Overview

• The June 2025 release of Trainwreck: Poop Cruise chronicles the February 2013 engine room fire that left over 4,000 passengers without power or plumbing for four days.
• Raw sewage flooded hallways, cabins overheated, and passengers resorted to biohazard bags and makeshift deck tents under sweltering conditions.
• Crew efforts to curb chaos included distributing red biohazard bags, an ill-fated open bar and rerouting the adrift ship to Mobile, Alabama, extending the ordeal by days.
• Carnival issued full refunds, paid passengers $500 each and offered free future cruises in the aftermath of widespread outrage.
• In response to renewed scrutiny, Carnival has invested more than $500 million in fleetwide safety and crisis-management upgrades since 2013.