The Titanic Awards » Land Travel

Cruise ship adrift with out power for several hours

Doug Lansky — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:35:44 +0000

Carnival Cruise Lines admitted its Fascination ship lost power at sea for several hours due to a technical malfunction. The US Coast Guard was notified but didn’t need to take action — guess there wasn’t much risk of anyone starving to death. And the 2600 passengers received a 20% discount for the inconvenience.

Napoli intersection shows Italian drivers are nuts [VIDEO]

Doug Lansky — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:28:41 +0000

The Titanic Awards survey found that Italians are the world’s worst drivers. Not sure that’s quite accurate. Most are very talented drivers; they just drive as if the traffic laws are suggestions.

Ultimate Travel Fail Compilation Video

Doug Lansky — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:57:50 +0000

editing by Tim Shisler

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Mass gastrointestinal Illness hits same cruise ship three times in three months

Doug Lansky — Sat, 08 May 2010 00:35:35 +0000

Solid contender for a Titanic Award here: Worst Ship for a Health Clinic or maybe Best Ship for a Weight Loss Clinic

94 passengers got sick (vomiting and diarrhea) on Thursday aboard Royal Caribbean’s Vision of the Seas ship cruising Northern Europe. Before that, hundreds of passengers got sick on Vision of Seas when it was off the coast of Brazil in March. Three mass illnesses aboard the same ship in three months.

Despite Royal Caribbean spokeswoman claiming these three incidents were definitely not related, it seems… well, hard to swallow.

Titanic Awards book spotted in the wild (just released)

Doug Lansky — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:57:43 +0000

India’s rail ministry embarrassed by new advert (but not by delays, overcrowding, and the onboard squatters)

Doug Lansky — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:16:19 +0000

A new ad for a luxury train service aimed at wealthy tourists, Maharajas’ Express, shows a map with New Delhi located inside Pakistan. The map also shows Kolkata in the Bay of Bengal. You might say that the ad agency made good on their claim of showing “an India like never before!”

Beach jogger killed by plane, iPod

Doug Lansky — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:38:30 +0000

Thirty-eight year old Robert Gary Jones — father, husband, pharmaceutical salesman — was hit from behind by a Lancair IV aircraft while jogging on the beach on Hilton Head Island. He was listening to his iPod and didn’t hear the plane making an emergency landing.

Dumb car crash: shaving bikini area while driving

Doug Lansky — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:43:17 +0000

Megan Barnes, a 37-year-old woman in Florida, reportedly caused a car crash when she decided to shave her bikini area while behind the wheel.

She told authorities she was visiting her boyfriend and wanted to be “ready for the visit.”

Apparently, Barnes should not have had the wheel even without a razor. She has been convinced of a DUI the day before and had a suspended license.

Rail cop sues Amtrak because women grabs his gun and shoots his foot

Doug Lansky — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:46:30 +0000

Here’s a new one for rail travel: police don’t need to worry about their guns.

An Amtrak officer is suing the railroad, claiming it’s liable for a woman who grabbed his gun and shot him in the foot.

James Bullard, working at Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station last March, got in line at McDonald’s (he wasn’t even on the train). While there, he tried to remove a disruptive woman from the restaurant. She grabbed his gun and shot him in the foot.

You might think he’d sue McDonald’s. But Bullard is claiming that he had a worn-out gun holster and that Amtrak failed to provide a new one when he requested it. Perhaps he has a case.

Mind-boggling complex highway intersection in Japan

Doug Lansky — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:50:59 +0000

Make the wrong turn and you could spend all day circling this concrete plate of spaghetti.