Were You Ever Scared On A Cruise?

[Arizona Laura]

JUST WEAR THIS ON YOUR TOUR! IT WON'T MATTER WHAT YOU RIDE IN!!!

[jdmaillet]

This is probably going to sound a little strange but on our cruise last month dd14 said she was so relieved that we got her (and her sister23) an inside cabin because she had this fear that she would get up in her sleep and jump off the balcony (if she had one). She does tend to sleepwalk once in a while at home and I can usually rouse her and she just goes back to bed. I laughed at the time and made some comment about tying her to her sister in case she tried to get out and go up on deck! But-- that night I was laying in bed drifting off to sleep in our JS and the balcony door was open. My mind started dwelling on what she said so I got up and closed and locked and put a chair in front of the balcony door! Although, I'm not a sleepwalker!

 

Also, when my sister came over to visit at night she stepped out on the balcony and came running back in saying it totally creeped her out. Said she felt scared and almost dizzy and wouldn't go out there at night the rest of the cruise!

 

Jenn

[aqhacruiser]

I got to swim in one of those hot spots while on a bike excursion through the rainforest on Dominica, it is a beautiful island. And thanks for the explanation.

 

Wow! You are brave girl! It is suppose to be beautiful but I'm not sure about swimming there but we'll check it out when we get there so thanks for the tip! It will be an adventure! That's why I love a cruise! :)

[aqhacruiser]

JUST WEAR THIS ON YOUR TOUR! IT WON'T MATTER WHAT YOU RIDE IN!!!

 

OMG I love it! Yes!!!!!!!!! It's perfect for the unknown! :D

[aqhacruiser]

Oh Aqha...We HAVE to cruise together again....I fear my cruises may be dull without you! :D

 

Come over to 12/2 I guarantee it is NOT dull! We will cruise again I just want to survive the 12/2 so I can cruise with you again! LOL! :)

[Merion_Mom]

The scariest night I've ever had on a cruise was when I had to go back to my cabin and tell my wife that I lost $1,000 playing playing blackjack and then another $2,000 trying to win it back playing craps. Bad, bad, bad, bad night.

 

I can't believe that you lived to post the tale on this board! :eek: ;)

[weezlesgirl]

Yalls (you must be from the South) will be fine and you will have a great time. ;)

Remember, we are only about 50? people out of millions who cruise each year. So these are rare examples. :D

Not to worry. Enjoy!!

I have enjoyed 23 cruises since my experience. All were great too. ;)

 

I am from the south...Alabama. I have a tendency to let my southerness shine through sometimes. I will have a good time. Thank you for your reassuring words.

[Sue L]

Wow! You are brave girl! It is suppose to be beautiful but I'm not sure about swimming there but we'll check it out when we get there so thanks for the tip! It will be an adventure! That's why I love a cruise! :)

 

 

Actually it was a section of the river that you do the tubing on (that was another cruise) and they concreted around the hot spring to enclose the warm water. It was really cool being in this big cool river with this one hot spot. While our bike tour was taking our "jacuzzi" break a whole group of tube people came floating past. Very surreal scene.

[dolfansam]

Ok, this isn't a "scary" moment, but a "better-hold-your-breath" moment, that I just loved!

 

When you sail out of Bayonne, you pass under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Voyager class ships BARELY clear it; I believe that the captain said that we had about 21 feet of clearance.

 

It is SO COOL to approach the bridge, when you are CONVINCED that there is NO WAY that the ship will fit underneath, then you pass under and can see the cars driving above you, with what feels like mere INCHES of clearance.

 

I had the same experience cruising out of Baltimore and going under the Bay bridge. Although it dawns on you eventually it had to come in the same way so it has to fit.

[perkyblue]

I was a little scared on my last cruise. I was in the casino for the craps demonstration. (I just don't understand that game!) I don't know if it was the motion of the ship, the cigarette smoke, being in the middle of a big crowd of people, or what, but all of a sudden I felt REALLY BAD.

 

I started walking back to my room, and I almost passed out on the way there. As I got to the elevators, all of a sudden everything went fuzzy and I couldn't see! I sat down right there on the floor by the elevators and put my head down. I was aware of people walking around me. I'm sure I looked drunk or just plain nuts!

 

One man did ask if I was okay. I looked up and I could see him, so I said I was fine and figured I could make it back to my room. I almost passed out again getting off the elevator, but I managed to make it back to my room. I lay on the bed feeling really ill, and I was really scared that they would quarantine me to my room and my vacation would be ruined! Luckily, I felt fine after lying down for an hour and I felt just fine for the rest of the cruise. It was really weird!

