SAN DIEGO — Passengers disembarked Thursday morning from their ill-fated cruise on the Carnival Splendor, full of survivor stories, quips and -- generally speaking -- a fairly upbeat attitude ...

Carnival Splendor: Cruise director goes overboard in detailing ship's crisis ... 45, on his blog quickly penned a lengthy three-part (and counting) tome titled “Smoke on the Water.” ...

Carnival's Splendor cruise ship, which stranded more than 3,000 passengers in open water after an engine fire, will be out of service until mid-January 2011 while investigators search for the ...

Carnival Splendor Dead in the Water. November 9, 2010. The Associated Press reported that on Nov. 9, an early morning fire on one of Carnival Cruise Lines' biggest ships, the 113,000-ton ...

Nov. 9, 2010 — -- A U.S. Coast Guard cutter has reached a damaged Carnival cruise ship stranded off the western coast of Mexico since early Monday morning, with nearly 4,500 passengers and ...

The nearly 4,500 passengers and crew of the Carnival Splendor have no air conditioning or hot water. Running low on food, they have to eat canned crab meat and Spam dropped in by helicopters.

“The two couples and their three dogs were safely welcomed onto Carnival Splendor and are receiving food, water and medical assistance.” Carnival did not specify who the stranded passengers were.

Crew members immediately charted a course toward the catamaran and, five hours later, rescued two couples and their pets. Once onboard Carnival Splendor, the crew supplied the individuals with food, ...