Adult Behavior

[TheWog]

High school car here was a '82 Mustang. Mine was a hatchback with that fully reclining back seat. I think we meant adult behavior on cruises.

 

[ChrisnSteph]

On our cruise a couple years back there was a nice looking newlywed couple who participated in the Match Your Mate game. When they were asked the question "Where is the most unusual place you have experienced the magic?" they said "in the elevator 10 minutes ago....". Apparently they did their thing in the elevator on their way to the show! It was hilarious and disturbing all at the same time! We were just trying to figure out HOW they did it!

 

[aring75]

Um...okay. I've been debating on whether or not to post because this happened on a RCCL cruise DH and I took two years ago. Thing is - it's just too funny NOT to tell. So here goes...


This was our very first cruise. We were celebrating our anniversary and we were invited to sit at the Captain's table for the formal dinner (ooh-la-la!). Needless to say we were pretty excited about that. We dined with three other couples and the captain himself (Bjorn Svengold - sorry about the spelling!).

Well, the woman to my right began the evening by drinking her way through the first course. We were treated to Dom Perignon and she wanted to make sure she got her share!

About halfway through the meal we could all tell she was getting really sloshed and we were all having a hard time keeping straight faces! She was asking the captain why he was rocking the boat so much last night, because she couldn't sleep with all that movement! And could he blow the whistle for her at 9:30 so she could get up and go for her walk? No kidding!

She suddenly gets up and declares rather loudly that she is going to the bathroom and she'll be back shortly. Her husband looked liked he could've just crawled under a rock and died! He was so embarrassed by this time!

Well, thirty minutes or so pass and she still hasn't returned. Desserts have been eaten and we are now on after-dinner cordials. She suddenly turns up at the table looking a little disheveled and points at the captain and declares, "You need to send someone to look for the bathrooms! I think they got moved around last night when we were rocking so bad!"

In a perfectly straight face he replied, "Will do madam," and he looked at her husband and winked. "It happens all the time."

 

[logan1_2000]

Can't speak for the postings dealing with alcohol, alcoholism, and when children are exposed to all that--those are important topics to be treated with respect, but I'm just trying to enjoy the rest of this about the fun and goofy things.

And please, I hope folks found the fondness I have for the redneck riviera in my post...just might retire there, cigarette butts and all....

And no disrespect, and may the intimidator rest in peace, but I'm old school, and King Richard Petty gets my vote as the greatest of all time...

 

[ann-e-mator]

There was this group of about 5 or 6 Chinese people on the first cruise we went on who got drunk EVERY night and stumbled around the 9th deck playing a recorder quite badly!!! It was really amusing... My friends and I would stay up waiting for them to come out on the deck!!!

 

[rejobako]

"You need to send someone to look for the bathrooms! I think they got moved around last night when we were rocking so bad!"

I can sympathize with the lady. I remember going to one of those revolving top-floor hotel restaurants (in Atlanta, I think) where the entire room rotates slowly to give you a changing cityscape panorama. Obviously, they can't move the bathrooms (plumbing issues, dontcha know), so when I came out I went to where my table used to be and . . . . there was another family sitting there. The horror! Anyway, I thought I was on some hidden camera show for a second until I realized my wife had simply moved around the other side of the building.

 

[LuvThatMouse]

I've read several of the comments about adults behaving inappropriately in the presence of their own children, on some of these cruises. I must say when we all wonder why there are so many screwed up people in this world, all we have to do is look at how some children are forced to grow up. My heart really aches for them.

We chose Disney for the family atmostphere. It is disheartening to learn that we could encounter this kind of behaviour on our cruise. It is appalling to hear that there are so many adults who feel it is acceptable to be a drunken idiot in front of their family. I assumed that most people would be, like us, on their best behaviour, in this sort of environment. I am however, relieved to hear that Disney doesn't have alot of tolerance for it and that when it gets out of hand, they are quick to step in and do something about it.

As for the "Redneck Riviera", my in-laws live there. We go down every year and I can tell you, it ain't so "redneck" anymore, at least the Destin/Seaside/Ft.Walton area. In fact it has become quite the upscale little resort area. Very nice, very clean and very family oriented.

 

[LuvThatMouse]

so for a few miserable seconds he had to just sit there and freeze, not to mention suffer through "crochet interruptus". I don't think my wife and I stopped laughing about it until sometime after dinner, to the complete bewilderment of our little daughter.

I would have been laughing all evening too and heaven help me if I ran into them somewhere on the ship!

 

[LuvThatMouse]

Sorry; didn't mean to offend; it's just a catchy, alliterative term for the panhandle beaches that has been in use for decades. Doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with being a redneck, nor was I trying to imply that everyone who enjoys them must necessarily be identified as one.

Mea culpa.

My in-laws tell me that the Redneck Riviera got its name because the panhandle was a favorite vacation/beach spot for the southerners living in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, etc. as it was more easily accessible to them than say, Orlando, Miami, etc. That's basically it.
It has also been called the "Emerald Coast" and if you've ever been there you'd know why. The sand is sugar white and the water is beautiful shades of turquoise and emerald green. It's really unique and beautiful.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

As for the "Redneck Riviera", my in-laws live there. We go down every year and I can tell you, it ain't so "redneck" anymore, at least the Destin/Seaside/Ft.Walton area. In fact it has become quite the upscale little resort area. Very nice, very clean and very family oriented.

I agree! My sister lives in Ft Walton Beach and the area has really become more upscale with nice restaurants, little ice cream shops, shopping, etc. She still calls it lower Alabama and it's maybe not the most progressive place in the world (I don't know this personally, just what she has said), but they like it there a lot and it's the place that they decided to retire, after traveling and living all over the world, being military.

