Craziest thing you've seen another passenger do

[PoppyandNana]

"My brother and SIL were asked to go to a swingers resort with a couple we all met on our cruise. We still laugh about that today."

 

 

A few years ago we stayed at a resort on Orient Beach in St. Maarten Met a couple on the shuttle van on the way to our resort. Nice couple, on their honeymoon. A little heavy though. Would field dress at about 230 each. Anyway, two days later we are sitting on the beach and here comes John and Judy in all their natural (or unnatural) glory. We tried to pretend we didn't see them but no, they plopped down right on the sand next to us. Proceeded to tell us about their resort, the food etc.

Two obese people with a mixture of suntan sufff and sand, stark naked, a foot from my disbelieving eyes made for a interesting morning. Finally, they wandered off as we declined an offer to visit them at their resort. I think I also declined lunch.

[getaway4fun]

Love this thread! Have a few of my own to add and hoping that they will make someone chuckle or at least say "oh my":

 

1) In the Haven on our last cruise on NCL, watched a little boy go up to the cookie platter, pick up every cookie, inspect it, lick it and place it back on the platter. The Haven Butler quickly rushed over and asked the little boy why he had just did that. The little boy responded "if I lick it, my sister won't eat any of them". Butler responded that he was going to have to remove the platter and reminded the little boy to use the tongs and only take what he wanted to eat. Mother of the little boy came over and I thought it was going to be fireworks over the fact that the Butler had chastised her child. Instead, she politely told the Butler thank you and proceeded to reprimand her son. Little boy was not allowed cookies from the Haven for the rest of the cruise, but his sister was. Gotta say, though, I did kinda smile at his response!

 

2) Same cruise, different little boy-very sweet child with special needs. I am a Special Needs teacher so had no problem with him coming over and talking to me. This particular day I just really wanted some peace and quiet with my book so I told him I was going to read and enjoy the sun. An hour or so later, I noticed that his parents are no longer in the Haven and he is just kinda milling around talking to everyone. I motioned for him to come over and he told me that his parents had left him with the kind lady and that they would be back after their spa treatments. Haven Butler was alerted and the parents were summoned out of their spa treatments to come back and get their son. The father actually had the nerve to come up to me the next day and say he didn't think I would "mind" watching their son because I did that as a job. Wow!

 

3) Very first cruise on NCL and DH and I decided to check out Carlos and Charlie's in Cozumel with some of the other folks that we had met on board. Had a great time drinking and dancing. When we got back to the ship and headed to dinner, we saw the couple in the room next to ours. The Mom said that their 16 year old son had gone ashore, went to Carlos and Charlie's and got completely smashed. He told her that he had seen us there and she wanted to know why we had not stopped him from drinking?

 

4) DH and I were seated with a family of 6 on our second cruise. They were great fun and seemed to be up for anything. One of our ports was Jamaica and the teens/young adult children were joking with the parents that they were going to get some "local cigarettes" for them all to try. Well, at least we thought they were joking! Saw them at dinner that night and the entire family were so high they couldn't see straight. The Mom fell asleep at the table and had to be escorted out. The rest of the week we did not see them at all. When we arrived back in Miami, they were all being escorted off the ship by the Miami PD.

 

5) On our last cruise, there was a family with a toddler about 18 months old. On the first day, they came to the Haven area, stripped the child down and allowed him to wander the deck. If he had to pee, he just did in on deck. Lots of people complained, but they continued. On the 3rd day, we were walking past the casino and there in the corner was this family allowing their toddler to throw up - literally right next to a bathroom. Another lady went and reported this and the family were quarantined to their room for the rest of the cruise. Problem of the naked toddler - solved!

:D

[lylone]

Two incidents come to mind.

First was a man arguing with customer service on the ship in his cruise issued bathrobe. "I could have paid $1500 to lay on the beach in Miami!" He walked away with excursion tickets. This happened two days in a row. Guess he thought excursionshe were included with the cruise.

Second was a lady complaining to the omlette cook about why the cook serving the line she was in was so slow. And how she needed to go ahead of me as she was next and waited long enough. I kept my mouth shut tightly as she butted her way and ordered in front of me. "I will take four omlettes, the first with....wait.. hold on" and yells to her husband, "what did you want honey?"

