Biggest Fight You've Personally Seen on a Cruise Ship?

There were two guys fighting in a cabin across and little farther down from us. You could hear them throwing furniture, hitting the walls, breaking glass. Quite a few people came out of their cabins to see what was going on. Security came and took them both away. The cabin was trashed.

We were on a new celebrity ship in really nice French restaurant only a few couples in entire place but the one close to our table got into it woman picked up her dinner plate which was just delivered and threw it at the man

I have not seen it but I read in the news about the guy who murdered his wife on the boat for what ever reason

Back in the 90's on the Old Noordam -- day time -- South American cruise.

The laundry room was located near the doors to go out on the Promenade deck. A young woman removed another woman's clothes from the dryer so that she could dry her clothes. The other woman walked in and caught her taking her wet clothes out of the dryer. The fight broke out and security came. We just stood out on the promenade deck and watched them fighting till security got there. After that incident, HAL had someone sit on duty by the laundry room door for the remainder of the cruise.

Never seen a fight on any of my cruises.

Closest I have ever seen is someone saying choice words to someone else due to seat saving in the theatre.

Two teenage cousins got into a physical alteration on the Destiny, shortly after leaving port in San Juan. Right in the main elevator lobby. We all just stood back. Security was pretty quick. They were detained in their cabins (with security outside the doors) until St Thomas where they put off.

 

 

 

My father-in-law spoke over the balcony railing with their grandfather (who had paid for a big family cruise). The grandfather was a bit down in the dumps about it, understandably.

I really hope the grandfather and the rest of the family used their brains on this one...

Those idiot cousins and one parent for each should have gotten off

The rest of the family should have gone on with the cruise

Now...if the entire family got off...that is their problem as a viable solution should have been worked out so the grandfather didn't lose all the fares and the innocent family members didn't miss the trip

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The closest we've seen to a fight was a newlywed couple at our dining table. She revealed she had spent a small fortune at the spa on beauty products and he verbally lit into her. The barely spoke to each other the rest of the week.

I guess he never heard of the golden Happy wife happy life rule

However....she is an incredibly gullible woman to spend even a dime in the spa on beauty products. Minimal brain power I'm guessing on her part and no realization on his part that she is his bride.

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Make up sex comes to mind. ;p

Doubt it as the poster said they hardly spoke to each other the rest of the week

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Me darling wife and I have been on twenty-nine cruises in the last twenty-one years. We have yet to witness a fight or even a heated argument. Of course we have not sailed Carnival since the late 90's!;)

I wasn't there but wasn't there a thread about a knock down brawl on an Australian cruise earlier this year? The ship had to turn back to port.

ETA: it was the Carnival Legend in Feb. They removed 23 people from the ship. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/feb/17/cruise-ship-on-which-big-brawl-broke-out-to-dock-in-melbourne

Doubt it as the poster said they hardly spoke to each other the rest of the week

 

 

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In public! And like Charlie Rich sang"...Oh, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors...";p

I saw a bit of an argument with a security employee at the nightclub on Escape. They had to pull out everyone who was under 18, which was handled...not great... Anyway, one girl was yelling at the security officer over her friend being told she couldn't go in, except I think her friend just didn't have her ID/passport on her and needed to go get it. The angry woman seemed to think her friend should just come in with her, and she was over 18, so what's the big deal? And the whole time, it sounded like there was no real problem--her friend just needed to go back to her cabin to get her ID/whatever. I think the woman had had a few (surprise!).

Oh, and not a fight/argument, but some woman started going off on anyone who'd listen about why we weren't allowed to disembark the ship, as she was supposed to be meeting other people. Except the ship hadn't actually...stopped. We were still pulling in. To be fair, the ship hadn't communicated the disembarkation times/procedures well, so some of us thought "Oh, we can go get off now...huh, are we still moving?"

What I find astonishing about the original query is that it wasn't 'have you ever seen a fight etc', but which was the biggest!

Are there some cruise lines or itineraries where this kind behaviour isn't out of the ordinary?

What I find astonishing about the original query is that it wasn't 'have you ever seen a fight etc', but which was the biggest!

Are there some cruise lines or itineraries where this kind behaviour isn't out of the ordinary?

I believe the thread was started on the Carnival forum and moved here, and prompted by another thread about a fight on Carnival Paradise, that was removed twice because it was totally bogus. EM

Back in the 90's on the Old Noordam -- day time -- South American cruise.

