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BeautyInUgly Apr 19, 2026 +711

"Once in a lifetime cruise"

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devilquak Apr 19, 2026 +75

That’s a guarantee that they’ll be able to keep no matter what happens

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YenTheMerchant Apr 20, 2026 +4

I mean, the customers can survive and choose to do it again!

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sdraje Apr 20, 2026 +5

_insert the meme with Goofy saying "I'll f****** do it again" here_

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Nervous_Squirrel_ Apr 20, 2026 +9

No customers were on board though.

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pixiemaster Apr 20, 2026 +11

yeah only employees where forced to stay in a warzone

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Xollector Apr 20, 2026 +6

Experience firework display amids celebratory atmosphere, with realistic war simulation.

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ManShutUp Apr 20, 2026 +1

Last in a lifetime cruise

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flavorfox Apr 20, 2026 +1

*life not guaranteed

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obalovatyk Apr 20, 2026 +1

“Fireworks, onboard excursions start at $149 per person”

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earnestlikehemingway Apr 20, 2026

I thought that was the “Poop Cruise”

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lazy_pig Apr 20, 2026 +3

Whether it's bombs or mass diarrhea, shit is going down.

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mtaw Apr 20, 2026 +2

Does Carnival still organize poop cruises? Asking for a friend from Germany.

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nsfwthrowaway5969 Apr 19, 2026 +470

Must be some cruise that. "If you look out the portside window you can see the Iranian missiles coming towards us, and on the starboard you will note the American missile strike on the coast."

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Goosepond01 Apr 19, 2026 +257

You could say it was a cruise missile

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dinkytoy80 Apr 19, 2026 +39

Badum tssss.

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DashingDino Apr 19, 2026 +42

According to the article there were no passengers on board and they obtained permission from all relevant authorities.

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Own_Pop_9711 Apr 19, 2026 +11

Why are the American missiles not hitting the same land the Iranian missiles were launched from?

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Nervous_Squirrel_ Apr 20, 2026 +8

Iran has islands in the middle of the gulf. So could have Iranian territory on both sides.

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Own_Pop_9711 Apr 20, 2026 +5

I...... deem this answer acceptable. Carry on.

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dreamlike6 Apr 19, 2026 +6

Mobile launchers

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Carbonga Apr 20, 2026 +1

If the US navy doesn't enforce their blockade, shoot the engine room and sink the ship. Admin would just say it could have been anyone.

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Markdd8 Apr 19, 2026 +131

>In a statement posted on its website, the company said it had obtained approvals from relevant authorities, under careful consideration of the security situation. "Relevant authorities" of which nation? Does this mean they paid the Iranian toll? After reading story, this headline change is also in order: >Tui Cruises says two of its ships ~~passed through~~ **exited** the Strait of Hormuz.

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Gomnanas Apr 19, 2026 +60

Maybe they asked both sides? It's not commercial or military so I could see both sides being sympathetic.

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Borgmaster Apr 19, 2026 +13

One less thing to shoot at if things go to hell is what I imagine the excuse is.

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ZuAusHierDa Apr 20, 2026 +4

Well. It’s commercial. Just different.

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Catch_022 Apr 19, 2026 +49

No, apparently they skirted the shallow water area as far from Iran as possible. There is no reason for Iran to target cruise ships, but they still stayed as far as possible from the old traffic separation scheme that ships used before the war; that is likely mined.

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Markdd8 Apr 19, 2026 +19

Right, they were in southern waters, which are legally controlled by Oman and U.A.E. according to maritime law. Ships can enter and exit the Gulf without ever entering Iran's territorial waters -- the northern half. Iran had no business trying to commandeer the entire Strait.

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jks513 Apr 20, 2026 +25

The problem with those waters is that the draft is pretty shallow so those cruise ships could pass but an oil tanker would run aground.

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Nervous_Squirrel_ Apr 20, 2026 +12

Cruise ship was also empty, had no passengers. So would be lighter. Probably also had no food stores and extra supplies like it normally would.

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Webbyx01 Apr 20, 2026 +11

And cruise ships already have a fairly shallow draft, to enable them to reach more places with the same ships, along with not operating in heavy seas or weather as often as transport vessels.

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Markdd8 Apr 20, 2026 +1

The water on the Oman/U.A.E. half is deep enough for tankers to pass.

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jks513 Apr 20, 2026 +2

Those cruise ships hugged the coast in a way the tankers could not to stay out of range of the Iranian weapons.

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Markdd8 Apr 20, 2026 +1

Iran has speedboats with machine guns that range over the entire Strait. If the U.S. military tries to suppress them, they can fire Shahed drones against violating ships. The Strait is only 21 wide at narrowest point.

