Funniest Thing On A Cruise

[PTarbay]

There have been so many serious and heated threads lately let's try something fun.What is the funniest thing you have ever seen or seen happen on a cruise ship?

[hstrybuf]

It had to be all those people trying to stuff fruit into their swimsuits. :D

[Shanafan]

The funniest thing is me trying to fit in my gowns after a few days of eating like a pig---and drinking like a fish!

 

But----man---is it worth it! :p

[Florida Beach]

One morning, while we were relaxing at the Cafe Promenade, my eyes were wondering up to the bedroom across and 1 floor above us. A woman, casually walked back and forth in front of the window changing her blouse. A couple minutes later her male companion did the same thing. What were they thinking:confused:

 

The next morning, my DH plucked me out of bed before 7:00AM, he said he had a crave for an early morning coffee at the Cafe Promenade :D

[Cathey]

I'm like ShanFan. Bring elastic waist for half the week.

I can think of quit a few. But the all time favorite is....

The 250 lb women in a bikini. I wanted to buy her a t-shirt. What are they thinking? Save it for the pool at home.

[SunnyCs]

The 12th sailing of Explorer - On the last night of the cruise, my Dad and I stayed out late - in the casino, roaming the ship, photo shopping, reminiscing, etc. Husband was beyond irritated upon our return because both of us still had to pack and get our luggage out... No biggie, I commented. The clothes I had so carefully packed pre-cruise now sailed out of the closet into a tumultuous pile. In a flurry of swimsuits, straw hats and formal gowns, I was packed and the bags were in the hallway before the deadline.

 

I wanted to go back out, but husband was still too fumed. We "chilled" on the balcony for a while instead - I enjoyed one last White Russian and marveled at the magnificent wake of the ship (we were fortunate to be in an aft JS on Deck 10 with one of those seriously BIG balconies). Got ready for bed, checked my attire for departure... and realized to my numbing shock and disbelief - that I had NO shoes!! I'm no Imelda, but my daughter and I typically pack a "shoe" bag when we travel. I must have brought 8 or 10 pairs with me, but I had narry a pair to wear off the ship the next morning. Each and every shoe had succumbed... victims of my packing frenzy.

 

I flew into the hallway to fish a pair out of my bags - OH NO - the suitcases were gone! I ran down the hall (in my robe) and grabbed the porter - he was dragging a mountain of weighty bags, more than any human should be able to manage actually - my bag was surely there, but no, it was not among them. Gone already he said. Utter despair began to set in at that point...

 

I dressed the next morning in my long slinky travel dress and jacket (rich brown with leopard trim), feeling comfy and stylish. We enjoyed our last breakfast in the Windjammer - then waited to be called for departure in one of the lounges with about 500 other people - finally we disembarked the ship - and all the while, I was very, very noticeably... barefooted.

[Shanafan]

Thanks for the laugh. If it is not already there, perhaps another good "cruise tip" would be to pack your clothes to wear home in a ziploc bag, so those of us, who have a hard time packing on the last night because you don't want to waste precious time doing this horrible job, will not be stuck in the morning without something to wear.

[PTarbay]

The 250 lb women in a bikini. I wanted to buy her a t-shirt. What are they thinking? Save it for the pool at home.

 

How about the large men in those tiny little speedos.One man we saw had a huge belly hanging down you almost had to look behind him to see he was wearing anything :D

[blackpool belle]

The sight of my husband parading round dressed as a woman during "The Quest". I never thought I would live to see the day. He is normally so reserved and wouldn't dream of ever doing anything like that but seeing as he was the only man in our team he didn't have much choice. I just couldn't stop laughing and videoed it for posterity!!

[goodml]

I've got a '250 lb woman in a string bikini' story too. It happened about 7 years ago when dh, ds, dd and self were cruising on the Fantasy. My son was about 7 years old at the time and the two of us decided to spend some time laying around the pool reading. Somehow we ended up with two excellent chairs right in the front row by the pool with the walk way directly in front of us. I was in heaven - beautiful sunny day, calm seas, some fancy drink in my hand and a great book to read. My son was behaving quite nicely in the chair beside me, sometimes reading and other times snapping pictures with a disposable camera. Every so often he'd let out a really cute giggle and I'd say, 'what's so funny?' Of course, he'd reply, 'nothing mom' and because I was so into my book and so totally relaxed, I'd just smile and think, great he's enjoying himself and so am I. When we got home and got the pictures developed there were about 6 pictures of this extreeeeemely large woman in a string:eek: :eek: bikini that I had noticed parading around the pool from time to time and thought, I really wish she'd bought a suit that flattered her a bit more (to say the least). Well apparently my son was amused by her too, because we've got butt shots of her from just about every angle imaginable. OMG did we laugh when we saw those pictures.

[nosnobunny]

Our funniest moment was last year during the Quest game. Now one male member of our group of 10 is a retired bank manager and everything that you would imagine - very reserved and conservative. :rolleyes: Well we had plied him with several stiff drinks prior to the game and when the CD asked for a pair of men's troussers, he had his off faster than you could blink an eye. :eek: I will never forget turning to see him standing just off the dance floor wearing nothing but a white dress shirt, tie, black dress socks and screaming white briefs.....drink in hand. :D It wasn't a pretty sight but one I'll never forget. This is a man who doesn't like to take off his socks at the beach in case someone sees his toes! :p

 

Beth

[cruisingagentone]

I ALWAYS wear what I am wearing home when I pack shoes included then I don't have that panic wake up at 2am and wonder if I have shoes or a shirt or pants to wear home!!!!

