Cruise ship brawl at kiddie pool forces return to Miami port shortly after departure

What surprised me the ship had departed that day. So as soon as people board their drinking? At the kiddie pool?

I always wondered about those that need or want alcohol with every thing they do especially when on vacation. It's pathetic if not sad that one can't wait for a chemical high. I saw that with a boaters and touristsin Florida. Here they are from out of state with warm temps, blue water, ocean air and they're more worried did they bring enough beer and cigarettes.
 
Pappy said:
We had a fun week on the Freedom of the Seas, but after 4 days I was ready to go home. Too damn crowded. Visiting the islands was fun but I wouldn’t do it again.
When dad was alive we would get together and go fishing in the Adirondacks. Now there is real memories. Pictured is my dad at Spy Lake.

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Pappy that is a fabulous photo....
 

WhatInThe said:
What surprised me the ship had departed that day. So as soon as people board their drinking? At the kiddie pool?

I always wondered about those that need or want alcohol with every thing they do especially when on vacation. It's pathetic if not sad that one can't wait for a chemical high. I saw that with a boaters and touristsin Florida. Here they are from out of state with warm temps, blue water, ocean air and they're more worried did they bring enough beer and cigarettes.
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My now X husband was horrible with alcohol... Didn't matter what time our flight was.. if it was 6am, he was drinking alcohol at the bar in the airport and again on the flight .. as far as he was concerned, he was on holiday ( vacation) and he could drink right from the get go. He ruined most of our holidays with the constant intake of alcohol all day every day!
 
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hollydolly said:
Cruuise ships are apprently a hotbed of germs, so many people get ill on or just after a cruise
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I had the misfortune of going on a Disney cruise during the height of flu season many years ago. There had to be 20,000 children on board and they ALL had colds and sneezed on me. I got sick immediately after returning and was out of work for a week.
 
After listening about the experiences everyone had, I think I'll pass going on a cruise. I have zero tolerance for drunks & obnoxious sober people or kids. Not being able to leave when I've had enough of them isn't something I want on my vacation.

It's bad enough having to deal with people you are flying with, but at least that is a short trip & you don't have to be around them again compared to a boat. Besides, I'm not a fan of the ocean.
 
I once worked with a woman who had saved and saved to take her husband on a Caribbean cruise. When they got to the ship she found a Richard Simmons group had taken over the whole ship.Richard and his fans were everywhere, all activities Richard Simmons focused. She said by the end of the first day she would have paid someone to just shoot her.
 
Lilac said:
After listening about the experiences everyone had, I think I'll pass going on a cruise. I have zero tolerance for drunks & obnoxious sober people or kids. Not being able to leave when I've had enough of them isn't something I want on my vacation.

It's bad enough having to deal with people you are flying with, but at least that is a short trip & you don't have to be around them again compared to a boat. Besides, I'm not a fan of the ocean.
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Same here I’ve got zero tolerance for drunks @Lilac and no interest whatsoever on going on a covid filled ship
We’ve got friends in Queensland we see each winter , he‘s a very popular dance music player , they went in a cruise
during winter and he got coviad and had a heart attack it cost him $15.000 to be medivaced off the ship to be taken to land ~ then by road to hospital~ in Australia.
 
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Believe me it’s not only cruise ships where booze is served just about 24/7

We go to Queensland each winter for at least a month , and as its a tropical climate in QLD and is like spring weather most days with temps sitting in mid 20’s ( 77f)

We usually get up at 6 ish , ( that part of Queensland is the first place in Australia to see the sun )
we have a leisurely breakfast ….then go out walking ~
There are many eating places , right in the footpath ~ that open at 5 am for breakfast …most are attached to sporting / surfing clubs and hotels , and you see many drinking wines / spirits / beer at 7 am

Our normal place we stay is a new residential/ hotel / with a coffee / breakfast/ corner shop that opens at 5 am..
7 days a week , it has lots of people ~ overflowing onto the quite wide footpath ~ and dogs
 
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Lilac said:
After listening about the experiences everyone had, I think I'll pass going on a cruise. I have zero tolerance for drunks & obnoxious sober people or kids. Not being able to leave when I've had enough of them isn't something I want on my vacation.

