Interested in going on a cruise? Here's a video for you (Royal Caribbean ship in storm)

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Posted: 2/10/2016 10:52:58 PM EDT

This past week, a Royal Caribbean ship cruised negligently into a storm. Ship was damaged pretty bad and had to return home.

During the storm, they were told to stay in their rooms. Here's a pic of a passenger standing straight up while the ship leans.

A video from a passenger's room:

Yikes.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:00:46 PM EDT

[#1]

Yeah, I'd be a little spooked with waves crashing against my window.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:01:12 PM EDT

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This was my honeymoon all over again in 1995, also on royal carib.

It was so cold in the caribbean I had to buy a hoodie in cancun mexico to wear for the rest of the trip.

The cardinal rule is that water ALWAYS wins.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:02:29 PM EDT

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Almost as stupid as the freighter that tried to motor through a hurricane and sank...killing all on board.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:03:02 PM EDT

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How the fuck is it a 'vacation' to be trapped on a ship with 5000 people?

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:03:38 PM EDT

[#5]

well at least the outside of the window is clean now.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:04:31 PM EDT

[#6]

I read where the captain ordered all crew and passengers to stay inside their rooms.

Um no.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:06:50 PM EDT

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I always thought that as well.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:07:22 PM EDT

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Needs more E Coli, listeria, norwalk...

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:17:23 PM EDT

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I always thought that as well.

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I always thought that as well.

Same.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:18:38 PM EDT

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I went on a month long cruise to the Bahamas. On our way back, we were in 18' seas... In a 48' sail boat. I was sleeping in the v-berth until some one woke me up to see a cruise ship 100 yards away, I looked out to see my port hole about 5' under water.

That video looked fun to me.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:35:51 PM EDT

[#11]

iPotato.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:36:18 PM EDT

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This past week, a Royal Caribbean ship cruised negligently into a storm. Ship was damaged pretty bad and had to return home.

During the storm, they were told to stay in their rooms. Here's a pic of a passenger standing straight up while the ship leans.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160208085845-06-royal-caribbean-rough-seas-exlarge-169.jpg

A video from a passenger's room:

http://youtu.be/sFNJzVm-0Lg

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This time for reelz.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:38:21 PM EDT

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If that was a carnival boat it would have gone down I'm sure.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:40:26 PM EDT

[#14]

Just the ocean being itself, no extra charge.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:40:38 PM EDT

[#15]

Yeah... Ummm... The ocean gets rough.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:42:11 PM EDT

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Heck yeah. I would have been on the nope train right the hell out of that room lol.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:42:53 PM EDT

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Is there a minibar in the room?

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:44:29 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/10/2016 11:45:10 PM EDT

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My wife and I (and a hundred others) were stranded on an island over night during a RC cruise to the Carribean. Cocoa Cay to be exact.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:45:23 PM EDT

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The issue was being in a storm with possible hurricane force winds and much higher than normal waves.

Don't sail though storms...won't be no problem.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:45:42 PM EDT

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The captain and the cruise line were stupid to risk the possibility that the ship would encounter those conditions, they tried to cut it too close.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:46:55 PM EDT

[#22]

Neat!

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:47:01 PM EDT

[#23]

I want to sail those sort of seas at least once in my life. I think I will go with Cunard lines though.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:50:28 PM EDT

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I've been on two cruises and if you go on one you wouldn't feel that way.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:50:40 PM EDT

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No thanks...

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:52:12 PM EDT

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There's nothing that that even compares. I've been in 50' swells in the Bering and off the coast of Oregon fishing for Hake. Its an experience you'll never forget.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:53:05 PM EDT

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I went on a month long cruise to the Bahamas. On our way back, we were in 18' seas... In a 48' sail boat. I was sleeping in the v-berth until some one woke me up to see a cruise ship 100 yards away, I looked out to see my port hole about 5' under water.

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Put me in the group of weirdos that probably would have enjoyed that.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:56:02 PM EDT

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Try White Star....

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Posted: 2/10/2016 11:56:09 PM EDT

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Well I never felt trapped. There was plenty of room. I wasn't ever bored either.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:57:33 PM EDT

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There's nothing that that even compares. I've been in 50' swells in the Bering and off the coast of Oregon fishing for Hake. Its an experience you'll never forget.

