Things just keep getting worse for Carnival Cruise Lines today, don’t they? Here are a couple of wow-level updates from the Associated Press:

BREAKING: Coast Guard official: Disabled cruise ship stopped off coast of Ala. because of broken towline

— The Associated Press (@AP) February 14, 2013

BREAKING: Carnival official says snapped tow line delayed cruise ship’s arrival into Mobile; it will take 7-10 hours to reach port -MM

— The Associated Press (@AP) February 14, 2013

BREAKING: Carnival official says cruise ship has only one working elevator, complicating getting people to shore -MM

— The Associated Press (@AP) February 14, 2013

Now we hear that passengers probably won’t be able to leave the ship until the “wee hours Friday morning.”

And we know Carnival‘s PR team is going to love these images. They’re wishing the smartphone had never been invented:

Courtesy of the Associated Press and passenger Kalin Hill

SIGN OF FRUSTRATION: Edmond family stuck on #CarnivalTriumph says they’ve had poor food & no shower for 3 days. twitter.com/KatyJBlakey/st…

— Katy Blakey (@KatyJBlakey) February 14, 2013

Courtesy of ABC affiliate KOCO in Oklahoma City

Passengers make human HELP sign for circling CNN helicopter on #Carnival #Triumph twitter.com/JimmyOrr/statu…

— Jimmy Orr LATimes (@JimmyOrr) February 14, 2013

Courtesy of Jimmy Orr of the Los Angeles Times

RIP Triumph. A sign we made. @cnn @cbs #carnivaltriumph twitter.com/iamclarkjones/…

— clark jones. (@iamclarkjones) February 14, 2013

Courtesy of passenger Clark Jones

How could this episode possibly get any worse? Just wait ’til they reach the shore. Can you say “class action lawsuit”? We can’t imagine how many lawyers are waiting in the port right now! No amount of hush money will stop the stream of (completely justified) customer service complaints.

We do have one question, though: Who goes on cruises? Seriously–we’ve never done it.

UPDATE: Hey, at least this clip is kind of sweet.