( CNN ) -- Another cruise ship , another problem with malfunctioning toilets . This time , Carnival Corp. subsidiary Princess Cruises had passengers feeling the impact of toilets that would n't flush . On April 11 , the cruise line 's Crown Princess was on a seven-day Caribbean cruise when a blockage within the ship 's vacuum toilet system rendered 410 stateroom toilets inoperable from 5 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. , according to Princess Cruises spokeswoman Karen Candy . The ship has more than 1,500 cabins . `` A small number of passengers continued to experience problems over the next few days which were addressed by the shipboard technical team , '' Candy wrote in an e-mail . The ship 's itinerary was n't affected by the flushing problems , and affected passengers were offered $ 50 apiece in compensation , Candy wrote . `` The blockages have been addressed and we are continuing to review the situation to ensure that the system is working with optimum pressure levels . '' Although Candy did n't answer questions about the cause of the problem , members of the CruiseCritic.com website discussed the possibility of passengers tossing prohibited objects into the toilets and causing the blockage . `` Toilet problems can happen on any ship when passengers flush the wrong things down the toilet , '' wrote member Astro Flyer , who was not aboard the Crown Princess . In February , an engine room fire left the Carnival Triumph adrift in the Gulf of Mexico , with passengers reporting overflowing toilets and human waste running down the walls in some parts of the ship . On a March cruise , the Carnival Dream lost power , and some toilets stopped working . Both ships are part of Carnival Cruise Line , another subsidiary of Carnival Corp. Candy wrote that `` passengers were kept continuously updated about the progress of the repairs . '' But a CruiseCritic member posting under the handle EB and Curly said they were in an affected cabin and `` were never informed as to the status of repairs . '' However , they were `` only totally without a toilet for about 24 hours . It did overflow one night and we had to call maintenance to come up at 1:00 a.m. '' CruiseCritic.com reported that the ship left Galveston , Texas , on April 13 for its scheduled trans-Atlantic repositioning cruise to Europe .
A ship in the Carnival Corp. portfolio experienced toilet problems on a recent sailing . Princess Cruises ' Crown Princess had non-working toilets in 410 staterooms . Affected passengers received a $ 50 credit .