What is the weirdest thing you ever seen happening on an NCL ship! Just Curious.

[FitchburgWIFamily]

In the category of be careful what you wish for:

 

On the night of our last at sea day, my son and his friends witnessed a woman crying, hitting and kicking her stateroom door on the Dawn one time. According to my son, she was swearing and carrying on because someone wouldn’t let her in her cabin or she couldn’t figure out how to get in her cabin. I didn’t see it, but based on the hour and the description, I was pretty sure she was probably inebriated.

 

The next day, we walk by her cabin and there are two things we notice right away:

 

- Big dents and scratches on her door where she kicked it

-A security guard outside the door presumably making sure she didn’t leave.

 

Well…she wanted in her cabin in the worst way…and she probably spent the rest of the cruise or until she was kicked off in her cabin in the worst way.

 

My son would say the weirdest thing he ever saw on a ship was in an elevator one time. I ‘ve told this story before, but it was truly memorable.

 

My then 13 year old son and I are on the elevator, when three women join us. One is wearing a beautiful flowered sun dress, and she tells her friends “Guess I better get my key card ready!” She reaches into her cleavage and pulls out a pack of cigarettes. “Here,hold this.” And a lighter. “Hold this.” And a compact. And a lipstick. And a small wad of bills. With each subsequent quest for the key card,my sons eyes got bigger and bigger. And they were glued to the Mary Poppin’s carpet bag of a décolletage with half horror and half wonder. I honestly think he was waiting for a full sized lamp or hat rack to come out. But, alas, after the first five items, the last thing that we saw come out (thank goodness) was her key card. While I use a braket book for the occasional card with the best of them, there is no way I have room for purse-load of stuff she managed to store in there.

[Peachypooh]

Honestly, I think is weird the people who paid for a vacation and when they get on board is constant bitchin, the food is too cold, the line is too long, the show is not good, the pool is too small, i can go on and on...stay home and you will have things they way you want them :cool: unless some things merit for you to complain about relax and enjoy you are on vacation.:-)

 

I know one family member that acted like this. He never wanted to go on the cruise in the first place. It was a gift for a milestone anniversary. He didn't pay anything out of pocket. His wife really wanted to go but he didn't. Even though it was free I heard from the wife he made her life miserable onboard with his complaining. Really a shame. So when I hear of someone acting like this I wonder if they were "encouraged" to go on the cruise by someone else.

[tgloersen]

Weirdest thing that ever happen to me on a cruise was I walked out of the casino... a winner!

 

LOL now that is funny

[Casino Comp Chick]

In the category of be careful what you wish for:

 

On the night of our last at sea day, my son and his friends witnessed a woman crying, hitting and kicking her stateroom door on the Dawn one time. According to my son, she was swearing and carrying on because someone wouldn’t let her in her cabin or she couldn’t figure out how to get in her cabin. I didn’t see it, but based on the hour and the description, I was pretty sure she was probably inebriated.

 

The next day, we walk by her cabin and there are two things we notice right away:

 

- Big dents and scratches on her door where she kicked it

-A security guard outside the door presumably making sure she didn’t leave.

 

Well…she wanted in her cabin in the worst way…and she probably spent the rest of the cruise or until she was kicked off in her cabin in the worst way.

 

My son would say the weirdest thing he ever saw on a ship was in an elevator one time. I ‘ve told this story before, but it was truly memorable.

 

My then 13 year old son and I are on the elevator, when three women join us. One is wearing a beautiful flowered sun dress, and she tells her friends “Guess I better get my key card ready!” She reaches into her cleavage and pulls out a pack of cigarettes. “Here,hold this.” And a lighter. “Hold this.” And a compact. And a lipstick. And a small wad of bills. With each subsequent quest for the key card,my sons eyes got bigger and bigger. And they were glued to the Mary Poppin’s carpet bag of a décolletage with half horror and half wonder. I honestly think he was waiting for a full sized lamp or hat rack to come out. But, alas, after the first five items, the last thing that we saw come out (thank goodness) was her key card. While I use a braket book for the occasional card with the best of them, there is no way I have room for purse-load of stuff she managed to store in there.

