Signs Your Cruise Ship is actually a Pirate Ship
- josephinebardot
- Jun 5, 2021
- 3 min read
Your travel agent’s name is Black Bart Jr. or Black Sam Bellamy.
Crew members refer to passengers as Scurvy Dogs.
The navigator of the ship uses a treasure map instead of navigational equipment to set the ship’s course.
All the crew members finish their sentences with, “Aarrrgh!”
Pirates are constantly doing cannonballs in the swimming pool.
Every itinerary ends up the same way. On a desert island with you and a shovel, digging for treasure while 50 pirates look on, sipping rum.
Half the crew members have one leg. The other half wear an eye patch. And the other half have a hook. {And before ya go correctin’ me math, quit yer bellyachin’ because I gave ya an extra fifty percent. It’s the pirate way!)
If you’re awakened every morning by the thunder of cannons, it’s a good bet you’re not on yer typical cruise ship.
The black flag flying from the topmast is another good sign yer not gettin’ a normal cruise experience.
When your ship pulls into a foreign port, instead of receiving a hearty welcome, everybody’s firing cannonballs at ya.
No matter what drink you order at the bar, ye always get rum.
The ship’s dress code is pirate-casual. For the uninformed of you, that’s wearing the same t-shirt you had on last month complete with stains from every dinner ya ate.
Instead of presenting you with a menu, the head waiter wears a shirt with stains from all the meals of the last cruise. To order, all ya have to do is point to the appropriate glob.
Your bed is a hammock stretched out next to 2,000 other hammocks.
Bathroom facilities are at the very fore of the ship where a single seat with a round hole perches over the sea. Magazines are considered amenities so expect to pay extra.
If you sign up for a deck activity and find yourself swabbing it, you need to have a little talk with yer travel agent.
If ya still think yer on a pirate ship, see if ye have a Sail and Swipe card. If not, then yer going to have to pay with pieces-of-eight or doubloons. Lacking that, everything’s going to cost ya an arm or a leg.
On the upside, every itinerary includes three visits to Port Royal, “the wickedest city on earth.” Tell ‘em Captain Morgan sent ya.
Every night, it’s always the same movie, Pirates of the Caribbean.
Normal cruise directors don’t wear a tricorn hat and wave a sword wildly at the passengers. Ya could complain, but it’s going to be a long swim back to port.
Unlike real cruise ships where they’ll confiscate any rum you smuggle on board, a pirate crew will regale you as a hero.
But be forewarned, mate. If you smuggle deodorant on board, expect to be clapped in chains.
On a pirate ship, be prepared to swap omelets and bacon for grog and hardtack. That’s a dried piece of bread that’s had the life baked out of it. Any weevils that crawl out of it are complimentary.
There is no art for sale on a pirate ship. But don’t be surprised if you find things in your luggage being auctioned off.
Instead of attending mandatory muster where everyone is taught how to abandon ship in an emergency, passengers are taught how to dodge flying cannon balls.
When you win a trivia game, you get a choice between a shot of rum and a little booty.
Your beverage package consists of light rum, dark rum, and ale. In fact, it consists of anything except water. With all the disgusting things fish do in it, pirates aren’t taking any chances.
There are no slot machines on board a pirate ship, but there are dice and card games run by dealers with a hook. But don’t try to cheat. The next hand that’s dealt might be yer own.
Real cruise ships have deck chairs, so if you have to sit with 14 others on a Dead Man’s Chest, you’re probably not on the Celebrity or the Carnival.
Finally, remember the galley doubles as the infirmary, and the cook moonlights as the ship’s doctor. And they don’t accept Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
That’s it, folks. If you’re planning a pirate cruise in St Pete Beach, FL in the near future, I suggest you pay close attention to this list.
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