Fall in the Hall
Victim: Desi, SkateGroove.com, (Columbus, OH)

COLUMBUS, OH - While waiting at the airport to board my flight for Florida, I decided to call Ms. RollinDiva (Cincinnati). When they called for me to board my flight, I grabbed my carryon luggage and proceed to the tarmac to board the plane. It was one of those puddle-jumper planes that you have to walk out of the airport and climb the steps up to the door of the plane. The path out of the airport included steps that had to be taken to exit the gate. The next thing I knew, my right foot did not come in contact with the next step and . . . boom! I found myself in sitting position on the second step with my luggage one step below and the cell phone lying on the step beside me. I yelled “Hold on Stacey, Girl, I fell down the steps again!”. I picked up the phone and we both rolled. Stacey’s first question to me was “How much luggage do you have?” I’m known for packing twice my weight and falling both up and down staircases.

Sherri’s Wall of Fame
Victim: Sherri Hayes (Indianapolis, IN)

ON BOARD SHIP – Sherri did a great job of leaving an “impression” on the crew members aboard the Mariner of the Seas . . . .a forehead impression that is! After leaving the dining room, Sherri spotted her skate partner Reggie a few floors below. As she approached the balcony to call for his attention, Sherri forgot that between her and the balcony’s overlook, there was a one-inch thick sheet of glass. BOOM went the forehead! She ricocheted off the glass. “Razzer frazzer razzer frat #$*@()$)” Sherry mumbled like Mumbly from the Laugh-O-Lympics cartoons. Rubbing her forehead in disbelief of not seeing the glass, she slowly walks over to the stairs to sit down, rubbing her forehead and thinking “That’s gonna leave a mark!”. Well it did leave a mark, not on her forehead but on the glass. Sherri and Pepper laughed about it down three decks. Although the crew cleaned the spot before the next day, you could still see a slight remnant of it. If you ever take a Royal Caribbean cruise on the Mariner of the Seas, go to Deck 11, right outside the dining room and look for the mark on Sherri's Wall of Fame.

Up the Creek Without a Paddle
Victims: Armentha Carter (Detroit, MI) and Linda Brown (Fontana, CA)

ISLAND EXCURSION - If Armentha and Linda were in a boat in a creek without a paddle, they probably would have been a lot better off. Take two ladies, non-swimmers and novice Jet Skiers and what do you have? A catastrophe waiting to happen! Armentha and Linda took off on the Jet Ski going at a high rate of speed. Anyone who has ridden before knows that depending on your speed and the wave you hit, the combination of the two factors can make for a nasty spill. Armentha hit a wave so hard that they went flying up in the air and off the Jet Ski! The next thing she knew, she was in the water, unable to swim, with land nowhere in sight. Thank goodness they had life jackets on.

A Marilyn Monroe Moment
Victim: Carolyn Horton, Detroit, MI

COZUMEL, MEXICO - Carolyn Horton's visit made the temperature in Mexico a little hotter on Day 6. When Carolyn got off the ship to take an island excursion to Cozumel, she got a surprise from mother nature she did not expect when she got dressed that morning. Wearing a lightweight skirt, the material was overtaken by a sudden burst of wind that breezed by her. Her skirt went flying straight upwards revealing the color of her undergarments. Everyone walking behind her definitely saw and snickered.

International Misinterpretation
All the skaters in the dining room

ON BOARD SHIP - Thursday night while some of the skaters were eating at the Rhapsody in Blue dining area, the head waiter, who had a very strong foreign accent, asked everyone to participate in the entertainment that was planned for the evening. They wanted everyone to get up on their feet and do the Macarena. Well, the skaters, and our cruise planner, Pat of PM Travel Services, misinterpreted what he said and thought he said “Get up on your seat!” .......everyone got up, stood with their feet in the plush velvet dining chairs and danced to their heart's content. They did not know they misinterpreted the request. The waiters found it hilarious and laughed at everyone. (Some of the skaters to this day still don’t know to this day that this is not what they were asked to do.)