What is your MOST Embarassing moment on a cruise?

[jannandjohn]

Years ago we cruised with a stuffed dog, called Scruffy. We put it on our window in our room. Somehow, our cabin steward reported this to his superiors which was translated to Scruffy being a real dog.

So, we are getting ready for dinner the first night. A Knock on the door and a fully uniformed officer stands there with a glare in his eye and our cabin steward cowering behind him; he says, "It has been reported you have brought a dog on board..this is not allowed and must be removed immediately!"

We looked at each other for a second then parted so the officer could see Scruffy'>))

The officer blanched turned on his heel and rebuked the cabin steward!

Here is a photo of scruffy!

https://plus.google.com/photos/116190315107492683472/albums#photos/116190315107492683472/albums/5807522117918195201/5807522426917131538

Hahahahaahaha.....

[Nole0202]

We were docked, and on the Infinity , we were in the glass lift looking towards the dock, where there was a waiting ambulance, and someone was on the stretcher.

I was looking sidways at the ambulance, and said to my husband..

" it looks like someone ate too much at the buffet"( meaning food poisoning)

At the same time as i spoke, I didn't see two very large ladies were getting in the lift too...

They did not know about the ambulance, so they assumed I was being very rude, and was talking about them..

Boy did I get dirty looks ...lol.:eek:

 

Open mouth...stick foot. :)

[Nole0202]

Here goes.

 

On our 1st cruise (before children, sun screen and living in FLA) in February, my wife and I spent the entire first day in the sun. She did not feel well that evening, but we decided to go the the MDR for dinner. After a glass of wine, she felt dizzy and got up to go to the wash room.

 

She made it to the main aisle and fainted due to heat stroke. One of the waiters reached her first and most of the people were now watching. I came to her side and kept saying "are you alright."

 

After 3 times, the waiter said "of course she's not alright, she's passed out"

 

We celebrated our 30th on a New Years cruise a couple years ago, but DW still does not let me forget that night.

[debi56]

These are all so funny, the stuff dog is hilarious but I have to say I did laugh out loud about the panties!

Are you not glad you know (well you hope) you will never see these people again.

 

Enjoying this thread!!!!

Thank you for the laughs...

[sjb317]

Another underwear story: While walking through the buffet area one morning I felt something slide down my leg. Evidently the elastic on my thong broke (?) and it was now down around my ankle. I quickly stepped out of it and scooped it up. As I stood up, I saw one of the waiters looking at me with a smile on his face.:o I smiled & winked at him as I stuffed the thong in my pocket and quickly continued walking out. Husband thought it was hilarious.:D

 

Sherri:)

[streetspirit]

The wife and I were on our first cruise together on the Aurora in 2005. we had just had dinner on the first formal night and were heading to the theatre. There seemed to be a queue and as we got closer to the front we suddenly realised that it was the queue for the meet and greet/photo with the Captain. Unfortunately we panicked and I quickly tried to turn round in my powered wheelchair and ended up almost ploughing into Terry Waite! The poor man had spent and survived 4 years being held captive in Beirut but now probably has niightmares about me! It was very embarassing and wish we just shook the Captains hand.

 

On our last cruise the wife forgot to hold the door to the elevator for me and as I was not paying enough attention I ended up taking an unecessary journey. Before arriving at the correct floor I explained the situation to a couple who had entered the elevator. As the doors opened my wife was standing by the stairs crying with laughter. I think the couple must have thought we were a bit on the strange side.

[jdarch]

We were docked, and on the Infinity , we were in the glass lift looking towards the dock, where there was a waiting ambulance, and someone was on the stretcher.

I was looking sidways at the ambulance, and said to my husband..

" it looks like someone ate too much at the buffet"( meaning food poisoning)

At the same time as i spoke, I didn't see two very large ladies were getting in the lift too...

They did not know about the ambulance, so they assumed I was being very rude, and was talking about them..

Boy did I get dirty looks ...lol.:eek:

 

This is hilarious!!!!!!!!!

[constantcruiser]

On our first cruise back in the 80's, DH, 2 DD's and I shared an inside cabin. As most everyone else seems to know, once the door is closed it becomes an absolute black hole in inside cabins...no light whatsoever. And remember, this was before the days of computerized Seapasses (the cabins still had metal door keys!).

 

We had a great time; and to make the cruise last a little longer, we decided to stay up VERY late the last night. The next morning we snored away, completely oblivious to the outside world; and in the chaos of debarkation day, apparently our steward thought he had already cleaned our cabin.

 

All of a sudden we were wakened out of a deep sleep by someone opening the door and happily chatting with other people. It was 1:00 pm, we had slept right through debarkation, and the steward was showing the guests for the NEXT cruise to their cabin! I don't know who was more shocked, my family or the boarding passengers. I can just hear the wife saying to her husband, "I told you we should have paid for the upgrade...at this price, they expect us to share this tiny little cabin with 4 other people!"

