Most Embarrassing Cruise Moment....

[awoltoday]

what the heck is sea lice? that doesnt even sound good

steph

In the FAQ, there's a link to
Everything you wanted to know about Sea Lice but were afraid to ask...


Here's a snippet:

First off, they are not lice. They are the larval form of the Thimble Jelly Fish. Thimble Jellies look like a large brown thimble that would fit on your thumb. Don't waist your time looking for the larva as they are rather small. The larva may still be present even if there are no mature Thimble Jellies to be seen. A more proper term for exposure to these larvas would be Sun Bather's Eruption (SBE). Each larva is covered by nematocyst. These are the guys that cause the SBE. When there is a change in the larva's environment, (i.e. going from salt to fresh water, drying out, feeling trapped between your skin and swimwear) the nematocysts fire. When they fire they inject a substance into your skin that causes the reaction. The reaction leaves you with itch red bumps. These are most often found in areas that were covered with swimwear.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Reminds me of the sign at our local pool.

WELCOME TO OUR OOL
YOU WILL NOTICE THERE ISNT ANY P
PLEASE KEEP IT THAT WAY!

Kids and pools, i know the magic familiy pool was emptied a few times on the last DCL cruise that i went on, and they blamed kids for that, but put in very hot water??

 

[mmouse37]

I think the CM may have been having some fun with you. According to a friend in the pool business there is no such sensor on the market. More likely they perioodically 'flush' the system due to the nature of small children using the pool.

This may be the modern update to the urban legend of the chemical that forms the red ring that forms around you if you pee in the pool.

This is a little OT but we have a pool and one day some friends had their kids in the pool....my husband who is the ultimate practical jokester told the kids that there was a special chemical in the pool and if anyone peed (sp) the water would turn green around them.....well out of nowhere he squeezes off a few drops of green food coloring right behind one of the kids and brought it to the kids attention...well....the kid was mortified and started crying insisting they they didn't pee in the pool. My hubby felt so bad at that point that he made the child cry but it was just too funny...the look of utter horror on the child's face was priceless!!! Hubby then of course confessed to the food coloring...

One of our funniest DCL cruise stories was the last night of the cruise and we were all at dinner. My son who was 18 at the time and stood at 6'1" about 230 lbs.....had made friends and hung out during the cruise with some lovely young ladies who also happened to have the same dining rotation as us. They were seated a few tables away. My son, the gentleman, wanted to send over drinks to the young ladies but since they were all under 21 he opted to send Shirley temples to them to get a laugh. He pulled our waiter aside and told him of the plan to send the drinks over...and pointed out the table they were to go to. He wanted the waiter to repeat words similar to these "please tell them that they are lovely and that he truly enjoyed meeting them this week and had a great time hanging out and to keep in touch, etc."

Well our waiter was all for it....he got so excited and rushed to get the Shirley Temples. He turns to us and gives my son the thumbs up sign. We see him going over to table and then realize that he went to the wrong table!!! We see our waiter bending over talking to some girls who were only about 6 or 7 years old, seated with their Dad....we could see the steam coming out of Dad's ears when he looked our way when the waiter pointed our son out....we immediately realized what the dad must be thinking.....we were horrified but amused at the same time. My son jumped up and went directly to the table to explain to the dad that the drinks were not meant for his daughters but to another table.....we all got such a laugh but boy that dad looked like he was going to kill my son....

 

[klineyqueen]

This thread is so funny.

 

[julia & nicks mom]

I went on a Wonder cruise when I was 4 months pregnant with my DS -

we went snorkeling at CC and came upon the underwater Mickey - everyone was diving down to get their pictures with him - my DH went first and got the picture - I tried then but I was having trouble diving down far enough - seems my belly wanted to float back up!!

I had tried two or three times when a group of about 10 people came up for pictures - so I decided to rest before I tried again - I watched everyone else - they would dive down - grab onto Mickey to anchor themselves and then turn his head toward the camera -

it was my turn again and I was determined this time I would make it - I dove down deep, grabbed Mickey's head and then it was gone!

I came to the surface and told my DH - I think I knocked his head off - he and the other couple there with us assured me I did not knock his head off and they all 3 looked under the water and came up cracking up laughing! I had knocked Mickey's head off!! I looked under the water and there it was on the ocean floor.

I was mortified! But I felt it was my duty to report it to the lifeguard. I swam over to the stand and he just laughed and called on his radio - "Mickey's head is off again" - turns out it is on a screw so that his head can turn with the tide and wouldn't get knocked off in storms or as the tide changed. And as everyone before me grabbed and turned his head - they were actually unscrewing it and I was the unlucky one who just happened to be there when it came all the way off!!

