Ever see anything totally shocking and unexpected on a cruise?

[threewilmingtonwalls]

OH YUCK!!!!! What is wrong with people??!

People are nasty. When we were on the Magic last month, we spent part if one morning at the Goofy pool. We witnessed a lot of this type of gross behavior, but it must have been worse on the Mickey pool side. When we went to that side to get some lunch, the entire deck area from the pool to the outer wall of the restaurant/bar was wet...right up to the "path" leading into the restrooms. Interestingly, that was completely bone dry, meaning clearly no one who was in the pool was using it. Gross.

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[PizzieDuster]

People are nasty. When we were on the Magic last month, we spent part if one morning at the Goofy pool. We witnessed a lot of this type of gross behavior, but it must have been worse on the Mickey pool side. When we went to that side to get some lunch, the entire deck area from the pool to the outer wall of the restaurant/bar was wet...right up to the "path" leading into the restrooms. Interestingly, that was completely bone dry, meaning clearly no one who was in the pool was using it. Gross.

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I think that's the way the kids go up the stairs to the slide too. Right pass that restroom

 

[GladysP]

While I have to say that I've never seen anything shocking on my past cruises, I did have an unexpected and wonderfully fun experience this past January on my Dream cruise.

My husband and I had just entered the Shutters area and walking behind and past us here comes Stitch and his handler. At the time, I was carrying a large Stitch stuffed animal that my husband (who knows I'm a huge fan) had surprised me with from one of the shops.

Well, Stitch spots his stuffed double and snatches it from me and proceeds to run through shutters with his handler, myself and my husband all chasing him.

I tell you, it was priceless!! I just adore Stitch and his oh so mischievous personality. He is so comically naughty

When his handler finally convinced him (all done playfully of course) to give me back 'my' Stitch, he happily posed with me while my husband and his handler snapped pictures. I will never forget it as that is just one of the many, many reasons why I am gaga over my Disney cruises

 

[Bear3412]

....Well, Stitch spots his stuffed double and snatches it from me and proceeds to run through shutters with his handler, myself and my husband all chasing him....

This is great. Gotta love Disney Magic.

I find my self using this symbol, , a lot here.
DCL rocks.

 

[Bear3412]

Do rogue waves count?
Wait ...... it was dark, ...... couldn't "see" them.
Guess they don't count.
Forget it.


I did it again.

 

[PizzieDuster]

While I have to say that I've never seen anything shocking on my past cruises, I did have an unexpected and wonderfully fun experience this past January on my Dream cruise.

My husband and I had just entered the Shutters area and walking behind and past us here comes Stitch and his handler. At the time, I was carrying a large Stitch stuffed animal that my husband (who knows I'm a huge fan) had surprised me with from one of the shops.

Well, Stitch spots his stuffed double and snatches it from me and proceeds to run through shutters with his handler, myself and my husband all chasing him.

I tell you, it was priceless!! I just adore Stitch and his oh so mischievous personality. He is so comically naughty

When his handler finally convinced him (all done playfully of course) to give me back 'my' Stitch, he happily posed with me while my husband and his handler snapped pictures. I will never forget it as that is just one of the many, many reasons why I am gaga over my Disney cruises

This is awesome!!!

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

While I have to say that I've never seen anything shocking on my past cruises, I did have an unexpected and wonderfully fun experience this past January on my Dream cruise.

My husband and I had just entered the Shutters area and walking behind and past us here comes Stitch and his handler. At the time, I was carrying a large Stitch stuffed animal that my husband (who knows I'm a huge fan) had surprised me with from one of the shops.

Well, Stitch spots his stuffed double and snatches it from me and proceeds to run through shutters with his handler, myself and my husband all chasing him.

I tell you, it was priceless!! I just adore Stitch and his oh so mischievous personality. He is so comically naughty

When his handler finally convinced him (all done playfully of course) to give me back 'my' Stitch, he happily posed with me while my husband and his handler snapped pictures. I will never forget it as that is just one of the many, many reasons why I am gaga over my Disney cruises

Donald Duck did a similar thing with ds12, then 10. While we were walking along deck 12 on the Dream on a beautiful, sunny sea day, DD is coming from the opposite direction. He takes ds by the hand and they go skipping along the deck holding hands. Then of course knowing I have my camera ready, he turns around to pose for a pic with ds. It was one of those "priceless" moments & one of the many reasons I love DCL.