 

Unbelievable!

[willcruiseanythyme]

Love this thread! Have a few of my own to add and hoping that they will make someone chuckle or at least say "oh my":

 

1) In the Haven on our last cruise on NCL, watched a little boy go up to the cookie platter, pick up every cookie, inspect it, lick it and place it back on the platter. The Haven Butler quickly rushed over and asked the little boy why he had just did that. The little boy responded "if I lick it, my sister won't eat any of them". Butler responded that he was going to have to remove the platter and reminded the little boy to use the tongs and only take what he wanted to eat. Mother of the little boy came over and I thought it was going to be fireworks over the fact that the Butler had chastised her child. Instead, she politely told the Butler thank you and proceeded to reprimand her son. Little boy was not allowed cookies from the Haven for the rest of the cruise, but his sister was. Gotta say, though, I did kinda smile at his response!

 

2) Same cruise, different little boy-very sweet child with special needs. I am a Special Needs teacher so had no problem with him coming over and talking to me. This particular day I just really wanted some peace and quiet with my book so I told him I was going to read and enjoy the sun. An hour or so later, I noticed that his parents are no longer in the Haven and he is just kinda milling around talking to everyone. I motioned for him to come over and he told me that his parents had left him with the kind lady and that they would be back after their spa treatments. Haven Butler was alerted and the parents were summoned out of their spa treatments to come back and get their son. The father actually had the nerve to come up to me the next day and say he didn't think I would "mind" watching their son because I did that as a job. Wow!

 

3) Very first cruise on NCL and DH and I decided to check out Carlos and Charlie's in Cozumel with some of the other folks that we had met on board. Had a great time drinking and dancing. When we got back to the ship and headed to dinner, we saw the couple in the room next to ours. The Mom said that their 16 year old son had gone ashore, went to Carlos and Charlie's and got completely smashed. He told her that he had seen us there and she wanted to know why we had not stopped him from drinking?

 

4) DH and I were seated with a family of 6 on our second cruise. They were great fun and seemed to be up for anything. One of our ports was Jamaica and the teens/young adult children were joking with the parents that they were going to get some "local cigarettes" for them all to try. Well, at least we thought they were joking! Saw them at dinner that night and the entire family were so high they couldn't see straight. The Mom fell asleep at the table and had to be escorted out. The rest of the week we did not see them at all. When we arrived back in Miami, they were all being escorted off the ship by the Miami PD.

 

5) On our last cruise, there was a family with a toddler about 18 months old. On the first day, they came to the Haven area, stripped the child down and allowed him to wander the deck. If he had to pee, he just did in on deck. Lots of people complained, but they continued. On the 3rd day, we were walking past the casino and there in the corner was this family allowing their toddler to throw up - literally right next to a bathroom. Another lady went and reported this and the family were quarantined to their room for the rest of the cruise. Problem of the naked toddler - solved!

:D

Wow!! You must be able to keep your cool well. I doubt I would at some of these incidents. You have to wonder how these people act at home if this is how they act on vacation! Simply amazing!

 

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[carolv712]

Agree!!

 

 

Sorry to butt in, but not all service are dogs are large. I do not dress my service dog up. but Susie is a diabetic alert dog and weighs 22 pounds. Do to recent surgeries and conditions by sugar has been unstable. She is a Carolina dog and I need her to alert me especially if I fall asleep. I may not wake up if my level is too low.

 

Please don't judge all small dogs, you might make yourself aware of diabetic, seizure and other service dogs. They all don't have to be labs or German Shepherds to do their jobs.

 

They are really wonderful to those of us who need them

[Eve]

Some good examples, many of which I unfortunately have seen (I still wonder why I even consider eating in the buffet).

 

The craziest thing I saw was a few years back where a gentleman wearing a Captain's Hat walked around the ship playing his Accordian. He was definitely a guest as I saw him at various venues/locations throughout the cruise sans hat/accordian.

