Came here expecting the Bob Seger clip from Risky Business, left disappointed.
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I will stuff nothing! Did you watch the video I posted above, and see the furniture go hurtling across the dining room? Starting around 3:50. Not clear which ocean they’re in, but that’s actual danger for the people trying to escape those spaces. It’s much worse than the drips and drizzles from the bomb cyclone video in the original post.
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Okay. You know it was gonna happen. Here it comes.
Ahem… Just look at it!
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I watched most of it. Got to the furniture whizzing through the room, saw a woman get knocked out on a pillar, saw the piano buzz though, and had enough. I don’t like watching people get injured.
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“They’re gonna remember everything they heard and saw.”"
Sounds like mom missed a great opportunity to teach the kids about weather, the power of nature and how it’s never a good idea to presume we humans control everything and to never forget that comfort and safety are the result of civilization and unending effort.
I think Norwegian has a serious beef with the shipbuilder/designer. Those leaks are inexcusable on a ship and those doors to the outside appear to have been designed by an idiot.
The entire concept of a ship is people inside, water outside. And why wasn’t the pool drained? That’s a hell of a mass and it’s going to add to the ship’s rolling. An empty pool shipboard normally has netting over it to prevent accidents and I see none so I presume it was meant to be full.
Going to be an expensive overhaul if they really care as it’s obvious a lot of the electrical systems are compromised from soaking and the mildew problem for carpet and walls is going to be “amusing”.
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Yea - you pay for a ship day whether anything happens or not. And you can’t get an extra day to make up, because someone’s already on the schedule waiting to use it after you.
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If you are a reader, highly recommend
https://www.amazon.com/Ship-Storm-Jim-Carrier/dp/007135526X
why is that so many ship videos have such cheesy music?
I think I saw one that decided Celine Dion would be a good accompaniment to a Titanic documentary. Who does that?
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I don’t get going on a cruise. If I want warm and sunny, there’s Hawaii. If I want to travel and see stuff, there’s anywhere else in the world and I can actually visit a city or country. And neither of my choices involve being stuck on a boat with thousands of people.
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“Shipping Out: On the nearly lethal comforts of a luxury cruise”
By David Foster Wallace.
I (along with two dozen others) was once ferried out to a small island on the Great Barrier Reef. It was supposed to be an 8-hour overnight trip that ended up taking 18 hours owing to the weather. I popped two Gravol and wedged myself into a bunk on the lower deck. The bunk was on the centreline of the ship and oriented perpendicular to the beam. Tired and highly medicated, I passed in and out of consciousness. Once I awoke to find myself looking almost directly “down” at my feet. This was followed a half minute later by the feeling of looking directly “up” at my shoes, such was the roll of the vessel. When we finally arrived and found some shelter in the lee of the island, I went topside to find the ragged gathering dry-heaving into every manner of available container.
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Yep. Seems average BB readers make pretty sucky vikings.
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I generally prefer just staying at a destination, but cruises work well if you want to travel as a group, particularly if you’re dealing with your aging mother-in-law who’s showing signs of dementia. Trust me, we have enough trouble getting her on a plane in the first place; a cruise means that we don’t have to worry about anything except getting her there.
You also need to look at where you’ve going, of course. My requirements are good food and lots of opportunities to take pictures; I usually don’t bother with the entertainment, I don’t shop or gamble and I choose boats that are on the smaller side. I also look at the time spent at sea and at the length of time spent in port.
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Wow…that was kindof a Titanic mistake, wasn’t it?
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Yea, I can see that. I’m from a position of what my wife and I like to do.
However, I would like to some day do the inside passage thing to Alaska. Not sure which line, but that looks pretty cool.
Back in October 2000 my Mom and I took a Norwegian cruise from Boston to Bermuda. We went through roughly 15 to 20 foot seas for most of the outbound trip. Many of the people onboard became seasick, and we arrived maybe 12 hours late, meaning people who had signed up for activities on the first day had missed them, and most of the activity spots for the rest of the stay in Bermuda were already filled up. So let the buyer beware…
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