What Happened to the Passengers When the “Poop Cruise” Got to Alabama?
As they got closer to Mobile on Feb. 14, Jen said in the doc, “people just wanted to get off and go home, hot shower, nice bed.”
Carnival told CNN at the time that all Triumph passengers would be fully refunded, flown home at no cost to them, and reimbursed for all expenses—minus casino and gift shop purchases—from this excursion. They were also given a credit that could be put toward a future trip.
Buck, the Carnival PR representative, recalled in the doc that he still “anticipated a complete media blood bath” when the ship docked.
But, he said, “far and away we were shocked and relieved that so many of them credited the Carnival crew members with superhuman effort.”
That was hardly the end of it, but at first the disembarking passengers were just thrilled to be home.
“I’ll never take a private bathroom for granted again,” Kalin said in the Netflix show. Ashley later presented her bridesmaids with gifts in red biohazard bags.
Rebekah told a news crew at the time, “I feel a little stronger than I was before.”
And her dad Larry reflected in the doc that the trip proved “how we can get through things together, good or bad.”
Meanwhile, Devin and his father-in-law remain travel buddies to this day.