 

[chasingthedream]

On our Dream cruise in 2011 we were taking a packed midship elevator from deck 4. As the doors closed, a very small child (maybe 2 years old) darted from the back of the elevator and out. Someone who was close to the front quickly pressed the next floor's button and everyone cleared way for a frantic mother. I am pretty sure everything turned out ok, but how scary for that parent!

Just a cautionary tale for anyone with small and adventurous kids!

 

[jiminyC_fan]

On a lighter note: We saw brown booobies on the Panama Canal cruise in August 2005. Even the captain saw them. Unfortunately he didn't realize most passengers didn't realize a brown boooby is a bird (Sula leucogaster) when he referenced them in a ship-wide announcement. There were joking references to the bird throughout the rest of the cruise.

OMG, I completely forgot about that. It certainly was the joke of the cruise.

 

[Fielhol]

While I have to say that I've never seen anything shocking on my past cruises, I did have an unexpected and wonderfully fun experience this past January on my Dream cruise.

My husband and I had just entered the Shutters area and walking behind and past us here comes Stitch and his handler. At the time, I was carrying a large Stitch stuffed animal that my husband (who knows I'm a huge fan) had surprised me with from one of the shops.

Well, Stitch spots his stuffed double and snatches it from me and proceeds to run through shutters with his handler, myself and my husband all chasing him.

I tell you, it was priceless!! I just adore Stitch and his oh so mischievous personality. He is so comically naughty

When his handler finally convinced him (all done playfully of course) to give me back 'my' Stitch, he happily posed with me while my husband and his handler snapped pictures. I will never forget it as that is just one of the many, many reasons why I am gaga over my Disney cruises

This happened to my 6 year old son as well. Stitch ran away with his stuffed double. My son was in a fit of giggles!! He still talks about it to this day!! Peter Pan also had a 'sulk' because my son did not have a Peter Pan pin on his lanyard but had others.

 

[mrssmiddy]

This happened to my 6 year old son as well. Stitch ran away with his stuffed double. My son was in a fit of giggles!! He still talks about it to this day!! Peter Pan also had a 'sulk' because my son did not have a Peter Pan pin on his lanyard but had others.

Stitch is the best! My DS had gotten a toy gun on Pirate Night last year, and we ran into Stitch. Well, Stitch grabbed his gun and ran off. DS had to chase him down and get his gun back...he was laughing so hard...good memories!

 

[Kim1964]

The only really unexpected thing I experienced on our first ever cruise last month was DH giving the go ahead to rebook while we were still onboard. I'm pretty sure he hadn't quite finished saying, "OK," before I was racing to deck 4 to book before he could change his mind.

 

[BooToYou7]

I just remembered an experience we had in Remy on our last cruise, I can't believe it took me so long to remember and post about it. It's all about... duh duh duh.... The. Couple.

The. Couple. came in with another couple and the four of them were at the table next to us. The. Couple. proceeded to talk loudly enough for everyone in the restaurant to know that they were WELL OFF AND FANCY PEOPLE.

Although I heard much about the background of The. Couple., I’m not sure the other couple they were with ever talked. I do know that they apparently own a restaurant and/or work at/run a country club in the city in which I live because The. Couple. mentioned it a couple of times. The. Couple., on the other hand, live in San Francisco. Due to these discrepancies I made up my own backstory in which The. Couple. met the other couple that day on the ship and invited them to join them. The other couple was then silenced by regret, intimidation, and the total realization that they were totally engulfed by some major douchbaggery going on. At least I know they didn’t have to pay for it. How do I know? The very first thing the woman of the The. Couple. (now The Woman) said to the other couple was “Don’t worry about the cost. This is on us since we made you guys come. And, of course, we’ll have the wine pairing.”

I just happened to have some paper in my purse so I decided to be totally gauche and I wrote down some choice quotes from the night as they occurred. For those of you who may not know, I just want to give some background information: 1) before the meal starts, there’s an “Amuse Bouche” course which is basically just “a single, bite-sized hors d’oevure,…different from appetizers in that they are not ordered from a menu by patrons, but, when served, are done so for free and according to the chef’s selection alone” (thanks Wikipedia); 2) The restaurant has an actual sommelier who comes out and serves the wine and gives you background on it; 3) all of the wines are French.

