what is the wildest,craziest thing you've ever seen on a cruise?

[dancing bear]

We were on the Mariner in January and docked in Puerto Vallarta. They had a bomb scare, and those passengers on the bottom four decks who didn't get off before 9 a.m. were restricted to ship for the day. A young couple spent their time at the pool bar, and when we returned late that afternoon and my best friend and I went to have a drink there, the young lady...who was quite attractive...all of a sudden lifted her top over her head for a good two minutes. She was amply endowed, and while I was enjoying the scenery her husband/boyfriend looked over at me and said "Those are $8,000 worth" and I immediately replied "She definitely got her money's worth!" The next morning, my wife and I (and I had told her this story after returning to our cabin) happened to pass the couple sunning by the pool. I said "Good morning", and it was obvious by her sheepish acknowledgement that she was quite embarresed about the incident.

[stompy]

This isn't really wild in a funny way, but more of a wild in 'I'm shocked he remembered - what are the chances' type way...

 

My first cruise was with my mom in 2003 for my HS graduation on the Celebrity Constellation. One day we were lounging on one the deck above the pool looking down at the pool games when I saw a waiter walking around with drinks that I thought was kind of cute. Of course in the Caribbean sun I had my sunglasses on, so I don't think he knew I had been looking at him. Anyway, after awhile I didn't see him anymore so I figured he was done with his shift (he had been staying in the same area serving drinks for as long as I had been out there). Out of nowhere I am covered in strawberry daquiri and I look up to find none other but the cute waiter with the most embarrassed look on his face, he mumbled I am so sorry and ran away!!!!!!! Now I am a VERY low maintenance girl. I can laugh at myself and silly situations I find myself in, so I was cracking up about it.

Fast forward to a year later when I am on the Zenith with my aunt and the first nite at dinner someone taps me on the shoulder, I turn around and there is mr cute waiter with a strawberry daquiri, he set it down next to me and said " I think I owe you this miss!"

I couldn't believe it!

 

Wow what a fun story.

 

We ran into our waiter from last year in the Windjammer and he remembered us from a year ago.

 

We also had the SAME tour guide in the Azores from 2009 when we went back this year-what are the odds?

[guyver]

This isn't really wild in a funny way, but more of a wild in 'I'm shocked he remembered - what are the chances' type way...

 

My first cruise was with my mom in 2003 for my HS graduation on the Celebrity Constellation. One day we were lounging on one the deck above the pool looking down at the pool games when I saw a waiter walking around with drinks that I thought was kind of cute. Of course in the Caribbean sun I had my sunglasses on, so I don't think he knew I had been looking at him. Anyway, after awhile I didn't see him anymore so I figured he was done with his shift (he had been staying in the same area serving drinks for as long as I had been out there). Out of nowhere I am covered in strawberry daquiri and I look up to find none other but the cute waiter with the most embarrassed look on his face, he mumbled I am so sorry and ran away!!!!!!! Now I am a VERY low maintenance girl. I can laugh at myself and silly situations I find myself in, so I was cracking up about it.

Fast forward to a year later when I am on the Zenith with my aunt and the first nite at dinner someone taps me on the shoulder, I turn around and there is mr cute waiter with a strawberry daquiri, he set it down next to me and said " I think I owe you this miss!"

I couldn't believe it!

 

It really is incredible. On ou cruise in January, we had one of the poolside waiters come up to me and say "I remember you, you are mister rum & coke". It had been 3 years since we were on that ship!!

I must really drink too much!!:D

[fly757s]

Well on a dare I dressed like this and did a few laps around the decks....

 

THOSE SHOES HURT

[fly757s]

I have also been know to "hide out" in towel hampers waiting for the hapless passerby....

 

 

 

[fly757s]

SO perhaps I might be the cause of more stories that I realized. I just thought of a doozie that happened to me and my cruise mate last year on the Century.

As luck would have it this was my first vacation as a single man in 8 years. Well low and behold around day three after a few (many) drinks I invited someone to my room. You know we were both terribly sunburned and jeez I just cant reach that itchy part on my back.

Well off I sent Trent to go wander the decks. (8 years is a long time afterall and what happens in Vegas sometimes happens on cruise ships 2 :cool:

 

To understand what happened next, a knowledge of the deck plan comes in handy.We had a inner 8226. The inners wrap around the entire deck and our room happened to be a corner room.