T&B

 

[LuvThatMouse]

I would respectfully disagree. To many foreign women, the act of taking their top off at the beach is as natural as removing a hat -- such people wouldn't necessarily notice whether other women had bathing tops on or not, because in their home environments, you see topless women as often as you see topless men -- so often it doesn't even register any longer.

Surely, those sophisticated Europeans are familiar with the expression, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do".

 

[UGAFan0829]

I can sympathize with the lady. I remember going to one of those revolving top-floor hotel restaurants (in Atlanta, I think) where the entire room rotates slowly to give you a changing cityscape panorama. Obviously, they can't move the bathrooms (plumbing issues, dontcha know), so when I came out I went to where my table used to be and . . . . there was another family sitting there. The horror! Anyway, I thought I was on some hidden camera show for a second until I realized my wife had simply moved around the other side of the building.

Must of been the Sundial atop the Westin Peachtree Plaza!
That is a funny story...bless your heart...but I never would have thought about that!!

 

[UGAFan0829]

I've read several of the comments about adults behaving inappropriately in the presence of their own children, on some of these cruises. I must say when we all wonder why there are so many screwed up people in this world, all we have to do is look at how some children are forced to grow up. My heart really aches for them.

We chose Disney for the family atmostphere. It is disheartening to learn that we could encounter this kind of behaviour on our cruise. It is appalling to hear that there are so many adults who feel it is acceptable to be a drunken idiot in front of their family. I assumed that most people would be, like us, on their best behaviour, in this sort of environment. I am however, relieved to hear that Disney doesn't have alot of tolerance for it and that when it gets out of hand, they are quick to step in and do something about it.

As for the "Redneck Riviera", my in-laws live there. We go down every year and I can tell you, it ain't so "redneck" anymore, at least the Destin/Seaside/Ft.Walton area. In fact it has become quite the upscale little resort area. Very nice, very clean and very family oriented.

You are right about that. It seems to be getting a "facelift" down there as there all several new condo complexes going in. They even tore down the Miracle Strip amusement park to put in a huge new complex, and I've just recently heard that Club La Vela was relocating so that a new complex could go there.

 

[HooKooDooKu]

I can sympathize with the lady. I remember going to one of those revolving top-floor hotel restaurants (in Atlanta, I think) where the entire room rotates slowly to give you a changing cityscape panorama. Obviously, they can't move the bathrooms (plumbing issues, dontcha know), so when I came out I went to where my table used to be and . . . . there was another family sitting there. The horror! Anyway, I thought I was on some hidden camera show for a second until I realized my wife had simply moved around the other side of the building.

This has nothing to do with DCL, but the above accout reminds me of an incident during a Howy Mandel show...

The audience was about 100 strong, and they were situated in two sets of bleachers on opposite sides of the room. During the routine, a lady gets up to go to the bathroom. First Howy admonishes her for having the audacity to interupt his show. But then, while she's in the bathroom, he gets the entire audience to get up and swap sides. The lady comes back and is obviously confused because she can't find her seat. Howy continues to admonish her for continuing to interupt his act, and eggs the situation on by trying to get her to hurry up.

 

[inkkognito]

These are some good stories, but let's keep them related to DCL. If you would like to share an off-topic story, feel free to do so on the Community Board.
Barb

 

[TiggersBounce]

I have not laughed this hard in quite awhile. Thanks to TiggerBounce for starting this thread. Its a shame it is getting off track and I too would like to hear some more. Come on all you comedians out there lets hear some more funny stories about risque behavior at the pools and hot tubs!

You're welcome. You are also right about getting off track.
I'm sure that others have seen adults gone wild on the Wonder or the Magic.

Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo!

 

[TiggersBounce]

Bounce

 

[JungleCruiser]

On the last cruise, we were in the process of debarking the ship when we saw a display of crazy adult behavior. A mother, obviously ticked at her husband for who knows what, asked him to take a gigantic suitcase down the escalator for her. We watched as he went solo down the escalator- avoiding any help with the giant suitcase. Well, this was unacceptable to his wife who decided to scream at the top of her lungs "you are a good for nothing' blankety blank blank blank, you never help you censored censored creep...blah, blah, blah". This woman then proceeded to throw a major tantrum as we all quietly rode down the escalator. Then our children, bright eyed and dazed asked us why that woman was so mad. My DH whispered quietly to me, "If 7 days of magic doesn't do it, maybe it is time to give up" Seriously, who talks like that after a trip of a lifetime?

 

[dwkwootton]

How about it. Thought I'd check in with this thread this morning to chuckle at some good stories, its been a couple days and a half dozen pages since I posted what I thought were funny DCL stories (drunk mom, Cozumel, gangplank, kids) (surgically enhanced mom testing the limits of the dress code).

Many things seem to have been covered, but some of what wasn't, to me is worth mentioning.

I personally don't care very much whether or not you support public nudity and I would not draw a conclusion as to your fitness as a parent regarding same, but I do care that the mindset that bases that decision on the physical appearance of the person has been shown to contribute to the growing epidemic of eating disorders in our youth. It might be worth considering that you are doing potentially fatal damage to our young people if you think that way, likely more damage than having one too many pina coladas in front of them, while on a DCL vacation where you can't drive.

If you've selected a Disney vacation for the family values they stand for and feel that entitles you to a sheltered environment for your kids, that would mean you would be open to same sex couples being able to enjoy their vacation without having to behave differently than opposite sex couples?

Some of you have rushed to the defense of the Redneck, reminiscent of the All In The Family episode with Sammy Davis Jr listening to Archie explain his openmindedness. For me and my Redneck husband, we'll thank y'all to figure we don't need no defendin'.

 

[dwkwootton]

And on the lighter side, if whoever it was would really like to know how to use an elevator for purposes other than changing floors, feel free to PM me and I'll be happy to share several of the ways I'm familiar with.