[Arizona Laura]

Doesn't sound like you were intoxicated (not mentioned). Panic attack? Should have started to feel better when you left casino. Heart? You're pretty young, the odds would still be in your favor. However young people can get heart arrhythymias-tachycardia where heart beats too fast and you can feel like passing out. As soon as the tachycardia stops you immediately feel better but tired. Depends on low long you have it and how it compromised your heart and your oxygen level. These episodes can be frequent until treated or very infrequent even happening just once. Low Blood Sugar? Probably not. Motion of the ship with other factors? Doubt it. Hopefully a fluke that will never happen again. Looks like June of 06 from your cruise listings. Make sure if it ever happens again to see a doctor. Episodes like that are frightening though. I am glad you felt better so fast and it did not spoil your cruise. :)

[Iamthesea]

Could have been a panic attack or heart, but my guess is you just had a bit of anxiety.;) You didn't mention the heart racing.

 

Both of my daughters, as well as myself have tach. Daughters are 22 and 26 now, but both started having trouble at 22. I didn't have any episodes until I was 40 and was diagnosed with a-fib.

 

First time it happened to me, I was minding my own business in the grocery store. :eek: My oldest had her first when she started coughing, the heart skipped a beat, started racing and then it went into a panic attack. She has finally learned what tach is and doesn't go into a panic mode anymore. My middle daughter had her first episodes, last fall. Medication can help and it is hereditary, so you might ask your mother if she or anyone in the family has problems with the heart.

[BEVGOO]

1996 went booked an inside room on the Song of Norway (very small ship) and then had friends who booked, also. Since they booked outside cabins on the 7th deck, our travel agent "upgraded" us to the same floor with a porthole BUT IN THE VERY FRONT OF THE SHIP. The last night I'm not sure if seas were really rough or if it was just being in the front of the ship butttttttttt I kept feeling the ship go down but never felt it go back up. I was the strangest sensation and I couldn't sleep all night long. We have always gotten mid ship cabins and I can tell you there is a difference.

[sea-cruise]

Bevgoo, I have the little statue of the "Song of Norway" ship. I bought it long ago onboard. I should list it on ebay...bet it's a collector's item by now....;)

[rebeccalouise]

I was only scared once. We were on the Norwegian Spirit in the Caribbean, which is normally very smooth. We were in the hot tubs and the lights strung overhead were clanging. We got out and went back to the cabin, where the rough weather continued. I went down to the Promenade deck to see what was happening and they had locked the doors because it was too rough for passengers. I did worry that time but that is the only time in 19 cruises.

 

I personally hated tendering and unless it is someplace I haven't been already- I don't tender. One time we had to circle the ship over and over in the hot sun. I had my three month old baby in my arms and the passengers were all frightened for us. Another time, it was rough and the tender was having trouble getting close to the ship. Several attempts were made. At one point a crew member nearly got crushed when the metal ball they use to tie up the tender ripped off due to the force of the waves. When we finally hooked up people were panicked and ran to get off the ship. Cowards! I wasn't scared but it was annoying and took over and hour to get on the ship.

 

We just stay on the ship as much as possible. I don't like the real world.

[Sophaki19]

On the Constellation last April, we were in the dining room eating and suddenly the engines stopped working (the lights flickered and the humming of the engines just completely stopped). Everyone stopped talking and it was eerily quite and scary. I thought for a few minutes that we were going to be stuck there drifting out at sea for days! It was such a relief when they started up again!

 

Regarding the tendering and docking, the captain was GREAT!! He pulled into port and no one even knew the boat had stopped moving.

[dolfansam]

My first trip to Mexico and this is what I see:

[dagadget]

Only once.:( Our first cruise. We were on a 17,000 ton ship. We hit Hurricane Hugo and tossed like a little bottle in the Seas.

I was too sick to care what was happening to us.

My husband is an ex Navy man from an even smaller Navy ship than the one we were on. During the night he thought we would crack in half at one point when the ship seemed to come up out of the water and land hard with an unbelievable cracking noise. He was very pleased that I was out like a light and didn't hear it. :o

I am happy to say 23 cruises later that I have never had any fear after that one. :D

 

In the 1980's I was on a 6500 Ton Guided Missile Destroyer coming home from a trip to Carribean Op areas when the Ship hit a rouge wave that rolled her 54 degrees. The damages were extensive and we lost ladders (stairs) and a lot of Fire fighting equipment overboard during that event. It was at night and it shook everyone awake. next day we spent cleaning up things that had not been properly tied down. In comparison a 91000 ton Cruise ship with stabilizers and a 138000 ton ship with stabilizers handles like a dream. That was one of a few instances where I was a little afraid. The other was a night cruise on a Navy Cruiser when a frighter almost rammed the ship.

