A woman who revealed she was almost sent to “cruise ship jail” for fighting with a fellow passenger has sparked fierce fascination about what really happens to those who misbehave at sea.
Theresa Rowley, from Dallas, Texas, recently went viral after admitting that she almost came to blows with another woman on a seven-day Carnival cruise she had taken with her mother.
But when she said the events could have left her “locked in the belly of the ship,” people wondered if cruise ships really have a place to detain unruly travelers, what it’s like and what they would have to do. to be sent there.
In a video uploaded to her TikTok account, which has garnered more than 22 million views, Theresa began: “I almost spent three days of my cruise locked in the belly of the ship in what I now know is known as ‘cruise jail’.” .
A woman who revealed she was almost sent to ‘cruise ship jail’ for fighting with a fellow passenger has sparked fierce fascination about what really happens to those who misbehave at sea.
Theresa Rowley, from Dallas, Texas, recently went viral after admitting that she almost came to blows with another woman on a seven-day Carnival cruise she had taken with her mother.
But when she said the events could have left her “locked in the belly of the ship,” people wondered what cruise ship prisons were really like. You can see the ‘brigantine’ of the Carnival
She told her followers that she and her 67-year-old mother were enjoying a live performance at a bar on the third night of their cruise, when a woman sitting next to them “wouldn’t shut up.” .’
‘She talked to me all the time, brother. She’s screaming across the bar,” she recalled. ‘It was distracting and very rude.
‘(At one point), a girl asked for a specific ballad and the performer started playing it, and (the lady next to me) said, “Boo. Boring.” She even pretended to fall asleep. It was terrifying, really.
A furious Theresa said she made a “passive-aggressive” comment to the woman about her non-stop chatter.
As soon as the artist took a break, she said the lady started talking badly about her to her friend, which sparked a fierce dispute between them.
“My mom told me, ‘Just ignore her, Theresa, she’s being rude,'” he continued. ‘But one thing about my mom is that she’s not good at controlling the volume.
‘She’s an angel but doesn’t know much about noise levels. Then this girl heard my mom call her rude, she turns around and says, “Oh, I think you’re the rude one, bitch.”
‘She said this to my 67-year-old mother. Every good thought, every good intention I’ve ever had left my body and flew into the ocean.
In September 2022, a lawyer who specializes in ‘suing cruise ships’ according to his TikTok bio, named Spencer Aronfeld, exposed the issue in a viral video.
‘My spine straightened, I jumped off the stool, looked at her and said, “What did you say?”
“She says, ‘You heard me.’ I said, ‘Yes, I want to hear you say it again.’ She said, ‘Well, you guys are being very disrespectful.’
“I said, ‘That’s crazy, because I think everyone in this bar knows that you were the one who was disrespectful, so say it again.’
“I said, ‘Let’s go outside.’ I’ve never been in a physical fight in my life, okay? But I felt like in that moment, every SoulCycle class, every Barry’s Boot Camp, every SolidCore, every yoga class I’d ever taken They had prepared me to launch into the Gulf of Mexico.’
Fortunately, Theresa said she didn’t end up getting into a physical fight with the woman because the woman stopped talking and left shortly after.
But his story left many wondering if ‘cruise ship jail’ was real and what he would have to do to end up there.
In September 2022, a lawyer who specializes in ‘suing cruise ships’ according to his TikTok bio, named Spencer Aronfeld, exposed the issue in a viral video.
He added that the brigs “are not typical” prison cells with “bars or sliding doors,” but are “cabines on the lower decks with no windows that close from the outside.” You can see the ‘brigantine’ of the Carnival
Spencer explained that if you get in trouble for something less serious, you may be “confined to your” own cabin with a “guard posted outside” (file image)
‘Do cruise ships have prisons? Absolutely, they are called brigantines and it is where passengers and crew end up if they violate the code of conduct or commit violence against another passenger or crew member,” she shared.
He added that the brigs “are not typical” prison cells with “bars or sliding doors,” but are “cabines on the lower decks with no windows that close from the outside.”
“Inside they have minimal things: a mattress, some toiletries and that’s it,” he continued.
“Passengers will remain there until they can be disembarked and handed over to authorities at the port.”
Spencer explained that if you get in trouble for something less serious, you may be “confined to your” own cabin with a “guard posted outside.”
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 issue. Blog.
He explained that jail cells are only used for “serious incidents” and for people “suspected of breaking the law or acting in a dangerous or reckless manner.”
On the other hand, if a guest is “drunk and disrupts public order,” he said they will be placed under “cabin arrest.”