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Originally Posted by mapuc
Some thoughts
The way the cruise ship rolled in the sea could mean that the engine was not working
The way the furniture was moving from one side to the other, made me wonder.
I have only been on different ferries and on those the table was bolted onto the floor and so was some of the chairs some of the chairs was lose. Maybe it's different on a cruise ship.
Markus
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Only furniture and fittings that are heavy enough to cause serious injury are usually bolted down and the area on camera looked like a restaurant which obviously needs tables and seating that can be easily moved to accomodate disabled people in wheelchairs and facilitate the adding of additional tables and chairs for larger groups of people etc.
Most if not all modern cruise ships have stabilisation systems onboard and the Captain has the authority to assess the forthcoming weather situation and divert his vessel away from or into calmer waters if he deems it necessary.
Those weather conditions would have caused problems for anything afloat and I would question what the ship was doing there in the first place.