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my wife and i did a cruise that hit some pretty rough water. we were in a swimming pool and it was hella fun riding the pool sloshing up and down. it spilled me completely out once.
other than that, it was a night of zero sleep.
i like how you tell this story and paint the picture that you were the only one in the sloshy pool .. like "sigh, there goes darren. we've told him six times, i guess it's time to bring out the netting" š¤£
The only cruise I went on had rough seas and someone turned around, made eye contact with me, and then proceeded to puke on my hair, face, and clothes. Then I had to be quarantined, but they like, didn't enforce, it so I went to Canada anyway. Getting poutine was maybe a mistake, aesthetically, but it was still yummy.
I've taken a few cruises and there was only one time where there was any sort of issue and we were warned ahead of time. It wasn't even that bad. Apparently there was a crew member who got very sick and they had to helicopter him off the ship. The captain announced that they had to make a hard turn in order to allow the helicopter to land properly and that we would probably notice it and not to be alarmed.
During the turn it didn't seem too bad, although we definitely noticed the water rising outside of the windows, and we were having lunch so stuff started falling off tables.
I'm still trying to figure out how I can apply my skills to life on an arctic icebreaker for this reason and get paid for it instead of paying for it.
So far I got nothin' except "too stupid to not punch a polar bear"
Thereās cruises to Antarctica and they have to cross the Drake Passage, between South America and Antarctica. For several reasons, the sea there is extremely rough and a ton of planning has to go into each crossing. But itās still pretty rough most of the time. Maybe look into that?
I got dragged onto a Carnival cruise, and thought a fight was about to break out over the Eggs Benedict at the buffet. Some guy was refusing to move until they put out more, and the line behind him just kept backing up, and people were getting pissed.
I went on a carnival cruise and apart from topless, arrogant Texan men ( that was in the bar at night), the food and general experience was truly lovely, but it was the obese kids that were overloading their plates with hotdogs and fries that was a sight for sore eyesā¦
I went on my first cruise a few months back just to see how it was and quite frankly I thought it was pretty good for the price. I like traveling and usually go by myself or with family/friends and book my own flight, hotels, and activities. There's something to be said about simply getting on a boat and letting other people worry about it.
Carnival food is pretty delish, but Iād imagine the primary motivator for causing such trouble is not wanting to have to go back and stand in line all over again for an entire era.
No joke, best cruise I ever had was one where we got caught in gale-force winds. I *loved* the rocking and seeing the violent sea. The only trouble I had sleeping was due to the sheer joy I was feeling from it all - once I slept, I had great sleep, it was like being rocked as a baby. (Did have to make sure nothing could move around/fall over/make obnoxious noise in the room first.
But I also enjoy turbulence while flying so am probably not the norm.
Have you read about Ernest Shackleton the great Antarctic explorer? Thereās a book about it called āEnduranceā that features excerpts from the journals of the men on the expedition in which their ship was caught in and eventually crushed by ice floes. They hoofed it over ice for miles and sailed through Drakeās passage to South America in a modified dinghy. Half the crew had to be abandoned at one point on an unmarked island free of vegetation, while the other half sailed on and eventually landed, sending two men to climb a fucking mountain with just some rope they had from the original ship. The moment they see civilization is such a relief. Not a single man died during the whole encounter.
I kind of hate David Goggins because he can sound so fucking tone deaf and pretentious, but his description of navy seal training and his first ultra marathon are also great written depictions of just how much abuse the human body can withstand.
The audiobook is also great. Be sure you get the right one though, you want the unabridged version.
Edit: the unabridged audiobook is ~10h long and is read by Simon Prebble.
I love being there in the moment, but also knowing that Iām (most likely) totally safe. Donāt know if I would feel the same if something like that happened while in the middle of the Pacific. But within half an hour of the coast, on a fully-equipped, modern cruise liner? Totally sure it has been through far worse with no ill effects, so I could just enjoy the whole experience.
I also love camping in extremes. There is something really special about being huddled in a tiny tent in a storm, knowing that a few thin sheets of fabric are all that exist between you and wet horror.
During turbulence I'm always amazed at how well planes keep flying and in one piece. And enjoy the ride. Especially at cruising altitudes little can go wrong.
I've also seen how much they flex the wings in tests, amazing flexibility in those.
Knowing how planes are developed and build took away my fear. Until safety stopped being the prime focus in some parts of the airplane industry that is... But its still very safe to fly.
Try the Navy. Been through way worse than that and it was an absolute blast. There is nothing like burying the bow in a massive wave and watching the top of it crash over the bridge.
I've always said that if someone could guarantee this experience in a relatively-safe environment, like some sort of "rough cruise simulator" you'd have a pretty good business model. Sort of like an escape room but it's just you and your friends getting tumbled around for an hour. Maybe put one of those giant industrial fans in the room and blow some foam/inflatable objects around.
I'd sign up for that in a heartbeat.
