Sara and I were up on the Lido deck on the Carnival ship Fantasy, in this quiet little side deck area we’d found where no on else ever seemed to go. We were steaming along the Mississippi at around 15 knots, just about to enter the Gulf of Mexico, when a small boat pulled up alongside the ship, directly under us, 5 stories down! We waved and laughed, and wondered what the heck they were doing. A crew member came out onto the small deck with us and turned on some lights on the side of the ship, illuminating the boat down below. (That’s when I started filming.) All of a sudden a guy leapt from our ship ONTO the small boat, which then sped away! It was so amazing! Turns out maritime laws require a pilot to be onboard while the ship is on the Mississippi River, but as soon as we hit open water, off he went! You can hear the announcement thanking the crew member and telling her she can turn the lights back off.
If we hadn’t happened to be there just at that moment, we’d have missed one of the most exciting moments of the cruise!
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Sweet! I almost got …
Sweet! I almost got seasick, lol.
This is one of the …
This is one of the boats we have (Barpilots)..if you thought it was pretty cool…I made some videos of Rough seas when we put the pilot on and disembark them…..Pilot boats sw pass…and….rough day at sw pass
Ah well, you can …
Ah well, you can just watch this video and pretend. I hope you had a good time otherwise!
I missed it lol
I missed it lol
I will! Thanks
I will! Thanks
Have fun!
Have fun!
That was awesome! …
That was awesome! I’ll be looking for this in like a week!