Costa Concordia Sinking

Cruise Ship in Italy Runs Aground

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I don’t usually post about non-Poptropica news, but have you heard about the cruise ship that ran aground in Italy last night? The ship, the Costa Concordia was carrying 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members when it ran aground near the coast of the island of Giglio. It’s a sad story because at least three people were killed and many more are still missing. The good news is that authorities think the missing might simply be unaccounted for and being treated at hospitals and shelters. There are as many as 70 people still missing from the ship.

It’s of course very rare for large cruise ships to sink and the timing is really strange for Poptropica fans because of the upcoming S.O.S. Island, in which you are on board a cruise ship that sinks in the North Atlantic. The creators originally planned this new island to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, and I wonder if this tragedy in Italy will cause them to delay the launch of the new island.

{ 203 comments… read them below or add one }

Night Longer January 15, 2012 at 8:04 pm

和i

Night Longer January 15, 2012 at 8:07 pm

now my little 11 year old sister will never understand what im saying woo!

Night Longer January 15, 2012 at 8:12 pm

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SourCandy~ January 15, 2012 at 8:40 pm

Yes L, its strange..Im agree with you ever D: I think you are a R.A.D like me (Regular Attribute Dogder)
Welcome Eva! You are the youngest girl in this page, really?

SourCandy~ January 15, 2012 at 8:52 pm

poptropfan! You complain of everything! When i said ”God! why you dont kill Justin?” you complain of that.. L said that joke you of complain it.. And you mentioned me in a comment but i read ”asgfjhagsjfsdg sourcandy sgjfdfsfgfjd jdgjasgdj” I really dont understand you write.. And thats isnt because i talk spanish.. its because you write so strange! Be sweet and improve your grammar please:)

SourCandy~ January 15, 2012 at 8:56 pm

You writed this poptropfan: ”the 3rd 1 and i think i no y sourcandy agrees with u 24/7 not gonna say y do” I dont understand ,really, explain it :/

eva January 15, 2012 at 9:16 pm

i am 8 so i guess so sour candy

eva January 15, 2012 at 9:22 pm

am i the youngest in here ps i am 8

eva January 15, 2012 at 9:26 pm

are you awake

eva January 15, 2012 at 9:30 pm

sour candy

eva January 15, 2012 at 9:42 pm

someone

silver moon January 16, 2012 at 1:00 am

Hello!

silver moon January 16, 2012 at 1:01 am

Hey, eva!
Do you like harry potter?

brave thunder January 16, 2012 at 4:18 am

hi guyz wats up i don live in the west but i live on the north east of china

Golden Lightning January 16, 2012 at 4:36 am

Yes, and the sad part is the captain of the ship (as I heard) hid the fact the ship was sinking from the passengers by telling them it was just an electric failure.

Night longer January 16, 2012 at 4:52 am

can you read this 婆哦他日哦批i才阿

poptropfan January 16, 2012 at 7:34 am

golosinas ácidas Me refiero a la tercera observación que L publicado y creo que sé por qué estar de acuerdo con u L todo el tiempo y que “sólo estoy preocupado por mi tía y por alguna causa justa L bromas sobre su ofensiva mi tía podría estar muerto y L SOLO SABER SUS BROMAS EN MEDIA Y OFENSIVA KINDA mataría L DECIR IM lo de su tía its spanish for you sour candy

Asliey5 January 16, 2012 at 8:06 am

sourcandy i am having so trouble finding that ad can you help me?

cae315 January 16, 2012 at 8:08 am

Oh, and eva, you should just wait for people to reply. Try not to ask for peolpe to talk to you, because they might have left to do something else. =)

Ryuzaki January 16, 2012 at 8:23 am

poptropfan,I do joke allot,but I didn’t mean any offense to you,though I wont formally apologize to you,because I hate saying sorry,I implied it in this sentence

poptropfan January 16, 2012 at 8:47 am

thanks L

Angry Ghost January 16, 2012 at 9:53 am

And sourcandy, poptropfan meant – the third one, and I think I know why sourcandy agrees with you 24/7 but I’m not going to say why, though.