I have to admit that once The. Couple. was seated my husband and I actually stopped talking to each other and just listened to them for the rest of the night. Ladies and Gentleman, my entertainment with my excellent meal:

“Without you, I’d be like that guy from American Psycho. Before he killed everybody.”

“You have Bojangles where you live, correct? God, Bojangles. Disgusting. Even the name sounds disgusting. Isn’t it a step down from McDonald’s?” (This only means something to people who are from or have spent any time in the South and believe me when I say THEM’S FIGHTING WORDS. Bojangles is heaven.)

“Hmm. This is not really an amuse bouche.”

“Now, where exactly in this region did this wine come from? My brother has a house in that region.”

(Upon being served one of the gourmet courses) “We have this at home all the time.”

(Upon the sommelier talking about the region of France a wine came from) “Oh, I love it there. They have beautiful chateaus.”

“We have all kinds of this wine in our own cellar.”

“People who like Notre Dame are going to be disappointed. They’re going to undergo a scandal like Penn State.”

“Oh, Warren is applying to high school. Some of them cost $30,000.00 a year, but no matter. He’ll come out better than our daughter who is majoring in print journalism. Such a dying field.”

The Woman spent about 20 minutes telling the other couple how to run their restaurant and the events they should have. She wrapped up that portion of the conversation with “You can even get lesbians to come!”

The sommelier is pouring them another glass of wine. The Woman sniffs it and says rapturously to him: “It smells like manure and blueberries.”

I swear, every single word of that is true.

The other thing that happened on this cruise, which was the NYE Dream cruise, is that Geraldo was on it and had the same dining rotation as my family. On NYE we were in Animator's Palate and were leaving the restaurant, passed his table just as a totally drunk woman stumbled up to his table, yelling, "Geraldo!! I LOVE YOU!"

 

[Msmit002]

””
I swear, every single word of that is true.

No doubt. I swear, I see/hear people do the most unbelievable things. Not just on cruise ships.

 

[wishiwasindisneyjen]

I have seen quite a few interesting things on our cruises. Once on the Dream a family of 4 was at the table next to us, the father was wearing a shirt that said "F me, I'm famous". And the word was spelled out. I could not believe they would not make him change or turn his shirt inside out. The worst part? His kids were little but not too little that they couldn't read. We also encountered a completely naked woman in the open showers in the rainforest on the Fantasy last year. That was awkward.

 

[ludari]

This wasn't shocking but I was fun and involves another Stitch story. I happen to get on the forward elevator on deck 10. Stitch and his handler get on deck 9 (after a pool visit I suspect) and it's only the three of us. Stitch is heading to deck four and was heading to deck three. Anyway, Stitch looks at me and starts to press every single floor button on the elevator and I say "This is not funny Stitch" of course with a smile on my face. Of course it was one of the few times I was walking around without my camera, nevertheless it was a fun moment I will always remember.

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

Two things

A kid watching all the others getting ice cream cones from the 'I scream' station on The Dream. For those who haven't seen it it's a help yourself soft serve ice cream stand where you fill a cone. You can only get a certain amount on the cone. Most people tried to get the max they could on top of the cone usually ending in most of it falling or them having to eat it very fast! Some had seconds but the kid watching simply walked away, came back with a paper cup ( large ) from the drinks station and filled the whole thing up with ice cream lol.

Second a well built gentleman on the same cruise with a tee shirt saying 'don't harpoon me' lol.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

I just remembered an experience we had in Remy on our last cruise, I can't believe it took me so long to remember and post about it. It's all about... duh duh duh.... The. Couple.

The. Couple. came in with another couple and the four of them were at the table next to us. The. Couple. proceeded to talk loudly enough for everyone in the restaurant to know that they were WELL OFF AND FANCY PEOPLE.

Although I heard much about the background of The. Couple., I’m not sure the other couple they were with ever talked. I do know that they apparently own a restaurant and/or work at/run a country club in the city in which I live because The. Couple. mentioned it a couple of times. The. Couple., on the other hand, live in San Francisco. Due to these discrepancies I made up my own backstory in which The. Couple. met the other couple that day on the ship and invited them to join them. The other couple was then silenced by regret, intimidation, and the total realization that they were totally engulfed by some major douchbaggery going on. At least I know they didn’t have to pay for it. How do I know? The very first thing the woman of the The. Couple. (now The Woman) said to the other couple was “Don’t worry about the cost. This is on us since we made you guys come. And, of course, we’ll have the wine pairing.”