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I bet. My shop teacher in HS was an old PT boat engineer from the Navy. He made rolling around violently in a pond full of your own vomit, sea water and fuel oil sound like fun.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:59:47 PM EDT

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Only cruise I've ever been on was like that. Kind of scared to try again.

Posted: 2/10/2016 11:59:56 PM EDT

[#32]

Are there bulkheads for water tightness aboard a cruise ship?

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:00:23 AM EDT

[#33]

LOL...

thats "calm"

you should ride through a storm like that on an LST...the USS Spartanburg County... stuck in our bunks for 3 days....

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:00:26 AM EDT

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Of course.

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:01:08 AM EDT

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Can you imagine a little norovirus along with those waves.

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:01:46 AM EDT

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Of course.

Titanic had them. Unsinkable!

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:02:40 AM EDT

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Hotel in the middle of nowhere you can't leave
Shoddy maintenance practices
Drunk European captain
3rd world staff with 3rd world hygiene and 3rd world diseases
Norovirus

What could go wrong?

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:02:53 AM EDT

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More of a vacation than getting trapped in a theme park with 500,000 people, most from third world countries, and no sense of hygiene or personal space.
I can sit on my ass, or walk to whatever's going on.
I can participate in 50 different activities, or do nothing.

A good Bourbon or mixed drink is always at hand.

Every other vacation I've taken was rushrushrush, schedule, reservations, etc.
I like the laid back 7 day cruise experience.
Best part?
No phone.

I get hiking/camping, etc is for a lot of folks, I don't dig it anymore.
I'm old and lazy.

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:07:47 AM EDT

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I've been on two cruises and if you go on one you wouldn't feel that way.

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How the fuck is it a 'vacation' to be trapped on a ship with 5000 people?

I've been on two cruises and if you go on one you wouldn't feel that way.

We went on two 7 days out of FL last year, and I thought the ship would be ridiculous.
I found myself the only guy in the English Pub or Wine Bar at times. (Both had premium Bourbons on hand)
Sure, the buffets can be crowded, but we ate at the "premium" restaurants a few times and were one of maybe 4 couples in the whole joint.
There are plenty of quiet spots on the ship even during the day.

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:08:42 AM EDT

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I've been to Coco Cay a couple of times. How'd y'all manage to get stuck there overnight? Where'd they keep y'all?

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:10:48 AM EDT

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I read where the captain ordered all crew and passengers to stay inside their rooms.

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Should he have ordered them all on deck?

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:13:30 AM EDT

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Put me in the group of weirdos that probably would have enjoyed that.

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I went on a month long cruise to the Bahamas. On our way back, we were in 18' seas... In a 48' sail boat. I was sleeping in the v-berth until some one woke me up to see a cruise ship 100 yards away, I looked out to see my port hole about 5' under water.

That video looked fun to me.

Put me in the group of weirdos that probably would have enjoyed that.

Right there with you. I'm one that enjoys heavy turbulence on airplanes too... not sure why I'm like that, but it reminds me of a rollercoaster or ride of some sort.

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:13:36 AM EDT

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I'd be spewing like a beer can.

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:16:04 AM EDT

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Pretty sure that cruise ship captain was the same captain from my first cruise. We sailed through an outer band of Sandy.

That was fun!

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:16:10 AM EDT

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That's intense!

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:16:48 AM EDT

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I've been on a cruise in 90mph+ winds near Ireland. I went out on the stern when it was blowing about 60 and watched a little Filipino guy almost get thrown across the deck when the wind caught a door he was opening

He looked at me like I was crazy.

That night I woke to all of the dresser drawers slamming open. When I got out on deck I noticed I was walking a little crooked... looked left, all I could see was sky, looked right, all I could see was water. It was blowing so hard we were listing over a bit.

Fun trip

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:18:22 AM EDT

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I had a lot of fun on our cruise. Just got to go with the flow.

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:19:24 AM EDT

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Should he have ordered them all on deck?

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I read where the captain ordered all crew and passengers to stay inside their rooms.

Um no.

Should he have ordered them all on deck?

Now that would have been a Hell of a Flow Rider experience....

Posted: 2/11/2016 12:19:29 AM EDT

[#49]

I'd like to take a cruise as a passenger on a freighter/container ship. Seems like an exciting yet relaxing way to travel. I don't really care about the activities on a regular cruise ship, and I don't care for crowds.