3 w. ago Stranded at sea for five days with no plumbing: Netflix tells the inside story of infamous ‘Poop Cruise’

Over 4,000 passengers and crew were stranded on the 14-storey Carnival Triumph liner

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3 w. ago Fate of the 'poop cruise' ship 12 years on as Netflix documentary drops

The 2013 voyage was supposed to be a luxury cruise - it ended up being a living nightmare

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3 w. ago 'Netflix Poop Cruise doesn't show how bad horror sailing really was'

The Carnival Triumph cruise from Texas to Mexico in 2013 turned into a nightmare when an engine room fire cut power to the ship, leaving over 4,000 passengers and crew adrift

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3 w. ago Inside the revolting story of the infamous ‘poop cruise’: ‘Complete media bloodbath’

The story of the 2013 Carnival Triumph cruise, which descended into chaos after the toilets gave up in the middle of the sea, has been turned into a wild Netflix documentaryElevator pitches don’t get much more captivating, and possibly revolting, than “poop cruise” – a modern day Gilligan’s Island tale that’s almost too good to be true.For those who may have missed the headlines in 2013: a two-day transit from Galveston, Texas, to Cozumel, Mexico turned disastrous when an engine room fire struck the Carnival Triumph and stranded its 4,100-odd passengers and crew in the Gulf of Mexico. The fire devastated the Triumph’s electrical nerve center and crippled the auxiliary systems aboard the ship, from the wifi to the toilets – which literally backed up into cabins and spilled into the hallways. After three days adrift, the Triumph was towed to Mobile, Alabama – but not before the limits of socially conditioned behavior approached a breaking point. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago We survived the most vile cruise in history where passengers acted like 'animals'... the new Netflix special makes us sick

Stranded passengers - choking on the overwhelming stench - were told to urinate in showers and defecate into biohazard bags as they turned into 'animals' and fought over food supplies.

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3 w. ago We survived the most vile cruise in history where passengers acted like 'animals'... we couldn't even watch the Netflix trailer

Stranded passengers - choking on the overwhelming stench - were told to urinate in showers and defecate into biohazard bags as they turned into 'animals' and fought over food supplies.

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