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BeautyInUgly 5 days ago +711

"Once in a lifetime cruise"

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devilquak 5 days ago +75

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

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YenTheMerchant 5 days ago +4

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

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sdraje 5 days ago +5

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

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Nervous_Squirrel_ 5 days ago +9

No customers were on board though.

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pixiemaster 5 days ago +11

yeah only employees where forced to stay in a warzone

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Xollector 5 days ago +6

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

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ManShutUp 5 days ago +1

Last in a lifetime cruise

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flavorfox 5 days ago +1

*life not guaranteed

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obalovatyk 5 days ago +1

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

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earnestlikehemingway 5 days ago

I thought that was the “Poop Cruise”

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lazy_pig 5 days ago +3

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

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mtaw 5 days ago +2

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

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nsfwthrowaway5969 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +257

You could say it was a cruise missile

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dinkytoy80 5 days ago +39

Badum tssss.

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DashingDino 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +11

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

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Nervous_Squirrel_ 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +5

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

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dreamlike6 5 days ago +6

Mobile launchers

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Carbonga 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +13

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

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ZuAusHierDa 5 days ago +4

Well. It’s commercial. Just different.

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Catch_022 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +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_ 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +1

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

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jks513 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +3

Ah yes, the troll toll.

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popeter45 5 days ago

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

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Argented 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +14

Scientology Cruise Lines Inc.

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papaHans 5 days ago +10

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

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Standard-Mountain284 5 days ago +11

Same 🤣🤣

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Arrensen 5 days ago +1

Same here. Was a bit confused

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Crich926 5 days ago +1

My brain saw Ted Cruz and was equally as confused lol

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Hirork 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +12

Internatounal crisis?

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TiggersKnowBest 5 days ago +4

International Circus

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Ali_ayi 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +29

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

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_bieber_hole_69 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +13

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

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Grow_away_420 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +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 5 days ago

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

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Axmirza2 5 days ago +4

Why wouldn’t they be paid?

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thekeffa 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +10

What a nightmare Imagine being on a Tui cruise

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Weekly-Grapefruit119 5 days ago +7

For a second I read ‘Tom Cruise’..

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ThisPerformer6828 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +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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Background-Crow4820 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +1

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

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Expensive_Track_8822 5 days ago +1

🎶 a three hour tour 🎶🌴

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PracticalYellow3 5 days ago

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 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +3

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

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SYLOH 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +3

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

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Goosepond01 5 days ago +2

Don't they have missiles for that?

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lost_dog_1973 5 days ago +2

I thought this was an Onion headline

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YakResident_3069 5 days ago +2

Didn't know Persian gulf was a popular tourist destination

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audioalt8 5 days ago +2

‘The oil fields look lovely at night darling’

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ThisKidIsAlright 5 days ago +2

Speed Two: Cruise Control - Strait of Hormuz

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FairBeginning3 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +2

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

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ZuAusHierDa 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +2

I just know Germans would be all over this

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Adept-Donut-4229 5 days ago +2

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

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Seachica 5 days ago +1

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

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_aviemore_ 5 days ago +1

The Good, the Bad and the Tui

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--TheCity-- 5 days ago +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 5 days ago +1

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

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Hopeful-Flounder-203 5 days ago +1

I'm so tough, I cruise Hormuz.

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Intrepid-Ad2873 5 days ago +1

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

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crimsonspud 5 days ago +1

Hormuz Booze Cruise anyone?

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Golemfrost 3 days ago +1

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

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TheGoodspeed15 3 days ago +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 5 days ago +1

The Senator from Texas?

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ChankiriTreeDaycare 5 days ago +2

It is fleeing so maybe?

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ThePwnR4nger 5 days ago

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

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NameLips 5 days ago

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 5 days ago +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 5 days ago

Of course its tui

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Fragrant_Lettuce9855 5 days ago

Nothing beats a Jet2Holiday!

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potatodrinker 5 days ago

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

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