[LoriLinay]

The morning after formal night...

 

Go to the lido for a cup of coffee. It's pouring rain out. Look over to the right and see a man, fully clothed in his tuxedo, sound asleep in a chair right next to the pool. Soaking wet.

 

I'm going to imagine there was a really angry wife tucked warmly inside her cabin.....

[jerzzgirl]

I cruised w/ my mom 2 years ago. She was originally suppose to go w/ a girlfriend but she became ill and was unable to go. My mom still had to pay for double occupancy and she said I should just go with her since it was paid for anyway - I figured I'd be crazy not to go. The thing was that the week before I was in Vegas (for a work related workshop) and my fiance came with me. We planned prior to leaving to get married while we were there but didn't tell anyone. We decided we'd have every one over after the cruise to help celebrate and I had invitations made. I waited till we were in our room and the ship sailed (in case she didn't take it so well and wanted to toss me off the ship!) and I gave her the invitation... She was a little shocked at first but once it set it she spent the rest of the week telling everyone that her daughter was on her honeymoon with her!

 

Oh, and the elderly lady at the pool tanning in her 18 hour bra and shorts... :D

[mammallama]

Two weeks ago, on the Majesty, as we were getting ready to leave Cozumel, my friend and I were standing out on the Promeande deck watching people run for the ship. (The Grandeur was docked across from us.) All of a sudden my friend pokes me in the side and says, "Check out the window, third from the bottom, left side of gangway". OMG!!! There they were, going at it like rabbits! Had to laugh...and stare. I kept hoping he would look up so I could hold up 8 fingers. Hee hee. (He didn't get a 10 rating, boring missionary.) :o

[plyman69]

Well... the room of the cruise ship...Radiance of the sea.. category b at the time now called Grand Suite.. anyways the room was set up exactly like our bedroom.. well in my 1/2 drunk stupor.. i had to go potty in the middle of the night... well i went out the door to the hallway in stead of to the bathroom... There i was in the middle of the hallway BUCKO NAKEDO... luckily it was like 5 am.. only an old couple down a few doors caught a glimpse as they were one of those people that get up early and watch the sun rise... anyways after 3 min of pounding on the door and yelling open the door i am naked out here (big mistake to say that)... my wife finally decided to open the door... but not before the people around us opened the door and got a look.. the guy in the room across the hall opened the door and threw the towel at me....we all had a chuckle...

 

Tom

plyman69@yahoo.com

[mammallama]

Plyguy--Too funny! Don't you hate it when that happens?

[iroyster]

I kept hoping he would look up so I could hold up 8 fingers. Hee hee. (He didn't get a 10 rating, boring missionary.) :o

 

Mammallama,

You are embarassing me! Shame on you! :D

Ira

[mammallama]

Don't be embarassed Ira. Remember...yours was bigger. ;)

[bld16]

I agree, the Quest is the funniest thing I've seen. A very proper Englishman and his wife were celebrating 35 yrs of marriage, and he was the only male in our group. Lots of pictures for his wife to prove back home he really did put on those nylons!

[iroyster]

Don't be embarassed Ira. Remember...yours was bigger. ;)

 

 

I better not go there :) we both might get booted! :cool:

Ira

[mammallama]

Ship. Iras ship was bigger than mine. There. I said it.

[dhughes]

Was on my honeymoon back 96 on the Majesty of the Sea's. We were leaving one of the ports, and I decided to go to the photo gallery. When I walked past the stateroom next door I noticed the door was open and of course I looked in. Up on the bed was a woman stark naked bent over with her head looking out the porthole. Not knowing what to do I went to the photo gallery. On the way back the stateroom was still open and she was still mooning the hallway, but this time there was a couple behind me who saw the same thing I did and began to laugh. Next thing I heard was a very loud "OH SH**" and a door slamming.

[Jevey]

I've told this before, but a while back..still good for a chuckle. It was formal night and was deep in conversation with our table guests. Dying for a wee, I just had to dash off. There and behold was the loo right outside the dining room. "How fortunate" I thought. Well I went through the motions of making my bladder very comfy once again, and proceeded to wash my hands.

 

'Funny" I thought, it smells so nice in here, and real towels to boot. Then one of the bus boys came in, pointed Percy at the porcelain and I was mortified! "Why is he using our toilet, and why is there an urinal here too? "I said to myself. Then the penny dropped, especially as one of the guests that sat right behind us came in laughing his head off. Trust me I moved quicker than before I ever had the wee!! All week long this chap behind us kept telling everyone how I prefer "The gents"

 

Moral of this story? Take your specs when heading to the loo Those 'men' signs can be mistaken for a 'woman' when one is desperate!

[madforcruising]

Well I think I already told this story before on another thread but I still can´t forget the laugh.

It was at the newlywed game and it was the honeymoon couple.

And the question of course was for the strangest place they made whoopie (sp?).

His answer:

It was right here in the theater. The crowd was screaming and shouting as you can believe and the CD made it even better with telling the people not to laugh it could have been in their seat.

Now after this was over she had to answer the same question and everybody was expecting that she´ll say the same.

Her answer:

Oh that must have been in the Windjammer.

The tears rolled of the eyes from many people and it was hard to go on with the show.

Of course it was played endless on the TV for the rest of the cruise.