Crippled cruise ship is 5 miles from Ala. terminal

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - This is not at all how it looked in the brochure: Pulled by a tugboat at a maddeningly slow pace, the cruise ship Carnival Triumph was finally just a few miles from port Thursday night as miserable passengers told stories of overflowing toilets, food shortages, foul odors and dangerously dark passageways.

About 8:30 p.m. Central time Thursday, the ship still had five miles to go to reach the terminal, according to Terry Thornton, a senior vice president of marketing. He said he the ship would arrive between 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. Then, officials said it would take passengers - carrying their own luggage, with only one functioning elevator on the ship - up to five hours to disembark.