 

Now that's scary :eek:

[Minoushka]

WE were on Radiance of the Seas out of FLL when we hit some rough weather going to San Juan

On our first sea day there were "barf bags" all around the ship' on all handrails and staircases

We were ok having taken Gravol to overcome the swaying

My son and I were in our cabin when we saw thru the window a mountain of water rising rising rising

We were on level 4 which means about 40-50 feet from the bottom of the ship

The wave hit our window full force It haD TO BE OVER 50 FEET

My son and I both backed up as we saw this happening

I have never been more frightened

[erniesband]

On our first Serenade cruise, the sea day returning to San Juan turned out to be a very eventful day. First, just after having "toured" Monteserrat, we had to turn and head back towards Guadeloupe so a helicopter could land on board to medivac a sick patient. Then, about 7:00, sitting at dinner the ship started turning at high speed, and then listed about 17 degrees (after reading dagadget's post, not at all alarming). Lots of sliding stuff, people screaming and falling off of chairs, broken glass and bottles in all the shops and bars, Solarium pool emptied - onto balconies, swamping them, down an elevator shaft, causing a fire, lots of people wandering around in life jackets the rest of the evening, a couple of minor injuries. The crew handled it really well, and our waitstaff insisted we stay and have dessert when it was all over. Our dinner table was smack in the middle of the dining room - lucky position, because nothing fell over or off our table, and we stayed in our chairs, unlike others. I don't remember really being scared, but it certainly was an experience!

 

Jodi

[MAD70601]

I was on the Carnival Inspiration, sailing with a group of friends. It was the last night, and everyone else seemed to be in their cabins packing, so there was no one on the fantail on the Lido deck except me and a friend. Being dark and windy, we walked to the rail but stood back. I then went to the rail, held onto it, and looked down into the dark sea. My "friend" then ran up to me and lifted me up by the knees.:eek:

 

No, I didn't think he was going to throw me overboard, because I'm worth more to him alive than dead (don't ask). It's just that split-second sense of vulnerability that still haunts me as I type this - that could have been a stranger.

 

Mark

[Arizona Laura]

I was on the Carnival Inspiration, sailing with a group of friends. It was the last night, and everyone else seemed to be in their cabins packing, so there was no one on the fantail on the Lido deck except me and a friend. Being dark and windy, we walked to the rail but stood back. I then went to the rail, held onto it, and looked down into the dark sea. My "friend" then ran up to me and lifted me up by the knees.:eek:

 

No, I didn't think he was going to throw me overboard, because I'm worth more to him alive than dead (don't ask). It's just that split-second sense of vulnerability that still haunts me as I type this - that could have been a stranger.

 

Mark

Maybe that is how a few cruisers have left the ship. Scary indeed.

[Merion_Mom]

I was on the Carnival Inspiration, sailing with a group of friends. It was the last night, and everyone else seemed to be in their cabins packing, so there was no one on the fantail on the Lido deck except me and a friend. Being dark and windy, we walked to the rail but stood back. I then went to the rail, held onto it, and looked down into the dark sea. My "friend" then ran up to me and lifted me up by the knees.:eek:

 

No, I didn't think he was going to throw me overboard, because I'm worth more to him alive than dead (don't ask). It's just that split-second sense of vulnerability that still haunts me as I type this - that could have been a stranger.

 

Mark

With friends like that..................:rolleyes: :eek: :rolleyes: :eek:

[Cruise_Couple]

a frighter almost rammed the ship.

 

Now that's scary :eek:

 

Interesting typo!!! A "frighter"? :eek: :D I guess a frighter would be scary!

[Sweetspot]

On our first DCL cruise in 2002 as we were backing into Castaway Cay (their private island) the ship listed. My husband and daughter were on the verandah watching us dock and were thrown into the railing. Water from the pools on the deck above was pouring over the side of the ship and you could hear plates crashing in Topsiders above. I was in the bathroom and was thrown against the counter. There were minor injuries and damage to plates, glasses, etc but more scary than anything. It was a fairy serious list, my husband said it was horrible watching what felt like the ship falling sideways and seeing the water getting closer. We were told that basically someone hit the wrong control, human error.

 

My daughter also got the Norwalk that year, my son and I got it the following year. You would think we would be scared off from cruising but all the good of cruising far outweighs the bad things that can happen.