Carnival Ectasy riding out Rita: very funny

[Don Haynes]

See it at this link: Yes, my Wallace and Gromit signature is too mild.....

http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bryanotter/album?.dir=2fee&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//uk.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

[Happy ks]

This would be a good site for people who have had their ship diverted to a place where they didn't choose to go. I won't mention any ship names or port names, but there was one not long ago with very angry pax! I sure wouldn't want to be on a cruise ship in weather like that!

 

I could get seasick from just looking at those pics!

[House_Atreides]

PASS THE MECLIZINE!!!

[sunshine 229]

Carnival Ectasy riding out Rita: very funny

I'm not sure what is so funny about it but it does look rough!I hope those people don't have too many days like that on their cruise.

[TrentS]

I've been in seas that rough twice, it's actually a lot of FUN!!! I love it so much I've taken the QE2's North Atlantic crossing in winter just FOR the rough seas. It's very disappointing though when it's not as rough as that.

[brunolvr]

See it at this link: Yes, my Wallace and Gromit signature is too mild.....

http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bryanotter/album?.dir=2fee&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//uk.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

Just curious as to how or who took the pictures. Were they on another ship or what?

[Don Haynes]

I'm not sure. Either from another ship or from an oil well platform, possibly a helicopter serving an oil rig.

[Globaliser]

I've been in seas that rough twice, it's actually a lot of FUN!!! I love it so much I've taken the QE2's North Atlantic crossing in winter just FOR the rough seas. It's very disappointing though when it's not as rough as that.

Yes - that is what I call a real cruise! None of this namby-pamby flat-as-a-millpond stuff, which is for wimps. What's the point of being at sea if the ship doesn't move? Might as well fly there and be on dry land ... :D

[Goldryder]

The photo's are of Ecstacy taken from Sensation during Rita. The ships are chartered to FEMA and it was decided that it would be safer for them to ride it out away from Galveston docks where they are being used for temp housing from Katrina. IIRC there are approx 500 crew and 200 pax on each ship at the time these photos.

 

There was another thread about the photos on the site somewhere.

[Happy ks]

I'm not sure what is so funny about it but it does look rough!I hope those people don't have too many days like that on their cruise.

 

Except this ship was not on a cruise. I do feel sorry for the crew onboard, though, they can get seasick, too!

[GOLDENBONNY]

See it at this link: Yes, my Wallace and Gromit signature is too mild.....

http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bryanotter/album?.dir=2fee&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//uk.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

:o I CANT SEE THIS PICTURE DO I NEE TO SIGN IN?

[ceallaigh]

Hi All,

 

For some reason I can't access the picture. I logged into Yahoo and still couldn't look at it. :(

[zimmerjulie]

Hi All,

 

For some reason I can't access the picture. I logged into Yahoo and still couldn't look at it. :(

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Ditto here.

[SeattleCruiselover]

If I wasn't seasick last week (and I really wasn't, it was a virus) I certainly AM now, after looking at that. Glad I am not them.

[2Cruise4Ever]

The pics were moved. Try here:

 

 

 

http://community.webshots.com/album/463051526fxtCvC

[zimmerjulie]

Thanks! That worked.

 

 

WOW!!!

[calmac]

These photos bring back childhood memories!! My dad was in the British Merchant Navy and always took lots of photos and cine films (remember those anyone??) - all of the sea but usually only when it was rough or very rough (nothing quite as interesting in the pictures as another ship, ever). My aunt could never watch his cine films as she became very seasick just watching them.

[TravelQN]

I guess they must have canceled the outdoor bar-b-q that day.

[House_Atreides]

I guess they must have canceled the outdoor bar-b-q that day.

 

And I suppose the men's hairy chest contest was cancelled too!!:D

[daybreakbds]

i think for those pax on board -they at least deserve a free cruise for the pain and suffering. :D :D

[ts01854]

I know this is a stupid question. but how does the ship not fall over on it's side

[Globaliser]

i think for those pax on board -they at least deserve a free cruise for the pain and suffering. :D :D

Fortunately*, no passengers. These were two of the FEMA ships that simply left New Orleans for the safety of the open sea, just for the duration of the hurricane. I believe that they only had crew on board.

 

* I personally wouldn't have minded - I'd have loved it. If I'd been thrown off the ship before it sailed, I'd have said "unfortunately".

I know this is a stupid question. but how does the ship not fall over on it's side

If rolled far enough, the ship will eventually "fall over" and capsize. I think that every ship has a critical roll angle beyond which it will do that. But the angles are far greater than you might suppose, because their centres of gravity are lower than a first glance at the ship might suggest.

[CruisinMatt]

If these were pics of everyone's beloved NCL Dawn, I doubt this would be titled "very funny".....

 

I'd dont see anything that has to do with the past storms "funny".... just me...

[fin]

I have had a very satisfying number of CC visitors on my weblog from that thread, but if any NCL folk want to see a nice picture of the same ship in Aruba, taken coincidentally a year ago today, it is posted on my weblog.

 

The address is http://fin.journalspace.com, and is now the second or thirid entry. And thanks to those of you who have clicked by.

[duanesgame]

I think I'll pay attention next time at the life boat drills.