A woman who revealed she was almost sent to ‘cruise jail’ for fighting with a fellow passenger has sparked a fierce fascination into what really happens to those who misbehave while out at sea.
Theresa Rowley, from Dallas, Texas, recently went viral after she admitted that she nearly came to blows with another woman on a seven-day Carnival Cruise she had taken with her mom.
But when she said that the events could have landed her ‘locked up in the belly of the ship,’ it left people wondering if cruise ships really do have a place to detain unruly travelers, what it’s like, and what you would have to do to be sent there.
In a video uploaded to her TikTok account, which got more than 22 million views, Theresa began, ‘I almost spent three days of my cruise locked in the belly of ship in what I now know is referred to as “cruise jail.”‘
A woman who revealed she was almost sent to ‘cruise jail’ for fighting with a fellow passenger has sparked a fierce fascination into what really happens to those who misbehave while at sea
Theresa Rowley, from Dallas, Texas, recently went viral after she admitted that she nearly came to blows with another woman on a seven-day Carnival Cruise she had taken with her mom
But when she said that the events could have landed her ‘locked up in the belly of the ship,’ it left people wondering what cruise ship jails were really like. Carnival’s ‘brig’ is seen
She told her followers that she and her 67-year-old mom were enjoying a live performance at a bar on the third night of their cruise, when a woman who was sitting next to her ‘wouldn’t shut the f**k up.’
‘She talked to the entire time, bro. She’s yelling across the bar,’ she recalled. ‘It was a distraction and so rude.
‘[At one point], some girl requested a specific ballad and the performer started playing it, and [the lady next to me] goes, “Boo. Boring.” She even pretended to fall asleep. She was a terror, truly.’
A furious Theresa said she made a ‘passive aggressive’ comment to the woman about her non-stop chatting.
As soon as the performer took a break, she said the lady started talking badly about her to her friend – and it sparked a fierce feud between them.
‘My mom said to me, “Just ignore her Theresa she’s being rude,”‘ she continued. ‘But one thing about my mom is, she’s not great at volume control.
‘She’s an angel but she doesn’t know much about noise levels. So this girl heard my mother call her rude, and she whips around and she goes, “Oh, I think you’re the rude one, b***h.”
‘She said this to my 67-year-old mother. Every good thought, every good intention I’ve ever had left my body and flew away into the ocean.
Back in September 2022, a lawyer who specializes in ‘suing cruise ships’ per his TikTok bio, named Spencer Aronfeld, lifted a lid on the topic in a viral video
‘My spine straightened, I hopped down off my stool, I looked down at her and I said, “What did you say?”
‘She goes, “You heard me.” I said, “Yeah, I wanna hear you say it again.” She was like, “Well you guys are being really disrespectful.”
‘I said, “That’s so crazy, because I think everyone in this bar knows that you were the one being disrespectful, so say it again.”‘
‘I said, “Let’s go outside.” Never in my life have I been in a physical fight, okay? But I felt like at this moment, every SoulCycle class, every Barry’s Boot Camp, every SolidCore, yoga class that I had taken had prepared me to throw a b***h into the Gulf of Mexico.’
Thankfully, Theresa said she didn’t end up getting into a physical brawl with the woman because the lady stopped talking and left soon after.
But her story left many wondering if ‘cruise jail’ was a real thing – and what you would have to do to end up there.
Back in September 2022, a lawyer who specializes in ‘suing cruise ships’ per his TikTok bio, named Spencer Aronfeld, lifted a lid on the topic in a viral video.
He added that brigs are ‘not typical’ jail cells with ‘bars or sliding doors,’ but instead, they’re ‘cabins on lower decks with no windows that lock from the outside.’ Carnival’s ‘brig’ is seen
Spencer explained that if you get in trouble for something less severe, you might be ‘confined to your’ own cabin with a ‘guard posted outside’ instead (stock image)
‘Do cruise ships have jails? Absolutely, they’re called brigs and it’s where passengers and crew end up if they violate the code of conduct or commit violence against another passenger or crew member,’ he shared.
He added that brigs are ‘not typical’ jail cells with ‘bars or sliding doors,’ but instead, they’re ‘cabins on lower decks with no windows that lock from the outside.’
‘They have minimal things inside – a mattress, some toiletries, and that’s it,’ he continued.
‘Passengers will stay there until they can be disembarked and handed over to authorities in port.’
Spencer explained that if you get in trouble for something less severe, you might be ‘confined to your’ own cabin with a ‘guard posted outside’ instead.
A UK-based cruise content creator, named Emma Le Teace, previously spoke to ‘a former cruise ship security officer,’ whose identity was not revealed, about the subject for her blog.
She explained that the jail cells are only used for ‘serious incidents’ and for people ‘suspected of breaking the law or those who are acting dangerously or recklessly.’
If a guest is ‘drunk and disorderly,’ on the other hand, she said they will be placed on ‘cabin arrest.’
Source link
CHECK OUT: Top Travel Destinations
READ MORE: Travel News
