This ride was a lot of fun looking back on it, I was only 10. I'll never forget hanging out with the other kids in the "kids club" or whatever it was while in the lounge one night (I remember the worst of it was during the night), playing video games when the TV almost came flying into my head, glasses smashing everywhere, then running back to my cabin to the safety of mom, only to see other families running, crying towards their muster stations!
@marcusmv3 Yes, that evening was very traumatic. My wife was pregnant with our first child. She was in bed when we started listing side to side. She rolled out of the bed onto the floor and our TV slid onto the bed.
@blackotcsox Wow! Yeah, I remember it was two ships going through it. I have to tell you, I felt a lot better knowing there was two ships. If anything happened, there was always a second to help out. I thought the NCL ship had a sharper bow and was slicing through the waves. Our bow on the Zenith was more rounded and took the waves very badly. The steel in the bow was caved in from crashing into the waves.
The burning question is: why would the captain not change the route itinerary (maybe selecting a different destination) so as to avoid these rough seas altogether? It seems like an unnecessary risk that caused damage to the ship and put lives at risk.
@a73347 Excellent question! The projected path of the hurricane was for it to make land fall on North Carolina and continue inland, up the east coast and then die. So, they decided to go. It was late Saturday, after we left then the storm starting tracking north and tried to cut us off. If you look at the video at 40 seconds I show the map. You can see the projected path as my hand goes over it, it showed the hurricane going of to the left(west), but my finger points to the actual track it took.
@NikAbbot I'm going on a cruise to Bermuda in July. You can be sure I'll be checking the weather forecast right before the trip. If I see any large storm like a hurricane headed that way and the cruise line does not select an alternate destination, I'm going to cancel my trip. Fortunately, I took cancellation insurance. I would still lose some money but it's better than putting lives at risk. You said it best in the video when you looked at the mess inside the ship and said "This is not right!"
I was a ships photographer on that ship during that cruise. Rough cruise. I was nearly hit by a flying TV in the staff mess. It landed on a garbage can just by the side of me. I remember the bow damage.
I was the ships printer on this cruise- I'll never forget it. The ship listed a one point and the life boats were in the ocean whilst in their stowed position. The print shop (like most of the ship) was trashed. A rear cabin window was stoved in (1 inch thick) and a crew member was very badly cut. They were repairing the bow damge for some weeks after- while we kept on cruising. Some crew were goofing off at lifeboat drill the next week, the staff captain said if we knew how close a call we had?
awsome some of the best fun ive seen. Though i dont know, id really hate to get sea sick as I hate the feeling of motion sickness. though if I was out and about I doubt it would affect me as much as if I were standing still. Good times!
wow, at first it seemes very steady even though the waves were pretty big! Then when you film form your cabin, lol huge wawes, at what deck you were at? Anywas at 5.45 you really see the ship rising and sinking in the waves haha..not so steady anymore! So how people react on the cruise, was it less fun and stuff or people didnt care? OMG when i wrote that above, i hadnt seen the destruction onboard! Shit that was bad, the stores omg :( But, you got to shore :D Congrats ;-) good video!
I nice video but I don't want to disappoint you but this is normal weather in the North Atlantic between November and February. That's why cruise lines stop going in the winter. I have been a captain in this Bermuda-New York trade and made 128 crossings in 3 years - all year round. I have seen worse, much worse. From the waves I can see that the wind velocity was max Force 8 Beaufort with little green in it which could be 9 but far from a hurricane. Cruise vessels know better to stay away.
Yep, you're right! At the time, my wife was pregnant too. This trip was our last "Hoorah" before we started having kids. Wow! What a hoorah! LOL! Thanks for watching.
LOL Yeah.. I learned my lesson the hard way taking a cruise from Baltimore to Bermuda in Oct 2008... NOTHING like what you went through though... Geez!
