chriscruises Posted September 27, 2007 #26 Share Posted September 27, 2007 http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=235328&highlight=%22Hurricane+Rita%22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy cruzin Posted September 27, 2007 #27 Share Posted September 27, 2007 If it was real, Who took the picture? An officer from the other ship that was sent out to sea to avid the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepenfun Posted September 27, 2007 #28 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Check this out: http://www.maritimematters.com/shipnewspics.html And then click on 2005 shipping news and scroll down you'll see another shot of the ship and the explination. same as poeple are saying, Ecstasy and Sensation both skipped out on New Orleans and went to Mobile AL to avoid hurricane Rita. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L2J Posted September 27, 2007 #29 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Liv, you may want to file that one away to use in conjunction with your ferry video for the next "Help me -- I am a first time cruiser" thread:p One step ahead of you my good man....already got it bookmarked ;) :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeidiHo Posted September 27, 2007 #30 Share Posted September 27, 2007 It's not a fake. I've seen the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrotthead Posted September 27, 2007 Author #31 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Shoot...I already emailed Captain Scala and asked him to give us a ride like this one when we're on the Ecstasy next September! You'll need to practice not puking...there will be a prize for the one who holds out the longest. :p Stir: theres just something wrong with you ;) :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peto Posted September 27, 2007 #32 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Looks like fun for a while .. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynrph Posted September 27, 2007 #33 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I've been on seas like that, that's not bad at all. Having said that, this is very obviously and poorly photo shopped. Could you elaborate which areas were shopped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podorama Posted September 27, 2007 #34 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Great... so the only time all the "party" lights work on a Fantasy class ship is when she is riding out or out running a hurricane? .... Figures. Must be the wind and rain that closes the circuit allowing all the lights to work. I have yet to be on a Fantasy class ship where many of he lights weren’t burned out or only half the string was even working. So now I know the trick. Seeing the half working lights, it always makes me think I am driving by a trailer park in Raleigh NC at night seeing the xmas lights left up from the year before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonaCD Posted September 27, 2007 #35 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Could you elaborate which areas were shopped? The stern near the sea, the curvature of the stern it too rounded, as well, there's a piece of sea just hanging there above the waves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgk Posted September 27, 2007 #36 Share Posted September 27, 2007 The string of lights are on for safety (I would think). Two ships, in a storm, traveling close together. The lights make the ships more visible -- and the crews can gauge distances better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melika091900 Posted September 27, 2007 #37 Share Posted September 27, 2007 yeah i saw that pic on CC sometime last year. around hurricane season.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandi149 Posted September 27, 2007 #38 Share Posted September 27, 2007 One step ahead of you my good man....already got it bookmarked ;) :D Liv, so that pic is real? Wasn't there one circulating on here that was not real and they used Photoshop to alter it? I believe it was the Triumph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish78734 Posted September 27, 2007 #39 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Great... so the only time all the "party" lights work on a Fantasy class ship is when she is riding out or out running a hurricane? .... Figures. Must be the wind and rain that closes the circuit allowing all the lights to work. I have yet to be on a Fantasy class ship where many of he lights weren’t burned out or only half the string was even working. So now I know the trick. Seeing the half working lights, it always makes me think I am driving by a trailer park in Raleigh NC at night seeing the xmas lights left up from the year before. I took these pictures when we were on Ecstasy last year: http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2606971520098102533KNuQkZ The lights were working then with only a couple of bulbs out on the Lido as far as I can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joan_al Posted September 27, 2007 #40 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I'm not exactly sure, but I'll tell you that's how the Glory felt at the end of May this year. One evening the seas were so bad people were getting sick...bad. :( (I think the alcohol I had been drinking helped me, I didn't get sick...LOL):D Did you ever notice the pax that are not drinking walk the aisles zig-zag and the pax that had a few walk straight as an arrow.........:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lover Of H2O Posted September 27, 2007 #41 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Did you ever notice the pax that are not drinking walk the aisles zig-zag and the pax that had a few walk straight as an arrow.........:p LOL!:D What's funny is seeing these people at the airport, rocking back and forth, as if they were still on the boat.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasickcruiser Posted September 27, 2007 #42 Share Posted September 27, 2007 These are my sentiments and I leave this Saturday. I agree, I wanna show my DH, but we leave Tuesday and I don't want him to change his mind. But he'll love the picture graphics. Dorothy Happy Sailing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDINGOateMyBaybay! Posted September 27, 2007 #43 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I was on this ship on the cruise directly before they evacuated it. Wen't straight home only to evacuate myself. There was no one but essential crew on it. There is some you tube video on it too. Just FYI. I think its a fake...... Why? All the strings of lights working and none of the bulbs seem to be burned out! I've yet to be on a Fantasy class ship where all the strings of lights worked or there was not many of the bulbs burned out! But fake or not, (and seriously, it looks real) I would not want that on every cruise, but it sure looks like a lot of fun to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynrph Posted September 27, 2007 #44 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I found the link of Carribean Dads photos that he got some how. Whole set of pictures from the hurricane. But, I do say this particular picture does show evidence in two places of being shopped. http://news.webshots.com/album/547061976shwsUO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynrph Posted September 27, 2007 #45 Share Posted September 27, 2007 And now the youtube link.... http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hurricane+rita+ecstasy&search=Search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTribeFan Posted September 27, 2007 #46 Share Posted September 27, 2007 To those of you who think seasickness is so funny, I'll be sure to hunt some of you down and puke all over you next time. That will be good for a lot of laughs. Ha ha ha. Makes me laugh already! And, no, drinking didn't help. Probably didn't hurt, but it didn't stop it. Believe me, I've given it a couple of pretty thorough non-clinical tries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowRiderMomma Posted September 27, 2007 #47 Share Posted September 27, 2007 They have 5 pictures (blown up) in a series hanging in the infirmary on the Ecstacy. This one looks like one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbug Posted September 27, 2007 #48 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Actually, I think this one is real. I remember it surfacing on news web sites (not just on CC, but on CNN, Fox News, and the like) after Hurricane Katrina or Rita (can't remember which). But, the ship had to leave either Galveston or New Orleans (ships like this are generally safer at sea during a storm than docked because of the damage to/from the piers/docks). The picture (I believe) was taken from a Coast Guard member on another ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L2J Posted September 28, 2007 #49 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Looks like fun for a while .. :p LOL....flying NOE for almost two hours, in the summer, little light, not being able to move, the smell of jet fuel....NOW THAT'S FUN :p Liv, so that pic is real? Wasn't there one circulating on here that was not real and they used Photoshop to alter it? I believe it was the Triumph? I have that hurricane pic bookmarked too ;) There has been discussion recently over the authenticity of that particular photo. Real or not, I would have loved to have been on that ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandi149 Posted September 28, 2007 #50 Share Posted September 28, 2007 LOL....flying NOE for almost two hours, in the summer, little light, not being able to move, the smell of jet fuel....NOW THAT'S FUN :p I have that hurricane pic bookmarked too ;) There has been discussion recently over the authenticity of that particular photo. Real or not, I would have loved to have been on that ship. Ack!! :eek: Not me....but you are the more adventurous type. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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