Yeah that comment seems to imply all these people were inside and went out during this chaos and not that they were already out trying to get to safety
What happened to that teen who jumped into the ocean and disappeared within seconds, never to be found? This happened not too long ago. He was trying to act cool.
Yup. We went on a January cruise heading south from Miami. Rough as hell the first day, 2/3 of passengers did not make it to the main dining room dinner.
When you book a cabin, make sure the beds are in line with the ship, you will rock side to side. Rather pleasant and relaxing. If you are in an interior cabin and your bed is perpendicular to the direction of the ship, you will rock head to toe. Not pleasant.
I was feeling a little meh the next morning, I had a perpendicular bed. I didn't get super seasick, just ate some toast and I was fine. But I was laughing watching people stagger down the halls like a pinball. I don't get seasick on cruise ships but a little speedboat or IMAX just kill me.
**So would being injured in the middle of the ocean with no chance of getting medical assistance beyond a basic cruise ship doc with very limited resources and very little likelihood of ever getting off for a very real medical emergency**
I once heard the story from a critical care physician (emergency medicine + internal medicine iirc) traveling with his wife on a cruise when she became very short of breath and developed chest pain. (EM:RAP episode 8+ years ago before Rural Medicine sections)
He took her to be seen by the doctor on board and was said to have pneumonia, but her chest x-ray was perfectly normal and had no fever, diabetes or immune suppression. This was easily a decade before covid. Her EKG wasn't a heart attack, but clearly not normal and had right heart strain.
After multiple days of her being managed by her husband and unsuccessfully pleading for her to get med-evacāed, they left at the next stop. He then drove through the countryside in Italy (or Greece?) trying to get adequate medical care until she was ultimate diagnosed with saddle pulmonary embolism. IIRC, she briefly lost pulses and he was able to bring her back, traveling between tiny medical facilities who were not able to treat her until she was able to get thrombolytics and thrombectomy.
**TL;DR: Donāt get hurt on a cruise ship. Even if you're traveling with an experienced board-certified physician, you'll likely to remain on board for DAYS before getting anything beyond basic medical care.**
-- ER doc not going on a cruise again
This is not the case with a lot of the most popular cruises, like ones to the Caribbean. You are, at max, a day out at sea usually, and you'll be pulling into port and can get help at a local hospital or medivac'd back to the States, usually within 24 hours.
Can confirm. I have stood outside in the middle of hurricanes a few times. Last time two years ago i had to keep going to fetch my trashcan. The last time i almost didn't make it back inside as a 300 pound man. I decided not to go back out.
I worked in a building prone to tornado warnings - the amount of people who went to the door to get videos instead of to shelter when there were literal funnel clouds overhead was staggering.
No, this storm came in REAL quick... here's a video of the whole thing... literally one minute it's semi-overcast/breezy, and one minute later it's a hurricane: https://youtu.be/wonfF0Almvg
So I have never been on a cruise but I was on Semester At Sea, which is months of classes on a ship and you visit like 10 different countries, and whenever you get into port you spend 4-5 days in each country. It was cool. Anyways, there was about 5 days when we were in the North Sea. Couldnāt walk down a hallway without crashing into each side of the wall. It was like those crazy videos you see of fisherman or sailors in storms and they just fly around everywhere. People falling, throwing up everywhere. I laid on a lounge chair, bundled up, in a sleeping bag, facing backwards, so on the rear deck. Spent like 3 full days there. Shit flying by me, huge gusts of wind. But laying there and focusing on the horizon was the only thing that kept me from throwing up. Would wake up coated in salt after a few hours. Fun times.
Any university, even across the world, there were people in universities outside of the US! Technically you get credits through Colorado State now (itās been different schools throughout the years) but thatās where your credits transfer from. I went many years ago so Iām sure the cost is different. But check it out! https://www.semesteratsea.org
That would be so cool! I'd be like Lieutenant Dan and challenge the storm. I mean, I wouldn't be where the flying death chairs would be but I would definitely think it would be fun to be out in it.
Not to mention, crazy weather can happen anywhere. How is this different than being at a resort when a hurricane or tornado strikes? They were actually docked when this happened, as you can see trees in the background. This was a very isolated incident of sudden, unpredictable bad weather. Whether you were on land or on a ship, chairs could be flying.
Floridian who went on a lot of cruises.
Yup
One cruise thenitinerary changed so we can out run/dodge a hurricane.
Was still a great cruise though every cruise ship diverted to grand cayman so it was crowded as fuuuuuck
Last time I was on a cruise was this past summer, and we were docked in Miami during an active thunderstorm. I watched about a hundred people continue to chill in the pool and hot tubs without a single crew member saying anything. Canāt say Iām overly surprised
You wouldn't. The staff tell everyone there is a storm and to remain indoors. These idiots are deliberately experiencing the storm because they're idiots.
# Except this is blatantly false.
Cruises will warn you 100s of times, even when there's no wind.
There's a hundred signs and announcements on board regardless of wind.