We were in this hurricane also on an NCL ship sailing to Bermuda. As we had a room right at the front (bow), we could see and feel the up and down movement ... the bow slowly pushing upward and slamming as it came down... we could hear the creaking of the ship! What a romantic honeymoon :) Thanks for sharing!
I don't know if it's the same circumstance on this ship, but on modern ships today there are 5 sections underneath the ship that need to be completely filled in order for it to sink
omg i went on cranival liberty in october and there were huge storms it scared everyone to death but we still got most of the days sunny...it was really fun
LOL! Well, drink up and good luck, I'm sure you'll have a blast. I don't think July is hurricane season - right? Anyway, I had a great time, I'm sure you will too.
One moment that I will never forget - crew meeting after we arrived back to NY and were preparing for a next trip. Restaurant manager came in and said: "If you are going to tell anybody what happened here this week - you are fired! Nobody has to know what happened here." That was ridiculous. Regardless that we were on a first pages of all major newspapers, and most of new passengers knew what happened, we still were forced to lie and make up stories. I was only a waiter there, and had no choice
That was a big panic, elevators stuck, people crying, asking for any info that was not available at one point. Food was still available but very limited. We were going at a wrong direction, that's what cause a delay arriving to Bermuda more than 24 hours late. Majority of passengers left back to NY by plane's. Ship was damaged even outside badly, needed a lot of work and fixing. So many broken bottles, dishes, even if we were trying to tight up all big item that were able to move...
I was working on this MV in 1996 and that was the worst ever trip during my entire life on the cruise liner's. In this video there are still many episodes missing that were much worse. I do remember that this continued more than 24 hours and at certain point we were out of electricity, waves were hitting 10th floor, we had pump out water from 6th and 7th floors, not too many crew members were available since everybody were sick or scared to death.
I was aboard her many years later in a cruise to Bermuda. She didn't have very sea-kindly lines to her and with all that top hamper, I imagine it was a rough ride. That's why ships like the Queen Mary were still afloat after all the years - they survived the big storms.
Yes it was a rough ride; it was our first cruise. My family has had various sailboats throughout my childhood. So while 95% of the passengers and crew were in cabins, seasick, I had a great time! Compared to this, the trip home to NYC was boring.
BS, it's like being in the middle of a suspension bridge, like the George Washington, and then someone drops a bomb on one end. The entire ship vibrated.
I miss her....I worked on in retail for 6 months....did this intin many, many times and in this weather. Cruise Celebrity as a kid on the Meridian in a Hurriane in 1994 to Berduma.
Yeah! Horizon! NYC to Bermuda! My cousin and I were on that ship, we almost got "ship arrest" for the remainder of the cruise on the 2nd night...HEY IT WAS THE GIRLS IDEAS TO GET FULLY NAKED AND GO INTO THE SAUNA W/ US AT 3AM...She was a Blonde, what was I supposed to say NO! Bermuda was awesome, but go Carnival if you want to have fun, Celebrity is more Luxery.
Can you please post a full HQ version of this video somewhere? This is honestly one of my favorite cruise videos of all time, would love to have the same experience someday. Thank you.
Thats some good video! Did you start thinking about the engineering of the ship? I cruise every year. Havnt done this ride yet though. Would love to be in something like that. I would need a few drinks. You always know that soon you will be in the sun again.
I went through a nor'easter to Bermuda from Philly a few years ago. It wasn't quite this bad, but the crew had tied down the liquor and gift shop items beforehand and the captain did tell people to stay in their cabins after dinner. It's amazing that the crew on this video just acted like "oh well, whatever..."
The Zentih had a rounded bow and took the wave very badly. We were being followed by a NCL vessel that had a sharp bow, I'm sure it must have been a smoother ride for them. We arrived a day late to Bermuda. I had to removed alot from the movie to fit this on YT. The portable x-ray machine went for a joy ride and smash through a glass wall and crushed itself into the side of the ship.
