So, I wanted to share my mishap from the Bahamas / Halloween cruise accident on the way home from Freeport. Ha! This collision was very interesting and time consuming. It surely was a good story to tell. The journey with the title of "The Bahamas Halloween Cruise Ship Accident on the Way Home" in the newspaper and on T.V.
I had a great idea for my girlfriend’s birthday to take her
on her first cruise. I called and booked
our reservation and also purchased tickets to go through their very scary and
haunted scare house. The scare house was
actually on the ship itself. I requested my days off from work and I also
called her job and asked her boss if it is ok for her to take the days off as
well. Remember, this was all a surprise! I had to wait for 3 weeks to tell her that we’re
going away for the weekend. Finally, the
day before, I told her to pack for 4 days.
We’re going down south to the beach and pool, to dress comfortable and
also bring a nice dress for an evening of dinner and wine… ;)
She kept asking and asking – where are we going babe? I just laughed and replied with – just pack
and let’s go! The next morning we woke
up early to pack the car, gas it up, put air in the tires, check all fluids,
get snacks, drinks and to the bank. Finally,
we were on the way to the port which was about 2 hours away. The ride went so fast because of the excitement
and the anticipation of the whole trip.
Little did we know, we were about to be stars of an on a cruise.
We arrived at the port at around 2pm for a departure of
6pm. When I drove up and we saw the huge
cruise ship in front of us, my girlfriend’s eyes grew to huge owl eye
balls. Her first words were – No way!!???
I replied with – yes way! We were both
super happy. I drove up and the cruise
line had valet parking service. We grabbed
our stuff and we were on our way!
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| The Bahamas Celebration Cruise Line before we departed West Palm |
The first night on the cruise ship
Everything went smoothly for the check in process except that they asked me kindly to change my t-shirt because it read – I’m here to f*ck sh*t up. It was hilarious. I turned it inside out and then later I flipped back. We went straight to our room to leave the bags. The cruise ship was amazing. They had Alcoholic drinks for free and I took 2 of those, but more for me!
The first night was a blast.
We explored the whole cruise ship, which we were on for only 12 hours
until we arrived at Freeport. We woke
up early so we can explore the island of Freeport. We got off and I immediately grabbed another
drink. It was a coconut filled with coco
water and rum, a Bahama specialty. We
grabbed a taxi that took us for my second surprise, which was for us to do a para sail
session. I paid for us to do the activity
but the locals only charged me for one person. I am guessing because we were part the cruise
ship or a language barrier. Either way,
they took us to a floating platform in the middle of the ocean. From there they would hook us up and launch
us from there. We reached over 800 feet
in the air. From the heights we can see
our Bahamian cruise ship and all of the east coast of Freeport. Beautiful!
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| The beautiful view of the clear waters of the Bahamas |
After hours of
exploring, beach activities, shopping, and eating we had to return to the
cruise ship. We took a shower to freshen
up and head to dinner. Mind you, it’s
actually Halloween night. We headed down
to the haunted house first that was located on the bottom of the cruise
ship. It was a very good scary house; I would
have done it a couple more times if I could.
At dinner, we sat down to order our drinks and receive our plates for
the buffet. At this time we were leaving the
cruise ship port of Freeport, to come home. At the buffet the lights went out. Everyone thought it was part of a Halloween activity
that the cruise had planned or an accidental turn off of the lights. I wish it was, but the lights did not come on
for 5 minutes and then the captain came on and told us to head to our safety
stations because the Bahama’s cruise ship was in a crash. When that was said, everyone went crazy and went
running to their room etc… I ended up
going to my room to get our most important documents just in case. Eight hours later, we were towed back to the
port so we can get off the ship. It was
hot and uncomfortable but the cruise employees were very professional. The company put all of us in a resort on the
beach of Freeport. By the time
we laid down, it was 4am. We woke up at
10am to call the front desk and see what the plan was for us. They told us that we had to meet in the lobby
at 12pm because they were sending buses to take us back to the cruise
port. Finally we arrived at the port and
they sent us another ship (Bimini Express) to take us home. I have to say that the other ship was smaller
but I had more fun on that cruise than the original. It had to be because a lot of drinks were
flowing, music, and stress was leaving our bodies. :-p
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| The cruise ship's scare house |
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| Bahama's celebration out of commission |
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| Freeport - waiting for our taxi cruise ship |
This video is from WPTV News covering the cruise ship mishap
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| The party on the way home!!! |
We were celebrities over night! What a first cruise for my girlfriend, huh!?