 

I think I know that woman, it sounds like my mothers friend and even I have said to her WT?

[spanishguy1970]

I know one family member that acted like this. He never wanted to go on the cruise in the first place. It was a gift for a milestone anniversary. He didn't pay anything out of pocket. His wife really wanted to go but he didn't. Even though it was free I heard from the wife he made her life miserable onboard with his complaining. Really a shame. So when I hear of someone acting like this I wonder if they were "encouraged" to go on the cruise by someone else.

 

LOL well, 2 cruises ago there was a couple having an argument. We were sitting eating our lunch, apparently it was their 45 year anniversary and a surprise cruise but she did not want to do NCL she wanted to do Princess cruise line. He kept telling her to stop complaining that he had booked the Haven for her, he had booked every excursion so she could enjoy herself. I wanted to tell them to tone it down but honestly, all i needed was the popcorn to keep on watching and listening..anyways she said to him, if you have listened to me i would not be complaining right now so next year i am booking the cruise, he responded by saying " next year i am booking another NCL and you can book yourself on another cruise line and go wherever you want to go" LOL that shut her up...We wondered if she enjoyed the rest of her cruise..:evilsmile::eek:

[Kattus]

I've experienced a lot of weird behavior over a few cruises, but last week on the Breakaway this stayed with me: my husband and I were on an empty elevator and an older gentleman rushes in as the doors start closing. Since i was by the elevator buttons, I stuck my hands out to let him on, and he waltzed in without so much as a thank you. I commented "alright!" in a very light, casual manner and he barked out "YES, IT IS ALRIGHT!"

 

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[tgloersen]

I've experienced a lot of weird behavior over a few cruises, but last week on the Breakaway this stayed with me: my husband and I were on an empty elevator and an older gentleman rushes in as the doors start closing. Since i was by the elevator buttons, I stuck my hands out to let him on, and he waltzed in without so much as a thank you. I commented "alright!" in a very light, casual manner and he barked out "YES, IT IS ALRIGHT!"

 

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Jerk, i hate idiots like that.

[tgloersen]

lol well, 2 cruises ago there was a couple having an argument. We were sitting eating our lunch, apparently it was their 45 year anniversary and a surprise cruise but she did not want to do ncl she wanted to do princess cruise line. He kept telling her to stop complaining that he had booked the haven for her, he had booked every excursion so she could enjoy herself. I wanted to tell them to tone it down but honestly, all i needed was the popcorn to keep on watching and listening..anyways she said to him, if you have listened to me i would not be complaining right now so next year i am booking the cruise, he responded by saying " next year i am booking another ncl and you can book yourself on another cruise line and go wherever you want to go" lol that shut her up...we wondered if she enjoyed the rest of her cruise..:evilsmile::eek:

 

 

lol!

[momof3cruisers]

On my last cruise on the jade, one day we saw 2 adults walking around in full length panda costumes (including a mask). They were walking around on desk asking people if they wanted to take selfies with them. I think they were passengers, not crew, since there was no photographer with them or any kind of escort like places with those types of costumes usually do. The idea that two adult passengers thought to bring large panda costumes with them weirded us out and we declined the pictures.

 

 

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i remember reading a thread on CC about some people who brought and wore very elaborate T Rex costumes and then we're really angry when they got in trouble

[df5250]

A few years ago, while docked in a port where ships are sort of side by side, on the ship next door were hammocks on two balconies ... hanging on the balcony dividers, very high up, practically swinging over the balcony railing!!

 

 

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[LeDemonBlond]

On the Dawn in Feb 14-21, 2016. Sitting in Irish Pub with a group of friends for cocktails. A fellow that I made friends with at the poker table showed up with a pretty lady he had just met and introduced her. I asked if she would like to order a drink and she informed us that she didn't have the UBP. I offered to buy her a drink and she proceeded to take off her top and grabbed her rather LARGE artificial breasts and said "these get me all the drinks I ever need" Our group howled with laughter but shortly turned to embarrassment as she refused to put her puppies away. We finally got up and left to find another bar with my friend and left her in the lounge (bare breasted) to face the music. Turns out she was well known on the ship for baring her "new" assets... :cool:

 

 

Her name wasn't "bubblicious" by chance?