 

 

 

The laundry room was located near the doors to go out on the Promenade deck. A young woman removed another woman's clothes from the dryer so that she could dry her clothes. The other woman walked in and caught her taking her wet clothes out of the dryer. The fight broke out and security came. We just stood out on the promenade deck and watched them fighting till security got there. After that incident, HAL had someone sit on duty by the laundry room door for the remainder of the cruise.

What is it about HAL’s laundry rooms?

On a HAL Volendam Alaskan cruise about 10 years ago we witnessed almost the same thing. Just lots of screaming.

That’s the worst we’ve encountered. Sail Carnival a lot and never seen anything close to that.

I guess he never heard of the golden Happy wife happy life rule

 

However....she is an incredibly gullible woman to spend even a dime in the spa on beauty products. Minimal brain power I'm guessing on her part and no realization on his part that she is his bride.

 

 

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I disagree and used to think the same things. Last cruise I bought some Elemis products on Carnival Dream. Great products, loved them a lot and they were the same price on carnival as everywhere else.

What is the biggest fight that you've personally ever witnessed on a cruise? How did you react/keep yourself and your family safe? Did security respond appropriately in your estimation?

YOu are kidding, right? Surely you are not ser ious.

A ny sort of disrurptive fight will have security there as fast as one can pick up the phone. Those who get agressive will be first down the gang way the next port .......... and they will not be reboarding.

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We took a 35-day cruise on Oceania a few years ago ... there were frequent shoving matches, complete with yelling & name-calling, in the laundry room. Variations on a theme: "It was my turn for that machine" or "you moved my stuff" ...

On Celebrity Eclipse last year, one morning as we were using the jogging track, there were two men fighting over deck chairs. When we came around the first time, there was just muttering, but every lap it got louder until finally it got physical and security finally settled it. After security left, they were back to muttering.

Years ago we watched a guy who had to be about 80 years old, wearing a speedo,

Unless you're Terry Crews, Speedos should be banned.

Unless you're Terry Crews, Speedos should be banned.

Why?:confused:

Sadly the most violent event I ever saw on a cruise ship was a father beating his daughter. Security stopped him and he screamed it was his right to discipline his daughter. Not really sure what happened after that but I never did see them.

Not having seen the extent of the "beating" I would have to say I side with the father here unless it was unusually excessive or would be punishable on land as child abuse. CCL seems like it wants to parent everyone's children when at sea, I only bring mine once a year to avoid that. If my daughter gets sassy, she's getting the backhand. I don't need an issue with security for doing my job as a parent!

YOu are kidding, right? Surely you are not ser ious.

 

 

A ny sort of disrurptive fight will have security there as fast as one can pick up the phone. Those who get agressive will be first down the gang way the next port .......... and they will not be reboarding.

No way, I saw a fight last year in the casino that took 5-10 minutes for security to break up. It was late at night and two guys got into a fight while drinking and talking about WWII - no exaggeration. Other passengers broke up the fight and both guys were allowed to roam the ship for what was left of the night. However, I did not see them the next two days so there may have been some delayed punishment. That was actually the only fight I've ever seen in a casino on land or at sea.

What is the biggest fight that you've personally ever witnessed on a cruise? How did you react/keep yourself and your family safe? Did security respond appropriately in your estimation?

I've never seen one, but it came close as I was threatened. I was sitting with my wife on 2 chairs in Navigator of the Seas Solarium (Adult area ;)) A guy came up to me and said I was in his chair. I started rationally mentioning we were there for 2 hours and it was empty when we arrived. No logic would calm him down and he started talking about physically removing me from my seat. I made my plan, I was going to stand up, yell loudy for security and then was going to announce to the crowd, "watch this guy, if he hits me first, he is going down". Years later I would have just gotten everyones attention and let him hit me and make a big deal about it. But fate stepped in, just as I stood up, his wife called out, "Over here honey!" He had left the solarium from one direction and come back from the other, so he was confused by which side he was on.

I've never seen one, but it came close as I was threatened. I was sitting with my wife on 2 chairs in Navigator of the Seas Solarium (Adult area ;)) A guy came up to me and said I was in his chair. I started rationally mentioning we were there for 2 hours and it was empty when we arrived. No logic would calm him down and he started talking about physically removing me from my seat. I made my plan, I was going to stand up, yell loudy for security and then was going to announce to the crowd, "watch this guy, if he hits me first, he is going down". Years later I would have just gotten everyones attention and let him hit me and make a big deal about it. But fate stepped in, just as I stood up, his wife called out, "Over here honey!" He had left the solarium from one direction and come back from the other, so he was confused by which side he was on.

Now that's funny. :D