A Cruise ship caught in huge waves and 120MPH winds. View from the third deck:

[tblue37]

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[debm55]

1. Ty tyblue37, I have never been on a cruise ship and after watching I don't know it I want to.

[SallyHemmings]

4. I'm simply not that strong of a swimmer

[pansypoo53219]

14. NOPE!

[chouchou]

2. 3rd Deck? Whoa!

Cruise ship are defiantly not my thing. Not afraid of the water or the ship either. Enough said.

[kimbutgar]

3. On our honeymoon my husband and I experienced large waves like this.

Most people got seasick. My husband who had been in the Navy was ok but I was ok until I saw a guy with a green face and I got sick!

[rsdsharp]

5. You can enjoy this for only $8000 per person!

[Wonder Why]

6. Was that a giant octopus I saw in the water attacking the ship?

[unc70]

7. Experienced something similar on the QE2 in the 1970s

On one of the eastbound crossings we had that sea but with ONLY 90 mph winds. Not much shuffleboard out in the deck. For 2-3 days outside was forbidden. All the interior halls had ropes strung at the intersections. It was intense.

The poor crew had just had a nightmare westbound crossing, so bad it blew out a huge window in the 1st class dining room -- patched with plywood when they arrived in NYC. They had to turn into the wind/waves and ride it out.
Were a day late; made the required repairs (including a new window), and sailed again in less than a day (my trip).

The entire crew was incredible. I had no qualms crossing with them several times in the next few years.

ETA the QE2 is a much sleeker,lower profile vessel. I would not cross on any of the huge top heavy cruise ships you see today.

[Mark.b2]

8. Reason #234 not to go on a cruise nt

[hlthe2b]

9. I guess he's kidding about "whale-watching," but given the largest blue whale is nearly 200 TONS...

a wave thrusting one into that port window... well, I doubt we'd see video. Heavens.

[3Hotdogs]

10. A seaborne Petri dish is another reason to avoid them.

[hlthe2b]

12. Norovirus... absolutely

[AllaN01Bear]

11. plays first few riffs from the opening of the the flying dutchman fanfare . dun dun da dun da dun.

dont open that window.

[Conjuay]

13. Counting up from the bilge,

Third deck is probably 12 to twenty feet above the waterline
There are crew quarters, gallies, maintenance lockers engine rooms and a lot of stuff under the waterline.
Third deck isn't a promenade deck- that's probably a hundred feet further up.

[ailsagirl]

15. 😨😰😱

How frightful!!!!!!

[OldBaldy1701E]

16. Now try it on a much smaller boat.

I have been beaten up pretty bad from riding a smaller boat in water like that. It can be somewhat scary.