Carnival better plan to "retire" that ship...nobody will ever want to schedule a shitty vacation on that floating trap. Been on my last cruise...I felt as though I was trapped on a floating Walmart store.

Yeah, that's a pretty dick move.

Yeah.... somehow I just don't see them scrapping their half a billion dollar asset.

OMG, this is from one of my all time favorite movies. Great stuff. LMAOLMAOLMAO

No pun intended? ROFLROFLROFL

Great news, Monty. :clap:

So monty, did she answer the key question? Did anyone on the ship resort to cannibalism?

It is taking a lot of self control to not compose a poem about the valentine's day that returned a wife to a husband after being adrift on the high seas with Jake and the Neverland Pirates for several days.


Glad she's about home Monty.

I have a feeling HE will in some minor form when she gets back

Well they aren't complaining of it tasting like oil either...

Great news, Monty.

Nope, but she did say that there were tent city groups, one in the library, etc., so it's undetermined at this point because each "tribe" keeps to themselves.

Hey, this is a family forum!


Err, wait...never mind. LMAO

Do it!!!

If you really want to keep an eye on it, here's a link of it being towed to port

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/cvp...ive/cvpstream3

Now they're saying it may not dock until 8pmish tonight, but customs agents were taken out to sea this morning to board and have everyone through customs before they actually arrive in Mobile

Do they have to declare their bags of feces?

Somehow I don't think they will be handing out "please rate your stay" cards to people as they file off the boat

Hee Ho Here you go.


Captured by gulf coast pirates
drifting hopelessly at sea
I've been dreaming for your quick return
from the SS minnow you soon will flee.

We'll hug and say I've missed you
I'll be waiting near by in the car
I've got something like a wooden leg
to welcome home your rusty star.

My Castaway Valentine
My heart has ached for you.
While you were tanning on the upper deck
my balls have turned 3 shades of blue.

But if you should not make it back in time
There are 2 reasons I'll be fine
while roses may be red, and violets are blue
a case of beer is cheaper than dinner just for 2

When you disembark the Jolly Roger
walk with dignity and class
But Soon I'll use my One eyed pirate
To knock the barnacles from your ass.

I'm glad you're at home, stop talking..
now remove those soiled clothes.
Tonight I'd better wear a condom
Or I might shoot it out your nose.

My lord Iowa, you should be on Americas got talent!

This is so ****ing great.

http://deadspin.com/5984377/stranded...someone-aboard

Do you increase or decrease the standard tips in this situation? You obviously didn't have a great experience, but at the same time your cabin steward was carrying off bags of your feces. It's a tipping conundrum.

Well they run your CC through for a tip percentage or some shit...so no matter what they're getting money from you.

Pure greatness!!!

Iowanians rep points has to be incredible by writing these poems.
awesome.

question

is it gay for a group of single dudes to go on a cruise together or...?

does this happen? I'm just thinking of vacation ideas...lots of puss on cruise ships easy to get or...what?

lemonade

Not if it's a hetero singles cruise.

sweet

those exist?

Dude, chicks on cruise ships are easy prey.

In fact they're almost ALL looking to get ****ed.

As soon as they step on board the inhibitions go flying out to sea. People are running game in the lines to get on the ship.

Well, I guess this one goes in the "should not go on a cruise ever" side of the argument.

That would be the suck

Meh.

That's like saying you won't fly because an airplane crashed once.

Remind us how many cruises you've been on.

I've been on 3 and hooked up 6 times.

Chicks are mad horny for davy jones dick

Ships been coming into dock for about the past 30 minutes. They are about to offload. ,live coverage on CNN.

Isn't the average age of single cruise women about 70?

I guess widows are an easy target, though.

This guy filling in for Anderson on CNN tonight is horrible. I've seen better anchors on Entertainment Tonight.

Dude, ask around. Those boats are full of orgies and EVERYONE'S INVITED.

Ok, I lied. I've never been on a cruise. But that's what I was told. :evil:

The nice thing about being in the Navy, and Subs to boot, is I never have to worry about the desire to go float around on a big white skimmer! I know it's not the same thing, but I'm pretty sure I can get all the "love of the sea" I want/need, and scuba diving (the only real vacation for me) from the shores of some tropical place. The constant buffet thing just doesn't appeal to me in the least...

