I would have been a little traumatized, myself, but not enough to whine in public.
Whatever happened to the day when people wouldn't whine out of the shame of it? I saw it as only proper when the Black Knight answered the removal of his arm with, "That? It's only a flesh wound."
Freak wave! Freak wave? They were in the Fri&&&&gen ocean! It gets WET out there. That's why real ships don't have PORTHOLES! Was there a WARNING LABEL on the gangway? Admiral Halsey would have been tickled pink to have to deal with ONE FREAKWAVE. More stories on this will constitute SNIVELING.
I live for adventure travel! My friends have often heard me tell a tale or two of adventure trips gone awry. From rafting the Grand Canyon and the airboat scheduled to pick us up sinking to getting lost in a Belizean Pineforest/Palm Forest trying to locate the boat put-in to canoe over to the Laminai Ruins. Sure it all has risks...,
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty & well preserved body, but rather to skin in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "Wow, what a ride!"
I always tell my kids "It's not an adventure till something goes wrong."
What exactly can these cry-baby passengers see for? A wave???
We are turning into a nation of fags and weenies, and it kills me..
What exactly can these cry-baby passengers sue for? A wave???
We are turning into a nation of fags and weenies, and it kills me..
Time to resurrect this gem:
GEORGE: Ahoy! Mr. Eldridge. I understand you were on the Andrea Doria.
ELDRIDGE: Yes, it was a terrifying ordeal.
GEORGE: I tell ya, I hear people really stuff themselves on those cruise ships. (Laughs) The buffet, that's the real ordeal, huh, Clarence? (Laughs)
ELDRIDGE: (Defensively) We had to abandon ship.
GEORGE: Well, all vacations have to end eventually.
ELDRIDGE: The boat sank.
GEORGE: (Holding up Kramer's book) According to this, it took.. 10 hours. It eased into the water like an old man into a nice warm bath - no offence. (Pause) So, uh, Clarence, how about abandoning this apartment, and letting me shove off in this beauty?
ELDRIDGE: Is that what this is all about?! I don't think I like you. (Enters his apartment, and slams the door behind him)
GEORGE: (Yelling out) It's my apartment, Eldridge! The Stockholm may not have sunk ya, but I will! Ha, ha, ha!
The thing that's not getting much play so far is that the cruise line reportedly ordered the Captain to bypass a scheduled stop in Nassau and head into the storm between them and their port call in New York so that they would be there in time for a publicity tie in with the TV show The Apprentice.
Normal course of events they would have been in Nassau while the storm was at its peak north of them, then cruised from Nassau to NY, arriving sometime late in the day of the scheduled "cross promotion tie in." Unfortunatly the TV crew needed to do their stuff in the morning, so the ship was diverted into weather they would otherwise have avoided to try to insure on time arrival for the event.
Now, that's the report I heard. The fact that I'm not hearing more about it may mean that it's not an accurate story.
The only news story I've found confirms the scheduled tie in filming with the show, but has the cruise line denying that it had any influence on their schedule or what happened.
I've sailed Norwegian and it was quite fun, but they didn't strike me at the best at logistics (a really bad thing for a cruise line), so it's possible either way.
You go on a cruise to get whined and dined. Garcon!! A bottle of your best whine.
I've sailed all my life, and I've been through some nasty experiences. Once I had electricity come jolting up my arm where I was holding a wet line, after a lightning bolt hit the water near us. Once we got knocked flat and would have capsized if the mainsail hadn't ripped to shreds and let us back up again. Once we found ourselves anchored near a lee shore at night when a storm suddenly reversed direction, and it was blowing too hard to shift the anchor or get under way. Once the tiller broke off in my hands half way across Penobscot bay.
Those are the breaks. If you don't like it, stay off the water and do something else for your pleasure. If you get killed, it happens to everyone sooner or later anyway.
I don't know, I think a wave that high gives people the right to whine, they are expecting a cushy vacation. They are getting their money's worth out of the vacation by venting with whines! If she is strong enough to handle the experience great, but she should be more sympathetic to people who are far more frightened of unusual events on the sea.
I loved the scene in The Legend of 1900, where the main character, 1900, plays the piano with a sea sick musician hanging onto to the Grand Piano as it travels around and around the ball room during a huge storm. How to enjoy Mother Nature!
ambulance chaser alert.
A friend of mine in Ireland told me you could "trick" the ocean that you had a bigger boat by casting a looped rope and dragging it along the surface!
I suppose it's possible...?