 

[SoftBallChickuhh]

well as a teen i would always come in at around 3 in the morning and get up at 730 8ish... and on our first cruise it didnt have much affect but on our second one.. i would always wake up at about 430 5ish and get my shoes and start walking out.. and the one time i walked completely out in my pajamas.. and i let the door shut.. and i started banging on the dooorr trying to get back in trying to be quiet not to wake people... and i was starting to yell to wake my parents up.. luckily i got in before someone else woke up butt mann i woulddah felt bad if i woke people up.. my parents were worried i was gonna walk right off the shipp

 

[Ski-and-Sea]

After a day of snorkeling, DD had swallowed a lot of sea water and had a sour stomach. During dinner at Lumiere's on formal night DD excused herself to go to the bathroom. She insisted on going herself and I know there is a toilet nearby so I let her go herself.

A short while after she returned I started smelling something foul. I looked over at DD and noticed some smeared diarrhea on the back of her leg. I discreetly asked her what happened in the bathroom and she admitted it got really messy but she wanted to be a big girl and tried to clean up herself.

Thankfully we were seated at a big table and there were only four of us so I grabbed all the extra napkins and wiped her clean. Then we headed back to the bathroom to wash our hands and the parts of her dress that were also soiled.

DD was fine for the rest of the cruise. It still makes me chuckle to think DD walked through Lumiere's on formal night with "that" smeared on the back of her leg. Of course we had our table located at the back of the restaurant.

 

[Kimmielee]

:
I was mortified! But I felt it was my duty to report it to the lifeguard. I swam over to the stand and he just laughed and called on his radio - "Mickey's head is off again" - turns out it is on a screw so that his head can turn with the tide and wouldn't get knocked off in storms or as the tide changed. And as everyone before me grabbed and turned his head - they were actually unscrewing it and I was the unlucky one who just happened to be there when it came all the way off!!

Now there is a tag line .... "Accidently unscrewed Mickey's head off"....

 

[julia & nicks mom]

I posted this story when I first started on the DIS - it was like my 60th post - and I got tagged

"knocked Mickey's block off" and my avatar was a mickey mouse with his head on the ground next to him - I loved the tag - but the tag fairy tagged me again and I lost that one!

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

Ok...get ready...

You know how they're always reminding you, when you pack your luggage on the last night and put it outside your stateroom, to keep clothes out for the next day? Well.......

Our last morning I was getting dressed, and ready to go up for our last breakfast, when I realized I forgot to keep out PANTS! Yup - that's right! I was pants-less!!!

I panicked...and screamed at my husband, who was in the shower at the time. He came running out, thinking I was falling overboard or something. When he found out my problem he started laughing!! (Of course, he had pants!!)

So, I called Guest Services and asked them if I could get my suitcase back, and of course, they said no - they were already off the ship and could not come back on. So, I asked them if I could buy shorts or something from the gift shop, and they said no, they were already closed for this sailing and could not be opened back up.

The Guest Services person said the best she could do, was to look through Lost & Found to see if there were any pants or shorts that she could give me. So, I sent DH down there (while I sat in the room with NO PANTS, hoping the Cabin Steward wasn't going to come in!).

Well, after about 45 minutes, DH finally came back with a bag in his hand, and a smirk on his face.

I have to tell you....I normally wear an XL. Well, the only thing Guest Services could find was a very slinky black skirt (that must have been the bottom half of a very slinky formal 2-piece dress). And it was a size EXTRA SMALL!!! I squished myself into it, and I couldn't move! I felt like a mermaid!!!

So, I slithered out and found the cabin steward and asked to use his scissors. I cut the whole bottom half of the skirt off, so it was above my knee. Now, instead of a mermaid, I looked sleazy, in a Way-Too-Tight slinky black miniskirt, with a t-shirt.

Then, we had to go to breakfast like that!! I just, very cooly acted like it was normal to dress this way, and pretended nobody else was around. We had breakfast, then got off the ship.

I kept the skirt as a memento (and a reminder to never forget to keep PANTS out again!). Now, I wish I had a picture (but I'm kinda glad I don't!)

Okay...I just read this out to my Mom and we both are laughing with tears in our eyes...this has to be the funniest thing...but I sure Rhonda you didn't feel that way at the time!!!

