Cruise Vacation from Hell

[Venlar]

So I just got back from a 5 night cruise out of New Jersey to Bermuda on Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas. I will tell you one thing. I am never going on a cruise out of New Jersey again. It was bad enough being surrounded by Jersey Shore clones... I swear I saw at least 3 different snookies.  That however was not the worst part.

First day was going great beside being surrounded by The Situation and Snookie wannabes. I had a few beers and a cocktail during the course of the day. Eased off during dinner and had a coffee afterward at the show cause I knew I was going to the club later that night.

Before going to the club I hit up the casino and had about 2 beers.  Lost about 60 bucks and called it quits. I make my way to the club and there is a decent sized crowd there and better yet only 50% of them were JS clones. So I make my way around to the bar and order a rum and coke. After that 2 more beers and chatting up various ppl at the club.

Now at one point I meet some kids from New York and there's a really cute girl with them. So of course I start chatting her up. Made sure she wasn't with a b/f. After getting really flirty with her one of her male friends that was with her order us both a drink. Something with tequila not sure. I unfortunately wasn't paying much attention to where the drink was coming from instead of coming straight from the bartender it was brought over by her friend.

 Now after getting the idea that the girl wasn't that into me I said goodbye and moved along to some other people. I started chatting up this cute black girl and that's the last thing I remember. Next thing I know I'm waking up in the infirmary of the ship. Now before I blacked out I was not drunk I felt moderately buzzed. I felt a little funny when I went over to talk to the other group of girls but thats about it.

So I wake up completely out of it. Apparently I ripped my IV out. and shoot straight up in bed like wtf happened where the hell am I. The nurse and my father came in and start telling me that I got extremely drunk ended up on the wrong floor passing out in the hallway and banging my head of a railing. They ended up giving me two stitches in my forehead from that. Now I'm like wtf I didn't drink that much how could this have happened. Now at this point I am just really out of it not drunk but feeling really odd and loopy. I stayed awake to answer the nurses and doctors questions then passed out again.  

Next day I wake up and get called down to security. They give me their story telling me I was extremely intoxicated, the security cameras show me slamming back and forth into the walls down the hallway. I'll say this right now... with what I drank there is no way I could of been that intoxicated and I told them this. They basically said they didn't believe me and they believe that I just could not handle my liquor. I try to explain the whole ordeal to them. They just wont listen and decide the cut me off from buying any type of booze for the rest of the trip.

Another thing with the being disoriented and not being able to walk... on St Patty's day I drank a bottle of Jager and a 6 pack and was still on my feet. So someone must of slipped something in my drink. I know myself and my limits and there is no way that I was just that drunk. Now this really pisses me off that they wrote off the idea of me being slipped something so easily and I wonder if it would have been the same if I were a woman.

In the end I think they would write anyone off as just drunk to escape the liability of this type of thing happening to people on their ships. Now what really pisses me off is if they were so easily dismissive of me on the first day then God only knows if any woman were slipped something and suffered a worse fate than mine.  

By the end of the cruise however I did end up meeting some decent people. A pair of twins from Penn who after hearing my story and how I couldn't drink for the entirety of the cruise were buying me booze every opportunity they got lol and a rather gorgeous black girl from NY who... well lets just say she ended up in my cabin the last couple nights.  So on the bright side I'm ok and not seriously hurt and the last few nights of my vacation were actually quite good. But I'm still never taking a cruise out of Jersey again. If I see someone fist pump one more time I'm gonna scream.

[victoriah]

Wow, there are some ignorant people out there.  For one thing, roofies came to my mind as soon as you said you blacked out and didn't remember anything.  The medical people on that ship are stupid for not even considering it before you said something.  I'm sorry that happened to you.  I agree there is stigma attached to date rape.  But my boyfriend had it happen to him as well.
On another note, I was on Explorer of the Seas in 2004 and I thought it was awesome.  However, we left from Ft. Lauderdale and were not surrounded by orange retards.

[Anamodiel]

But, in all seriousness, glad nothing serious happened to you... like falling off into the Atlantic!

[Venlar]

Well if anything like this happened to me... I'll never have to remember it...

[Venlar]

Wow, there are some ignorant people out there.  For one thing, roofies came to my mind as soon as you said you blacked out and didn't remember anything.  The medical people on that ship are stupid for not even considering it before you said something.  I'm sorry that happened to you.  I agree there is stigma attached to date rape.  But my boyfriend had it happen to him as well.
On another note, I was on Explorer of the Seas in 2004 and I thought it was awesome.  However, we left from Ft. Lauderdale and were not surrounded by orange retards.

Oh I've been on the ship before out of Florida and been on many others and it was awesome. Just the Jersey crowd and sketchy people this time sucked.

[victoriah]

yeah i can understand.  hey what about a furious booze cruise?

[Venlar]

yeah I can understand.  hey what about a furious booze cruise?

You have my attention... lol

[victoriah]

lol with our luck it will just be a pontoon boat  /lame  lol
but i love meet-ups  ppl should come down for dragon con

[Ghisteslwchlohm]

Dragon con party at Victoriah's place!

[Lits]

Whoa that's insane, love! Glad they didn't get your kidney!

[Keeloth]

Good to hear you made it out all right, and managed to do well for yourself besides.

[Arawn]

When I wake up next day I do go like wtf happened! omg what did i do last night... but then i calm myself because i know that while i dont remember the next morning i am kinda concious when im drunk... so its ok... for example... the other night i left my car in a parking lot.... and i was drinkin and i woke up in my bedroom and i went rage... like wtf happened! how did i get back here! and i went to the window and saw my car and then i was like... "obviously!! i behave while im drunk! ok im back to bed" thats because i know myself and i trust me while im drunk

[Paitryn]

Im glad your ok. and that your dad was with you on the cruise.

I learned 2 things when i was travelling abroad:

Never travel alone
Never take a drink or food from anyone but a staff member of an establishment.

and yeah it sounds like someone slipped you something, and is probably so common that the cruise staff doesnt even want to bother dealing with it, figuring if your not smart enough to deal with jersey, you shouldn't be drinking. Its pure BS, but people dont want the bad publicity or the profit losses.

[victoriah]

Dragon con party at Victoriah's place!

there are two pools at my new place  lol

[Heironymus]

I'm glad your ok. and that your dad was with you on the cruise.

I learned 2 things when I was travelling abroad:

Never travel alone

I learned that from the movie hostel.