Watch: Passengers Left 'Screaming and Crying' After Cruise Ship Encounters 30-Foot Waves
Bad weather can easily ruin an otherwise lovely vacation, but severe weather can quickly turn what was meant to be a relaxing trip you've been dreaming about into a complete nightmare. And if that weather takes place while you're on a cruise ship, you could really be in for anything from a few unpleasant hours of being tossed around and feeling seasick, or to the scenario that some vacationers found themselves in recently that led to some serious implications.
Passengers on a cruise ship in the UK faced a worst case weather scenario when their ship was battered around the ocean by 30 foot waves, and after seeing the footage, I can only imagine how terrifying this must have been to experience while on board.
The footage was shared by the Daily Mail's official TikTok account on Tuesday, November 7, showing what the waves looked like from someone who was on the ship at the time. While many modern cruise ships are able to withstand pretty bad weather and intense waves, in this case, the situation became far too serious for the cruise to continue its journey.
According to CNN, the Saga Cruises ship Spirit of Discovery was traveling back from a trip to the Canary Islands on a two-week cruise out of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom when it ran into the waves while in the Bay of Biscay. After the captain found out that the Spanish ports he'd hoped to dock in would be closed because of the bad weather, he decided to turn back early to avoid it, but it was already too late.
The waves were so powerful that the ship's propulsion safety system activated, jerking the ship to a stop in the ocean. One passenger said that the ship stayed in place for about 15 hours, and in the midst of all of this, 100 of the cruise's 1,000 passengers suffered injuries, including some who required medical treatment.
At that point, the passengers were only nine days into their cruise, but it came to an end after the incident.
"We have apologized to all our guests who experienced such difficult weather conditions; we know that this was a very distressing experience for them," Saga Cruises CEO Nigel Banks said in a statement.
This must have been so scary — and such an awful end to the passengers' vacation. I wouldn't blame them if they never wanted to get on a cruise ship again after that!
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