The NCL ship did not have as much damage, that's for sure, but it was rough if your room was on the bow. I couldn't even get out of bed for 36 hours. I heard that the Zenith "lost" a piano too!
I remember this hurricane. I live near Cape Cod, MA and Eduardo just clipped us. This is amazing footage. I would be so nervous being in such a small vessel in the middle of the Atlantic!
i thought the same thing, but being on a rocking cruise ship for 12 hours is horrible. I was on a cruise to Bermuda last year and we hit a nasty storm on the first night. It was fun at first but soon everyone on the ship was sea sick.
i've had this experience on a cruise before, its really fun up on deck, me and my family were like the only people on the top deck because everyone else was inside. it was so bad that there was a huge like spray that washed over the whole ship ! it was scary but really fun.
(seeing your vid, ours was quite as bad, but im glad it wasent)
This ride was a lot of fun looking back on it, I was only 10. I'll never forget hanging out with the other kids in the "kids club" or whatever it was while in the lounge one night (I remember the worst of it was during the night), playing video games when the TV almost came flying into my head, glasses smashing everywhere, then running back to my cabin to the safety of mom, only to see other families running, crying towards their muster stations!
Ah, the memories!
True thanks for this video
marcusmv3 6 months ago
@marcusmv3 Yes, that evening was very traumatic. My wife was pregnant with our first child. She was in bed when we started listing side to side. She rolled out of the bed onto the floor and our TV slid onto the bed.
Thanks for watching.
NikAbbot 5 months ago
How I ran across this video I'm not sure. We were on the NCL ship that was right behind you. What a wild ride to Bermuda!
blackotcsox 6 months ago
@blackotcsox Wow! Yeah, I remember it was two ships going through it. I have to tell you, I felt a lot better knowing there was two ships. If anything happened, there was always a second to help out. I thought the NCL ship had a sharper bow and was slicing through the waves. Our bow on the Zenith was more rounded and took the waves very badly. The steel in the bow was caved in from crashing into the waves.
Hey! Thanks for watching!
NikAbbot 6 months ago
The burning question is: why would the captain not change the route itinerary (maybe selecting a different destination) so as to avoid these rough seas altogether? It seems like an unnecessary risk that caused damage to the ship and put lives at risk.
a73347 10 months ago
@a73347 Excellent question! The projected path of the hurricane was for it to make land fall on North Carolina and continue inland, up the east coast and then die. So, they decided to go. It was late Saturday, after we left then the storm starting tracking north and tried to cut us off. If you look at the video at 40 seconds I show the map. You can see the projected path as my hand goes over it, it showed the hurricane going of to the left(west), but my finger points to the actual track it took.
NikAbbot 10 months ago
@NikAbbot I'm going on a cruise to Bermuda in July. You can be sure I'll be checking the weather forecast right before the trip. If I see any large storm like a hurricane headed that way and the cruise line does not select an alternate destination, I'm going to cancel my trip. Fortunately, I took cancellation insurance. I would still lose some money but it's better than putting lives at risk. You said it best in the video when you looked at the mess inside the ship and said "This is not right!"
a73347 10 months ago
I was a ships photographer on that ship during that cruise. Rough cruise. I was nearly hit by a flying TV in the staff mess. It landed on a garbage can just by the side of me. I remember the bow damage.
stujomo 1 year ago
Still hoping you upload a longer, HD version of this some day...one of my favorite storm videos. :-)
chrisjohns2007 1 year ago
Ein sehr schönes Video, eigentlich werde ich nicht sehr schnell Seekrank, aber hier ist das schon mega heftig....