Well Trent went up to the martini bar and got sloshed wallowing in his misfortune. Eventually it was time for him to come "home" Well Trent got his bow and stern and starboard and port a little mixed up. Upon finding "our" room he began banging on the door because for some reason his key didnt work. Fun creative expletives began (from what I was told) spouting from his mouth. This apparently continued until a older gentleman kindly opened the door and redirected him to his correct stateroom.... From then on we have agreed to employ the sock on the door type method when necessary. Cruise critic signs work wonders for this as well...

 

Drew

[go&see]

Can't think of anything crazy right now but I thought this thread deserved a bump back up to the top. Maybe we'll get some fresh stories?

[Ilivetogo]

Who knows ... maybe after next week I'll have another story to add ... :rolleyes:

 

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[sadiecat]

This happened on our last trip to Hawaii -- there was swimming training for the Iron Man contest going on at the pier and I was sitting under a tent watching and taking pictures. A Frenchman proceeded to come up from the beach after taking his laps and dry off in front of me. To my surprise he striped off his little swimsuit and turned around with your guessed it his stuff right in my face....so I lifted my digital camera and took a picture....all he did was smile...say something in French which I had no idea what he was saying put on his bike shorts and away he went on his bike for the next round of training.:eek::D:p

[Ilivetogo]

This happened on our last trip to Hawaii -- there was swimming training for the Iron Man contest going on at the pier and I was sitting under a tent watching and taking pictures. A Frenchman proceeded to come up from the beach after taking his laps and dry off in front of me. To my surprise he striped off his little swimsuit and turned around with your guessed it his stuff right in my face....so I lifted my digital camera and took a picture....all he did was smile...say something in French which I had no idea what he was saying put on his bike shorts and away he went on his bike for the next round of training.:eek::D:p

 

Too funny.

 

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[smrtypnts]

This happened on our last trip to Hawaii -- there was swimming training for the Iron Man contest going on at the pier and I was sitting under a tent watching and taking pictures. A Frenchman proceeded to come up from the beach after taking his laps and dry off in front of me. To my surprise he striped off his little swimsuit and turned around with your guessed it his stuff right in my face....so I lifted my digital camera and took a picture....all he did was smile...say something in French which I had no idea what he was saying put on his bike shorts and away he went on his bike for the next round of training.:eek::D:p

Now that's just far too funny!!!:p:D:p

[Creepella]

This happened on our last trip to Hawaii -- there was swimming training for the Iron Man contest going on at the pier and I was sitting under a tent watching and taking pictures. A Frenchman proceeded to come up from the beach after taking his laps and dry off in front of me. To my surprise he striped off his little swimsuit and turned around with your guessed it his stuff right in my face....so I lifted my digital camera and took a picture....all he did was smile...say something in French which I had no idea what he was saying put on his bike shorts and away he went on his bike for the next round of training.:eek::D:p

 

I guess it was a package tour. :p

[Cruiser 4 Life 66]

I am so glad I found this hilarious thread. I just started reading it yesterday and I'm only up to page 13, but it is so funny I have almost had tears at times. I read this at work so I have to hold in the laughter (a very difficult task!) and I end up turning red and tears well up. I thought I would add my story to the thread.

 

Sailing out of Juneau in May 2009 on the Rhapsody of the Seas a lot of us were at the railing on the Promenade Deck when we saw a group of about 20 college age kids run down to the shore to wave us goodbye. I was filming with my camcorder and thought this would be a nice thing to show my non-cruising relatives, how when you leave a cruise port people on the shore wave goodbye.

 

I was watching this scene of the college kids thru the tiny LCD screen on the camcorder and they were far away, so I couldn't see much except little figures far away. I get home, transfer the video to the computer, and make DVDs for a lot of my relatives, including those with small children and those who are very religious and prim and proper. I mailed the DVDs off the next day then sat down to watch my own copy on my big screen HDTV. The video was filmed in HD too so it was crystal clear.

 

Imagine my horror when the DVD gets to that part of the college kids waving us goodbye and I see they were not waving us goodbye, THEY WERE MOONING US!!!!!! :eek: 20 bare butts all lined up in a row shaking at us! :eek: And I sent this to all my relatives! OMG! Luckily no one said anything, but in the future I will watch DVDs I make on a big screen before sending them out.

[tgptmp]

I am so glad I found this hilarious thread. I just started reading it yesterday and I'm only up to page 13, but it is so funny I have almost had tears at times. I read this at work so I have to hold in the laughter (a very difficult task!) and I end up turning red and tears well up. I thought I would add my story to the thread.

