Viking Sky Emergency 2019 - Lifeboat Stations @  

You know something is about to go bad when you're several floors up and you see the surface of the ocean in your windows.

Passengers: “what does that ringing sound mean?” Captain: “update your will”...

"LIFEBOAT STATIONS!" Not a message that inspires confidence! : l

Seeing the water level on the one side the way it’s rocking back and fourth is terrifying

I just learned that in rough seas they store the pool furniture in the pool. Very good planning and excellent use of available space.

Engines died. Almost got blown onto the rocks. 479 passengers evacuated via helicopter. Lull in storm allows ship to be towed into port.

Hearing that siren go off would send a chill down my spine. Scary stuff

1:38 -- You look out the windows and see that the horizon is above the second story window.

1:22 Look out the window. The ship was rolled so much, instead of seeing the water and the sky you could only see water. Looks like a tsunami approaching the ship but in reality that is how bad the tilt on the ship was. Just terrifying. I remember hearing about this when it happened.

I went on a cruise, my first boat trip, when I was 15 with my best friend and her family... and I was terrified. I wrote goodbye letters to my family and hid them in my drawer. Once I got back home after the trip (had a blast), I destroyed the letters and did not mention it to anyone. Crazy thinking about it now... that I was prepared to die on that boat trip. I'm embarrassed but... I was scared so 🤷🏻‍♀️

I'll head to my muster station as soon as I finish this fifteen dollar glass of wine thank you very much.

Video: the ship is handling the Storm pretty well. Also video: LIFEBOAT STATIONS!

Passengers: “what does that ringing sound mean? Captain: "Do you know about the sinking of Titanic?"

props to all the staff doing their best in this stressful situation

It looked OK ish even though it was extremely rough… then I noticed where the horizon was out the windows

I'm a sea-going retired Navy sailor and even this looks scary AF

The opening scene of this gorgeous blue green water is magnificent.

Just remember “ship” happens lol

@0:55..She sure as hell doesn't wanna spill that $18 glass of wine! LOL

I was on a Viking ship 2 years ago when we hit a huge storm off of the coast of Sicily. That was the most fun of the whole trip! What a ride.

There is NO WAY you would ever get me on one of these things EVER.

Cruise ships should have their furniture mounted into floor so it doesn’t slide all over the place

1:02 dude rockin the Wallabies!!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️

Two reasons I will never go on a cruise, this is one of them.

The sea was angry that day my friends...

There was this one video where the furniture and people were sliding across the floor. Someone actually put the love boat theme to it. I felt bad because I laughed so hard at it.

I remember being on a small cruise liner in the North Sea when we encountered a bad storm. My cabin had two portholes and was by no means on the lowest of the decks. We were frequently denied natural light as the sea covered the portholes during the sustained plunging and rocking. Then we head loud thuds from outside the hull and a lightboat capsule had been dislodged by the rough seas and was banging against the superstructure. But THIS video puts it all into perspective!

The guys capturing everything in there are almost supernatural

I remember a particularly rough crossing on the Calais to Dover ferry some years ago! It was terrifying, but at least the large furniture, like tables, were bolted to the floor. I arrived at Dover a dithering lump of jellied fear! Spent the whole crossing under a table covered in baked beans which slid off the table onto me! Some kind soul had graciously put a plate of them on the table as they went by us!🤨 Every time I get a whiff of baked beans now, it takes me straight back to that scary night!🤢😱

Time for ANOTHER drink.

Scary stuff! Should be a disclaimer for headphone users though, haha!

There's nothing quite like a relaxing cruise! And this is NOTHING like a relaxing cruise!!!!

Francis Drake of England, took his ship "The Golden Hind" around the globe. It was only about twice as large as that swimming pool. 1577 - 1580. Reign of Elizabeth I. Rounding the tip of South America he faced hurricane force winds for months.

The contents of my stomach, intestinal tract and colon would be on the floor.

Reminds me of the ferry ride to Canada one dark stormy night. Everyone puking cars sliding down in the car hold. Alarms and sirens going off, everyone sick to their stomachs, then my dad and I having a good old time. I was young and since my dad wasn't scared and I don't get sea sick I guess I had fun because I remember it being awesome . And jumping with he waves to be weightless

My 1st cruise there were about 10 foot sweels. I was trying to get out of my cabin on the 5th deck to avoid hurling. Thankfully my friend had Zofran which helped. Too bad the stuff didn't help when I was going through Chemo!

I've been on two cruises with rough seas and my last cruise had to supposedly avoid a ship in its path that it turned so hard the pool completely dumped out into the buffet area.

I always love how people seeing furniture fly they just sit there

Dry land is not a myth. I've seen it.

Dang reminds me of the first time I ever watched The Poseidon Adventure in the movie theaters

There's got to be a morning after🎶🎵

I'd love to be on a cruise in this weather! Experience of a lifetime!

I’ve been on a couple of rough cruises but that was rough, rough! I do recall one time when we were in the Atlantic, on a 10 day cruise round the canaries, Madeira and Vigo. It was 10pm, and we decided to have an early night, an hour later there’s a call over the tanoy “all staff,”, and code word, followed by another announcement requesting certain staff to go to the engine rooms. Next all passengers were put on alert. We had to gather our lifejackets, put on warm clothing, stay in our rooms and wait for the next instruction/signal. I had kittens as I was claustrophobic and the thought of going in one of the covered lifeboats was clouding over me. I stood on our balcony looking down at the black sea, thinking it’s pretty rough out there…..whilst my hubby casually read a book😮. He told me to calm down and relax…I could have thrown something at him, but he did comfort me. Thankfully after an hour they announced us all to stand down, as they’ve managed to put the fire out in the engine room😮!! I thought I could smell smoke but my hubby said I was imagining it. The captain is not really in charge, in a way, the sea is.