[Rob&Bonnie]

We met our dinner table companions one night and found that we were considerably younger than either of the other couples. They were very nice people though, and we had a great dinner.

 

The next night we heard some - um hummmm - 'frisky' activity on the balcony next door that was explicit enough to send us back inside. We got ready for dinner laughing about this, and walked out the door only to meet the couple next door who were in their 80's and that we recognized as our table companions....

[SnorkelBoy]

We met our dinner table companions one night and found that we were considerably younger than either of the other couples. They were very nice people though, and we had a great dinner.

 

The next night we heard some - um hummmm - 'frisky' activity on the balcony next door that was explicit enough to send us back inside. We got ready for dinner laughing about this, and walked out the door only to meet the couple next door who were in their 80's and that we recognized as our table companions....

 

I was just about to vote for constant cruiser as my favorite story and then Rob & Bonnie sneaks in to steal the win. One day I hope to be the frisky older couple that either gives others hope or grosses them out. Makes no difference to me. ;):D

[ClaudiaB]

EASY!! In 2001 my husband and I celebrated our 25th anniversary and took our first cruise ever, on the Century. We took our two college aged daughters with us who were engaged (no the guys weren't invited) and so we knew we wouldn't have the "four of us" vacations anymore. It was a fabulous week!! Well except for one thing:

 

On the 2nd or 3rd night we had our show before dinner and it was preceded by "The Newlywed Game." OK, that would be fun to watch. They wanted volunteers. Ok, uh, no thanks. "Who's been married the least amount of time?" A couple had just gotten married an hour before the cruise. They were on stage. Then 10 years. A couple was getting ready to celebrate their tenth. Whew, we thought it would be then the 20th, 30th, etc. We're safe.

 

"Now who has been married 25 years?" We're very quiet. It's actually THE DAY of our 25th but we're quiet. Hiding in our seats, you know. Not our girls. Nope. They're standing up (we're in the balcony) "Hey, right here, our parents, it's their 25th anniversary TODAY!!!" So we're on stage, and then a 50th came up. OK, now WHY did we invite our girls on this cruise??!

 

OK girls, we aren't drunk like the first two couples were, and we have a clue about the game unlike the 50th. We've got this. And we know the kinds of questions they ask - ok girls, you're gonna' hear the answers you might not want to hear but you put us up there.

 

And we won. Of course. They pod cast the show all week on the tvs in the rooms so everywhere we went people were calling out to us (mostly laughing about a couple of our answers). We didn't do stupid things like embarrass each other, we answered sensibly and reasonably and with careful thought unlike the old tv show that wanted silliness. But even across the street in St. Maarten - people were calling out to us. Oh my gosh, were we sorry we were on stage. But the one redeeming part was a couple of the answers that our daughters had to hear but that's what they got for putting us up there! OH, we got a bottle of cheap champagne and a couple tee shirts. woo hoo - and a vhs tape of the show. Oh yeah, that's one we won't be watching!

[sharke]

This is a great thread. Haven't laughed so much in a while. So I guess I'll have to add my two cents worth. Several years ago we took a cruise on Summit with our DD and SIL who had just been married 1 year. So of course when they were looking for volunteers for the New and not so Newlywed game DH tried to get our kids selected. Unfortunately, the CD selected us instead (apparently they needed a couple married over 25 yrs). Well when it came to the questions apparently a few of our answers became memorable to fellow cruisers as the game was watched on the room TV's loop. So when DH correctly answered my bra size and I answered a question referring to my DH as PeeWee's Big Adventure (in my eyes because life is always an adventure with him) we became known as DD and PeeWee all around the ship. Not so bad for me but you can only imagine the embarrassment for DH. It's amazing how recognizable you become to an intimate group of 2000.

[freddiebud]

i was on a rccl ship walking down the spiral staircase from the promenade to the casino. Thinking my husband was behind me i wanted to point out something on the ceiling. I turned round with my finger pointing upwards only to stick in into a nostril of the shortish man following behind me. I was mortified.

 

omg!! Rofl!!!

[hmorrow]

MANY years ago we were on a cruise in the carribean, I woke up out of a deep sleep , in the wee hours of the morning, to go to the potty.( with no clothes on_) It was barely, first light, and the ocean was beautiful. When I came back from the bathroom, yep- you're starting to get the picture- another boat had docked, right up again our window, or so it seemed, as the people were looking in at me (nude)

 

After reading all these other threads- I guess I was lucky that I didn't see any of them at dinner that night !

[BillnBev]

LOL, this thread is really taking off, it looks like we got off lightly in the embarrassment stakes. :D

 

No one sleep walking through the corridors yet!

[ariawoman]

I have nothing to contribute to this thread but I really hope folks keep adding, it's great fun!

 

I'm still trying to think if i have one but I really dont think I do in my whopping 4 cruises lol. I'm sure I'll get one someday. :-)

[h & m]

Mick is Italian, and despite living in England and then Australia for most of his adult life, his English is not the best. Trouble is, I don't know what he doesn't know until it is too late, so I have many embarassing moments.

