dkjretired Posted February 18, 2018 #1 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Huge fight and whole family removed from Carnival Legend in Australia, general cruise interest, saw some other videos and security was concerned with not having people take videos with their phones. Also, scroll down in the story to see some injuries on the people. https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/02/16/06/29/carnival-legend-cruise-passengers-violent-brawl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly g Posted February 18, 2018 #2 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Huge fight and whole family removed from Carnival Legend in Australia, general cruise interest, saw some other videos and security was concerned with not having people take videos with their phones. Also, scroll down in the story to see some injuries on the people. https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/02/16/06/29/carnival-legend-cruise-passengers-violent-brawl Yes very glad we were not on that cruise. Scary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlantaCruiser72 Posted February 18, 2018 #3 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Sadly, fights on Carnival are nothing new. I have seen them firsthand on more than one occasion, but usually between 2-5 individuals and broken up fairly quickly. This event seems to be garnering extra media attention, and the perpetrators look a little "rough" to begin with. I hate to say it, and I do read more reports of fights/violence on Carnival than other lines, but a fight can happen anywhere, any time ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mom says Posted February 18, 2018 #4 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Assuming these yobs will be blacklisted by the cruiseline, a question: do cruiselines share their banned lists? I hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gek Posted February 18, 2018 #5 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Head over to the Australia/New Zealand board for a lengthy discussion. Carnival's marketing in Australia pushes a family friendly image, but they and P&O Australia also like to promote the "fun-ship" concept. Inevitably you'll get a small percentage of passengers who push the idea of "fun" way too far. I also encountered a small "gang" of drunken fools on my last RC cruise who were making a nuisance of themselves but luckily they weren't a big enough group to cause serious problems. In the Carnival incident it was a large extended family of almost 30 who ran amuck. Never seen or heard of it happening on a Celebrity ship out of Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Aurora Posted February 18, 2018 #6 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I saw the link on the Australia/New Zealand CC forum. We subscribe to the Washington Post electronic version, and there is quite an article, with video, on that site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silkroad Posted February 18, 2018 #7 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I’m certainly not impressed that Carnival allowed the worst of the intimidation and attacks to continue for THREE days before locking some of the perpetrators in their cabins and booting them off ASAP. As for offering pax 25% off coupons for a future cruise, well, I’d have a good time suggesting where they could stow that offer! Also, what’s with the crew kicking & threatening victims and confiscating recording devices (and deleting images)? What right did they have to do so? Way to go Carnival. Impressive display all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkjretired Posted February 18, 2018 Author #8 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I’m certainly not impressed that Carnival allowed the worst of the intimidation and attacks to continue for THREE days before locking some of the perpetrators in their cabins and booting them off ASAP. As for offering pax 25% off coupons for a future cruise, well, I’d have a good time suggesting where they could stow that offer! Also, what’s with the crew kicking & threatening victims and confiscating recording devices (and deleting images)? What right did they have to do so? Way to go Carnival. Impressive display all around. I thought about that also and actually they make the rules so can confiscate them if they wish. Not allowed in US but the ship wasn't in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silkroad Posted February 18, 2018 #9 Share Posted February 18, 2018 (edited) I thought about that also and actually they make the rules so can confiscate them if they wish. Not allowed in US but the ship wasn't in the US. Interesting. Do you know if that’s the case on all cruise lines when sailing outside the US waters? I must say that I wouldn’t be standing that close to a brawl while trying to film it. My sense of self preservation (and DH preservation) is much more highly evolved than that of some of the people milling around the combat area! Edited February 18, 2018 by Silkroad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Canuck Posted February 18, 2018 #10 Share Posted February 18, 2018 WOW..Carnival crew seen kicking somebody that was down..also directing attention to filming rather than stopping the fight. Major hit to Carnival credibility on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mynki Posted February 18, 2018 #11 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Agree with the other posters, it's disgusting to see a Carnival crew member assault a man down. The lack of professionalism should cost him his job. It's also disgusting that the security guards prioritized the confiscation of mobile phones over preventing further injury. As an aside, on Celebrity I've noted before a lot of their security staff are tiny. I've wondered how much use they'd be in a similar event. Very little I expect. That said, I wouldn't really expect to see scenes like that on X just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkjretired Posted February 18, 2018 Author #12 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Interesting. Do you know if that’s the case on all cruise lines when sailing outside the US waters? I must say that I wouldn’t be standing that close to a brawl while trying to film it. My sense of self preservation (and DH preservation) is much more highly evolved than that of some of the people milling around the combat area! Outside US waters, its whatever the ship or corporate policy is, I'm sure its not anywhere in writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silkroad Posted February 18, 2018 #13 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Outside US waters, its whatever the ship or corporate policy is, I'm sure its not anywhere in writing. Thanks Don. Regardless, should we ever have the misfortune to stumble upon a brawl, we’d move to another area to call security, after which we’d stay out of their way so they could (hopefully) do their jobs. Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerelmx Posted February 18, 2018 #14 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Also was another fight in a Princess ship 1 or 2 weeks ago, One lady was harassed so she break a bottle of wine in the head of the stalker, also the 2 groups was expelled from the cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronews Posted February 18, 2018 #15 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Agree with the other posters, it's disgusting to see a Carnival crew member assault a man down. The lack of professionalism should cost him his job. It's also disgusting that the security guards prioritized the confiscation of mobile phones over preventing further injury. As an aside, on Celebrity I've noted before a lot of their security staff are tiny. I've wondered how much use they'd be in a similar event. Very little I expect. That said, I wouldn't really expect to see scenes like that on X just yet. Think you should have no worries about "tiny" security staff. Bruce Lee is also tiny. I'd want him on my side! I'm sure these small people are capable in ways that we are not aware . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Junky Posted February 18, 2018 #16 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Also was another fight in a Princess ship 1 or 2 weeks ago, One lady was harassed so she break a bottle of wine in the head of the stalker, also the 2 groups was expelled from the cruise That was P&O not Princess. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5377281/Police-remove-people-P-O-cruise-ship-board-brawl-Sydney.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mom says Posted February 18, 2018 #17 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Bruce Lee is also tiny. I'd want him on my side! Hate to rain on your parade, but Bruce Lee died 45 years ago from a reaction to painkillers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronews Posted February 18, 2018 #18 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Hate to rain on your parade, but Bruce Lee died 45 years ago from a reaction to painkillers. Should have used 'was' not is. Betcha even dead he could still take me in a fight lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNUZULOOSE Posted February 18, 2018 #19 Share Posted February 18, 2018 The officers in white were kicking and hitting people. Officers were hitting people who were taping the incident. This is one area they can not afford cost cutting measures , people want to feel safe cruising, not feel as though they could be hit by officers or crew members for even standing there. And violence with that kind of violence won't solve anything either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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