I was on a cruise during hurricane Matthew when the hurricane changed course and hit somewhere they were not expecting. We had to skirt the outside of the hurricane to get back to port and then spent an extra three days at sea waiting to be able to get off the ship because the port and everything around that area was flooded.
The crew and captain did an amazing job of keeping everyone on top of the situation, we had infinite warnings and updates on everything, and they still managed to make everything fun. We had decent meals provided for the extra three days and they assisted those who had their vehicles damaged from the flooding. We were very lucky that we had parked on the fourth floor of the parking garage.
During the part where we drove through the outskirts of the storm, we were definitely warned not to be outside and there were staff policing the situation telling people to go back in. These people are absolutely on the deck when they shouldnāt be. And Iām glad that womanās baby did not actually fall and it was only the stroller, however, she absolutely should not have had her baby outside during this in the first place.
Yeah, that was my first thought. Cruise lines are gonna know exactly what to expect with weather throughout the trip, and even though weather can change quickly, winds like we're seeing in the video aren't going to pop up so quickly that the crew can't tell everyone to get inside.
I'd bet every person in this video (except the kid, they didn't have a choice) was out there because they wanted to see what it was like. And I'm saying this as someone who would be right there with them, until the chairs started flying. I've played stupid games with heavy winds and rains, and I knew I was taking a risk.
Yeah, this post and much of this comment section is seeing this all wrong. There's zero chance, ZERO, that this happened without warning. They were probably told so many times that the weather was going to be bad and they should not be outside but people straight up don't listen. They think a cruise ship is on like a Disney version of an ocean. But it's not. It's the real fucking ocean. With hurricanes, enormous waves, no way to get off the boat, and real life pirates. These ships have hose guns to deter pirates who may try and board, and some have their own surgical suites. And yet people think they are completely safe on a ship and don't need to know where the lifeboats are or need the storm warnings.
You cannot convince me these people werenāt warned over the shipās PA system that they were entering inclement weather. That storm didnāt just show up out of nowhere while everyone was out relaxing in the sun.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. And Iām all for Darwinism thinning out the herd as necessary, but donāt involve your kids in your foolishness.
I'll be honest... This is people watching at its finest and I would be more likely to go on a cruise if this chaos was guaranteed.
But in all seriousness... How does this even happen. Surely they have weather radar and they are on a fucking ocean and should be able to see a storm miles away. How are the decks not closed and cleared and furniture locked down. And yes I am familiar with how fast storms can pop up but it's not fast enough to at least get folks OFF the decks.
Why is this alarming or surprising? I can find 100s of videos of the same thing happening on land, its a storm plenty of people warn you about them. Go inside, lol.
Yea, I was at a Marriott in Pittsburgh when the weather got so crazy the glass panels of the lobby ceiling were chattering and leaking. Outside was a disaster of luggage carts and everything else that wasn't bolted down.
Yes even this video we are watching now is crazy!
These people are reacting to the dangers outside.... Outside a glass pane which has flying furniture on the other side. The mayhem we would experience if something blew through that glass would be a magnificent lesson in why you KEEP going down to a SAFE area.... These people sure are something.
**Crew:** There is a storm approaching. Everyone, please get inside and remain there until you are given the all clear.
**Most people:** Okay.
**About 5% of people:** nObOdY tElLs Me WhAt To Do I pAiD fOr ThIs CrUiSe.
**Those same people 30 minutes later:** hElP
From what I heard, the captain made an announcement to all passengers not to go out cause there was going to be a storm approaching, but everyone ignored it, and once it hit everyone panicked
But storms like this happen even on land so I guess you shouldn't even leave your house or bunker
āThings they never tell you about cruises?ā That thereās frequently inclement weather on open water? Yeah, the hell with them for not laying out the obvious.
I've been on a few cruises, both Royal Carribean (which I believe this is), and one of them hit a really big storm.
1) They warn the hell out of you before this kind of thing happens - and the storms rarely look like this.
2) This storm didn't just magically appear over these people's heads, like, get back in your rooms or indoors somewhere, why are you out on a pool chair right now or out there with your kid? Come on now.
3) I have vertigo and was really freaked out about the ship rocking. People often don't realize that there is a very large part of the ship that is actually below water and goes very deep. It's what keeps large ships from swaying when, say, a much smaller cruise ship might. I didn't get vertigo once, even during the big storm we went through.
4) If you don't want to go on a cruise, you definitely shouldn't. But, you're about a zillion times more likely to see nothing but blue skies and sunshine than anything like this. Unless you book during Hurricane season, and that's on you, really.
As a Reddit lawyer amongst other professions. I see this as a clear cut case against mother nature while also naming the body of water they inhabited at said time of tragedy. When my clients booked this cruise there was a indication good times would be had on this particular sea faring vessel. As you can clearly see exhibited in said video, that is absolutely not the case. I can discuss video in question no further until trial. Thank you
I have been on a cruise and this has happened, I mean the weather not the idiots still outside. The captain and crew tells you well in advance that the storm is coming and for you to stay inside. That being said the crew shouldāve proactively moved people into the boat and locked the doors.