Looks like an exciting vacation...bet that makes a great story when you meet new people

A cruise and amusement park ride all in one awesome

Everyone: looks at furniture sliding Me: looks out windows 😱

I loved how the one lady made sure to hold her wine glass 😉

This is why I never joined the navy, happy to watch that kind of weather from a beach or somewhere safer.

Passengers: “What’s that ringing sound?” Captain: “Have you ever heard the tragedy of Darth Plaguies the wise?”

Those who don’t know what happened, a huge wave hit the ship causing issues shutting down the engines, this turned off the stabilizers so it started rolling more, the captain anchored the ship as the engines were off which made the rocking even worse. Because they were close to shore, helicopters were able to come and evacuated around half of the people onboard before the ship was able to restart engines and dock back at the port with few injuries

That opening scene of the water is magnificent.

When the captain says, "martini?," I say yes! As many as possible, please.

I have never been cruising, looks like fun :)

I’m the lady holding onto her wine

As soon as I saw the woman holding on to her wine...I knew she was British :)))

TBH The Broucher Did Promise A Adventure Of A Life Time. This looks fun AF. I have been in several hurricanes on a ship. It is a wild ride.The key is to stay calm and enjoy the ride.

New safety briefing when cruising - "please keep your seatbelt securely fastened and brace yourself when sliding across the decks".

The tables and chairs need rubbers under their feet and they they’d have had more friction and not slid the same!! Looks hectic poor folks

The Aberdeen to Shetland ferry is well known for being a terrifying ship to be on in a storm. I have been on it when the waves were slamming into the windows of the forward bar area. That’s 6decks above sea level. When we went to get the car when we docked, the car deck was awash with sea water. I have never been so scared in my life, and I have been in a helicopter crash!!

As someone who’s worked on commercial fishing boats on the Bering Sea in January it cracks me up to watch this. 😂

I want to take an adventure cruise like that. Do they charge extra for it?

And this is why you won’t find me on anybody’s cruise

Last thing I'm doing is getting in a life boat when the bar's still open 🤣

You will never see me on one of those floating death traps!

Try doing a cruise on a U.S. Navy Destroyer, Top heavy, light, fast, deadly, but, not a good ride in heavy seas! Doc Mike USN

A huge floating tavern but I would be hanging with the olds at the buffet.

English lady with the wine glass - Legendary

*Scratches out "Cruise" off my bucket list. 😄

I love the fact that most people just kept eating or sitting even after being slid around with the alarms going off💀💀

I never understood why they don't tie all the furniture so it doesn't slide all over the place. I was a crewmember on a 400 ft Coast Guard icebreaker. We would encounter seas like this during the south trips.... We would ALWAYS ensure everything that could create a hazard was secured.

40 Degrees to and side🤗That’s the funny seaman trip😂1 Steak with Potatos,and zwo Beers please🤣

I still miss cruising even watching videos like these

Id love this. It’s barely even rough compared to what I’ve sailed through

0:55 The only thing more relatable than this was that one guy on the Costa Concordia that took an entire bottle with him while evacuating.

I wish I had self-storing furniture. Look at it! It knew to line up and get into the pool.

I bet there were a few seasick passengers on that cruise. I would definitely be reliving my breakfast with all that rolling around.

Look at the top windows at 1:43. Holy Moly. That’s a wave !!

Worked on cruise ships for 5 years. This must have been terrifying... The only time I heard the emergency signal was during drills.

I swear it could makes good memories

_When suppertime came_ _the old cook came on deck_ _Sayin' "Fellas, it's too rough t'feed ya."_ _At seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in;_ _he said, "Fellas, it's been good t'know ya!"_

A 40-degree roll means this ship wasn't far off from capsizing. Everyone on board was lucky to survive.

was on a cruise once, we encountered 4m waves. ship was handling it very well particularly bc the waces came from the front and according to the cabin crew the ship can handle it a lot better than from the side. you didnt notice much on the inside apart from the not being able to walk steady and in a straight line and not being allowed outside anymore. what was scary though is when I went to the front windows (there is the library) and you could at one moment only see water in the next only the sky. went the hell away from there again and wasnt able to contain my facial expression for the next few hours 😂 looked like the shocked emoji 😳

Ok this looks like fun. Interesting they emptied the pool and hot tub.

That music playing in background makes it seem much more terrifying like it sounds nice but also dangerous...

Um, no thank you. 😳 I'm fine on my couch.

I did the North Sea crossing to Stavanger during the North Sea storms of late 2000 and almost all the sailing was like this. The crew didn't seem too fussed.

Great view.

Looked fun. Reminded me of the North Atlantic when I was in the Navy.

1:23 is absolutely nuts!

“Loiyfe Bowt stations”....always sounds so official when said in an English accent 😂

No. No to all that!! Seeing the sea out the window is terrifying

Thanks to Covid nobody will ever have that kind of fun on a ship again 😂

That's the fastest some of those people have moved in years...

honestly looks like fun

By putting the furniture in the pool it clears floor space for the band to play as the ship goes down.

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i would grab my flute to play the titanic song

Cruises seem fantastic.

Am I the only one who started humming the theme song to Gilligan's Island? All kidding aside, I'm glad it all worked out.

I've been on a flat bottom LPD in the North Atlantic that list so hard you could, and would, literally walk on the walls. At first it was scary, especially as a Seabee, but after a while you kind of get used to it.