DISASTER AT SEA (vacation woes)
Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 9:53 am
ok....as some of you already know i went on a vacation cruise on the 11th of April.
where to begin lol
When myself and my g/f were going on to the boat i began to notice that there were next to NO people getting on the boat that were under age 80....(im not kidding) there were probably 5 other guests on the boat that didnt begin their conversations with a question about some medical condition.
we (myself and my g/f) tried to convince ourtselves it was still going to be a great time.....lol.....well..if you drink enough you can have fun just about anywhere......ok well now on day 4 i had an all out drinking extravaganza......going from bar to bar hoping that something interesting was going to be happening somewhere.........but never finding it.
on the morning of day 5 i paid the price for the day of drinking on day 4.
we were parked off the coast of Jamacia (1 of the 2 ports i REALLY wanted to get into for many diff reasons <G>) and had 20 foot waves slamming the boat......sooo i have a puking hangover and motion sickness to go with it.
i never get motion sickness but with the really bad hangover.....it affected me pretty bad........so after the 15th time puking i decide i wanna go see the doc.
i go see rthe doc and tell him i had a ton to drink last nite and i just need something to knock me out or just make the puking stop......the nurse gives me a shot...then the doc ask's "have you had any diahrea?"
i said a little but that typically accompanies hangovers of this degree (im a veteran in this arena)
well he decides he isnt taking any chances and puts me in isolation in my cabin for 72 hours and i cant eat anything besides plain white rice and dry toast and bottled water.
can you believe this?
well there was a tv in the room........BUT.......it only had 8 channels on it........3 of them were looped commercials for shops on the ship.......1 played a taped episode of law and order..also looped......1 was a map channel that showed where the cruise ship was in the ocean (this turned out to be one of the better channels) the others were TNT, CNN and CARTOON NETWORK.
during this 72hour isolation i became an expert on current affairs with isreal and the palestinians.
the head stateroom attendant was kind enough to bring me a vcr...i thought to myself "this is awesome...something to watch!" well.....come to find out that there are only 60 tapes on the ship......of which 5 were remotely descent movies and out of those...none of them were ever available. and you could only get 2 tapes a day.
and to top this all off.....my g/f's mom told me id better not bring my laptop on the cruise or else i'd suffer her wrath heheheh
so in good relations i decided to leave my laptop at home
if there was ever a time in the history of my life id wish i hadnt listened to someone....this was it.
this cruise lasted 11 days.
ohh another thing..........activities on the boat were obviously going to geard to old folks.........one of the evening activites while on the ship was (and this was printed in a flyer that the staff slips under your door during the nite to inform you of the next days activities) the activity was.......
"IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME semminar"
there it is.
that kinda summarizes my cruise with Celebrity aborad the 12year old short ship called the "Zenith"
if a ship ever had been mis-named.....this is most certianly it.
i hope you get a laugh out of it.....most folks do
as soon as i got home i was able to laugh about it with my roomie.
just so glad the thing is over.
being back home working is like a vacation now.
im sure theres more things im leaving out of this.
ill add to this as i remember.
enjoy
AMP
where to begin lol
When myself and my g/f were going on to the boat i began to notice that there were next to NO people getting on the boat that were under age 80....(im not kidding) there were probably 5 other guests on the boat that didnt begin their conversations with a question about some medical condition.
we (myself and my g/f) tried to convince ourtselves it was still going to be a great time.....lol.....well..if you drink enough you can have fun just about anywhere......ok well now on day 4 i had an all out drinking extravaganza......going from bar to bar hoping that something interesting was going to be happening somewhere.........but never finding it.
on the morning of day 5 i paid the price for the day of drinking on day 4.
we were parked off the coast of Jamacia (1 of the 2 ports i REALLY wanted to get into for many diff reasons <G>) and had 20 foot waves slamming the boat......sooo i have a puking hangover and motion sickness to go with it.
i never get motion sickness but with the really bad hangover.....it affected me pretty bad........so after the 15th time puking i decide i wanna go see the doc.
i go see rthe doc and tell him i had a ton to drink last nite and i just need something to knock me out or just make the puking stop......the nurse gives me a shot...then the doc ask's "have you had any diahrea?"
i said a little but that typically accompanies hangovers of this degree (im a veteran in this arena)
well he decides he isnt taking any chances and puts me in isolation in my cabin for 72 hours and i cant eat anything besides plain white rice and dry toast and bottled water.
can you believe this?
well there was a tv in the room........BUT.......it only had 8 channels on it........3 of them were looped commercials for shops on the ship.......1 played a taped episode of law and order..also looped......1 was a map channel that showed where the cruise ship was in the ocean (this turned out to be one of the better channels) the others were TNT, CNN and CARTOON NETWORK.
during this 72hour isolation i became an expert on current affairs with isreal and the palestinians.
the head stateroom attendant was kind enough to bring me a vcr...i thought to myself "this is awesome...something to watch!" well.....come to find out that there are only 60 tapes on the ship......of which 5 were remotely descent movies and out of those...none of them were ever available. and you could only get 2 tapes a day.
and to top this all off.....my g/f's mom told me id better not bring my laptop on the cruise or else i'd suffer her wrath heheheh
so in good relations i decided to leave my laptop at home
if there was ever a time in the history of my life id wish i hadnt listened to someone....this was it.
this cruise lasted 11 days.
ohh another thing..........activities on the boat were obviously going to geard to old folks.........one of the evening activites while on the ship was (and this was printed in a flyer that the staff slips under your door during the nite to inform you of the next days activities) the activity was.......
"IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME semminar"
there it is.
that kinda summarizes my cruise with Celebrity aborad the 12year old short ship called the "Zenith"
if a ship ever had been mis-named.....this is most certianly it.
i hope you get a laugh out of it.....most folks do
as soon as i got home i was able to laugh about it with my roomie.
just so glad the thing is over.
being back home working is like a vacation now.
im sure theres more things im leaving out of this.
ill add to this as i remember.
enjoy
AMP