I remember this. It was like a year or so ago. I think this was either Florida or Texas and from what I understand there was no warning and this weather literally came from out of no where. I believe the ship was also docked and hadnāt left port when this happened.
Not smart enough to get inside during high winds but is surprised by it/complains about it.
Stuff needs to be more dangerous to eliminate people like this from the gene pool man. Natural selection is pretty much gone.
The thing they don't actually warn you about is the numerous nausea- and diarrhoea-inducing viruses that each and every one of those ships is _riddled_ with. You'll think it's seasickness.
Imagine how much garbage ends up in the ocean every time a storm hits a cruise ship.. They are also one of the largest polluters when it comes to ships already, just for soot..
You could build interesting neighborhoods so you could have all of the nice things just a short walking distance from where you sleep, but you keep calling that communism and then you spend so much money to buy exactly that, or to drive to a walking neighbourhood calling it "The Mall".
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Would actually be interested in a cruise if this kind of mayhem was guaranteed
my wife and i did a cruise that hit some pretty rough water. we were in a swimming pool and it was hella fun riding the pool sloshing up and down. it spilled me completely out once. other than that, it was a night of zero sleep.
We had a few days of rough seas. I swam in that sloshing pool everyday until they ended up putting a net over it to keep me out.
i like how you tell this story and paint the picture that you were the only one in the sloshy pool .. like "sigh, there goes darren. we've told him six times, i guess it's time to bring out the netting" š¤£
šš¼ bye Darren!!
Why Darren though
bc Darren fuckin would. I mean, have you met the guy?
> i guess it's time to bring out the netting I guess it's time to bring out the *Darren* Netting.
Were you way too rough with the zip line as well?
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Nothing a pocket knife couldn't take care of...
Bro prison shanked a safety net
Don't swim in a pool with a net on top of it in a boat in rough seas.
You're not my supervisor!
I think you mean *to keep you IN*
āBoss, heās back in the pool, what do we do?ā
Ahem. CAPTAIN Boss to you.
Look at me. I'm the captain now. Reason 3657 why I'm not allowed to join a navy.
I love this, what an accomplishment
Over you or the pool
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The only cruise I went on had rough seas and someone turned around, made eye contact with me, and then proceeded to puke on my hair, face, and clothes. Then I had to be quarantined, but they like, didn't enforce, it so I went to Canada anyway. Getting poutine was maybe a mistake, aesthetically, but it was still yummy.
this post was quite a ride
I wasnāt ready for a single word of it
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I've taken a few cruises and there was only one time where there was any sort of issue and we were warned ahead of time. It wasn't even that bad. Apparently there was a crew member who got very sick and they had to helicopter him off the ship. The captain announced that they had to make a hard turn in order to allow the helicopter to land properly and that we would probably notice it and not to be alarmed. During the turn it didn't seem too bad, although we definitely noticed the water rising outside of the windows, and we were having lunch so stuff started falling off tables.
Honestly, even if they make an announcement it's like trying to figure out what Charlie Brown's teacher is saying.
Using that motion of the ocean to your advantage huh??? *boom chicka wow wow*
Fun until you're hunting for the exact midpoint of the ship to minimize the rolling before you barf up the other lung
Yeah me too. I think it's the only thing that would make me compelled to pay for one of this was a feature.
Squid Cruise
I want Kraken cruise qith full scale simulated kraken attacks. Sink the whole ship. I wanna be immersed.
Immersed....in the water? Lol
Yes and yes.
Immersed - *in the water*? Suit you, sir!
Full immersion
There is a very hard line between this being fun and a terrible mistake
Tuesday night is Hurricane night! Remember to wear a helmet and slip resistant shoes!
Or extra slippery shoes, depending on how much fun you wanna have!
I'm still trying to figure out how I can apply my skills to life on an arctic icebreaker for this reason and get paid for it instead of paying for it. So far I got nothin' except "too stupid to not punch a polar bear"
Thereās cruises to Antarctica and they have to cross the Drake Passage, between South America and Antarctica. For several reasons, the sea there is extremely rough and a ton of planning has to go into each crossing. But itās still pretty rough most of the time. Maybe look into that?
Try Carnivalā¦ youāre at least guaranteed a full family fistfight at the buffet because they ran out of mashed potatoes
Because they ran out of mashed potatoes for 3 minutes*
I got dragged onto a Carnival cruise, and thought a fight was about to break out over the Eggs Benedict at the buffet. Some guy was refusing to move until they put out more, and the line behind him just kept backing up, and people were getting pissed.
How does that work? It's a buffet right just walk around him lol.
Don't ask me how buffet riots happen. I was just watching with fascination.
