data Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 apparently there's a cruise ship adrift in the gulf of mexico with 4000 people onboard and only 5 working toilets. food and water's running out and people are fighting and pooping all over the place. Toby Barlow’s wife Ann told him there was “sewage running down thewalls and floors” with passengers being asked to defecate in bags andurinate in showers due to a lack of functioning toilets. Food lines ran3½ hours long and some, like herself, slept outside to keep cool. http://barfblog.com/tags/carnival-triumph/ [youtubehd]OmFDfAqfBd0[/youtubehd] should make for a fun "based on real events" comedy some day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lucy Faringold Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 i always assumed this is what all cruises were like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mirezzi Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 i always assumed this is what all cruises were like lol, exactly. With or without a failure to the ship's systems, I'd think of a cruise ship in this way. I'm so not interested in that experience, let alone to consider it a vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Well, that's what happens when Elmo is put in charge of a cruise ship. Must be budget cuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 HOLLY FUCK!! My parents are on a cruise which is visiting Mexico at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 U don't want to be in the ship behind them lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I went on a cruise around the Hawaiian islands a few years ago, and it was great. It was a Norwegian Cruise, though, which allows you a lot of freedom in where you want to go on the ship, what you want to do on shore, etc (most other cruise lines are extremely rigid, forcing you to eat at table x at restaurant y at 6:47 pm regardless of what you actually want to do; that seems like hell to me). Even got ourselves caught in a pretty severe storm which freaked a bunch of landlocked midwestern types out, but I loved it. The ship, crew, service people etc all held up wonderfully. Slept like a baby (a tired baby, not a cranky goddamn baby). The ship itself had a sort of a corny disneyland-style prefab posh atmosphere which was silly, but the whole point was being on the ocean and seeing the islands, volcanoes in the distance, and landing for a full day and evening of exploration. But it was also the Hawaiian Fucking Islands, and visiting them by sea is really the only way that makes sense, innit. I have never heard a single positive thing about Carnival cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Poo Poo Carnival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesWatkins Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 this is what you do with money when you have a lot and have no taste similar to buying an audi or a mercedes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIII Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 best thread title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I went on a Carnival cruise in 2011 (Carnival Magic, not the Triumph), and it was a great experience. Too bad for these poor sods. Apparently a fire is the cause of the whole problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lucy Faringold Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Apparently a ring of fire is the cause of the hole problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YO303 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Where is Jason Patric when you need him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triachus Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Apparently a ring of fire is the cause of the hole problem. and it burns burns burns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 this is off topic, but has anyone ever had tamarind juice and not shat all over themselves? just... uh, curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieBees Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 my dad said i could sell the poop cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 this is off topic, but has anyone ever had tamarind juice and not shat all over themselves? just... uh, curious yeah, but you need a desi's stomach. there's a delicious chutney made out of it. It's the only desi culinary thing that fucks me up1. Makes me sad, tastes so good and I want dat chutney 1Going to the subcontinent this April, so I'll see if this is actually true I guess Seriously can't stop pooping right now ugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghOsty Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I went on a 9-day cruise that departed from Vancouver and went along the coast of Alaska a few years back, and it was the best vacation I've ever been on. The ship (Princess) was amazing, acomodations were great, and Alaska's fucking beautiful. Did some awesome shit when we docked like whale watching, taking a sea-plane tour through some fjords, salmon bakes, hiking and canoeing... I'd absolutely love to go on another cruise. Sucks for these folks, but I'm sure they'll get plenty of reimbursement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 this is what you do with money when you have a lot and have no taste similar to buying an audi or a mercedes actually these cruises are almost exclusively middle class fat americans. rich people just go to st. barts and then get a private boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 best thread title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesWatkins Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 by a lot i didnt mean rich just a lot to spend on random stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 you'd be surprised at how utterly middle class these cruises are. I'm serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Royal Caribbean (can't vouch for Norwegian personally) > Carnival Carnival had another ship with an engine fire in the Pacific a year or two ago, same severity with little power and food and they own and operated the Costa Concordia too, albeit under a different sub-brand: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Also, Royal Caribbean almost always hires Norwegian captains for their main ships whereas Carnival usually has Americans and Italians with less experience. I know that's arguably racist, but seriously, of the few cruises with RC I've been with each captain was Norwegian and would literally come on the PA to apologize for the ship listing more than 1-2 degrees despite fucking 50 mph winds outside and then explain how technically it was all normal. Costa Concordia's captain abandoned ship before the fucking Italian coast guard even arrived. Do the math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Every time I hear about something shitty happening on a cruise, I wonder, "Was it Carnival?" The answer is always yes. When will people learn? Here is what happens on Carnival cruises: 1. People get raped. 2. The boat fucking sinks. 3. People poop everywhere. Choose your vacation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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