Similar to how saying “fire” in a movie theater is frowned upon, there’s a word that’s “not allowed” on cruise ships.
TikToker Marc Sebastian has been sharing his experience on Royal Caribbean’s nine-month Ultimate World Cruise and took to the platform to share a list of things he learned about cruising during his 18 nights onboard.
The “number one” thing he learned the hard way was that there’s one word that won’t go over well when spoken on a cruise ship: “Titanic.”
“You’re not supposed to talk about the Titanic. Who knew that? I didn’t,” Sebastian said in the viral TikTok, which now has 4 million views.
“I brought up to an entire room of people having lunch that our ship was only 100 feet longer than Titanic,” he shared. “When I tell you that — utensils dropped, waiters gasped, it’s dead silent.”
Sebastian admitted that his cruise friend Nadine had to whisper and tell him not to talk about the Titanic.
“Well, it wasn’t like that was in the f–king handbook. Not that I read the handbook, clearly,” he added.