I just happened to have some paper in my purse so I decided to be totally gauche and I wrote down some choice quotes from the night as they occurred. For those of you who may not know, I just want to give some background information: 1) before the meal starts, there’s an “Amuse Bouche” course which is basically just “a single, bite-sized hors d’oevure,…different from appetizers in that they are not ordered from a menu by patrons, but, when served, are done so for free and according to the chef’s selection alone” (thanks Wikipedia); 2) The restaurant has an actual sommelier who comes out and serves the wine and gives you background on it; 3) all of the wines are French.

I have to admit that once The. Couple. was seated my husband and I actually stopped talking to each other and just listened to them for the rest of the night. Ladies and Gentleman, my entertainment with my excellent meal:

“Without you, I’d be like that guy from American Psycho. Before he killed everybody.”

“You have Bojangles where you live, correct? God, Bojangles. Disgusting. Even the name sounds disgusting. Isn’t it a step down from McDonald’s?” (This only means something to people who are from or have spent any time in the South and believe me when I say THEM’S FIGHTING WORDS. Bojangles is heaven.)

“Hmm. This is not really an amuse bouche.”

“Now, where exactly in this region did this wine come from? My brother has a house in that region.”

(Upon being served one of the gourmet courses) “We have this at home all the time.”

(Upon the sommelier talking about the region of France a wine came from) “Oh, I love it there. They have beautiful chateaus.”

“We have all kinds of this wine in our own cellar.”

“People who like Notre Dame are going to be disappointed. They’re going to undergo a scandal like Penn State.”

“Oh, Warren is applying to high school. Some of them cost $30,000.00 a year, but no matter. He’ll come out better than our daughter who is majoring in print journalism. Such a dying field.”

The Woman spent about 20 minutes telling the other couple how to run their restaurant and the events they should have. She wrapped up that portion of the conversation with “You can even get lesbians to come!”

The sommelier is pouring them another glass of wine. The Woman sniffs it and says rapturously to him: “It smells like manure and blueberries.”

I swear, every single word of that is true.

The other thing that happened on this cruise, which was the NYE Dream cruise, is that Geraldo was on it and had the same dining rotation as my family. On NYE we were in Animator's Palate and were leaving the restaurant, passed his table just as a totally drunk woman stumbled up to his table, yelling, "Geraldo!! I LOVE YOU!"

omg. Depending on my mood, this would either make me so nauseated I would have to either leave or it would be our entertainment for the evening to laugh at them.
One of dh's favorite lines is, "Just because you're rich, doesn't mean you're smart." The CMs could probably write a book about obnoxious people.

This reminds me of our 1st cruise on the Dream while waiting in line at GS, a lady walked right up to the front of the desk, skipping all of us in line, waving her gold KTTW card (not implying that all guests in suites act like this) and demanding that her daughter get a band aid immediately. She had a tiny scrape on her knee & looked embarrased that her mom was acting more like a whining child than she was.

 

[PrincessAndie]

This wasn't shocking but I was fun and involves another Stitch story. I happen to get on the forward elevator on deck 10. Stitch and his handler get on deck 9 (after a pool visit I suspect) and it's only the three of us. Stitch is heading to deck four and was heading to deck three. Anyway, Stitch looks at me and starts to press every single floor button on the elevator and I say "This is not funny Stitch" of course with a smile on my face. Of course it was one of the few times I was walking around without my camera, nevertheless it was a fun moment I will always remember.

His badness level must have been high that day. You should have told him that you were going to tell Lilo!
Great story!

 

[FJS961]

This reminds me of our 1st cruise on the Dream while waiting in line at GS, a lady walked right up to the front of the desk, skipping all of us in line, waving her gold KTTW card (not implying that all guests in suites act like this) and demanding that her daughter get a band aid immediately. She had a tiny scrape on her knee & looked embarrased that her mom was acting more like a whining child than she was.

All she needed to do was stop into the concierge lounge and they would have gotten one for her. She also could have dialed the lounge on a wavephone, if she was carrying one, the lounge and concierge hosts are programmed in on speed dial ... amateur