[inflorida]

I taken many cruises and have to say I'm not surprised this happened on Carnival.

[Mr. K]

Has anyone here gone on a cruise?

I want to take my children on one (from florida or somehing)

I heard a comedian on SirriusXM the other day talking about how everyone on board wad a big fat wad - is that true?

[SuziQ]

“I'd sailed on other ships before, and there was never anything like this that happened on another ship. I think it's disgraceful that they allowed something like this to happen,” he said.

The cruise line can't help it if idiots start fighting, and if there are 10 or more folks, as was this fight, it would take a bit to get them under control, because they can run away from being nabbed, and go virtually anywhere on the ship. The crew did the right thing by keeping folks in their rooms, so that those not involved wouldn't get caught up in the fracas.

Putting the goobers off in Mexico, and requiring them to make their own way home, paid for by the cruise line was the perfect solution. They don't have to pay to get home, and the rest of the passengers don't have to inconvenienced by the idiots.

[castlegreyskull]

I didnt know the WTO was hosting their summit on a cruise ship this week.

[SuziQ]

My girl cousins, younger sister, and I are going on a cruise next summer. We'll probably be sailing out of New Orleans or Mobile on a 5 night cruise. One cousin is bringing her twin girls, who will graduate from high school next Spring. Another cousin will bring her 24 year old daughter, and I'll be bringing our 23 year old daughter, who will graduate from college next Spring. We're looking forward to it.

My husband will not set foot on a large cruise ship. He likens it to being in prison, except in prison, there's no chance of drowning. ;o) In a few years, he and I plan to go on a European River Cruise, and see some of the medieval city centers along the Rhine, Rhone or maybe the Danube. They're fairly small ships, and the folks who go on them are mostly older, retired folks. Fine with me, they won't keep us up late at night with their partying.

[neverbluffer]

A friend of mine was on this ship when this happened. He said they were all black passengers and acted like a budge of hoodlums...

The story seems to go out of its way to not state the obvious...