Caribbean Princess Cruise Ship Suddenly Loses Powe...

A scary scenario unfolded onboard Caribbean Princess on the morning of June 5, 2026, because the ship misplaced propulsion and energy for no less than an hour throughout its present Japanese Caribbean crusing.

As much as 3,140 company onboard the Princess cruise ship had been left with out air-con within the sweltering Caribbean warmth in a scenario that felt no less than considerably harking back to Carnival’s infamous 2013 “Poop Cruise.” 

“Hey, in the event you hear our ship —Caribbean Princess — misplaced energy, it did, twice, this morning.  Bizarre factor to get up to. It lasted a number of hours however all is okay,” one present visitor shared on Facebook.

Princess Cruises additionally confirmed the scenario in an e mail to Cruise Hive and said that the problem was resolved after a bit over an hour.

“This morning, whereas en route from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Port Canaveral, Florida, Caribbean Princess skilled a short lived lack of foremost energy for about one hour and quarter-hour,” the cruise line wrote.

The spokesperson additionally confirmed that company had been by no means at risk and that emergency energy was offered usually at some stage in the outage.

Are the Engines to Blame?

Whereas Princess Cruises has not confirmed what triggered the momentary outage, some cruise company assume that the problem is likely to be associated to one thing going incorrect within the engine room.

Whereas Caribbean Princess doesn’t have a repute for fixed engine points, reviews present that she has beforehand skilled technical difficulties associated to energy and propulsion in 2005, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2017.

Primarily based on updates from the captain that had been shared by present company, it additionally appeared like the vast majority of the repairs had been happening within the engine room.

“They’ve obtained emergency energy/wifi again up and now simply floating alongside whereas attempting to get well the engines,” one passenger posted on Reddit.

“8:50a ET. Captain simply introduced no energy restoration after the earlier failed restoration. Now simply floating round once more and the ship goes to hit some winds on the starboard facet. All room lights are out apart from WiFi,” they stated in a subsequent replace.

However even with the inconvenience brought on by the ability outage, most company recommended the captain and the remainder of the 1,200-person crew for his or her clear and frequent communication because the scenario advanced.

“Crew could be very good and the Captain offering good updates…Previous ships do include outdated issues,” the Redditor continued.

Per cruise tracking data, the 112,894-gross ton ship is crusing at regular speeds of 20 knots within the course of Port Canaveral as of the time of this writing, which suggests the engines are functioning usually.

And for the document, Princess Cruises does make a pointed effort to take care of its fleet. The 2004-launched ship visited dry dock pretty just lately (in 2024) for a tune up.

No Affect to Debarkation

Fortunately, the ability outage was resolved shortly and there can be no impression to debarkation in Port Canaveral on June 7, 2026.

The go to to San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 4 was the ultimate cease on the 14-night itinerary, so there have been no extra port calls that could possibly be affected.

“Primary energy has since been totally restored. Caribbean Princess is constant its passage to Port Canaveral as scheduled, with no delay anticipated,” Princess Cruises confirmed in its assertion to Cruise Hive.

“The security and well-being of our company and crew stays our high precedence as our onboard groups proceed to watch the scenario intently,” the cruise line concluded.

This additionally signifies that there needs to be no unfavourable impression to Caribbean Princess’s subsequent embarkation day on June 7. On this date, passengers for a 7-night and a 14-night Japanese Caribbean crusing will board the ship concurrently.