# Why haven't they rescued the cruise line passangers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135 "2013-02-13T00:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135/82 "2013-02-15T06:48:26Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > You’ve got to be kidding?! NCL is worse than Carnival. The one NCL we were on, was horrid. The crew was surly and over worked. They ran out of milk to drink on day 3 and light cusine on day 5 of a 7 day. Imbarkation/debarkation was in an unair-conditioned pole barn in 120°F weather, coupled with a 3 hour bus ride through fuel farms in sounth Texas. The busses back to the air port were 2 hours late and so everyone finished with customs was pushed out of the shade of the pole barn into the blazing sun. It depends. I’ve been on NCL cruises in the Mediterranean and the Baltic. The former was much better, a bit of a larger ship and so more amenities. I got the impression the cruise staff on the latter ship was not as good, and they were trying to cut costs even more. My first crossing was in 1980 on the QE2, New York to France. Things were very different back then - dining classes, assigned seats, much posher. We met people who did crossings in the heyday of ships. Just like on airlines, cutting corners to offer lower fares hurts the experience. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135/83 "2013-02-15T07:59:05Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > And a lot of mentions of prayer circles and The Lord. weird.. It’s not that weird; alot of the passengers interviewed seem to be Southerners. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135/84 "2013-02-15T13:30:42Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Yep, the rule with the large vessels is that … The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Right? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135/85 "2013-02-15T14:01:52Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > And a lot of mentions of prayer circles and The Lord. weird.. I’m guessing after a week or so onboard the Shitanic you might even find a couple of the atheists asking Jesus Christ for deliverance. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135/86 "2013-02-15T17:39:30Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Carnival just can’t catch a break. They really can’t. One of the buses taking people to New Orleans [broke down](http://gizmodo.com/5984541/the-carnival-cruise-from-hell-refuses-to-end-as-the-passengers-bus-home-breaks-down) halfway there. Hopefully the toilet still works. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135/87 "2013-02-15T18:09:19Z")
Newsflash: “Never again” ad bites Carnival in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![MyMack\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MyMack\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyMack_1)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135/88 "2013-02-15T18:38:53Z")
I’m going on a Carnival cruise in July with a girlfriend. Fingers crossed Carnival lowers its prices over this 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135/89 "2013-02-15T20:08:12Z")
> [@MyMack\_1](#): > > I’m going on a Carnival cruise in July with a girlfriend. Fingers crossed Carnival lowers its prices over this 😃 If you’re booked, they are not likely to voluntarily rebate any part of it. But you’ve got a pretty good lever to call, threaten to cancel and take what they offer (probably more online credit and comps). Although if you’re booked on a megaship, you might want to just cancel altogether… _so_ awful, even when the toilets work. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135/90 "2013-02-15T20:14:15Z")
Someone should get **NitroPress** in here and ask him what he thinks about megaships, because I for one am really curious. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135/91 "2013-02-15T20:41:41Z")
I see a movie deal here. 😃 Doomed ship of poo and the bus ride from hell. 😃 > [@Terraplane](#): > > They really can’t. One of the buses taking people to New Orleans [broke down](http://gizmodo.com/5984541/the-carnival-cruise-from-hell-refuses-to-end-as-the-passengers-bus-home-breaks-down) halfway there. > > Hopefully the toilet still works. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135/92 "2013-02-15T20:50:43Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Someone should get **NitroPress** in here and ask him what he thinks about megaships, because I for one am really curious. If there is anything good about the giant ships, I can’t think of it. They are every bad trope about cruising, multiplied, and sometimes for a premium price if you just haveta-haveta sail on the ship’s first season. We’ve cruised on a middling-small NCL ship, a middling-large NCL ship, and an RCCL mega. The first two were sheer dream vacations, not a complaint or a downcheck in three full weeks. The mega was like being crammed in a giant gift-shoppe mall inside a cheap knockoff of Disneyland in hurricane weather on a two-for-one ticket deal weekend. I can’t think of one positive or pleasurable moment on that overcrowded meat transport. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135/93 "2013-02-15T21:35:12Z")
\ This movie just keeps writing itself. What else will go wrong? Ship Breaks, Bus breaks and now the plane. > **[Carnival Triumph cruise from hell continues as chartered bus carrying...](https://www.nydailynews.com/2013/02/15/carnival-triumph-cruise-from-hell-continues-as-chartered-bus-carrying-passengers-to-airport-breaks-down-and-plane-experiences-electrical-failure/)** > > It’s a good thing they remembered to pack a sense of humor. Weary Triumph passengers who endured four long, filthy days at sea could do nothing but laugh as first the bus and then the plane t… > [@](#): > > Carnival Triumph cruise from hell goes on as bus breaks down and then passengers are told there is a fault with their PLANE! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135/94 "2013-02-15T22:17:00Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > \ This movie just keeps writing itself. What else will go wrong? Ship Breaks, Bus breaks and now the plane. Obviously, the ship was supposed to sink, and this is all _Final Destination_-like machinations of Fate to keep them from ever getting home. Eventually, there will be a fleet of cabs full of the last few aged passengers. Then, the meteor will hit. I’ve actually had a trip that seemed like that before. In the course of a single day of travel, I encountered bus trouble, an abandoned train, a plane malfunction, a missing (!) flight crew, and a locked-up airport. All of that just happened to _me_, though–not a whole swarm of fellow travelers. The scale of the mishaps in this case is a little mind-boggling. On the plus side, if any of them happen to do stand-up, it ought to make for great comedy fodder. I’ve reduced people to tears of laughter with the full saga of my trip, and theirs has been much worse. (Plus, it has a pooship. Comedy gold.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135.md?page=4)