 

[d'Isigny]

I was mortified! But I felt it was my duty to report it to the lifeguard. I swam over to the stand and he just laughed and called on his radio - "Mickey's head is off again" - turns out it is on a screw so that his head can turn with the tide and wouldn't get knocked off in storms or as the tide changed. And as everyone before me grabbed and turned his head - they were actually unscrewing it and I was the unlucky one who just happened to be there when it came all the way off!!

I've been in tears reading all of these...wishing I had something to add. Thanks soo much to all for sharing. but,,,,knocking the head off of mickey...get's my vote.

again...thanks to all who has shared...you made a pretty rough day end...with some chuckles and belly laughs. thx, K

 

[jaycns]

Too funny! I cannot even imagine what I would have done in any of those situations...

Not a Disney situation...but we were out to eat once with a large group. My youngest son who was only three at the time was just coming down with the start of the stomach flu (but we didn't know it, he was FINE when we left and we had no reason to suspect otherwise). Well, part way through dinner another son says he has to go to the bathroom so my DH gets up and takes him...before they leave we ask "does anyone else need to go?" The answer is no. They leave and within a minute my youngest says "I gotta go potty". Well, I set down my napkin and start to stand up knowing I had to get him to DH before we had an accident...

Before I even got him a foot away from the table he starts screaming "I POOPED MY PANTS...I POOPED MY PANTS...I POOPED MY PANTS" and I am trying to get him out of there and quiet him down and get him to the bathroom...

As we are walking to the bathroom I notice the smell and realize he really did. Then I see it starting to appear on his shoe...I handed him off to his dad in the bathroom and took the walk of shame back to the table, grabbed our last son, left cash for our portion of the bill and slunk back to the restroom. It was then my husband appeared at the door with our still screaming son "I POOPED MY PANTS and IT'S ON MY SHOE".

We had to carry our son screaming that all the way out to the car. OH MY...talk about strange looks and total mortifacation.

Poor little guy...by the time we got him home he had stuff coming out of the other end too!

Again, sorry it's gross and WAY off topic...but somehow, it fit with the other stories in my head.

MORE CRUISE STORIES PLEASE!!

 

[tynkerbell]

I think the CM may have been having some fun with you. According to a friend in the pool business there is no such sensor on the market. More likely they perioodically 'flush' the system due to the nature of small children using the pool.

This may be the modern update to the urban legend of the chemical that forms the red ring that forms around you if you pee in the pool.

I have to agree here. I recently saw a show about Urban Legends and they said there was no such thing as a chemical or sensor or anything that could detect whether someone had "relieved" themselves in the pool. The CM was probably joking around, but the look on the OP's face was probably priceless.

 

[sirena]

These stories are great. LMAO. Loved the one without the pants

Keep 'em coming.

BTW, my most embarassing moment was being picked as a Gloria Gayner impersonator to lipsynch to "I Will Survive" At least I got a travel mug out of it. DH had it worst since he had to dance like John Travolta.

 

[4theloveofdisney]

One of our funniest DCL cruise stories was the last night of the cruise and we were all at dinner. My son who was 18 at the time and stood at 6'1" about 230 lbs.....had made friends and hung out during the cruise with some lovely young ladies who also happened to have the same dining rotation as us. They were seated a few tables away. My son, the gentleman, wanted to send over drinks to the young ladies but since they were all under 21 he opted to send Shirley temples to them to get a laugh. He pulled our waiter aside and told him of the plan to send the drinks over...and pointed out the table they were to go to. He wanted the waiter to repeat words similar to these "please tell them that they are lovely and that he truly enjoyed meeting them this week and had a great time hanging out and to keep in touch, etc."

Well our waiter was all for it....he got so excited and rushed to get the Shirley Temples. He turns to us and gives my son the thumbs up sign. We see him going over to table and then realize that he went to the wrong table!!! We see our waiter bending over talking to some girls who were only about 6 or 7 years old, seated with their Dad....we could see the steam coming out of Dad's ears when he looked our way when the waiter pointed our son out....we immediately realized what the dad must be thinking.....we were horrified but amused at the same time. My son jumped up and went directly to the table to explain to the dad that the drinks were not meant for his daughters but to another table.....we all got such a laugh but boy that dad looked like he was going to kill my son....

Now *THAT is funny!

 

[scottishwee35]

This is a little OT but we have a pool and one day some friends had their kids in the pool....my husband who is the ultimate practical jokester told the kids that there was a special chemical in the pool and if anyone peed (sp) the water would turn green around them.....well out of nowhere he squeezes off a few drops of green food coloring right behind one of the kids and brought it to the kids attention...well....the kid was mortified and started crying insisting they they didn't pee in the pool. My hubby felt so bad at that point that he made the child cry but it was just too funny...the look of utter horror on the child's face was priceless!!! Hubby then of course confessed to the food coloring...