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nithrean Apr 19, 2026 +6

i am not sure that the Iranians have cared about what they have business doing ... If they did, we would not be in the present situation.

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fury420 Apr 19, 2026 +3

Surprisingly, skirting around that Omani peninsula as far as possible from Iran actually passes through some of the deepest waters in the strait, depth maps show it deeper than the normal traffic separation scheme. Iran's waters are the shallowest parts of the choke point bend of the strait, although once further into the Persian gulf the deeper sections do pass through Iranian waters.

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myname_1s_mud Apr 20, 2026 +2

Unlikely. Theres a very specific route iran said ships have to take to avoid mines. Even if they trusted that this area wasn't mined, course deviation would definitely bring heat from the Iranians. My guess is they asked for permission, and iran obliged because they didn't want to deal with the fall out of sinking a cruise ship if things kicked off. That would require a huge rescue effort, and pretty much force the us navy to go in. The cruise company may have paid, but I really doubt they just took the risk and ran for it.

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hambo31u Apr 19, 2026 +3

Ah yes, the troll toll.

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popeter45 Apr 20, 2026

Why do so many people forget Iran doesn’t own the entire strait, they sailed thru the Omani portion

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Argented Apr 19, 2026 +148

lol, I read that scrolling quickly and had to scroll back because what my brain saw was *"Tom Cruise says 2 of his ships passed through the Straight of Hormuz ....", .* I almost blurted out 'than man owns cargo ships?'

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Barnezhilton Apr 20, 2026 +14

Scientology Cruise Lines Inc.

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papaHans Apr 20, 2026 +10

If I remember correctly, Scientology started on a large ship, something called Sea Org in the 1960s.

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Standard-Mountain284 Apr 19, 2026 +11

Same 🤣🤣

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Arrensen Apr 20, 2026 +1

Same here. Was a bit confused

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Crich926 Apr 20, 2026 +1

My brain saw Ted Cruz and was equally as confused lol

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Hirork Apr 19, 2026 +44

They cross the t's, dot the i's and put u in the middle of an international crisis.

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calmnutz Apr 19, 2026 +12

Internatounal crisis?

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TiggersKnowBest Apr 19, 2026 +4

International Circus

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Ali_ayi Apr 19, 2026 +6

"The cruise operator said that all ⁠passengers had previously been brought home and both ships were ⁠operating with reduced crews"

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forcedfx Apr 19, 2026 +29

I saw those two on Marine traffic. Was wondering what they were doing. Mad lads.

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_bieber_hole_69 Apr 20, 2026 +2

Yeah they've been posted near Oman for a few days right? Was surprised they werent allowed through for so long

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unencrypted-enigma Apr 20, 2026 +2

They needed to do this. The risk of pensioners not being able to take a cruise was just too high. /s

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steve_ample Apr 19, 2026 +13

I'd like to see what their port excursions were like.

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Grow_away_420 Apr 19, 2026 +11

I heard about this yesterday. Didn't hear anything about passengers being aboard. I imagine if there was theyd have to have been evacuated weeks ago.

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rcumming557 Apr 20, 2026 +13

"The cruise operator said that all ⁠passengers had previously been brought home and both ships were ⁠operating with reduced crews. It declined to provide ⁠further detail."

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kaesura Apr 20, 2026 +8

all the cruise ships de-embarked and evacauted passengers as soon as the war began. they also then evacuated the bulk of the crew I think of the cruise ships went from 400 crew to 58.

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ContextSensitiveGeek Apr 19, 2026

Right, but imagine being a worker on these boats. If there are no guests, are you even getting paid?

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Axmirza2 Apr 20, 2026 +4

Why wouldn’t they be paid?

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thekeffa Apr 20, 2026 +3

Cruise lines pull all kinds of shenanigans like that. Airlines as well. I very much doubt they were not getting paid. But I wouldn’t put it past them to be on a reduced non operational rate or some c*** like that.

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Showmethepathplease Apr 20, 2026 +10

What a nightmare Imagine being on a Tui cruise

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Weekly-Grapefruit119 Apr 19, 2026 +7

For a second I read ‘Tom Cruise’..

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ThisPerformer6828 Apr 20, 2026 +4

I read this as "Tom Cruise says two of his ships..." and I thought....probably for the next Mission: Impossible.

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bigdjohnson20 Apr 20, 2026 +4

ITT: A bunch of listnookors who apparently know more about crossing the Strait than two cruise ships that actually did it

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[deleted] Apr 19, 2026 +11

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Background-Crow4820 Apr 19, 2026 +8

Its a ruse taking a cruise in the Hormuz, you may get a bruise, not one but maybe twos. I would suggest some booze during your muse

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redditobserverone Apr 19, 2026 +1

‘Tui Cruises. Come see the fireworks and the ceasefires every Friday, Tuesday and Sunday.’

