Passengers elated as Carnival Triumph limps into Mobile, Ala., port MOBILE, Ala., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Carnival Triumph passengers kissed the ground and sang "Sweet Home Alabama," finally on dry land after the ship, disabled by a fire, limped into port at Mobile. "I'm just so blessed to be home," Kendall Jenkins, 24, crying and wearing a bathrobe to keep warm, told The New York Times shortly after the 14-story-high ship docked at the Alabama Cruise Terminal at 9:28 p.m. EST Thursday. "I don't want to hear the word 'cruise' ever again," Jenkins said. Buses took passengers to hotels in Galveston, Texas, where the ship was supposed to have docked, and to Houston and New Orleans. Many passengers' families were on hand to greet their loved ones. It took 5 hours for all the passengers to disembark because only one elevator worked, officials said. Carnival Chief Executive Officer Gerry Cahill told reporters as the 101,000-ton disabled ship approached he planned to go aboard and personally apologize to the passengers. "We pride ourselves in providing our guests with a great vacation experience, and clearly we failed in this particular case," he said. The passengers had left the Port of Galveston Thursday for what was to be a four-day cruise to Cozumel, Mexico. An engine fire Sunday that was automatically extinguished left the vessel without power and propulsion. Passengers and crew members spent five days living and sleeping on sewage-soaked carpets and open decks, with food so limited some passengers said they were reduced to eating candy and ketchup on buns. A Carnival spokesman told the Los Angeles Times there had been no deaths or serious injuries aboard the Triumph. If the five days of misery weren't enough, earlier Thursday, as the ship was being towed to Mobile, some towing equipment broke -- and later a tow line snapped. The Times said at issue was how and why the fire was able to knock out the 14-year-old ship's propulsion system, the power, and the sewage, heating and air-conditioning systems. The ship had mechanical troubles last month that delayed a similar cruise to Mexico. A Jan. 28 U.S. Coast Guard report examined by United Press International disclosed "a short in the high-voltage connection box of one of the ship's generators, causing damage to cables within the connection box." The Coast Guard ordered Carnival Cruise Lines to fix the problem by Feb. 27. The Triumph carried 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members.