A Carnival cruise ship turned into a floating fight club after a late-night brawl erupted among passengers reportedly over ‘chicken tenders.’
According to the New York Post, the melee erupted in the ship’s dining area around 2 a.m. Monday, the final day of its voyage back to Miami, when a dispute spiraled out of control and involved about two dozen passengers.
Video footage, which has since gone viral, shows a chaotic scene of several young cruisers throwing wild punches, knocking each other to the ground.
The confusion mirrors eyewitness accounts of shoes, phones, and personal items flying as the violence intensified.
Security eventually tried to intervene, but one guard could be seen running away and reaching for his radio instead of jumping into the fray.
The viral video was posted by passenger Mike Terra, who could be heard in disbelief while filming: “Over chicken tenders is crazy.”
Terra later told the Daily Mail the fight may have had “more to it,” but the argument “basically started over chicken tenders.”
In his Facebook account, Terra wrote, “I always hear Carnival is ghetto/ratchet. I have been cruising for years, but this is my first time seeing some action on a ship I was on.”
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Carnival Cruises has had a series of unfortunate stories emerge from on board its ships, including a brawl that led to several passengers being banned for life.
Footage showed multiple guests breaking out into a beatdown on June 7, with at least two chairs being thrown.
In April, Carnival banned 24 passengers who broke into a fight when disembarking the Carnival Jubilee, USA Today reported.
In an attempt to curb some poor behavior from cruisegoers, Carnival implemented a series of rules including a 1am curfew for cruisers under 17 without an adult over 21.
Carnival has a ‘zero-tolerance’ policy toward any illegal substance and activity or disruptive behavior, according to its website.
