Michigander
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2002
I had a horrifying experience on my recent cruise on the Wonder. It was the same voyage where the port hole blew out on deck 2.
I was on deck 6, room 6654 (way at the back of the ship). I was talking to a friend who was visiting when she said that someone was at my door. I looked and she was pointing at the verandah door ... not the door to the hall. There was a teenage boy standing outside on the verandah asking to be let in. I asked what he was doing there and he said he was pushed over from above. I was in such a state of shock that I didn't think to detain him. I let him in and he ran out of the door to the hallway. My friend said she heard laughter in the hall from more than one teenager.
We called guest services and reported this but they didn't seem too concerned. About 1/2 hour later, I called security. They sent a man from security down to talk to us. He said that he was told that people had seen boys sliding down the outside of the ship but they weren't able to locate them. With the description we gave him, he left and called shortly after stating that he had found the boy on deck 9 and the boy stuck to the story of being pushed. He took him to the boys parents and said the parents were very upset. I couldn't tell whether all of this was just a story to appease us so we wouldn't continue to call about it or whether he was really able to catch the boy that easily with all these people on board. Seemed fishy to me.
Anyway, I was so shocked to think that kids would be sliding down the outside of the steep sides of the ship. If it were my kid, he would be grounded for a year! If you stand on a verandah and look up, it's unbelieveable to think someone would even consider doing this.
Has anyone ever heard of this or seen it before? I was in a state of shock right after it happened. I wished that I had left him out there and called security to come and let him in but I wasn't thinking clearly when it happened. It was freaky and frightening.
I was on deck 6, room 6654 (way at the back of the ship). I was talking to a friend who was visiting when she said that someone was at my door. I looked and she was pointing at the verandah door ... not the door to the hall. There was a teenage boy standing outside on the verandah asking to be let in. I asked what he was doing there and he said he was pushed over from above. I was in such a state of shock that I didn't think to detain him. I let him in and he ran out of the door to the hallway. My friend said she heard laughter in the hall from more than one teenager.
We called guest services and reported this but they didn't seem too concerned. About 1/2 hour later, I called security. They sent a man from security down to talk to us. He said that he was told that people had seen boys sliding down the outside of the ship but they weren't able to locate them. With the description we gave him, he left and called shortly after stating that he had found the boy on deck 9 and the boy stuck to the story of being pushed. He took him to the boys parents and said the parents were very upset. I couldn't tell whether all of this was just a story to appease us so we wouldn't continue to call about it or whether he was really able to catch the boy that easily with all these people on board. Seemed fishy to me.
Anyway, I was so shocked to think that kids would be sliding down the outside of the steep sides of the ship. If it were my kid, he would be grounded for a year! If you stand on a verandah and look up, it's unbelieveable to think someone would even consider doing this.
Has anyone ever heard of this or seen it before? I was in a state of shock right after it happened. I wished that I had left him out there and called security to come and let him in but I wasn't thinking clearly when it happened. It was freaky and frightening.