 

 

I'm pretty sure I was on the same cruise! Older gentleman with white hair. Walked around like he was the Skipper from Gilligan's Island!! :p:p

[soraya]

On a cruise a couple of years ago, the ship went to St Maarten and DH & I got a taxi to Orient Beach to snorkel. As we were waiting, another couple off the ship asked to share our taxi - no problem and off we went. We split up when we got there and I went off to snorkel and find the reef. In the water happily snorkelling, I met the man we shared the taxi with. He was also snorkelling but it was then I found out that the were nudists:eek: Some things are not best seen through a snorkel mask!

 

And of course, this was the couple we just kept meeting on the ship - I didn't know where to look! My DH kept doing the Jaws theme and still thinks it's hilarious.

[Von & John]

On a cruise a couple of years ago, the ship went to St Maarten and DH & I got a taxi to Orient Beach to snorkel. As we were waiting, another couple off the ship asked to share our taxi - no problem and off we went. We split up when we got there and I went off to snorkel and find the reef. In the water happily snorkelling, I met the man we shared the taxi with. He was also snorkelling but it was then I found out that the were nudists:eek: Some things are not best seen through a snorkel mask!

 

And of course, this was the couple we just kept meeting on the ship - I didn't know where to look! My DH kept doing the Jaws theme and still thinks it's hilarious.

 

Thank You - I needed a quick laughter break - during my lunch! I will now picture this in my mind everytime I hear the Jaws theme...

[davekathy]

What time is the midnight buffet? :D

[TFLG]

On a cruise a couple of years ago, the ship went to St Maarten and DH & I got a taxi to Orient Beach to snorkel. As we were waiting, another couple off the ship asked to share our taxi - no problem and off we went. We split up when we got there and I went off to snorkel and find the reef. In the water happily snorkelling, I met the man we shared the taxi with. He was also snorkelling but it was then I found out that the were nudists:eek: Some things are not best seen through a snorkel mask!

 

And of course, this was the couple we just kept meeting on the ship - I didn't know where to look! My DH kept doing the Jaws theme and still thinks it's hilarious.

 

And have you seen the people that "hang out" on the nude beaches. That's one place your expectations and reality are MILES apart.

[Guindalf]

^^^^^^^^

 

Gives new meaning to the SAG awards! ;)

[ceba]

Santa is with us on the Solstice enjoying his off months. He has a full white beard, wears shorts, a red Hawaiian shirt with raindeer on it, and he passes out candy. After giving a woman some candy I heard her husband ask her "you're not going to eat that are you?" She replied "of course, it's from Santa".

[Lsimon]

A woman at ilounge insisting that "somebody here HAS to know my AOL account password" which she herself had forgotten and thus couldn't access her email.

 

A passenger who, throughout th cruise, repeatedly tried her key in my door and then pounded on it and shouted for me to let her in. Her cabin was next door to mine and even had a large red Valentine on its door while mine was unadorned. You would have thought that could have been a clue.

 

 

 

Hmm.... Maybe next cruise I'll bring a big door sign that says: NOT YOUR CABIN

[ghstudio]

Santa is with us on the Solstice enjoying his off months. He has a full white beard, wears shorts, a red Hawaiian shirt with raindeer on it, and he passes out candy. After giving a woman some candy I heard her husband ask her "you're not going to eat that are you?" She replied "of course, it's from Santa".

 

Much to our surprise, we found ourselves in a hotel in Florida with a convention of Santa's....and Mrs Santas. There are many organizations with many members who look and act like Santa, year-round. I suspect that the individual on your cruise is a member of one of these organizations.

 

Really nice folks, by the way.....

[Mynki]

And have you seen the people that "hang out" on the nude beaches. That's one place your expectations and reality are MILES apart.

 

At the age of 17 I went on my first foreign holiday without my parents to Gran Canaria with three similar aged friends. We knew nothing about the area as we were just pleased to get away and go drinking. Walking along the beach a lady in her early twenties, probably a size 8 and not at all unattractive (read, gym bunny) walked straight out of the sea in front of us, smiled and headed for her sun bed.

