could just depart the ship and stay at a hotel and get our own transportation back home and they would not allow us to do that. >> we're at carnival cruise headquarters in miami. christina, flying them back to orlando, we hear there's worse places to be stuck than st. maarten. are they being allowed off the boat right now? >> reporter: well, they're not off the boat just yet. this has become -- this carnival dream cruise has become another nightmare for the cruise line. after you imagine what happened with the triumph barely a month ago, we're not quite sure how many passengers on the ship. they say they can carry as many as 5,000 passengers. but what we do know is that carnival released a statement regarding the transfer of passengers. they say that they're flying all passengers home on charter flights to florida. they're giving passengers a three-day refund. plus 50% off future cruises. also, they announced the