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Expensive_Track_8822 Apr 19, 2026 +1

🎶 a three hour tour 🎶🌴

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PracticalYellow3 Apr 19, 2026

No one is. Stop falling for fake news. The real news told the truth that these ships were empty. NBC lied to create drama.

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xXSpookyXx Apr 20, 2026 +5

This whole thing was an elaborate cover for a military operation. In actuality these ships were there to drop in our nation's most elite Karens whose sole job was to find and speak to the Strait of Hormuz's manager about these unreasonable wait times.

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green_flash Apr 19, 2026 +3

Without any passengers on board. In case you were wondering.

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SYLOH Apr 20, 2026 +3

It's amazing that [this Farside Comic from 1987 has become dead on relevant again](https://static0.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/the-far-side-comic-where-the-love-boat-sails-into-the-strait-of-hormuz.jpg). Almost too much on the nose. For context, this was during the Iran-Iraq war when Iran mined the Straits to stop Iraq from exporting oil through Kuwait.

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defjam16 Apr 20, 2026 +3

Anyone else read Tom Cruise? I thought damn, good for you Tom, that’s a risky endeavour

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Goosepond01 Apr 19, 2026 +2

Don't they have missiles for that?

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lost_dog_1973 Apr 19, 2026 +2

I thought this was an Onion headline

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YakResident_3069 Apr 19, 2026 +2

Didn't know Persian gulf was a popular tourist destination

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audioalt8 Apr 20, 2026 +2

‘The oil fields look lovely at night darling’

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ThisKidIsAlright Apr 20, 2026 +2

Speed Two: Cruise Control - Strait of Hormuz

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FairBeginning3 Apr 20, 2026 +2

Glance and thought it said Tom Cruise and it would not surprise me that he might have a fleet of ships.

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Traditional-Look8839 Apr 20, 2026 +2

Who in their right mind would take a cruise through the Persian gulf right now?

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ZuAusHierDa Apr 20, 2026 +1

They have been in Dubai when the war started. They are now empty and moving back to Germany.

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Ok_Painting_180 Apr 20, 2026 +2

I just know Germans would be all over this

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Adept-Donut-4229 Apr 19, 2026 +2

Whew. Sinking a cruise ship might contaminate the water more than oil…

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Seachica Apr 19, 2026 +1

It looks like another cruise ship is sailing through there now, according to Marine Traffic.

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_aviemore_ Apr 20, 2026 +1

The Good, the Bad and the Tui

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--TheCity-- Apr 20, 2026 +1

No one was ever shooting at cruise ships ffs. Especially if they weren't from Israel or USA. Still I wouldn't book that one for my family vacation.

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ObjectOfMyEffection Apr 20, 2026 +1

"Declined to provide further detail." Wonder how much it cost and who got it.

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Hopeful-Flounder-203 Apr 20, 2026 +1

I'm so tough, I cruise Hormuz.

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Intrepid-Ad2873 Apr 20, 2026 +1

I did read "Tom Cruise" land thought: that's impossible

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crimsonspud Apr 20, 2026 +1

Hormuz Booze Cruise anyone?

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Golemfrost Apr 21, 2026 +1

Why did I read Tom Cruise says two of his ships passed through the strait of Hormuz? Oo

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TheGoodspeed15 Apr 22, 2026 +1

Iran has no desire to look like the aggressor or a crazy nation. They would have to be insane to fire on a cruise ship. They're better off just letting the US act crazy

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ylfcm Apr 19, 2026 +1

The Senator from Texas?

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ChankiriTreeDaycare Apr 19, 2026 +2

It is fleeing so maybe?

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ThePwnR4nger Apr 19, 2026

I guess if you’re trying to sell some stuff in Iran you should Hock Tui

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NameLips Apr 20, 2026

Hundreds of ships are supposed to be passing every day. And now we're getting news flashes every time a single ship makes it through.

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hadronflux Apr 20, 2026 +1

If you watch ship traffic over the past 24ish hours you see a tanker or two make it throughthen a bunch line up to go and while one takes fire from a small boat the cruise lines skip through on the Interior line, the all the tankers turn around. There arent hundreds getting through.

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ManateeofSteel Apr 20, 2026

Of course its tui

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Fragrant_Lettuce9855 Apr 20, 2026

Nothing beats a Jet2Holiday!

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potatodrinker Apr 20, 2026

Would a tanker full of humus get a strait pass through Hormuz?

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