Schmusebaer1971 1 year ago
I was the ships printer on this cruise- I'll never forget it. The ship listed a one point and the life boats were in the ocean whilst in their stowed position. The print shop (like most of the ship) was trashed. A rear cabin window was stoved in (1 inch thick) and a crew member was very badly cut. They were repairing the bow damge for some weeks after- while we kept on cruising. Some crew were goofing off at lifeboat drill the next week, the staff captain said if we knew how close a call we had?
snarfnpoots 1 year ago
Where is the huricane?
jefc52 1 year ago
awsome some of the best fun ive seen. Though i dont know, id really hate to get sea sick as I hate the feeling of motion sickness. though if I was out and about I doubt it would affect me as much as if I were standing still. Good times!
Niche79 1 year ago
im going this sunday
DcHomiEz15 1 year ago
wow, at first it seemes very steady even though the waves were pretty big! Then when you film form your cabin, lol huge wawes, at what deck you were at? Anywas at 5.45 you really see the ship rising and sinking in the waves haha..not so steady anymore! So how people react on the cruise, was it less fun and stuff or people didnt care? OMG when i wrote that above, i hadnt seen the destruction onboard! Shit that was bad, the stores omg :( But, you got to shore :D Congrats ;-) good video!
ajlisknillat 1 year ago
I nice video but I don't want to disappoint you but this is normal weather in the North Atlantic between November and February. That's why cruise lines stop going in the winter. I have been a captain in this Bermuda-New York trade and made 128 crossings in 3 years - all year round. I have seen worse, much worse. From the waves I can see that the wind velocity was max Force 8 Beaufort with little green in it which could be 9 but far from a hurricane. Cruise vessels know better to stay away.
seesint 1 year ago
We're headed to Bermuda on the Celebrity Summit this coming September! Supposed to be one of the best times to go. Hmmmm. LOL. Love Celebrity!
scorpgc 1 year ago
@scorpgc Ditto, love Celebrity and Bermuda.
NikAbbot 1 year ago
Amen. That is why I scheduled for the first week in June, to avoid any possibility of this happening.
Baldgol4 1 year ago
@Baldgol4 Yep, words to live by.
NikAbbot 1 year ago
(This footage is off it's chops)
birdie068 1 year ago
@birdie068 It was nuts. There was a Norwegian cruise line ship behind us too...going through the same as us.
NikAbbot 1 year ago
Dang, crazy footage.
djlowtek 1 year ago
@djlowtek The tape was 40 minutes long. This is the best 9 minutes.
NikAbbot 1 year ago
rofl playing bingo
blazeablunt4200 1 year ago
rofl playing bingo
blazeablunt4200 1 year ago
@blazeablunt4200 LOL! Yeah, you can here that in the background. Ha Ha.
NikAbbot 1 year ago
My boyfriend was on this cruise when he was little, he's watching this clip right now and flipping out
tabanorama 1 year ago
@tabanorama LOL! Wow! Tell him the whole video is about 40 minutes long. I had to cut a lot out. These 9:41 minutes are best. Thanks for watching!
NikAbbot 1 year ago
It´s a very awesome document to show the
"POWER OF NATURE", whwn water and storm are playing together a song....wow
Thx also for the pictures inside the ship
Nice video 5* from Bavaria
Bernhardist 2 years ago
Go in May, NOT after August.
Baldgol4 2 years ago
Yep, you're right! At the time, my wife was pregnant too. This trip was our last "Hoorah" before we started having kids. Wow! What a hoorah! LOL! Thanks for watching.
NikAbbot 2 years ago
LOL Yeah.. I learned my lesson the hard way taking a cruise from Baltimore to Bermuda in Oct 2008... NOTHING like what you went through though... Geez!
cincin1179 2 years ago
it was like titanic with montel jordan
imdudits2 2 years ago
I was on this ship too...still have the newspaper from when we came home
(The New York Post)...I also still have nightmares...this cruise changed my life!
agirlsclub 2 years ago
what boat is that
sidthekidfan8799 2 years ago
The boat was named, "Zenith." I think since then it was sold and renamed.