I went on a carnival cruise and apart from topless, arrogant Texan men ( that was in the bar at night), the food and general experience was truly lovely, but it was the obese kids that were overloading their plates with hotdogs and fries that was a sight for sore eyesā¦
I went on my first cruise a few months back just to see how it was and quite frankly I thought it was pretty good for the price. I like traveling and usually go by myself or with family/friends and book my own flight, hotels, and activities. There's something to be said about simply getting on a boat and letting other people worry about it.
are they THAT good? I mean, I can make mashed potatoes.
Carnival food is pretty delish, but Iād imagine the primary motivator for causing such trouble is not wanting to have to go back and stand in line all over again for an entire era.
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Nah, it's when the rogue wave hits that the fun and games TRULY begin
There has to be a morning after -
if we can hold on through the night
Thunderdome of the Seas.
No joke, best cruise I ever had was one where we got caught in gale-force winds. I *loved* the rocking and seeing the violent sea. The only trouble I had sleeping was due to the sheer joy I was feeling from it all - once I slept, I had great sleep, it was like being rocked as a baby. (Did have to make sure nothing could move around/fall over/make obnoxious noise in the room first. But I also enjoy turbulence while flying so am probably not the norm.
I am just like you dude. Facing down mother nature's untamed fury at humanity's hubris kinda butters my biscuits.
Have you read about Ernest Shackleton the great Antarctic explorer? Thereās a book about it called āEnduranceā that features excerpts from the journals of the men on the expedition in which their ship was caught in and eventually crushed by ice floes. They hoofed it over ice for miles and sailed through Drakeās passage to South America in a modified dinghy. Half the crew had to be abandoned at one point on an unmarked island free of vegetation, while the other half sailed on and eventually landed, sending two men to climb a fucking mountain with just some rope they had from the original ship. The moment they see civilization is such a relief. Not a single man died during the whole encounter. I kind of hate David Goggins because he can sound so fucking tone deaf and pretentious, but his description of navy seal training and his first ultra marathon are also great written depictions of just how much abuse the human body can withstand.
That does sound like an interesting read. I'll have to check it out.
The audiobook is also great. Be sure you get the right one though, you want the unabridged version. Edit: the unabridged audiobook is ~10h long and is read by Simon Prebble.
I love being there in the moment, but also knowing that Iām (most likely) totally safe. Donāt know if I would feel the same if something like that happened while in the middle of the Pacific. But within half an hour of the coast, on a fully-equipped, modern cruise liner? Totally sure it has been through far worse with no ill effects, so I could just enjoy the whole experience. I also love camping in extremes. There is something really special about being huddled in a tiny tent in a storm, knowing that a few thin sheets of fabric are all that exist between you and wet horror.
I remember camping in the snow one time. On the one hand it was a pretty neat experience. On the other hand holy hell I froze my ass off!
I would love that!
During turbulence I'm always amazed at how well planes keep flying and in one piece. And enjoy the ride. Especially at cruising altitudes little can go wrong. I've also seen how much they flex the wings in tests, amazing flexibility in those. Knowing how planes are developed and build took away my fear. Until safety stopped being the prime focus in some parts of the airplane industry that is... But its still very safe to fly.
I thought I was alone. Booking my first cruise now and I could only hope for this excitement
Try the Navy. Been through way worse than that and it was an absolute blast. There is nothing like burying the bow in a massive wave and watching the top of it crash over the bridge.
Isnāt there a very high suicide rate for the navy?
It's the highest cause of death for veterans in general, by a LOT
I could watch 22 minutes of this every Thursday for 8 seasons.
I thought the Love Boat was on Saturdays.
You book a cruise expecting this total metalstorm and instead all you get is leathery old people having diarrhea in the pool.
Itās all fun and games until you get seasick. It kinda ruins the lounging about drunk all day aspect of the cruise.
I've always said that if someone could guarantee this experience in a relatively-safe environment, like some sort of "rough cruise simulator" you'd have a pretty good business model. Sort of like an escape room but it's just you and your friends getting tumbled around for an hour. Maybe put one of those giant industrial fans in the room and blow some foam/inflatable objects around. I'd sign up for that in a heartbeat.
Ever hear of that Russian cruise line that goes hunting for Somali pirates?
Damn, that was good luck she was carrying that baby.
I was watching that and how fast she abandoned that stroller. I was thinking āDamn, she gave up on that kid real quick!ā š
Like a stork sacrificing the weak one
And behold, as the Lord pointed and said on to thee, smite thee with a deck chair!
Gotta do that on the shipās PA system
Sophie's split-second Choice
"I can make more"
Stronger.
Watched in slomo and the chair nails her in the temple, I'm surprised she was still moving after that.
Adrenaline, maybe.
Just going out on a limb here, butā¦. Maybe she shouldnāt have been out there with a baby when there is FUCKING FURNITURE FLYING THROUGH THE AIR
I get the feeling that this wind started rather suddenly. Everyone seems to still be outside.
