Vacation nightmare finally over for cruise passengers

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<b>--SUPERS</b>--</p><p>:10-:14 (prefonted)</p><p>Courtesy Ed Buck</p><br /><p>:19-:32</p><p>Gerry Cahill</p><p>CEO, Carnival Cruise Lines</p><br /><p>:38-:53</p><p>MOS</p><br /><p>:56-1:04</p><p>MOS</p><br /><p>1:08-1:11 (prefonted)</p><p>Courtesy Jared Jinks</p><br /><p>1:11-1:17</p><p>MOS</p><br /><p>1:22-1:24</p><p>MOS</p><br /><br /><p>
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</p><p>Five days after an engine fire turned their vacations into a nightmare, the passengers of the Carnival Triumph are back on dry land.</p><p>While most are relieved, some passengers say they are annoyed. </p><p>Ed Payne has the story.</p><p>
<b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p><p>AS THE CARNIVAL TRIUMPH MADE ITS WAY INTO THE PORT OF MOBILE, PASSENGERS CHEERED AND WAVED...</p><p>OTHERS HUNG SIGNS LIKE THIS ONE THAT READS "SWEET HOME ALABAMA."</p><p>THIS COMES AFTER DAYS OF UNSANITARY CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES.</p><p>BEFORE PASSENGERS DISEMBARKED, THE C-E-O OF CARNIVAL OFFERED AN APOLOGY.</p><p>"I know it was very difficult, and I wanna apologize again for subjecting our guests to that. We pride ourselves in providing our guests with a great vacation experience and clearly we failed." </p><p>AS MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND PASSENGERS MADE THEIR WAY OFF THE SHIP...SOME VENTED THEIR FRUSTRATIONS.</p><p>"There are a lot of unhappy people because of the conditions and how it went downhill from the first day and we floated for over somewhere around 100 miles."</p><p>OTHERS SAY THEY ARE JUST GRATEFUL TO GET OFF OF THE CRUISE SHIP.</p><p>"After being on that boat for that long and not knowing when or how we were getting back and it was so good to be finally back."</p><p>OTHERS SAY THE EXPERIENCE BROUGHT OUT THE GOOD IN PEOPLE</p><p>"I think I saw a lot more of the good behavior and a lot less of the bad behavior. So, tempers would flare occasionally at things but nothing too dramatic."</p><p>DESPITE THE UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE, ONE MAN SAYS HE'D GO ON ANOTHER CRUISE.</p><p>"I would. I mean, it will take a while and not like next week or anything." </p><p>I'M ED PAYNE REPORTING.</p><p>
<b>--TAG</b>--</p><p>On shore Carnival had about 100 motor coaches ready to take passengers to hotels they booked for them in New Orleans.</p><p>They have also arranged multiple charter flights from New Orleans to Houston and from Houston to the Port of Galveston.</p><p>
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