Pair’s honeymoon aboard Carnival Triumph ruined by sewage

A newlywed couple from Missouri say their honeymoon cruise was spoiled by unsanitary conditions on board Carnival Triumph, including foul-smelling sludge oozing from their shower drain.

Christine Parker and John Shoemaker got marred on November 4, 2017, in their hometown of St Louis and booked a five-day cruise aboard Carnival’s 14-deck, 893-fot vessel, sailing from New Orleans.

But instead of a romantic getaway, the couple say they were left exhausted, angry and ‘smelling of poop.’

 

Couple’s honeymoon nightmare: Christine Parker and John Shoemaker got marred on November 4, 2017, and booked a five-day cruise aboard Carnival Triumph, which ended up marred by foul conditions in the bathroom 

The couple recorded a cellphone video showing a staffer inspecting their faulty drain and saying, 'This is very bad and it smells very bad'

Cellphone footage

The couple recorded a cellphone video showing a staffer inspecting their faulty drain and saying, ‘This is very bad and it smells very bad’

Love boat:  The pair said they were left smelling of poop thanks to nasty black sewage bubbling from the shower drain in their cabin on board the mega-ship (pictured)  

Parker, who has a young daughter, accused crew members of trying to minimize the seriousness of the situation, even as they witnessed the stomach-turning spectacle of black liquid reeking of excrement rising out of the drain.

‘But what if that stuff had gotten into a cut on our feet and we would have gotten an infection?’ wondered the bride in an interview with the Miami Herald.

The disgruntled passengers recorded a cellphone video showing a staffer inspecting their faulty drain and saying, ‘This is very bad and it smells very bad.’ 

Unable to safely use the facilities in their cabin, the newly married couple were forced to bathe in the ship’s spa facility. 

When Parker and Shoemaker complained to Carnival officials about their unsavory experience, the cruise line offered them a $300 credit to be used on the ship, plus 15 per cent discount off their next cruise booking, which they do not intend to use anytime soon.

Carnival Triumph, which was launched in 1999, returned from the voyage on November 11, and upon docking in south Florida failed an inspection carried out by officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel Sanitation Program.

Newlyweds' woes: Unable to safely use the facilities in their cabin, the newly married couple were forced to bathe in the ship's spa facility

Newlyweds’ woes: Unable to safely use the facilities in their cabin, the newly married couple were forced to bathe in the ship’s spa facility

The cruise line offered Parker a $300 credit to be used on the ship, plus 15 per cent discount off her next cruise booking

Parker is pictured on her wedding day

Damage control: The cruise line offered Parker (left and right) a $300 credit to be used on the ship, plus 15 per cent discount off her next cruise booking

Unsanitary conditions cited by the CDC inspectors included flies in the food preparation areas; dairy products and eggs not stored in proper temperatures and clogged dishwashers ‘extremely soiled with debris.’

The 2,754-passenger vessel received a score of 78 out of 100. Grades below 86 are considered failing. In December, Carnival Breeze and Carnival Vista also failed CDC inspections.

Carnival officials said the Triumph has since been reinspected and received a passing grade.

DailyMail.com on Wednesday reached out to Carnival for comment and was awaiting a response.  

The Triumph gained notoriety in 2013, earning the moniker the ‘poop cruise,’ after a fire in the engine room caused it to lose propulsion and left passengers with an insufficient number of working bathrooms and no air conditioning. 



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