NikAbbot 2 years ago
We were in this hurricane also on an NCL ship sailing to Bermuda. As we had a room right at the front (bow), we could see and feel the up and down movement ... the bow slowly pushing upward and slamming as it came down... we could hear the creaking of the ship! What a romantic honeymoon :) Thanks for sharing!
Brockway17th 2 years ago
I don't know if it's the same circumstance on this ship, but on modern ships today there are 5 sections underneath the ship that need to be completely filled in order for it to sink
lolalexiis 2 years ago
wow! that's cool to see :)
lylavati 2 years ago
omg i went on cranival liberty in october and there were huge storms it scared everyone to death but we still got most of the days sunny...it was really fun
ajc46rox 2 years ago
im feeling nautious just watching this video
tqsuited 2 years ago
LOL! I have about 40 minutes of it on tape. This is the best that would fit on YouTube.
NikAbbot 2 years ago
OMg that storm was so bad.
aangels92 2 years ago
What a mess,
aangels92 2 years ago
did the crusie ship leaked?
aangels92 2 years ago
I don't think the ship leaked but there was a boat load of rain. LOL! "Boat load," get it? Yeah, I know, fail.
NikAbbot 2 years ago
OMG. My boyfriend is goign on a crusie on Juen 29th on Carnival Triumph and I'm worried abotu him with the weather.
aangels92 2 years ago
Which deck was your cabin on?
jagdude99 2 years ago
Oh wow, I don't remember. I think we were 3 or 4 decks down from the casino level.
NikAbbot 2 years ago
Shit ! I'm going to Bermuda on this ship in July! I think I need a drink!
jagdude99 2 years ago
LOL! Well, drink up and good luck, I'm sure you'll have a blast. I don't think July is hurricane season - right? Anyway, I had a great time, I'm sure you will too.
NikAbbot 2 years ago
One moment that I will never forget - crew meeting after we arrived back to NY and were preparing for a next trip. Restaurant manager came in and said: "If you are going to tell anybody what happened here this week - you are fired! Nobody has to know what happened here." That was ridiculous. Regardless that we were on a first pages of all major newspapers, and most of new passengers knew what happened, we still were forced to lie and make up stories. I was only a waiter there, and had no choice
vezhiux 2 years ago
That was a big panic, elevators stuck, people crying, asking for any info that was not available at one point. Food was still available but very limited. We were going at a wrong direction, that's what cause a delay arriving to Bermuda more than 24 hours late. Majority of passengers left back to NY by plane's. Ship was damaged even outside badly, needed a lot of work and fixing. So many broken bottles, dishes, even if we were trying to tight up all big item that were able to move...
vezhiux 2 years ago
Wow...This is amazing video!!!
I was working on this MV in 1996 and that was the worst ever trip during my entire life on the cruise liner's. In this video there are still many episodes missing that were much worse. I do remember that this continued more than 24 hours and at certain point we were out of electricity, waves were hitting 10th floor, we had pump out water from 6th and 7th floors, not too many crew members were available since everybody were sick or scared to death.
vezhiux 2 years ago
4:45 OMG
jenl3rowning 2 years ago
wow, that's crazy!
MarinerFan2007 2 years ago
great footage!!! wow I would have had fun on this cruise. I love storms!
rsea910 2 years ago
Yes, it was fun. A lot of people can say they've been on cruises, few can say they've been through hurricanes on cruises. Thanks for watching.
NikAbbot 2 years ago
I was aboard her many years later in a cruise to Bermuda. She didn't have very sea-kindly lines to her and with all that top hamper, I imagine it was a rough ride. That's why ships like the Queen Mary were still afloat after all the years - they survived the big storms.
divisioneight 2 years ago
Yes it was a rough ride; it was our first cruise. My family has had various sailboats throughout my childhood. So while 95% of the passengers and crew were in cabins, seasick, I had a great time! Compared to this, the trip home to NYC was boring.
