#1 · Sep 13, 2010 13:10 UTC
The bar of a cruise liner in a big storm
Don't you dare laugh ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrDZpX9nfQ0
Don't you dare laugh ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrDZpX9nfQ0
#2 · Sep 13, 2010 15:57 UTC
holy crap! Watched the one (link off that page) that showed it (if it's the same boat) from the outside. That would be a pretty scary ride!
Need Fenderbender to get mid ship, bottom level to stabilize that thing!!! :D
Need Fenderbender to get mid ship, bottom level to stabilize that thing!!! :D
#3 · Sep 13, 2010 16:11 UTC
I've actually been on a cruise ship in these conditions. We were going through the Greecian islands when the worst storm in 39 years hit the area (1981). I saw some really scary stuff!
:o
:o
#4 · Sep 13, 2010 19:51 UTC
fuck that shit !
#5 · Sep 13, 2010 21:37 UTC
Looks like fun. I would have remained seated and surfed the swells back and forth on my chair. I would have had a good time. 
#6 · Sep 13, 2010 22:28 UTC
Now someone going back and forth while sitting in a chair would be hilarious.
The view from the restaurant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuq7iA-qRZw
The view from the restaurant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuq7iA-qRZw
#7 · Sep 14, 2010 19:30 UTC
Amazing stuff indeed.... In the first vid you posted, that poor woman at :44 nails the back column hard, then gets swept off to the right and a whole shitload of stuff goes after her... Looks really bad...
#8 · Sep 14, 2010 20:37 UTC
This happened 2 years ago - this CCTV footage was only leaked recently.
The worst injury was a broken pelvis - and it isn't here
The worst injuries were in their casino when gaming machines crushed people.
But the woman at 45s looks bad lost teeth I would imagine.
The fat guy in the stripey jumper - slides across at 57s and slides back around 1:10
I feel bad about it - but I couldn't help laughing - it is like some laurel and hardy sketch, because it is so weird - you get no sense of the motion as the cctv camera is fixed to the ship.
The thing that gets me is every boat I have been on - big or small, everything is fixed in to the structure - at worst you would get a few glasses/plates flying around.
This is like operators of land based hotel experience took to the oceans - just seems really really dumb.
The worst injury was a broken pelvis - and it isn't here
The worst injuries were in their casino when gaming machines crushed people.
But the woman at 45s looks bad lost teeth I would imagine.
The fat guy in the stripey jumper - slides across at 57s and slides back around 1:10
I feel bad about it - but I couldn't help laughing - it is like some laurel and hardy sketch, because it is so weird - you get no sense of the motion as the cctv camera is fixed to the ship.
The thing that gets me is every boat I have been on - big or small, everything is fixed in to the structure - at worst you would get a few glasses/plates flying around.
This is like operators of land based hotel experience took to the oceans - just seems really really dumb.
#9 · Sep 14, 2010 22:30 UTC
Yeah, first issue is too many things not secured; second issue is "gee, we're headed for some rough seas, maybe we should stow away anything loose? NAW.... Let's video what happens instead!!!"
#10 · Sep 15, 2010 00:58 UTC
That piano in the first video is what cracked me up. I'm also amazed that so few things were tied down...
I still remember watching people on the dancefloor a couple of days after the main storm when things were calming down. Imagine this big square area with all of the people dancing in a much smaller portion of it and that portion keeps moving left and right, up and down - hilarious! Out of over 1,000 guests and crew, the Captian estimated that only about 80 of us didn't get seasick (me included - I guess my love of amusement rides and eating TONS of great food made the difference). Unfortunately for me, my girlfriend was sick as a dog and, of course, NOT happy that I wasn't sharing in the misery - lol!
I still remember watching people on the dancefloor a couple of days after the main storm when things were calming down. Imagine this big square area with all of the people dancing in a much smaller portion of it and that portion keeps moving left and right, up and down - hilarious! Out of over 1,000 guests and crew, the Captian estimated that only about 80 of us didn't get seasick (me included - I guess my love of amusement rides and eating TONS of great food made the difference). Unfortunately for me, my girlfriend was sick as a dog and, of course, NOT happy that I wasn't sharing in the misery - lol!
#11 · Sep 15, 2010 01:04 UTC
Awwwwww, Vegas on the high seas isn't always the beautiful oasis it's sold as. Nature is a bitch but hedonism is a whore.