Angry Ghost January 16, 2012 at 9:53 am

And yes Eva, you are the youngest one here.

Angry Ghost January 16, 2012 at 9:54 am

Eva, yes you are the youngest one here.

Angry Ghost January 16, 2012 at 9:55 am

That didn’t work right….

Brave Tomato January 16, 2012 at 4:18 pm

That’s tragically coincidential. :(

little bird January 17, 2012 at 7:41 am

actually i am an italian and i saw it on the italian news, it started like this:it was 21:45 and the boat hit a very big rock and all of a sudden there was a blackout and everybody started to freak out , the captain said that every body should stay calm because there were just “electrycall problems” ,27 minutes later the boat starts to incline 45° degrees on the right,the captain knew there was a problem so he trew himself in sea and swimmed to the beach , the passengers started to wear the life jackets most of them were rescued and many trew themselfs in the ocean -they arrested the captain and they say for now that there are a total of:7 are dead and there are 29 missing a real tragedy :-( :-(

Silver Ghost January 17, 2012 at 2:31 pm

I thought EIGHT people died.

SPRTN1337 January 18, 2012 at 1:48 am

So little birdy ya think you will be offended when they release the island or anytrhing im filipino but my family has crossed around the world my Famliy tree is big som i understand it man

Unknown January 19, 2012 at 12:58 am

@Night Longer:
I am Chinese and your not making any sense at all. :P

brave thunder January 19, 2012 at 1:11 am

heyo people

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Curious Crumb January 19, 2012 at 3:46 pm

wow,that is tragic. -takes a moment of silence-

Gentle Singer January 19, 2012 at 5:29 pm

Hoi guys…i haven’t been on this in a while. Am i the only one trying to read NIght Longer’s messages?? Well, read isn’t the right word. More like Google translate. Yep. So..what’s up? ._.

Gentle Singer January 19, 2012 at 5:32 pm

L : I know the guy in your pic. It’s L. ha.ha.

Gentle Singer January 19, 2012 at 5:32 pm

Death Note fan…..lol.

Gentle Singer January 19, 2012 at 6:49 pm

OH. And that’s a tragedy. Sad :(

brave thunder January 20, 2012 at 3:44 am

RUZAKI WAT UP WITH U?

brave thunder January 20, 2012 at 3:47 am

sorry my sis is upset with someone here soz people now everyone help me please. UGH MY SIS IS ANOYING SHE IS A STUPID MORAN HEAD AND WHO EVER LIKES ME SAY I IF U R A BOY sorry she likes cap locks alot

Gentle Singer January 20, 2012 at 12:44 pm

Oh. Some creative words you used there.

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Perfect Fox January 21, 2012 at 10:36 am

I heard that the captain was trying to impress everyone by sailing close to the shore and saluting his family.AND he’s crashed a ship before!

grigory January 21, 2012 at 1:31 pm

tgif! i love dogs

Katchat January 21, 2012 at 3:09 pm

I didnt know about this
This was on my birthday!!!!!

~ ☺♫☻♥Thalia♥☻♫☺~ January 23, 2012 at 3:05 pm

….back….what did i miss…….

Shy Hero January 24, 2012 at 7:24 pm

Wow that is SUCH bad timing…

little bird January 25, 2012 at 12:56 pm

now the people that are dead are 14 :-(

nicoletti January 26, 2012 at 12:25 pm

OMG when i was 6 I was on this ship, i would never imagine that costa concordia will sink

tony January 27, 2012 at 4:58 pm

OMG stands for oh my god nicoletti. by the way OMG you r a geek. hope u wernt on that ship that sank.

eva the 8 year old kid January 27, 2012 at 9:08 pm

i am glad you were not on there

Red Skull January 30, 2012 at 7:34 am

heyyyyyyyyyyy can someone help meh wit skullduggery island its soooo hard i got two crew membas and a bigg ship butt i be at debt i owe the bank like $40,000!!!!

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