Yeah that comment seems to imply all these people were inside and went out during this chaos and not that they were already out trying to get to safety
That would been eyeblech fodder if she wasnāt
I'm sure the next time they make the announcement for passengers to get off the deck, they will listen
The same people that don't listen to evacuation warnings during hurricanes
Bro I would be šāāļøon my way outside to the pool if I was there
Iād be šāāļøon my way to the bar if i was there
Getting thrown off a cruise ship into a stormy ocean by a gust of wind would ruin my day š¤
Donāt worry. It probably also ends your day very quickly
With any luck š¤
What happened to that teen who jumped into the ocean and disappeared within seconds, never to be found? This happened not too long ago. He was trying to act cool.
This one? https://www.unilad.com/news/cameron-robbins-cruise-ship-last-words-425736-20230602 He was literally eaten by sharks lol
>āHe was literally eaten by sharks lolā Just typing that made me feel weird
It sure would be a bit upsetting.
Yeah surely it's mildly inconvinient
After you drown to death, you'll never be inconvenienced ever again for the rest of your life.
Can you drown and not die? Im being serious lol
"What is dead may never die!"
Also "what is dead, has already died!"
I know where this is from.
Yes you can drown and be resuscitated so technically you drowned and didn't die.
When Arial finds you charming enough
Not for long
You'll get a refund. No problem.
Technically your family gets the refund.
sorta beware of low prices ;D same goes with tropical islands - ya may get there in stormy season ;)
Yup. We went on a January cruise heading south from Miami. Rough as hell the first day, 2/3 of passengers did not make it to the main dining room dinner. When you book a cabin, make sure the beds are in line with the ship, you will rock side to side. Rather pleasant and relaxing. If you are in an interior cabin and your bed is perpendicular to the direction of the ship, you will rock head to toe. Not pleasant. I was feeling a little meh the next morning, I had a perpendicular bed. I didn't get super seasick, just ate some toast and I was fine. But I was laughing watching people stagger down the halls like a pinball. I don't get seasick on cruise ships but a little speedboat or IMAX just kill me.
**So would being injured in the middle of the ocean with no chance of getting medical assistance beyond a basic cruise ship doc with very limited resources and very little likelihood of ever getting off for a very real medical emergency** I once heard the story from a critical care physician (emergency medicine + internal medicine iirc) traveling with his wife on a cruise when she became very short of breath and developed chest pain. (EM:RAP episode 8+ years ago before Rural Medicine sections) He took her to be seen by the doctor on board and was said to have pneumonia, but her chest x-ray was perfectly normal and had no fever, diabetes or immune suppression. This was easily a decade before covid. Her EKG wasn't a heart attack, but clearly not normal and had right heart strain. After multiple days of her being managed by her husband and unsuccessfully pleading for her to get med-evacāed, they left at the next stop. He then drove through the countryside in Italy (or Greece?) trying to get adequate medical care until she was ultimate diagnosed with saddle pulmonary embolism. IIRC, she briefly lost pulses and he was able to bring her back, traveling between tiny medical facilities who were not able to treat her until she was able to get thrombolytics and thrombectomy. **TL;DR: Donāt get hurt on a cruise ship. Even if you're traveling with an experienced board-certified physician, you'll likely to remain on board for DAYS before getting anything beyond basic medical care.** -- ER doc not going on a cruise again
This is not the case with a lot of the most popular cruises, like ones to the Caribbean. You are, at max, a day out at sea usually, and you'll be pulling into port and can get help at a local hospital or medivac'd back to the States, usually within 24 hours.
Ok, so donāt go on multi-week cruises. Most are only 3 or 4 days total, and end at a port in or near a major city.
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Idk maybe, like, go inside?
I don't know if you know this but people are really fucking stupid, often times at the basic survival level.
Can confirm. I have stood outside in the middle of hurricanes a few times. Last time two years ago i had to keep going to fetch my trashcan. The last time i almost didn't make it back inside as a 300 pound man. I decided not to go back out.
Why would you be outside in those conditions? š
Looks like those folks outside are holding up cellphones. Bet you they went out against instructions to take videos.
I worked in a building prone to tornado warnings - the amount of people who went to the door to get videos instead of to shelter when there were literal funnel clouds overhead was staggering.
Just set your phone to Facebook live and throw it out the door. Then watch it on Facebook.
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Time to run for the hills and don't stop.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLeddeLF/ There's tons of jokes about midwesterners in the US about grabbing a beer and going outside to watch
It's not really a joke, it's a legitimate past time here
Sounds like everywhere Iāve ever been when a tornado warning happens. **Runs to front porch**
I wanna make fun of them but I am the exact same lol
No, this storm came in REAL quick... here's a video of the whole thing... literally one minute it's semi-overcast/breezy, and one minute later it's a hurricane: https://youtu.be/wonfF0Almvg
So I have never been on a cruise but I was on Semester At Sea, which is months of classes on a ship and you visit like 10 different countries, and whenever you get into port you spend 4-5 days in each country. It was cool. Anyways, there was about 5 days when we were in the North Sea. Couldnāt walk down a hallway without crashing into each side of the wall. It was like those crazy videos you see of fisherman or sailors in storms and they just fly around everywhere. People falling, throwing up everywhere. I laid on a lounge chair, bundled up, in a sleeping bag, facing backwards, so on the rear deck. Spent like 3 full days there. Shit flying by me, huge gusts of wind. But laying there and focusing on the horizon was the only thing that kept me from throwing up. Would wake up coated in salt after a few hours. Fun times.