 

Sailing out of Juneau in May 2009 on the Rhapsody of the Seas a lot of us were at the railing on the Promenade Deck when we saw a group of about 20 college age kids run down to the shore to wave us goodbye. I was filming with my camcorder and thought this would be a nice thing to show my non-cruising relatives, how when you leave a cruise port people on the shore wave goodbye.

 

I was watching this scene of the college kids thru the tiny LCD screen on the camcorder and they were far away, so I couldn't see much except little figures far away. I get home, transfer the video to the computer, and make DVDs for a lot of my relatives, including those with small children and those who are very religious and prim and proper. I mailed the DVDs off the next day then sat down to watch my own copy on my big screen HDTV. The video was filmed in HD too so it was crystal clear.

 

Imagine my horror when the DVD gets to that part of the college kids waving us goodbye and I see they were not waving us goodbye, THEY WERE MOONING US!!!!!! :eek: 20 bare butts all lined up in a row shaking at us! :eek: And I sent this to all my relatives! OMG! Luckily no one said anything, but in the future I will watch DVDs I make on a big screen before sending them out.

 

For what it is worth. I am a Baptist Pastor--very conservative--I think that is funny.

[amberb21]

Well I have been reading this thread for days, it has definitely put me in a great mood! I just joined the board and am going on my first cruise to the Mediterranean for my honeymoon next summer, so I don't have a story of my own but I have one about my grandmother. Not nearly as funny as some of these but-

 

My grandparents went on a Caribbean cruise about 10 years ago and they were in the ship's casino when several mexican men approached her and asked her for money. She of course did not oblige them, and they yelled "el cheapo" at her numerous times. Well for the whole rest of the cruise everyone who was in that casino would call her "El Cheapo" everytime they saw her, and to this day we still call her el cheapo

[rajones007]

I've been reading this thread for the last couple days and came to a point somewhere in the middle where people were talking about labelling other passengers. Not in a derogatory way, just a way to help you and your party to identify others quickly.

 

My story isn't particulary funny, more of a "you had to be on the ship" moment, I guess.

 

My first cruise in 1995 was a charter out of Toronto to Puerto Plata. Everybody on our plane (and 3 other planes that day + a handful more planes from Europe) was going on this small 800-900 passenger cruise on a now defunct cruiseline.

 

I first spotted this old gentleman, all by himself, in the airport. He had to be in his early 80's. I commented to my wife and our friends that he looked just like Simon the Likeable, one of the villains from the old Get Smart television series. He was the spitting image (if the villain was 30 years older). We seen him on the bus to the pier and we constantly seen him when onboard the ship. Whenever anybody in our party seen him they would say "there's Simon the Likeable". And he seemed like such a nice and fun guy. The nickname was so fitting because he was just so damn likeable. He was always doing stuff, taking part in contests and such. He ended up being a very popular guy on the cruise.

 

It wasn't long until the nickname Simon took hold with others beyond our party and it seemed like more and more other passengers were now calling him Simon the Likeable. During one of the contests out by the pool, the MC even called him Simon the Likeable right to his face. But Simon didn't mind. He just kept on having fun wherever he was.

 

One the 5th day of the 7 day cruise I actually got to sit down and talk to him. His real name? Simon.

 

He thought it was hilarious that he was dubbed Simon the Likeable. He never heard of the Get Smart villain, but he was quite pleased with the moniker.

Edited September 3, 2010 by rajones007
I can't spell.

[skypilot52]

Okay, here goes.

 

My DW and another couple and me were in Cozumel a couple years ago and we rented one of those black jeeps to drive around with. After checking out the Mayan ruins we headed back to town and parked the jeep on a one way side street so that the girls could go shop. My friend and I decided we didnt want to shop, so instead

parked ourselves at Sr. Frogs at around 11am, and didnt leave there till the wives called us on the Walkie talkie around, oh I'd say, 3:30pm.

27 specility drinks, one shot glass down the pants dance for the both of us and a squirt from the hose on the way to the banyo later, we staggerd over to the LLYADRO store (but not before finding out they sell beer for a buck in between the buildings) where the girls found us taking a nap on the floor.(I'm getting to the funny part now)

The wives decided it was time to head back to the ship (around 4pm now) so we went hunting for the Jeep. Well, we came to find out that where we parked it, there was about 1 block of parked Black Jeeps. No problem, just put the key in every one till it starts, right?? Well, that is exactly what we did, along with about 15 other drivers who rented these things, too.

We found our jeep, and lo and behold, we had parked in front of a Motor Scooter rental store. Picture this, 20 scooter in front of our jeep, and 10 or so parked in back of the jeep. I gotta tell you, these Mexicans dont leave enough room for a guy to back up and pull away from the curb, so I just put it in reverse, backed up a tad, barely tapped the scooter behind me, but watched them all fall over just like dominos, anyway.

By this time my wife is screaming at me, from the end of the block to hurry up as she has to go to the bathroom, so I put it in 1st gear and pulled out, just barely clipping the bike in front of me and watched them topple over one by one, also. By this time, i was in the middle of the one way street, going the wrong way, so I just backed up a block to pick up the wives who were waiting for us. (Not bad, considering that the shop owner was running down the street yelling at us in Spanish, and we couldnt understand a word of it!) My friend was kinda passed out in the back, so he was no help anyway!!!

When my wife figured out that we were just a wee bit haha, she pulled me by the ear out of the drivers seat so she could drive.

As we drove away, we heard cheering from the sidewalk from the other "turistas" there who witnessed this little escapade, So i stood up in the back, held onto the rollbar, and just gave them alittle wave, just like a South American Dictator would!!!

We thought that it was all over, until we staggered into the MDW that night, as as I was walking to our table, lo and behold came another standing ovation by about 20 people or so who saw what had happend that day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

And I thought no one knew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Smokin J]

We were on the NCL SKy last Halloween . And there was a group (Italian I think) All were pretty :cool:BUZZED With one of the (He had to be in his 50's, over 250 lbs) He was wearing NOTHING BUT A BEER HAT AND A SPEEDO:eek: and looked liked they were all having a good time:D.

[servicejoe]

This thread IS HAILARIOUS.

OK here goes. This was from last September 09 on the Carnival Legend

Remember this is my first cruise ever and I am thinking does this happen all the time. My girlfriend and I were returning from the casino late one evening, got off the elevator, turned the corner and bam there she was!!!

A young beautiful well toned naked girl passed out in the hallway. At first my GF, who is a nurse checked her to make sure that she was breathing and that she was not in any serious medical trouble. Once that was determined I went and got a blanket from our room for her while my GF attended to her.

She was curled up in a fetal sleeping position with nothing on but some shorts pulled down to her ankles and by the looks of the carpet she had just peed all over. Once we got her awake and somewhat alert she was on her way to wherever? with our blanket.

[skypilot52]

Naw.......the peeing part doesn't happen all the time.....

[servicejoe]

I just remebered something that happened a very long time ago since I was re-reading all these posts.

 

Our family aunts / uncles / cousins / etc. all went on a cruise way back in 1977. Do you remember the song of Norway, that was the ship.

 

Everyone knew that one night they were going to have a geek contest that would require some sort of costume. My cousin (you know the type) pencil protecter glasses etc. He did not prepare anything, just wore his usual clothes and won!!!

[walterharris]

Cruises come in all lengths and cover the world...so what was your longest & shortest, where di you go and on which line/ship?

[framerman]

I just remebered something that happened a very long time ago since I was re-reading all these posts.

 

Our family aunts / uncles / cousins / etc. all went on a cruise way back in 1977. Do you remember the song of Norway, that was the ship.

 

Everyone knew that one night they were going to have a geek contest that would require some sort of costume. My cousin (you know the type) pencil protecter glasses etc. He did not prepare anything, just wore his usual clothes and won!!!

Great little ship she was...the Song of Norway.....our first cruise

[Passin Thru]

Ours had to be the final act on NCL Sky when the whole troupe played a Roman fountain, complete with water pitchers. We got a huge laugh out of them but you gotta see it yourself.

[msgisfree]

This happened on our last trip to Hawaii -- there was swimming training for the Iron Man contest going on at the pier and I was sitting under a tent watching and taking pictures. A Frenchman proceeded to come up from the beach after taking his laps and dry off in front of me. To my surprise he striped off his little swimsuit and turned around with your guessed it his stuff right in my face....so I lifted my digital camera and took a picture....all he did was smile...say something in French which I had no idea what he was saying put on his bike shorts and away he went on his bike for the next round of training.:eek::D:p

 

 

Now thats entertainment!