Carnival 'Dream' Cruise? More Like Nightmare At Sea

The Carnival Dream cruise ship will not set sail for home with its passengers on board, the company announced Thursday. Rather, Carvival has arranged flights for its guests to make their way back to Florida.

The Carnival Dream is currently stalled at the dock in St. Maarten with a mechanical problem so the passengers on board will have to be flown home instead of finishing the remainder of their cruise.

Carnival spokesperson Vance Gulliksen spoke to ABC News on Thursday about the situation.

"Since it is unclear when the Carnival Dream will be departing St. Maarten," he said, "it only makes sense that we fly guests home and we are in the process of arranging both charter and commercial flights for guests to be flown to Orlando or their final destinations."

The Carnival Dream experienced a backup generator malfunction on Wednesday according to the company. The cruise line also denied rumors of widespread power outages and plumbing problems as a result of the generator problems.

Gulliksen assured news sources that only one public restroom had been closed due to toilet overflow and there was "a total of one request for cleaning of a guest cabin bathroom. Aside from that there have been no reports of issues on board with overflowing toilets or sewage."

"All guests are safe and comfortable," the cruise line said in a statement on Thursday. "There were periodic interruptions to elevators and restroom services for a few hours last night. However, all hotel systems are functioning normally and have been functional since approximately 12:30 a.m."

Carnival has been experiencing a lot of problems recently, causing many to lose confidence in their cruise liners.

Before the mishap with the Carnival Dream, the Triumph experienced a fire in its generator room stranding thousands of passengers at sea last month and the Costa Concordia ship sunk off the coast of Italy a year ago costing 32 lives.

"It's mind boggling," said Carolyn Spencer Brown Editor in Chief of Cruise Critic. "Accidents happen but this isn't an accident anymore. Three times is something to be concerned about," she said, referring to the Carnival Dream, the Triumph and the Splendor which experienced a fire in 2010.

Because some of the passengers probably do not have passports, re-entry to the US may take some time for the Carnival Dream passengers. Passports were not necessary for the course the Dream was to take, but are mandatory for anyone entering the US via airline.

Guests on the current Carnival Dream voyage will be refunded the equivalent of three days of the voyage and 50 percent off a future cruise.

The next cruise was scheduled for March 16, but has now been cancelled. Guests scheduled for that cruise will receive a full refund and 25 percent off a future seven-day cruise.

Non-refundable transportation related expenses will be reimbursed.