As for the filth, I guess I'm at a bit of a loss for how it happened. I'm not sure how many pissers and shitters Arrowhead has for 80K screaming people, but I'm sure had they sent a significant number of Johnny-on-the-spots out there, it might have put a pretty big dent in the problem. Not perfect, but sheesh, not need to piss int he halls! Did I miss that or something?

The Trailer Park Boys did it (well...except Ricky who went back to jail). That's as far as I know about it.

Here's the story.

:facepalm:

Yeah.... totally sounds truthful dog.... Reality is a bitch when you get off. For sure... Dog...

Crap Cruise? Shit Cruise? Shit-Can Cruise? What's not to love about getting on a 7 story floating hotel that looses power and can't even pump out the sewage into the damn sea?

You'd think they'd have a contingency for that right?

Ship has finally reached land in Mobile Alabama

Upon learning that they were in Alabama, the passengers then requested that the ship return to sea.

Why didn't they just tow it to the closest port? Did Carnival just want to make sure everyone suffered for as long as possible?

Nice...Carnival is making them take a vow of silence in order to get transportation.

I have a pretty nice success rates with 19-22 at the bars I frequent...it's nice being 27 and looking more like 23...they always find it really creepy when I finally admit I'm not 23 and that I'm 27 though.

although they are always like 'omg why are you at [this bar] in champaign?!'

and I'm like.."uhm, do you really think only STUDENTS (part time residents) of Champaign, IL are the only people in Champaign, IL?"

It's like these morons don't realize there are jobs and "townies" in IL. I've been going to these bars since these 18 year olds were in grade school.

It's not my fault that I haven't grown up/aged to where I look 30.

Shit my last girlfriend was 22 and I was at her sister's keg party (19 year olds) just last week...and it was aaaaawesome.

Yes, my friends make fun of me a lot.

my bigger friend (he used to weigh like 400 now he's down to like 300) has never really had any luck with girls in his entire life...

we go to this new bar on campus (new bar with the same name it used to have in a shittier location) every Wednesday for karaoke (he's really good/funny at karaoke) and I kid you not, he brings home a different "treat" every week (almost every week).

He used to be the 'omg I hate campus bar' guy...now he gets pissed when we go to "adult" bars (women are so much uglier from 25-35 than they are from 19-23).

AND LESS EASY

AND...if you are still single and 25 as a woman...there is generally something wrong with you.

Every time I hook up with a girl at an "adult" bar they are like 515's...campus bar? Like 718.

I like both bars...different atmospheres...but I'm taking 718s that are 20 over 515s that make me want to vomit in the AM 10 times out of 10. I almost hate going to "adult" bars for the very reason that once I hit a certain beer count I can't say no to a 515 and then I have to deal with it in the morning.

At least when they are 20 you get to make fun of them, look at their hot non-weathered bodies, and then try to bang them again when you are actually coherent.

Never in my life do I wake up next to a 30 year old 515 and think..."damn, better try and get some morning sex!"

I'm always like..."so, exit strategy."

I have to confess I don't know what a 515 is. Or a 718 either.

This.
Sec

ok men, it's the area code system

the first number is a rating based off of face/prettiness...

oh that girl is super cute (probably a 7-9)...average a 5...gross a 1

the second number is a yes or no; 1 for yes (I would **** her), 0 for no (I wouldn't)

my friend Kenny and I decided there is no such thing as a 0...so pretty much, the 2nd number is always a 1

the third number is body...a super model body with great tits and a wonderful ass is a 9. These rarely exist. Same idea as face...you could have a butterface (218) or a pretty girl with nothing else (812)...

Me? I only date 716 and above...anything else is fodder...I prefer 718 of, course (too pretty gets too scary...I'll take a hot bod and a decent prettiness level 10 times out of 10...I don't need to deal with girl ego)...

besides...I'm not cool enough to approach a 919 and how often do you ever see a 919 anyways? And if you do, I'm pretty sure they aren't banging any of us...716 through 718 is the girlfriend target area...

515 is the 'meh a warm hole will do'...

