Passengers From Disabled Cruise Ship Board New Liner
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MIAMI — The 1,760 cruise ship passengers who saw their vacation disrupted by a fire that left them adrift were finally moved Tuesday to a newer liner, one with air conditioning and an open bar.
The passengers and 800 crew members of the Celebration were taking a mini-cruise through the Bahamas aboard the Ecstasy before returning to Miami on Thursday, said the president of Carnival Cruise Lines, Bob Dickinson.
The Celebration had left Miami on Saturday for a weeklong Caribbean cruise to Puerto Rico, St. Thomas and St. Martin.
The ship had been without air conditioning and hot food since a fire Sunday cut power and propulsion and left it drifting near the island of San Salvador.
Passengers will receive a refund and a voucher for a free seven-day cruise. Technicians restored one engine overnight, allowing the ship to head for Freeport, Bahamas, for repairs.
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