The five-day saga behind the Carnival Triumph, a luxury cruise turned nightmare vacation, came to an end after thousands of passengers disembarked on Thursday. But the ride home wasn't smooth for everyone as some passengers were faced with not only a broken cruise liner but a broken bus as well.

After staying Thursday night in the city of Mobile, Ala., where the Triumph was towed in by tug boats, roughly 3, 000 passengers boarded chartered buses set for New Orleans and Galveston, Texas. According to CBS News, one of the buses bound for New Orleans broke down, leaving passengers stranded — again.

"You wouldn't think after the ship nightmare, that on the bus ride to New Orleans, the bus would break down," Carnival passenger Jacob Combs told CNN on Friday, after the bus finally arrived in New Orleans. Combs said that passengers head a loud popping sound 45 minutes into the drive, forcing the bus to pull over to the side of Interstate 10. The passengers had to wait about 45 minutes until a replacement bus arrived. No other buses reported any issues driving back.

The bus delay is just the latest of incidents to plague the cruise ship after an engine fire left the ship immobile on the Gulf of Mexico earlier in the week. Amid the reports of passengers forced to contend with unsanitary conditions like non-working toilets, urine-soaked carpets; passengers also had to deal with foul smells and sleeping in the rain after they weren't able to return to their cabins since the boat had lost all power.

Earlier on Thursday, officials with Carnival had to push back its estimates after one of the four cables linked to the tug boats towing the broken boat snapped, reports NBC News. Still passengers were relieved to say the very least to be on solid ground when everything was said and done.

"This is my first and last cruise. So if anyone wants my free cruise, look me up,'' said Kendall Jenkins, 24, of Houston in an interview with the Associated Press, referring to compensation offered by Carnival Cruise Line. Bounding off the ship Thursday night clad in bathrobes, she and her friend Brittany Ferguson immediately kissed the pavement at the Port of Mobile in Alabama.

With Files Form The Associated Press

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  • The sun sets as the cruise ship Carnival Triumph is towed into Mobile Bay near Dauphin Island, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

  • The cruise ship Carnival Triumph is towed up the Mobile River in Mobile, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

  • The cruise ship Carnival Triumph is pushed towards the cruise terminal along the Mobile River in Mobile, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

  • The cruise ship Carnival Triumph is towed up the Mobile River in Mobile, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

  • People watch from their balconies aboard the Carnival Triumph after it was towed to the cruise terminal in Mobile, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/G M Andrews)

  • People watch from their balconies aboard the Carnival Triumph after it was towed to the cruise terminal in Mobile, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/John David Mercer)

  • Passengers aboard the Carnival Triumph walk along the deck before leaving the ship in Mobile, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

  • Carnival Triumph Arrives

    People watch from their balconies and hold up signs aboard the Carnival Triumph after it was towed to the cruise terminal in Mobile, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/AL.com, Mike Brantley)

  • Passengers of the Carnival Triumph walk to their buses after docking at the cruise terminal in Mobile, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

  • Passengers from the disabled Carnival Triumph cruise ship arrive by bus at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

  • Passengers from the disabled Carnival Triumph cruise ship arrive by bus at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

  • This undated photo provided by passenger Don Hoggatt, of Dallas, shows makeshift tents on the deck of the Carnival Triumph cruise ship for people to spend the day in and sleep in to escape the stench from the lower decks of the disabled ship.The Triumph arrived late Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Mobile, Ala., after an engine-room fire left the ship powerless off Mexico last weekend. (AP Photo/Don Hoggatt)

  • This undated photo provided by passenger Don Hoggatt, of Dallas, shows the tent city built on the Lido deck of the Carnival Triumph cruise ship for people to spend the day or night in to escape the stench from the lower decks of the disabled ship. The Triumph arrived late Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Mobile, Ala., after an engine-room fire left the ship powerless off Mexico last weekend. (AP Photo/Don Hoggatt)

  • This undated photo provided by passenger Don Hoggatt, of Dallas, shows covered urinals and bagged trash cans for passengers to use in one of the bathrooms aboard the Carnival Triumph cruise ship which became disabled after an engine-room fire left the ship powerless off Mexico last weekend. The Triumph arrived late Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Mobile, Ala., after an engine-room fire left the ship powerless off Mexico last weekend. (AP Photo/Don Hoggatt)

  • The cruise ship Carnival Triumph is moored at a dock in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. The ship, which docked Thursday in Mobile after drifting nearly powerless in the Gulf of Mexico for five days, was moved Friday from the cruise terminal to a repair facility. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

  • In this image released by the U.S. Coast Guard on Feb. 11, 2013, a small boat belonging to the Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous patrols near the cruise ship Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico, Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard- Lt. Cmdr. Paul McConnell)

  • In a Feb. 12, 2013 photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the tugs Resolve Pioneer and Dabhol, left, tow and steer the 893-foot Carnival Triumph cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Ensign Chris Shivock)

  • In this image released by the U.S. Coast Guard on Feb. 11, 2013, the Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous patrols near the cruise ship Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico, Feb. 11, 2013. T(AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard- Lt. Cmdr. Paul McConnell)

  • This July 27, 1999 handout file photo provided by Carnival Cruise Lines shows the MS Carnival Triumph departing New York harbor, on her inaugural voyage. Carnival Cruise Lines said Sunday an engine room fire had disabled the cruise ship Triumph about 150 miles off the Yucatan Peninsula with 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members on board. (AP Photo/Carnival Lines, Andy Newman, File)

  • Cruise Ship Loses Power In Gulf Of Mexico

    In this handout from the U.S. Coast Guard, the cruise ship Carnival Triumph sits idle February 11, 2013 in the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by Paul McConnell/U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images)