616 is pretty cool...618 is more than good.

but yeah...lots of 515's bar hopping adult bars...TONS OF 718 (AND I MEAN TONS) all over campus...it's like, omg. It's so much different from even 5 years ago.

Hootie really complemented my post.

Ever bang any boat broads, bro?

There's a guy who was on the boat being interviewed CNN on right now wearing a Chiefs cap. At least he's used to suffering.

It would've been cool to get towed to Havana. They probably wouldn't even have to refund the cruise if I was on it and got to go to a forbidden country.

Holy shit, is this why non-fatasses go on cruises? I've always wondered what the attraction is.. I guess it's all the dumb**** pussy that needs a dumb**** dick to fill their vapid vaginas. Well, I guess the wife and I will be cruising next year-- threesomes abound, right!?

I guess to be theme-appropriate, it should be "THREESOMES AHOY!"

Which is my favorite cookie.

I disagree with this. The older I get the more gorgeous the girls my age (25-29) have become.

You can't tell me that Carnival didn't have another ship in the immediate area that they could have transferred the passengers to. But then they would have had 2 ships full of unhappy cruisers. So the who ordeal was a calculated risk. Clearly $$$ over humanity.

DT

What if it was sinking? You think they don't have plans to get people out of the water and onto land? Boats, helicopters etc?

Bad decision thats going to bite them in the ass when the videos and pictures start coming out from passengers.

Two of the other ships (Conquest and Elation) delivered supplies to Triumph.
Your idea of transferring passengers from one ship to another is laughable to say the least.
It's not as if the ships would have been stationary while the transfer was happening, also you're talking about what tying one off to the other? This isn't exactly a couple of john boats you're talking about.

Everyone loves a warm hole. But, I hope that one day you find your spot in life you realize that there is more to life than just pursuing a warm hole.

Only if Mcgyver was on that ship!

watching the reactions from guest leaving last night......they were all over the map.

A couple of ladies seemed like the type who complain about everything. They probably would have had lots of complaints on a normal cruise. A couple of people took it all in stride, and continued to make the best of a bad situation. I like that attitide.

I'm sure it was nowhere near pleasant but CNN sensationalism tried to make it sound as though it was akin to the Titanic coated in human waste and everyone on board was a half step away from death.

A ship with 6,000 people that's built for 3,000, with probably little extra storage for food, extra emergency equipment, extra space for employees, etc; sounds like a terrible idea.

Yeah, I read one quote that mentioned how great the staff was through the whole thing, and of course other people focusing on how terrible everything was, how they weren't told anything, etc. I thought the cruise I went on last summer was perfect, yet heard people complain about every little thing... so I'm surprised those types of people didn't throw themselves overboard, instead of dealing with the horrors of cold food, cold showers, and power failures.

yea, you could definately tell they were trying to play it up. Throwing around terms like "disaster".....really??? Did anyone die?

That is a result if the pussification of america

One article was "5 things we learned about cruises," and it went into how any cruise can change course at any time and that it's written into the contract that there might not even be compensation if they miss a port...... it wasn't even about this freakin' ship, it was just a fluff article to show the evils of cruise lines. If Carnival was taking unnecessary risks, that's one thing, and I'm sure they'll fix it after all of this bad press... but, sometimes bad things happen. Even on vacation.

It's not like a meteor struck it or anything
/Chelyabinsk

One thing im curious about is if Carnival will compensate for any lost wages for missing days of work?

One of the interviews I heard last night made me laugh. The lady on board talked of having to take cold showers and standing in line for 2-3 hours for food and then mentioned, "we're missing dinner right now to talk to you" to the reporter. I told the Mrs that it seemed to me that she was missing dinner BY CHOICE.

I sure hope not. The patrons received a free extension of their vacation for christs sakes!

That would be the only real question I would have as well (I've yet to be able to find an answer from a reliable source).
That question was asked to the VP last night and he was promptly whisked away by his handler (assuming it was a Carnival lawyer or something).

I will keep you posted. Right now, we are just going to get some rest. Nothing has been signed or even presented at this point. We are expecting something via snail mail.

Looking back, this whole story reminds me of the time I went to India.

I can only hope that you heeded my warning and didn't risk "the walrus".

A lot of banging, eh?