The Crystal Symphony left Miami on Jan. 8, as scheduled, on a two-week cruise. On the way back, things took an unexpected turn.
The climate changed?
The ship was scheduled to arrive in Miami on Saturday, but mid-trip, a United States federal judge ordered the cruise ship seized over a lawsuit regarding unpaid fuel bills. The ship changed course for Bimini, in the Bahamas, according to a cruise tracker, rather than sail into the clutches of federal authorities.
In other words the ship went on the lam. Such an ethical industry.
Steven Fales, 51, an actor and playwright, was on the cruise with a couple of friends “hoping that the pandemic would end and trying to do something adventurous.” The adventure came to an abrupt end when they learned the cruise was being rerouted.
Is there anything less “adventurous” than getting on a cruise ship? Cruises aren’t about adventure, they’re about eating a lot while being on a very large ship. Being rerouted is more adventure-like than staying on course.
Then again, going on cruises in defiance of CDC advice is at least risky, so maybe that should count.
H/t Sackbut
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Getting rerouted to Bimini to run from the law is probably the most adventurous thing that’s happened on a cruise ship in years. Fales ought to be happy.
Extra night in an unexpected port, and an exciting ferry ride. What did he want, a proper kidnapping?
An ‘adventure’ is someone else having a terrible time a long distance away.
Perhaps he was hoping for a memorable rogue wave.