for carnival cruise line. this ship, the carnival dream, suffered generator problems, toilets stopped working again. if you recall last month, an engine room fire left another ship, the carnival triumph, crippled and adrift in the gulf of mexico with 4200 people aboard. now, the scheduled four-day cruise stretched into eight days as tugs pulled the vessel into port in alabama. you remember that. food was scarce. passengers sweltered in the heat with no air conditioning. the carnival dream made it to point in st. martin, not a bad place to be stuck. but the cruise is done. passengers are being flown back to florida, getting a refound for three days worth of the cruise and a coupon for half off a future cruise. carnival chief operating officer howard frank praised carnival s response to this week s fire on
they expected. there s human waste all over the floor in some of the bathrooms and they are overflowing. john berman joins us from new york. i understand minutes ago, carnival released a statement. what are they saying? carnival is trying to set a few things straight this morning. they say at no time did the ship lose power, but there were periodic interruptions to elevators and toilets for a few hours last night. however, at this time, all hotel systems are functioning normally and have been functional since approximately 12:30 a.m. you know, we are going to hear from the coast guard in a minute. but they do confirm the carnival dream has generator problems and the cruise has not asked for any assistance at this point. the ship, about 16 hours late. due to leave port at 5:00 eastern time yesterday. there is no word yet on a new timetable or any other