I love that she acknowledges that some of these films are fun to watch but not necessarily accurate. Posiden Adventure is a classic like towering inferno so it’s great when the experts enjoy them as much as us.

For her to say the Titanic was super a very accurate reenactment makes the distater so much scarier

A note about the air pockets she mentioned... after the Pearl Harbor attacks when work was being done to drain and refloat the USS West Virginia, the bodies of three sailors were found in a room by salvage crews with food and fresh water. There were marks on the bulkhead wall indicating they had made it 16 days until air ran out.

Wendy was amazing! Kudos for finding so many interesting and talented people from every corner of society, and making them react to our favorite movies :)

Hello, naval engineer here.

Great video! She mentioned that the Titanic didn’t know that there was ice, but they had actually received multiple warnings about an ice field, which included the fateful iceberg. Other ships in close proximity to the ice field slowed down, but the Titanic went full steam ahead into that ice field.

If I remember correctly, the Poseidon adventure was inspired by a real event that happened to the RMS Queen Mary, which actually got hit by a rogue wave. It caused heavy damages and caused the ship to list dangerously, but in the end it took balance back and was able to go back to port.

The Poseidon was less of a purpose built cruise ship and more of a conversion. She was an ocean liner planned to be scrapped after the voyage when she was struck by the tsunami. The movie also made it clear that the ship was top heavy and the captain intended to take on ballast, but the cruise director overruled his request. Granted, the original book had specified the wave as a rogue wave.

It would have been good to clear the difference between a cruise ship (ships from nowadays that are purely for pleasure) and an ocean liner (older ships that existed before the planes and that were the only method to get to the USA or across any ocean, like the Titanic is)

The Noro Virus is no joke. We had a premie baby in 2012, and he was in the NICU for 8 weeks, which means we were there for 8 weeks. I caught the virus at the hospital and it nearly killed me. I lost 40 pounds, about 20 too much. Still dealing with the damage almost 12 years later.

Titanic was very accurate. Very minor interior flaws, and the ship would have sunk a bit differently but she’s right. I’d actually give Titanic a 9/10 considering they put real life passengers at certain points where they were have claimed to have been on the real ship.

Key take away...only go on cruises in areas of calm waters. Also, avoid hurricane season. Also, don't try and sneak into the crew areas, and/or the crew bar to try to party with the crew. You will be caught eventually (ask me how I know...). Though it might be worth it, cause the best party on a cruise is at the crew bar, apparently.

The crew of Titanic were expecting ice, they'd had numerous warnings and told lookouts to keep an extra close eye out for them. Unfortunately, they didn’t think it was necessary to slow down.

So the best portrayal of cruise ship disasters was the one that wasn't even a cruise ship :)

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Surprised she didn't mention the Carnival Triumph "poop cruise", which happened less than a year after that Simpsons episode aired.

Hi James Cameron!!! I know with his titanic obsession, he’s gonna watch this! 😂

Diamond Princess probably wasn't the worst case scenario actually, it's sister ship the Ruby Princess probably tops it.

Congratulations Ms. Williams on your Captain's post!

To be fair, the tables and chairs onboard the Poseidon being fixed to the floor isn't all that unbelievable, she's supposed to be a former ocean liner on her last cruise before being taken out of service, so she might still have had tables that were bolted to the floor. Granted, since she's modeled after the Queen Mary, which was launched in 1934, it's not very likely, since bolted down tables were already not a common thing anymore during that time, but there's still a slight possibility she might've been an exception.