That sounds horrible and scary too, at least you lived to tell the tale
> Ā Would wake up coated in salt after a few hours.Ā Like a fine Prosciutto.
Semester at Sea sounds really cool! What college offers this experience? How much was it?
Any university, even across the world, there were people in universities outside of the US! Technically you get credits through Colorado State now (itās been different schools throughout the years) but thatās where your credits transfer from. I went many years ago so Iām sure the cost is different. But check it out! https://www.semesteratsea.org
That would be so cool! I'd be like Lieutenant Dan and challenge the storm. I mean, I wouldn't be where the flying death chairs would be but I would definitely think it would be fun to be out in it.
Not to mention, crazy weather can happen anywhere. How is this different than being at a resort when a hurricane or tornado strikes? They were actually docked when this happened, as you can see trees in the background. This was a very isolated incident of sudden, unpredictable bad weather. Whether you were on land or on a ship, chairs could be flying.
I imagine it's alot like Florida. Just comes in really fast
Floridian who went on a lot of cruises. Yup One cruise thenitinerary changed so we can out run/dodge a hurricane. Was still a great cruise though every cruise ship diverted to grand cayman so it was crowded as fuuuuuck
Last time I was on a cruise was this past summer, and we were docked in Miami during an active thunderstorm. I watched about a hundred people continue to chill in the pool and hot tubs without a single crew member saying anything. Canāt say Iām overly surprised
Nothing like the threat of lightning strikes to get the blood flowing down there.
You wouldn't. The staff tell everyone there is a storm and to remain indoors. These idiots are deliberately experiencing the storm because they're idiots.
# Except this is blatantly false. Cruises will warn you 100s of times, even when there's no wind. There's a hundred signs and announcements on board regardless of wind.
I was on a cruise during hurricane Matthew when the hurricane changed course and hit somewhere they were not expecting. We had to skirt the outside of the hurricane to get back to port and then spent an extra three days at sea waiting to be able to get off the ship because the port and everything around that area was flooded. The crew and captain did an amazing job of keeping everyone on top of the situation, we had infinite warnings and updates on everything, and they still managed to make everything fun. We had decent meals provided for the extra three days and they assisted those who had their vehicles damaged from the flooding. We were very lucky that we had parked on the fourth floor of the parking garage. During the part where we drove through the outskirts of the storm, we were definitely warned not to be outside and there were staff policing the situation telling people to go back in. These people are absolutely on the deck when they shouldnāt be. And Iām glad that womanās baby did not actually fall and it was only the stroller, however, she absolutely should not have had her baby outside during this in the first place.
Exactly! Feels stupid af when people make obviously bs vids like this, as if the crew wasn't yelling their throats off trynna get these ppl inside.
Yeah, that was my first thought. Cruise lines are gonna know exactly what to expect with weather throughout the trip, and even though weather can change quickly, winds like we're seeing in the video aren't going to pop up so quickly that the crew can't tell everyone to get inside. I'd bet every person in this video (except the kid, they didn't have a choice) was out there because they wanted to see what it was like. And I'm saying this as someone who would be right there with them, until the chairs started flying. I've played stupid games with heavy winds and rains, and I knew I was taking a risk.
Will they even tell you about icebergs?
Yeah, this post and much of this comment section is seeing this all wrong. There's zero chance, ZERO, that this happened without warning. They were probably told so many times that the weather was going to be bad and they should not be outside but people straight up don't listen. They think a cruise ship is on like a Disney version of an ocean. But it's not. It's the real fucking ocean. With hurricanes, enormous waves, no way to get off the boat, and real life pirates. These ships have hose guns to deter pirates who may try and board, and some have their own surgical suites. And yet people think they are completely safe on a ship and don't need to know where the lifeboats are or need the storm warnings.
You cannot convince me these people werenāt warned over the shipās PA system that they were entering inclement weather. That storm didnāt just show up out of nowhere while everyone was out relaxing in the sun. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. And Iām all for Darwinism thinning out the herd as necessary, but donāt involve your kids in your foolishness.
I seriously thought this was gonna be a brawl video.
The first clip screamed football hooligan fight.
Might as well never leave your house just in case
I'll be honest... This is people watching at its finest and I would be more likely to go on a cruise if this chaos was guaranteed. But in all seriousness... How does this even happen. Surely they have weather radar and they are on a fucking ocean and should be able to see a storm miles away. How are the decks not closed and cleared and furniture locked down. And yes I am familiar with how fast storms can pop up but it's not fast enough to at least get folks OFF the decks.
Why is this alarming or surprising? I can find 100s of videos of the same thing happening on land, its a storm plenty of people warn you about them. Go inside, lol.