[Big Feet]

That would definitely piss me off, i mean come on go to your cabin.

Maybe their spouses were in the cabins?

or

"that was YOUR aunt-- we didn't know!

[ambermae97]

My husband and I were on the getaway for New Year's Eve we had just left Mexico of course the party started early as it was dec 31 around 10-11 pm we were standing outside on our balcony and a lady fell out of her balcony on the the metal between floor 8 and 9 right above sunset bar for all who have been on getaway. My husband was yelling at the person to stop moving. As a side not my husband and I were staying on the 11th floor and she came from above us. I ran inside and called the operator and told them what happened. There people below at the bar that heard her hit the metal also. A bunch of captains came and the brought a stretcher for her she was screaming from either the pain or being to drink. Tried to ask around the next day what happened but most crew was pretty hush hush.

 

 

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[tgloersen]

Awesome stories, keep them coming folks!

[happygolucky62]

We just returned from the May 12 Boston to Bermuda sailing on the Dawn. We were fortunate enough to stay in the Garden Villa. You have a full set of floor to ceiling windows overlooking the pool. Nearly every night there was a different couple "enjoying" the Hot Tub in the wee hours of the morning. They would all look around and see an empty deck and assume that no one could see them. You know what happens when you assume something...

[DKane]

We and our friends filled 7 seats at a Teppanyaki table while 2 strangers were seated with us. We began chatting with the wife, who was very friendly. Her husband would smile and nod a bit, but never spoke a word. After a few minutes, she explained to us that her husband doesn't talk, and he did not speak a word to her, us, or the staff the entire meal.

 

The next day we ran into them at karaoke. He sang numerous songs, and was chatting up a storm at their table with his wife and those around him. We never did decide whether to feel offended, or chalk him up as being a gigantic weirdo.

 

It's not the weirdest thing ever, but we happened to remember and laugh about it yesterday, so it's fresh in my mind.

 

He was probably saving his vocal chords for karaoke night:) Ha!

[BostonGal35]

We were on the Gem and saw a young girl around the age of 22 jump from Bali Hai into the swimming pool. She is lucky she didn't get hurt. Security came and took her away.

 

lol, when we were on the Gem over new year's i remember looking at this set up and thinking how easy and fun it would be to do this... but those frog eye cameras are everywhere, they will find you.....

[www3traveler]

I was on the New Year's Eve cruise with Ambermae.

 

The young lady was leaning over her balcony railing trying to talk with her cousin above her. She leaned too far over between 7 P.M. and 7:30 P.M. She landed thankfully on the metal roof over the outside dining area of Ocean Blue. The Staff Captain who was having his dinner there, The Beverage Manager and the Restaurant Manager Tanberg were the first to reach her. They all thought she had died until she started crying. Very gently they got her onto a backboard and handed her down to many waiting hands of staff. It was decided to take her back to Miami with us. Upon arrival, she was taken to the Spinal Cord Center at the University of MIami.

 

The last report I had on her was in early April, she was still paralyzed from the waist down.

[Epiro Funchal]

This happened about 25 years ago on the Tropicale (sorry it was Carnival but weird nonetheless).

We were having some drinks in 1 of the bars where we had engaged in an interesting conversation with a somewhat shady passenger. After a point, he pulled out a massive hunting knife just like Crocodile Dundee's.

Well, what was he going to do with it? I hope he doesn't come after me with it.

All of a sudden he violently thrusted it into his lower leg. For a while it was apparently sticking out of his leg.

Then he pulled it out, lifted his pants and revealed his wooden leg.

[Dcoy]

This happened about 25 years ago on the Tropicale (sorry it was Carnival but weird nonetheless).

We were having some drinks in 1 of the bars where we had engaged in an interesting conversation with a somewhat shady passenger. After a point, he pulled out a massive hunting knife just like Crocodile Dundee's.

