I Experienced Cruising in a STORM - The Reality Surprised Me!

Cruising is anything but boring! What's the strangest thing you've seen at sea? 🙂😋 Thanks so much for watching this video! I appreciate your comments and your time MILLIONS. By the way, it isn't sponsored by Kwells, I just get asked a lot what brand I use for seasickness so I wanted to mention it, if you are reading this and you are Kwells and would like to sponsor me... cool! Email me. 😂🤣

Cruising in a wheelchair has its perks, as it provides me with a stable base and means I can’t fall over! So I wheel on by as everyone else is trying their hardest to stay upright. Not often I feel smug being in a wheelchair.

I have zero interest on actually going on a cruise yet I'm obsessed with watching your videos! This type of wholesome content is just what I want to watch x

Congrats to the cadet who spotted the life raft in the sea!

I don't cruise often; only went on 3 cruises ever. But I love watching these videos. They are well-made, eloquent and some-how.... very addictive.

“The weather forecast for tomorrow is looking pretty awful…” what a beautifully British way to phrase it.

Hey Emma. I worked on a cunard ship .doing the Caribbean circuit. I had the miss fortune to be on board when that bad hurricane hit years back. Being an older ship the captain decided that ,in the interest of safety that we would, and I quote" run away". ( Monty Python reference) actually that was his actual pipe. So we turned 90° and poored on the coals. Well having been at sea , at that time for most of my working life. It didn't bother me. In fact in my humble opinion,for her age the ship did quite well. Luckily most of the really bad seas were during the night . So was my engine room watch. However that didn't get me out of having to go to the upper deck level's. As people were still having trouble with plumbing etc. I got called to one cabin for a minor problem. Upon entering I got to see this older woman who was still in bed actually fly. The gentleman opened the door for me and as I was about to enter the bath room ,the ship gave a nasty lurch. She shot of the bed and hurtled through the air just above the floor . I grabbed the door frame the gentleman missed and ended up in the corner. While I grabbed for the woman as she went past. I caught the sheet and with the returning lurch deposited her gently on the floor. She didn't even wakeup!!! The gentleman retrieved the rather confused woman from the hall way and returned her to bed. After helping to secure her in bed I fixed the problem . And bid them good night. Thought no more of it. Until we docked in Puerto Rico. When I was called to the gangway right in the middle of fueling. There was the couple from the room . And the captain.you know what went through my mind. But as I got to them the woman flung her arms around me and proceeded to thank me. For what??? Apparently a couple of months previously she had broken her hip in a fall . And the gentleman was convinced that because I cought the sheet as she flew passed me I had averted a probability of another break.

Years ago I was on a yacht delivery crew south of spain (moving the boat from Portugal to Greece) when we heard the call from a fishing boat about a fire on board, I still remember the radio calls of ships and boats (including ourselves) who altered course to assist. 17 vessels in all from small boats like ours all the way up to a huge tanker. The fishing boat did sink but it was reported that all the crew got off and where saved with only minor injuries.

Does the cruise director play hurricane themed music to set the mood? Rock you like a hurricane; We will we will rock you; rock the boat don't rock the boat baby

I kinda love sea days ... no obligations, a ship to explore, trivia games, lazy time to read or nap ... chatting with people at the bars ... As far as rough seas, I don't mind them too much ... haven't (knock on wood!) gotten seasick on all the cruises I've taken ... and the big ships are pretty stable.

It's funny (for those of us who aren't puking) how unique people's tolerances are regarding seasickness. We sailed on our first Virgin Voyages cruise in early October on Valiant Lady out of Barcelona. The weather was absolutely perfect: sunny every single day, light winds, temps in the 70s (F, of course). The cruise could not have been smoother. I honestly think I felt 2 tiny movements over the course of 7 days. On about day 5, someone posted on our cruise's facebook page asking if anyone had extra Dramamine. He went on to say he had run out (I'm not sure if the store was out or what) and "Oh my God, I'm sooooooo miserable!" I'm thinking cruising may not be a good future option for that poor guy.

My first cruise was on a 15,000 gross ton ship (tiny) and we hit the tail end of a hurricane in the Caribbean. It was so rough one day that most people stayed in their cabins but my cousin and I ran up and down the halls enjoying the sensation that you described - like we were floating along, then suddenly it was like we were being slammed toward the ground. I was thrown against a door handle so hard that I thought for a week that I'd broken a rib, but I had the time of my life!🚢🌊🤩

On my one cruise, we had one day with bad weather. It was unpleasant. Still, it gave me one authentic experience of being on a ship at sea. I treasure that.

As soon as you said "nap", I realised that my dream holiday would be a napping cruise. Bliss.

No idea why a video about cruising in stormy seas makes me want to take a cruise even more.

I was in a big storm on a smaller ship in Norway. They chained all the doors shut and all the staff disappeared. We were on deck 7 out of 9 and were frequently underwater. It was like mountains in the ocean. Out of 500 people on board, 425 got off the ship the next day and didn't get back on.

Walking into a glass door is the worst! Not only could you injure your face but you could also cause injury to your neck. So glad you are ok. Thanks for sharing your take on the rough seas.

My Alaska cruise wasn't quite this bad, but OMG the ship was moving like crazy on our first sea day. The mini-bubble tub off the side of the pool in the thermal spa would nearly empty and then all the water would gush back in with each wave. They had closed the pool on deck, but not the thermal spa and it was like a wave pool instead of a thalosstherapy pool. I felt so bad for the workers with the sisphean task of squeegeeing the water back into the pool each wave. Sadly, I saw a lot of guests sick in the hallways and the stairwells; but it was one of the best days ever for me on a cruise. I loved feeling so much movement.

Hi Emma , we were on this cruise, our first cruise and we didn't realise how unusual the weather was ! We had a great time next stop a far east cruise. Love your channel .

Migrating to Australia in November 1959 on P&O's Strathaird we ran into a ferocious storm in the Bay of Biscay. Later, a Lascar seaman in his broken English told me a very accurate adage about seasickness: “When ship go dis a way (indicating side to side) everyone OK. When ship go dat a way (indicating end to end) everyone sick in bed.”