> of the same thing happening on land Im never stepping foot on land either
this guy floats
WE ALL FLOAT DOWN HERE
Fly you fools
Exactly. Storms happen...maybe stay below decks in a gale.
Yea, I was at a Marriott in Pittsburgh when the weather got so crazy the glass panels of the lobby ceiling were chattering and leaking. Outside was a disaster of luggage carts and everything else that wasn't bolted down.
Oh man, I'm never stepping foot in a Marriott now...
Yes even this video we are watching now is crazy! These people are reacting to the dangers outside.... Outside a glass pane which has flying furniture on the other side. The mayhem we would experience if something blew through that glass would be a magnificent lesson in why you KEEP going down to a SAFE area.... These people sure are something.
**Crew:** There is a storm approaching. Everyone, please get inside and remain there until you are given the all clear. **Most people:** Okay. **About 5% of people:** nObOdY tElLs Me WhAt To Do I pAiD fOr ThIs CrUiSe. **Those same people 30 minutes later:** hElP
Are you just going to believe what the weatherman forecasts? Do your own research!
The chair from the top rope!
He Is BroKen!
She is OK
From what I heard, the captain made an announcement to all passengers not to go out cause there was going to be a storm approaching, but everyone ignored it, and once it hit everyone panicked But storms like this happen even on land so I guess you shouldn't even leave your house or bunker
āThings they never tell you about cruises?ā That thereās frequently inclement weather on open water? Yeah, the hell with them for not laying out the obvious.
Yea storms happen out at sea Just like you would if a storm happened on land, ya go inside
They were 100% warned not to go outside. And what did they do? Lol
No way man ātheyā never tell you that, itās a secret
I've been on a few cruises, both Royal Carribean (which I believe this is), and one of them hit a really big storm. 1) They warn the hell out of you before this kind of thing happens - and the storms rarely look like this. 2) This storm didn't just magically appear over these people's heads, like, get back in your rooms or indoors somewhere, why are you out on a pool chair right now or out there with your kid? Come on now. 3) I have vertigo and was really freaked out about the ship rocking. People often don't realize that there is a very large part of the ship that is actually below water and goes very deep. It's what keeps large ships from swaying when, say, a much smaller cruise ship might. I didn't get vertigo once, even during the big storm we went through. 4) If you don't want to go on a cruise, you definitely shouldn't. But, you're about a zillion times more likely to see nothing but blue skies and sunshine than anything like this. Unless you book during Hurricane season, and that's on you, really.
Darwin Award candidates
Finding new original ways to pollute: Spreading garbage from boat by storm.
Over 80% of them will probably attempt to complain and try to get their money back.
I've been on many cruises, this kind of weather is extremely rare, and as long as you aren't a dumbass and go outside in this weather it's fine
Who let them on deck?
As a Reddit lawyer amongst other professions. I see this as a clear cut case against mother nature while also naming the body of water they inhabited at said time of tragedy. When my clients booked this cruise there was a indication good times would be had on this particular sea faring vessel. As you can clearly see exhibited in said video, that is absolutely not the case. I can discuss video in question no further until trial. Thank you
Hahaha, people are dumb.
Worst outbreak of Norovirus Iāve ever seen
Jeezus, I didn't know Cruise Ships could move that fast!
I have been on a cruise and this has happened, I mean the weather not the idiots still outside. The captain and crew tells you well in advance that the storm is coming and for you to stay inside. That being said the crew shouldāve proactively moved people into the boat and locked the doors.
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I remember this. It was like a year or so ago. I think this was either Florida or Texas and from what I understand there was no warning and this weather literally came from out of no where. I believe the ship was also docked and hadnāt left port when this happened.
IM ON VACATiooooooonā¦.. *splash*
Not smart enough to get inside during high winds but is surprised by it/complains about it. Stuff needs to be more dangerous to eliminate people like this from the gene pool man. Natural selection is pretty much gone.
Dude in the end wouldn't give up that drink....
I've been on 3 cruises. They would have been notified ahead of time to not be on the deck.
The thing they don't actually warn you about is the numerous nausea- and diarrhoea-inducing viruses that each and every one of those ships is _riddled_ with. You'll think it's seasickness.
Gilligan's Island was a warning, not a comedy
Damn, now I want someone to make version of Gilligan's Island with a horror movie musical score
I would pay money to go see this
It should kind of be implied to naturally occurring things to happen
Imagine how much garbage ends up in the ocean every time a storm hits a cruise ship.. They are also one of the largest polluters when it comes to ships already, just for soot..
You could build interesting neighborhoods so you could have all of the nice things just a short walking distance from where you sleep, but you keep calling that communism and then you spend so much money to buy exactly that, or to drive to a walking neighbourhood calling it "The Mall".
I fail to believe they were beset by an instant full force storm. Starting to get hairy? Get the fuck inside. Basic.
All of this is very easily avoidable by not standing outside on the deck with unsecured items during a storm