No way would I want to get on a ship or boat no matter what new technology they have. Would you?
2006-11-23 06:22:46 · 10 answers · asked by ZORRO 3 in Travel ➔ Cruise Travel
Like all my collegues who work on cruise ships we were left wide eyed and speechless after seeing poseidon - we have come to the general conclusion that whatever idiot made it had never stepped onboard a cruiseship let alone spent any time doing the slightest bit of research.
OK, its a movie but UTTERLY unrealistic so i really wouldnt use that film as a basis for considering future cruising.
Thats not so say a freak wave that size will never hit a cruise ship - it's possible and in fact has actually happened a few times, off the top of my head the QE2, Oriana, Norwegian Dawn, Michalangelo, Rotterdam have all been hit by freak/rogue waves
and all have survived to tell the tale.
As for the Titanic movie thats based on a story 80 odd years old, to put that into how much technology has advanced since then if you were to compare a flight disaster movie rather than a ship one then the plane would be a tiny flimsy 2 seater bi-plane as thats all they had back then - its rather hard to compare that to a jumbo jet just as its hard to compare the Titanic to a modern day cruise ship. They are both big, hold alot of people, and there the similarities start to end :)
2006-11-23 08:28:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I go often. I love cruising. Titanic was a freak accident. In the times, things like natural disaster were not a fear. Building a ship with less than enough life boats will never happen this day and age. Also more precautions are taking while traveling in ocean areas with icebergs.
Posiedon....Humm same this has to be said here as they do in plane crashes....If it happens it must be my time. This is very un-common. I have heard of it happening to only one ships in many, many, years.
2006-11-23 16:50:57 · answer #2 · answered by missanglgrl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really have nothing to worry about - you'll do a mandatory life boat drill within a hour of the ship sailing. There are also more than enough life boats - unlike the Titanic.
On most ships today, between their size and the stabilizers, you don't even have a sensation of movement!
Go and enjoy - bon voyage!
2006-11-23 15:12:46 · answer #3 · answered by travel guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I have taken a cruise almost every year for the past 5-6 years. The titanic and poseidon are not typical of all cruises.
2006-11-23 14:32:04 · answer #4 · answered by Billy FZ1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, of course; these things don't happen every day ( the Poseidon actually never really happened )
You shouldn't get scared by movies like these.
2006-11-23 14:32:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
After viewing all the Plane Crash/Terrorist movies I would feel very safe aboard a ship.
2006-11-23 14:31:12 · answer #6 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i would in a heart beat. sorry for their troubles but my cruise experience has been great love to sail on the big ships
2006-11-24 17:43:51 · answer #7 · answered by williamsv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, no problem. More people get killed in car crashes, then on cruise ships.
2006-11-23 19:57:00 · answer #8 · answered by monkey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen both movies and am going on a cruise next week.
2006-11-23 14:59:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, I'd go.There are more car accidents than ship sinkings.
2006-11-23 14:31:10 · answer #10 · answered by bellegurl17 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