Talk:Carnival Splendor
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Orphaned references in Carnival Splendor[edit]
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Carnival Splendor's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "Ward":
- From Carnival Conquest: Ward, Douglas (2005). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. ISBN 981-246-510-3.
- From Carnival Inspiration: Ward, Douglas (2006). Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. pp. 356–357. ISBN 981-246-739-4.
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 01:33, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
Accidents[edit]
08/11/2010 - Please update the information to feature the current accident (Fire on board) during it's cruise around Mexican coasts. --189.182.29.202 (talk) 16:21, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
- Listed at Carnival_Splendor#Incidents--Terrillja talk 16:38, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
Repairs[edit]
01/13/2011 - Looks like this ship is headed to San Francisco Pier 70 for repairs, ~4 weeks: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/01/infamously-futile-cruise-ship-coming-port —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.188.10.128 (talk) 06:48, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Mystery about the total power loss[edit]
Material from http://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruises/2010-11-12-cruise-inside_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip looks reliable enough for me. It includes the opinion of Clark Dodge, former chief engineer for Washington State Ferries. Please do not remove without explanation Audriusa (talk) 19:01, 14 November 2010 (UTC).
- Here is my take on this. I would argue that Clark Dodge's quotes not be used. I have a maritime university education and have a knowledge of vessel operations, and this full power loss is not really a mystery. It was just a bad fire. Plane and simple. I would like to start a dialogue about removing his quotes and adding a technical explanation towards the fire and power loss. -Greg —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gregdragonetti (talk • contribs) 03:57, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
- This makes interesting reading. Mjroots (talk) 07:52, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
Well it seems that a Maritime College education, as well as a degree in English grammer and vocabulary were unnecessarily added to the original conjecture that the fire spread needlessly. Here's a link to a news article listing the Coast Guard's findings, citing several errors that NEEDLESSLY led to power loss. http://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Coast-Guard-Crew-error-helped-Carnival-Splendor-fire-spread/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.41.124.81 (talk) 19:36, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
Beam 116[edit]
The ship's beam is given as 116 (without units). I don't have exact figures, but from a Google Maps aerial image of the ship in dock at Long Beach, Los Angeles the beam appears to be in the region of 44-48m (144-157 ft), so a unit that gives 116 would have to be around 380mm to 415mm per. I know of no such unit. Could the 116 figure be mistaken? 82.33.76.247 (talk) 13:31, 10 August 2019 (UTC)