It's bad enough having to deal with people you are flying with, but at least that is a short trip & you don't have to be around them again compared to a boat. Besides, I'm not a fan of the ocean.
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this is the whole problem... you can't escape these crowds, or drunks or screaming kids... or late night disco-ing......you can't just walk away and go elsewhere, you're stuck with it...

OMG..I'm having heart palpitations thinking about it...:ROFLMAO:
 
"The confined spaces on a cruise ship apparently have a way of provoking outrageous behavior from passengers."

Total nonsense! I lived in New York City for 15 years. We lived and worked in confined spaces. We never had problems. You never heard or read about us people in New York City, brawling, shooting, or anything else like that. Right? We were peaceful. We got along. We loved each other immensely. That just might be the biggest load of BS, I have ever dished out at any one time. :ROFLMAO:
 
It's not just on cruise ships that brawls break out at the pool.

We were lounging around the pool at the Flamingo in Las Vegas and an argument broke out between two groups about pool loungers. It proceeded from umbrage to chest-bumping to racial slurs to punching and hair pulling. Security showed up, expelled all parties involved and we were perfectly situated to snag the lounges. Entertainment AND pool lounges all wrapped up in one....win-win...LOL.
 
Paladin1950 said:
"The confined spaces on a cruise ship apparently have a way of provoking outrageous behavior from passengers."

Total nonsense! I lived in New York City for 15 years. We lived and worked in confined spaces. We never had problems. You never heard or read about us people in New York City, brawling, shooting, or anything else like that. Right? We were peaceful. We got along. We loved each other immensely. That just might be the biggest load of BS, I have ever dished out at any one time. :ROFLMAO:
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when we heard about it all the way over in Scotland...you know you had a problem.... :sneaky::ROFLMAO:
 
It's funny how our paths nearly cross with some people we've never met. @Pappy, I've sailed on Freedom of the Seas, too, on the one cruise I took, and @jujube, I've lounged by the pool at The Flamingo, too! We took the kids there twice because of the fabulous pools. The first year, we splurged on a cabana. The next year, the cabana price had tripled but came with a "free" bottle of vodka. (Honestly—do they really think people don't know what they're doing? And with 3 little kids we had no interest in a bottle of vodka.)

Who knows; perhaps we were at these places at the same time. ;)
 
MACKTEXAS said:
Sort of in the middle of that piece it said, "The confined spaces on a cruise ship apparently have a way of provoking outrageous behavior from passengers."

And we hear of people fighting on airlines. Maybe that's because passengers are too close together there too. But these days people don't even seem to need an excuse.
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Over my 33 years of flying, I have had to have approximately 10 passengers removed from flight for drinking and being unruly. If a person that was drinking was able to get onboard and got in his seat and slept, he ora she was welcome to keep their seat.

Anyone that was unruly or gave my flight attendants a hard time, they would be removed. I never had to divert and land because of having to remove a drunk being unruly.

I flew big jets and had a lot of people onboard flying 5-6 hours. The last thing I needed was a drunk that felt self-entitled.
 
oldman said:
Over my 33 years of flying, I have had to have approximately 10 passengers removed from flight for drinking and being unruly. If a person that was drinking was able to get onboard and got in his seat and slept, he ora she was welcome to keep their seat.

Anyone that was unruly or gave my flight attendants a hard time, they would be removed. I never had to divert and land because of having to remove a drunk being unruly.

I flew big jets and had a lot of people onboard flying 5-6 hours. The last thing I needed was a drunk that felt self-entitled.
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Good for you! This (airline passengers being drunk and causing problems) seems to be happening more and more lately.
 
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