8 of the strangest things witnessed by cruise-goers
There’s nothing quite like stepping off dry land an onto the luxury and decadence of a cruise, but as with anything sometimes these experiences are far from smooth sailing.
A forum on popular cruising website Cruise Critic asked holidaymakers and frequent cruise goers the question, “What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever seen on a cruise?” The results, ranging from hilarious to genuinely unnerving, paint a different look at life at sea.
We’ve put together a list of eight of the strangest responses.
1. User Ashland said, “Maybe not so strange but we were a little surprised one morning when a family came to breakfast in their PJs. Didn't bother us, after all, it's their vacation and we thought it was kinda cuuute.”
2. Frequent cruise-goer Karen said, “I ended up on a cruise with a group of Goths on a convention. They came fully equipped with their own Evil faery (the DJ). Some (heck most) of the costumes were very different. There was one guy with his teeth filed down, wore dragon wings, and contacts in the shape of snake eyes. One good thing, we never had a problem getting a chair in the sun by the pool.”
3. Kyriecat said, ”I was on my balcony watching some dolphins. I noticed my neighbour, who was also our dinner tablemate, was also leaning on the rail watching the dolphins.
“I started to say hello then realised that he wasn't wearing anything. I was much more embarrassed than he was. At dinner, his wife said that she told him not to go out on the balcony undressed.”
4. Coralc said, “My husband did something sort of similar. He sleeps in the buff, and when we docked in Nassau he got of bed and threw the curtains wide open in our balcony cabin.
'He very quickly threw them closed and ran back to bed and pulled the covers over his head. I asked him what was the matter?'
'He said: "There's a ship docked right next to us, and people out on their balcony."'
5. Forum user Pghsteelerfan said, "I stuffed my pair of jeans with towels, shoved them under the bed and put my shoes at the bottom, to make it look like a person was under there. Our cabin steward, his assistant, and their manager were the best we’ve ever had. It did scare them, at first, what I left them but we all got a great laugh out of it."
6. MLBFan24 posted: "A crew member was cleaning the drink station in one of the buffet dining rooms late in the evening (around 10pm).
"He did this by standing on top of the counter and using his shoe and a rag to wipe the counter. I definitely reported that to corporate."
7. Cruzincurt witnessed, "A dad dipping his diaper clad kiddo in and out of the hot tub like a tea bag."
8. Swayde said, “On our last cruise, my husband didn't know that you need to spread the spray on sunscreen around. So after being out in the sun all day he had a very interesting pattern of sunburn on his belly.
"It looked like someone took a clothes iron and just stick it randomly around his chest and stomach. Or like he got burning hot slices of pizza thrown at him. It was so hysterical I couldn't stop laughing about it. The awesome part was that it tanned that way and lasted for months!"
How weird does that sound! What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever seen on a cruise? Please share your story in the comments below, we’d love to hear from you.
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