NikAbbot 2 years ago
you would not have felt the waves that much becuase the ship is so big it wont make a difference
adrian54444 3 years ago
BS, it's like being in the middle of a suspension bridge, like the George Washington, and then someone drops a bomb on one end. The entire ship vibrated.
NikAbbot 2 years ago
I miss her....I worked on in retail for 6 months....did this intin many, many times and in this weather. Cruise Celebrity as a kid on the Meridian in a Hurriane in 1994 to Berduma.
Thanks for posting,
She still is serving the oceans well@!
cooking1981 3 years ago
Yeah! Horizon! NYC to Bermuda! My cousin and I were on that ship, we almost got "ship arrest" for the remainder of the cruise on the 2nd night...HEY IT WAS THE GIRLS IDEAS TO GET FULLY NAKED AND GO INTO THE SAUNA W/ US AT 3AM...She was a Blonde, what was I supposed to say NO! Bermuda was awesome, but go Carnival if you want to have fun, Celebrity is more Luxery.
opackfan 3 years ago
Can you please post a full HQ version of this video somewhere? This is honestly one of my favorite cruise videos of all time, would love to have the same experience someday. Thank you.
chrisjohns2007 3 years ago
that would of had been fun.unless u die lol
vacationmaster101 3 years ago
Thats some good video! Did you start thinking about the engineering of the ship? I cruise every year. Havnt done this ride yet though. Would love to be in something like that. I would need a few drinks. You always know that soon you will be in the sun again.
johnveranda 3 years ago
I went through a nor'easter to Bermuda from Philly a few years ago. It wasn't quite this bad, but the crew had tied down the liquor and gift shop items beforehand and the captain did tell people to stay in their cabins after dinner. It's amazing that the crew on this video just acted like "oh well, whatever..."
sthomas68 3 years ago
The Zentih had a rounded bow and took the wave very badly. We were being followed by a NCL vessel that had a sharp bow, I'm sure it must have been a smoother ride for them. We arrived a day late to Bermuda. I had to removed alot from the movie to fit this on YT. The portable x-ray machine went for a joy ride and smash through a glass wall and crushed itself into the side of the ship.
NikAbbot 3 years ago
The NCL ship did not have as much damage, that's for sure, but it was rough if your room was on the bow. I couldn't even get out of bed for 36 hours. I heard that the Zenith "lost" a piano too!
Brockway17th 2 years ago
I remember this hurricane. I live near Cape Cod, MA and Eduardo just clipped us. This is amazing footage. I would be so nervous being in such a small vessel in the middle of the Atlantic!
PJSJ22 3 years ago
This is incredible footage...I would probably be really excited to experience a storm at sea..thanks for sharing.
ntxguy 3 years ago 5
i thought the same thing, but being on a rocking cruise ship for 12 hours is horrible. I was on a cruise to Bermuda last year and we hit a nasty storm on the first night. It was fun at first but soon everyone on the ship was sea sick.
logdon17 3 years ago
great video man, thanks for sharing that.
phlipdowt 4 years ago 2
I was on that cruise it was pretty crazy... I thought I was gonna die.
mitsuboost 4 years ago 2
i've had this experience on a cruise before, its really fun up on deck, me and my family were like the only people on the top deck because everyone else was inside. it was so bad that there was a huge like spray that washed over the whole ship ! it was scary but really fun.
(seeing your vid, ours was quite as bad, but im glad it wasent)
uglybetty4eva 4 years ago 2
crap dude
phatsparker 4 years ago 2
man what a time to go on a cruise...but hey gotta love BERMUDA!!!
bermudaone12 4 years ago 2
yo i was on the same ship to the zinth thats cool im going agand this summer
HBkilla123 4 years ago 2
I would have been so frickin sick. Cool though?
bulldawgs50 4 years ago 2
Great storm cruise video!
chrisjohns2007 4 years ago 7
wow its amazing!
residentevil930 4 years ago 3
dammm
sonnyboyUK 4 years ago 3