Well, what was he going to do with it? I hope he doesn't come after me with it.

All of a sudden he violently thrusted it into his lower leg. For a while it was apparently sticking out of his leg.

Then he pulled it out, lifted his pants and revealed his wooden leg.

 

I had a boss with a wooden leg. Every time he got a new secretary he would complain that his socks wouldn't stay up. He'd pull a hammer and nail out of his deck and nail his sock to his leg usually freaking the new secretary out. No wonder he went through a lot of secretaries.

 

Don

[Barb Nahoumi]

This is probably just rude behavior but I chalked it up as weird.

Someone sitting in one of the specialty restaurants was loudly

complaining that there was not enough crab in his crab cakes.

Out comes one of the chefs who starts to apologize! Come on,

why make someone apologize for such a subjective thing and

besides you are on vacation, have a drink and relax. Weird.

 

I guess that person was feeling a bit crabby.

[BostonGal35]

on the Sun this past september, we showed up for Trivia.

 

i sat in a chair that had a table and 3 other chairs around it. we took the two chairs that were facing the trivia person. i held the chair next to me for my fiance who went up to grab drinks.

 

a gentleman comes over and asks if im using all of the chairs as he needed a 3rd one for his friend. I said the other two were empty, and he could have one or both.

 

he then proceeds to take one chair AND THE TABLE! in retrospect i should have said something, i was just so shocked that someone would take the table. so of course my fiance comes back with 2 drinks and bar snacks and says "where's teh table?

 

another group of really fun people were on a sofa and chair set up next to us and saw this whole thign play out. they were laughing and said come join us, you can share our table, loud enough so that the offenders could hear. we hung with them for the duration of trivia and won.

[DMH15]

on the Sun this past september, we showed up for Trivia.

 

i sat in a chair that had a table and 3 other chairs around it. we took the two chairs that were facing the trivia person. i held the chair next to me for my fiance who went up to grab drinks.

 

a gentleman comes over and asks if im using all of the chairs as he needed a 3rd one for his friend. I said the other two were empty, and he could have one or both.

 

he then proceeds to take one chair AND THE TABLE! in retrospect i should have said something, i was just so shocked that someone would take the table. so of course my fiance comes back with 2 drinks and bar snacks and says "where's teh table?

 

another group of really fun people were on a sofa and chair set up next to us and saw this whole thign play out. they were laughing and said come join us, you can share our table, loud enough so that the offenders could hear. we hung with them for the duration of trivia and won.

 

 

Hilarious!!! I would have been stunned speechless as well!

 

 

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[lfox02]

on the Sun this past september, we showed up for Trivia.

 

i sat in a chair that had a table and 3 other chairs around it. we took the two chairs that were facing the trivia person. i held the chair next to me for my fiance who went up to grab drinks.

 

a gentleman comes over and asks if im using all of the chairs as he needed a 3rd one for his friend. I said the other two were empty, and he could have one or both.

 

he then proceeds to take one chair AND THE TABLE! in retrospect i should have said something, i was just so shocked that someone would take the table. so of course my fiance comes back with 2 drinks and bar snacks and says "where's teh table?

 

another group of really fun people were on a sofa and chair set up next to us and saw this whole thign play out. they were laughing and said come join us, you can share our table, loud enough so that the offenders could hear. we hung with them for the duration of trivia and won.

 

This made me lol. I don't even know how I would respond.

[MBMGWM]

What is the weirdest thing you ever seen happening on an NCL ship! Just Curious.

 

I went thru the replies and didn't see anything about this one. Not really weird, but unusual. We were on the Getaway last year while the ship was crossing the Caribbean, and ran across a small, makeshift raft with a bunch of Cuban refugees (including a pregnant woman) trying to make their way to America, but they had gotten lost and had been at sea for several weeks and were found in the middle of the Caribbean. It was nighttime and the ship kept a spotlight on the raft the whole time. The ship stopped (of course) and brought them all on board, but they ended up in Mexico (at the next cruise port, Cozumel, I think) instead of the States.