One of our funniest DCL cruise stories was the last night of the cruise and we were all at dinner. My son who was 18 at the time and stood at 6'1" about 230 lbs.....had made friends and hung out during the cruise with some lovely young ladies who also happened to have the same dining rotation as us. They were seated a few tables away. My son, the gentleman, wanted to send over drinks to the young ladies but since they were all under 21 he opted to send Shirley temples to them to get a laugh. He pulled our waiter aside and told him of the plan to send the drinks over...and pointed out the table they were to go to. He wanted the waiter to repeat words similar to these "please tell them that they are lovely and that he truly enjoyed meeting them this week and had a great time hanging out and to keep in touch, etc."

Well our waiter was all for it....he got so excited and rushed to get the Shirley Temples. He turns to us and gives my son the thumbs up sign. We see him going over to table and then realize that he went to the wrong table!!! We see our waiter bending over talking to some girls who were only about 6 or 7 years old, seated with their Dad....we could see the steam coming out of Dad's ears when he looked our way when the waiter pointed our son out....we immediately realized what the dad must be thinking.....we were horrified but amused at the same time. My son jumped up and went directly to the table to explain to the dad that the drinks were not meant for his daughters but to another table.....we all got such a laugh but boy that dad looked like he was going to kill my son....

that was funny

Scottishwee35

 

[Jennifer48]

"I POOPED MY PANTS and IT'S ON MY SHOE".

I'm at work and I'm just glad I wasn't on the phone when I read this!

 

[cristit14]

Okay, I guess I will post mine. It has been posted on a few other threads, but in case you haven't heard it yet, here it is. This all happened right after an excursion in St. Thomas:

We had just gotten off of the Doubloon and were walking along the small pier when I (who was busy talking and not paying attention) ended up falling off of the pier and into the water. It was quite exciting. I felt like a total moron. My first thought as I hit the water was “I can’t believe that I just fell in” and my second thought was “get up quick the kids are freaking out”. I swam up quickly and they threw me a float, then I swam over a little ways so they could reach me to get me out. Luckily, I didn’t get hurt too badly. My left leg and knee was bruise up and then I had a nasty scrape on my right leg. They bandaged me up and called ahead to the Magic so they wouldn’t leave without us. We got to the cruise ship area at about 4:33 and the guys at the gate (not at the Magic, but the outer gates) were giving me a hard time telling me when all aboard is at 4:30 you are supposed to be back to the gates by 4:00. Okay, now picture what I look like at this point….. I am sopping wet, my t-shirt is filthy, I have a huge bandage on one leg, the other leg is bruised and my DD is crying. I nearly lost it with them, but I held myself together and asked if I could please come on through. I limped on down to the Magic where they were waiting for me and got onboard. After I cleaned up in the room I headed down to the medical clinic and got some more bandages, Neosporin and Motrin, then back to the room to rest for a bit.

Now my kids will never let me forget this and I have a nice little scar as a reminder.... One day a few months ago we were walking through a parking lot and DS was busy talking and not really looking where he was going, I told him he really needed to pay attention to where he was going and he turned around and said "Yeah, Mom, or you might fall off a pier"...

 

[Tluvs2talk]

My Husband and I were eating at Animator's Palette. Our Waiter pulled out my chair and when I sat handed me my cloth napkin. I sat and placed my napkin in my lap. I kept dropping my napkin so I tucked it in my lap. When we got up to go all of the dishes started to fall and the tablecloth was coming off our table. I realized then that I had accidently tucked the tablecloth in my lap. I was soooo embarassed . My Husband and I still laugh about it.


Teri

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

This thread is killing me! Hilarious!
Knocking Mickey's head off. LOL!!!!!!

Oh and Beth- that's hilarious... outgrew his pants and wearing polo/dress shoes and socks with swim trunks. LOL!!!!!!!

Teri- our son almost did that with the table cloth! He's always tucking in a bit of his napkin because well- he's so wiggly it constantly falls on the floor if he doesn't. One night he was seated next to me and I notice he's tucking in the table cloth and not the napkin! I tried to tell him but at first he wasn't listening - he just kept saying I know how to do it myself! (classic kid response) Finally I got him to realize I wasn't trying to help him tuck his napkin in- I was trying to keep him from tucking in the table cloth! If I hadn't noticed that- we'd have had some spilled drinks pretty quickly because like I said- he's kinda wiggly. LOL