 

On a Caribbean cruise one of the Guest Relations staff recognised us from another cruise, and was very kind, often sending us little treats like chocolate coated strawberries and champage.

 

In Nassau, Mick decided instead of catching a taxi over to Paradise Island we could easily walk over the bridge. Of course the further we walked the further away the bridge appeared, and eventually turned back, with Mr Grumpy complaining all the way about his sore knees, conveniently forgetting it was his idea to walk.

 

Back on board the lovely guest relations called us over and gave us an envelope. Opening it I said - look Mick an invitation to the bridge, how kind.

 

Mick's reaction - well if you think I am going to walk back to that b....y bridge, you are both crazy.

 

Ok, now he knows what a bridge on a ship is, we move on to the next embarassing moment, I am sure it will be soon.

 

Hilary :)

[Tricia724]

I was in the shower, and emerged just as we were sailing into Curacao. We were in an oceanview cabin on starboard side and had the curtains open, but since we were not on the dock side and were several decks up, I figured no one could see in, so, I wrapped the towel around my waist and sat down topless at the vanity next to the window to dry off and do my hair.

 

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw something move....and imagine my surprise when I looked out the window and saw the Radisson Diamond (before Regent took over) a few feet away from me slowly drifting into port. To my horror, their top deck was level with my oceanview cabin, and there were lots of people hanging over the railing looking directly into our cabin. I jumped up and ran into the bathroom, but I'm sure those people got an eyeful.

 

At first I was a little upset but then I started to see the humor in the situation and just laughed about it. I figured they would never be able to identify me once I put my clothes on and dried my hair, so why worry about it.

[wr813]

Went on a cruise on the Majesty of the Seas. Dinner table was me, DW, DS, DD, and 4 friends we went on the cruise with. We were invited to the past guest party where they had free drinks and finger foods. I drank quite a few drinks and had a lot of finger foods and was pretty full.

 

Before the party, we just got back on the ship from Nassau. We ate and drank some at Senor Frogs and sampled some rum in the shops.

 

After the past guest party my wife told me it was dinner time. I was so stuffed, kind of drunk, and sun baked that I knew there was not way I could eat again. I went to the table and the waiter asked me if I wanted my usual two appetizers. I told him no appetizers for me tonight.

 

I ordered the tiger shrimp dinner and when it came, I almost threw up just looking at more food. I told my wife I had to go lay down.

 

I went to our cabin and chugged I think a half bottle of maalox or something like that and laid down for about a half an hour. There was a knock on the door and I thought it was just my wife. I opened the door and it was my wife and two of our friends.

 

They looked at me as I was standing in just my underwear with the biggest dried "milk" mustache you could have imagined from chugging the maalox.

 

Everytime we go out to eat with them they remind me of the mustache while standing in my underwear.

[BillnBev]

Lol, some real funnies here! :D

[Chicago Boy]

It wasn't MY most embarrassing moment, but it had to be for the poor woman involved, and somewhat for my husband as well.

 

It started as a very exciting invitation to dine with the captain. (Our first ever.) we of course met several other lovely couples. Later that evening we were sitting near on of these couples in a lounge waiting for a performance to begin. It was a bit chilly, and her husband left and returned with her wrap. On his way to their seats something dropped from the wrap. My husband gallantly retrieved the item and returned it to the wife...before he realized he was presenting her with her panties! We all tried very hard to pretend nothing had happened, but somehow we never ran into them during the balance of the cruise.

 

So ladies, do NOT keep your wrap and undies in the same drawer under any circumstances!

 

How do you know she kept her undies and wrap in the same drawer? I would rather think it was something more exciting and interesting.:D

[happygran]

Well my Oh sleepwalks (although he won't admit it).

 

On our cruise last year, it must have been 3am, and I heard a hammering on the door, staggered over half asleep, opened the door and it was my OH stark naked in the corridor. He'd been trying to go to the bathroom.

[KirkNC]

Mine was missing a step on the stairs and going head over heels all the way down. Amazingly I was not hurt. :(

[robtulipe]

Mine was missing a step on the stairs and going head over heels all the way down. Amazingly I was not hurt. :(

DW did the same on one of the first few cruises we did but the unfortunate thing was she did on the main staircase going down to the MDR of the old RC ship Song of Norway while every one was waiting in the lobby area to enter that venue. She ended up at the bottom of the staircase with her dress over her head. IMO her pride was bruised much more than her leg and she had a sore ankle that cut short our private tour the next day. I got real heck for not being in front of her to stop her fall. I usually get that for being in front of her when walking together, well sort of together that is.

[d4m]

Well my Oh sleepwalks (although he won't admit it).

 

On our cruise last year, it must have been 3am, and I heard a hammering on the door, staggered over half asleep, opened the door and it was my OH stark naked in the corridor. He'd been trying to go to the bathroom.

 

:eek::D Praying that I never sleepwalk................