The winter cruise from hell: Ship carrying 4,000 passengers is battered by 30-feet swells and hurricane force winds
The winter cruise from hell: Ship carrying 4,000 passengers is battered by 30-feet swells and hurricane force winds as it sailed directly INTO the winter 'bomb cyclone' on way to Bahamas before turning back
- A 4,000 passenger cruise ship called The Norwegian Breakaway sailed earlier this week to the Bahamas
- The vessel sailed right into the 'bomb cyclone,' a fierce winter storm that has battered the East Coast
- As water began seeping through the ceilings and flooding the deck, a wave of panic and seasickness gripped passengers
- In an initially statement released Friday, Norwegian Cruise Line made no mention of the harrowing experience
- They later released an apology to passengers, saying that weather conditions were stronger than expected
....Ross said that over a 'traumatic' two day period, the cruise liner suffered a colossal battering by ocean swells that at time rose up to 30 feet.
'When you're on a boat in the middle of the ocean and water is pouring down the stairs, you're thinking 'this is not going to end well,' Karoline said.
'Our room was full on two inches of water. The elevator shafts were dripping water everywhere,' Del said.
As water began seeping through the ceilings and flooding the deck, a wave of panic and seasickness gripped passengers, some taking to social media to document their horrific experience.
'There were people crying, everyone was throwing up. it was a nightmare,' said Olivia Ross. 'It was so tilted I was shaking.'
'I'm completely traumatized. I'll never go on any type of boat again in my life after this,' fellow passenger Emma Franzese told CBS New York once the ship docked.
'I was holding on for dear life. I honestly wasn't sure we were going to make it through the night. The boat was tilted like crazy,' said passenger Conor Vogt.
'Everything fell off our shelf, glasses broke in the middle of the night. There was no announcement made,' passenger Luisa Franzese said.
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It could have been worse
Reminds me of the days while in the CG driving a buoy tender in the Chesapeake Bay/Baltimore area during some of our off-shore repairs/replacements -
157' Red class Coastal Buoy Tender (WLM). I was on the Red Cedar and Red Birch. Many a time the waters would get so rough during storms that we'd have to batten down each and every hatch and hang on to the inner riggings to keep from being tossed off the vessel. Fun times though
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And thus why I don't ever want to take a cruise. You are a prisoner on of a food and alcohol drinking jail, with horror to top it off.
Nope... not interested.
I think that because of well, ships like the Titanic and Queen Mary etc, out of the past, going on a cruise is seen as glamorous.
I've never had any yearn for it either.
Oh jeez, let me not leave out the Love Boat
I love cruises. Experiences like this one are incredibly rare. That’s like saying I’ll never fly because there was a plane crash. The best vacations I’ve ever had we’re on cruises, hands down. There’s always something to do, and the food is incredible.