The Cruise Industry Post Oslo Attacks and Carnival's Magic Rescue
Peter Greenberg: In the wake of the Oslo attacks, how was the cruise industry affected?
Carolyn Spencer Brown: MSC had one cruise ship in port when it happened. We heard from some readers who were on board that didn’t really notice. They heard a big boom, but didn’t think twice.
I suspect that it didn’t impact the cruise travelers as much as it could have because it was a really rainy day. A lot of people had come back from their shore tours and had their lunch on board and just kind of hung out on the ship.
The cruise market had a very small impact. Yes, the Costa ship that was calling in on the next day canceled the stop. But now we’re seeing the cruise lines rally around the port and the country and they’re back on track.
PG: The best story of the month has to be about the Carnival Magic was sort of a special experience.
PG: This happened at 1 o’clock in the morning, right? In the middle of the Mediterranean.
CSB: You never read about the stuff happens at 3 p.m. It was a bad weather situation and the ship captain had to really be right on his game at 1 a.m. to pull this off.
PG: Apparently a French captain and his son were sailing, and sent out a distress call somewhere between Barcelona and Sicily. The Magic decided to do something really outrageous. According to your story, they used their bow thrusters to move sideways, which allowed the Carnival ship to move into position where it could actually protect the ship from the worst gusts of wind. And they saved the day.
CSB: I think that was pretty classy. Instead of insisting the guy abandon the ship, which is what you’d think the captain would do, he moved the Carnival Magic made it to Messina on time.
CSB: It was a perfect storm of good news the next day. People think the Mediterranean is this always sunny, body of water. But I can tell you, it gets nasty out there. This happened in the middle of summer. That was tough weather.
PG: It is. You don’t expect that to happen in the middle of July. And the next time you’re at sea and you’re on a charter boat and you’re in big trouble, make that distress call. If there’s a cruise ship nearby, even if you have abandon ship, guess what? You’ll be eating well.
CSB: Sleeping well too, probably.
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