 

We realized we'd stumbled on the edge of a nudist beach. Sadly our pleasant surprise was short lived as this young lady proved very much to be the exception to the rule because looking at every one else made us realize that the average age of her fellow nudists must have been around 50, most seemed to be German and the concept of visiting a gym or using a razor seemed completely alien to them!

[Straight Flush]

On the Silhouette a couple of years ago with my wife and two sons (23 and 26). While embarking we saw a couple with two strollers. Inside each stroller was a small dog. We saw them all over the ship for two weeks. The crème de la crème was seeing them having a romantic dinner in Murano with the dogs next to them in the strollers... oy!

[Cruising from Mississauga]

I wonder if you can use OBC for that...Mike

 

 

Maybe that was the OBC!!!:eek:

[Spacecaydet]

...Che Guevara memorabilia to one of the crew members. I then lost all respect for him.

 

 

I wasn't even there but I've already lost respect for him!

[keithm]

On a cruise a couple of years ago, the ship went to St Maarten and DH & I got a taxi to Orient Beach to snorkel. As we were waiting, another couple off the ship asked to share our taxi - no problem and off we went. We split up when we got there and I went off to snorkel and find the reef. In the water happily snorkelling, I met the man we shared the taxi with. He was also snorkelling but it was then I found out that the were nudists:eek: Some things are not best seen through a snorkel mask!

 

And of course, this was the couple we just kept meeting on the ship - I didn't know where to look! My DH kept doing the Jaws theme and still thinks it's hilarious.

Water does a good job of magnifying certain small objects to make them look larger than they really are.

[Fish Lover]

Water does a good job of magnifying certain small objects to make them look larger than they really are.

 

 

However, cold water has a minimizing effect.

[anniesusie]

Not to mention that everyone who bought the cruise DVD has it forever. :D

Now I'm freaked out because I've been hypnotized on our first cruise. It was on TV all week and NOW I find out there's a DVD. OY..:o

 

I've learned a lot from this thread.

[Ardie12]

This might be more weird than crazy. I woke up up one morning, open my door and immediately step on a room service tray with used dishes and leftover food on it. Great. I move it into the passageway where they normally are.

 

Next day, I open my door, look down, and again, there is a tray full of stuff, so I move it again. Third day, around 6 AM, I think I hear a noise, so I yank open the door and a lady in a bathrobe is carefully depositing a room service tray in front of my door. So I say "What the hell do you think you're doing?", sort of loudly, she drops the tray, makes an "eek!" noise, and runs away.

 

It didn't happen again, nor did I see her again.

[Happy Cruiser 6143]

This might be more weird than crazy. I woke up up one morning, open my door and immediately step on a room service tray with used dishes and leftover food on it. Great. I move it into the passageway where they normally are.

Actually, one should leave the room service tray in the room to be removed by the cabin attendants or call room service to come and get it. The hallways are narrow and littering them with room service trays is not kind to one's fellow passengers.

 

I agree that putting it in front of someone else's door is beyond the beyond.

[FLfloater]

Actually, one should leave the room service tray in the room to be removed by the cabin attendants or call room service to come and get it. The hallways are narrow and littering them with room service trays is not kind to one's fellow passengers.

 

I agree that putting it in front of someone else's door is beyond the beyond.

 

 

We had one plate/tray in our room for over 1 day so I didn't want to look at it anymore. Out in the hall it went. Didn't understand why steward didn't remove it when he initially cleaned cabin. Maybe since Celebrity has revised steward support procedures have changed?????

 

 

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[champagne123]

This might be more weird than crazy. I woke up up one morning, open my door and immediately step on a room service tray with used dishes and leftover food on it. Great. I move it into the passageway where they normally are.

 

Next day, I open my door, look down, and again, there is a tray full of stuff, so I move it again. Third day, around 6 AM, I think I hear a noise, so I yank open the door and a lady in a bathrobe is carefully depositing a room service tray in front of my door. So I say "What the hell do you think you're doing?", sort of loudly, she drops the tray, makes an "eek!" noise, and runs away.

 

It didn't happen again, nor did I see her again.

Hahahahahaha....she probably wet herself. :eek: