Posted on 04/29/2025 9:47:37 AM PDT by Red Badger
In a dramatic video posted to Facebook, dozens of cruise-goers erupted in a brawl that went viral on social media. In the cinematic clip, passengers can be seen fistfighting and throwing luggage as others desperately attempt to escape the chaos.
For context, cruise ship brawls have become a common sight as lines slash prices and offer large quantities of alcohol to attract patrons. Often, these unruly passengers are banned from subsequent cruises due to their poor behavior.
In any case, the dramatic incident was posted to Facebook on April 26, 2025. Trelle Ray, who captured the disgraceful brawl, added her commentary in the caption to her post. She laconically said, “It went down this morning ‼️ #CarnivalJubilee #carnivalcruise”
The New York Post picked up the story and wrote an article about the drunken dispute, which provided additional context. According to a Carnival Cruise spokesperson, “The incident occurred in the debarkation area under the authority of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.”
The spokesperson explained the company’s policies towards unruly passengers and said this behavior is unacceptable. Their statement continued, “The matter was turned over to law enforcement. We will not tolerate such behavior, and 24 people have been placed on our Do Not Sail list.”
According to the same article, the violence erupted among Carnival Cruise ship passengers in Texas. Consequently, more than a dozen people were banned from the cruise liner for life. The pugilists had just docked in Galveston following a week-long Caribbean cruise when the brawl broke out.
After the same clip was posted to X, users blasted the passengers for their shockingly bad behavior. One comment noted, “Imagine saving up for your dream cruise and then walking in to the terminal and seeing this.” One of the respondents joked, “Funny, Carnival is on my “do not sail” list.”
Watch the brawl here:
VIDEO AT LINK..................
Reacting to the disaster, one comment advocated for harsher punishments for the unruly cruise passengers. The reply read, “[We need something] similar to a no-fly list. Create a no-public interstate travel list that disallows anyone to access planes, trains, or boats that get funds from the government if they cause any sort of incident or need to be forcibly removed from public transportation. Tie it to their passport.”
Offering their personal cruising experience, one user noted a decline in the quality of passengers. The reply read, “We have cruised extensively. By far, our family’s only negative experience was on the Carnival line—the crowds were very young, rowdy, and seemed to travel in very large groups of frenemies. Add alcohol + closed quarters, and everyone’s experience is ruined.”
Roundin’ out the comments, many social media users said that Carnival Cruises brought this behavior on themselves by catering to low-income customers. One of the many replies noted, “Carnival is known as the party cruise. I’ve been on many cruises, but I refuse to go on Carnival.” Another replied in a similar vein, saying, “I went on one carnival cruise in my life. I will never go again. Low-cost cruise equals low-cost people.”
Ha ha.
River cruises are also expensive enough and tied to cultural experiences sufficiently to prevent the riffraff from participating. You won’t see this clientele nor the ghetto buffoonery they inevitably bring with them. Worth every penny.
I have seen those too.
There are also ships that start in Portland, ME and stop at multiple towns along the Maine coast.
There was a ship like that in Bar Harbor when we were there last August.
Say no more.
No filter on their react button.
Stab you in the heart....punch you in the face.
Start a brawl over the smallest slight?
Beware of this propensity from that race.
That is the demographic they are tying to advertise to. They are expensive, but you get what you pay for, IMHO. My wife and I went on a Windjammer Barefoot Cruise for our honeymoon 28 years ago. It was one of five vessels that motor/sailed around different Caribbean islands. The one we went on was out of Tortola. It did a weekly circuit and stopped at various British Virgin Island destinations.
Generally going where smaller yachts sailed. It was great.
It was also a week long booze cruise. Which was fine for us at that age.
The Euro river cruises are nice. I may go on one in the future. However, I am more of a set your own itinerary type
Ost of my 50+ cruises have been on Princess cruises (platinum status), Royal Caribbean (also platinum), some on Norwegian. Last 5 years I did a few Carnival sailings. Those are cheaper and does attract a different class of people. Especially their drink package is cheaper and bars are always crowded. Only thing good on carnival is food and desserts are pretty good. Last day on any cruise is much less stressful now compared to older days starting in 1988 for me. I prefer large Oasis class ships because the entertainment is better. They can afford to hire best shows with 6000+ passengers sharing cost. Surprising those mega ships are least crowded because there are a dozen restaurants to choose and 15+ bars on board. River cruise would be boring to me due to lack of high level production of daily shows.
“24 people have been placed on our Do Not Sail list”
No problem, they will take Spirit airlines next time.
My wife and I are enjoying cruises in our retirement. To avoid the ghetto crowd, we definitely avoid Carnival. Our last three cruises have been on Princess, Holland America and Celebrity. We purposely pick cruises that are at least two weeks long and are during the school year. The result is that the crowds are predominantly retirees and white, and there are very few kids or 13%ers.
To prolong your life, avoid “them”.
Notice that it was THE USUAL SUSPECTS fighting. It is no coincidence.
All we do, tumbles to the ground though we refuse to see gorillas in the mist.
them has no personal control.
So we mist the gorillas..........
” Dozens of Drunken Cruise-Goers Break into Dramatic Brawl”
Dozens of BLACK Drunken Cruise-Goers Break into Dramatic Brawl.
Uncivilized.
I am assuming these floating apartment buildings have their own robbery/homicide and swat teams available.
Technically they were on port authority property awaiting Customs Inspection.
But ships do have their own security and the US has to get permission to board from whatever nation the ship is flagged under, which they always do anyways........
I understand these floating apartment buildings have their own security. The cooks probably double as security when things get ugly. But with all these reports of deaths, mini riots and full on brawls and assaults, I’d guess something a bit more serious is needed.
I’m sure they have some serious firepower if necessary.............
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