Last week, a cruise passenger on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship (some sources identify as the Norwegian Bliss) faced the indignity of becoming stuck in a water slide overhanging the water. The incident was captured on video, and then posted on TikTok. The short video clip shows the woman lying unceremoniously on her back, trying to inch herself along a translucent water slide tube suspended above choppy seas.
The video, uploaded by TikTok user @kaylamierzejewsk, was shared over 250,000 times and has just under 10,000 comments. One of the first remarks was “I would die of a panic attack immediately” which was pretty much the exact same sentiment repeated by anyone watching this spectacle. The video doesn’t last long enough to reveal how the ordeal ended and how the passenger escaped or was rescued.
In August, a guest on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship was injured when a water slide panel broke as the passenger was descending the tube. The Frightening Bolt water slide on the Icon of the Seas (“the tallest waterslide at sea”) shattered on August 7, 2025, causing water to gush out of the slide. The passenger sustained multiple cuts from the jagged acrylic glass but luckily did not tumble out of the slide and fall to the deck below.
This is not the first time someone has become stuck in a water slide on a cruise ship. A TikTok video in 2024 shows a passenger and her mother not having enough momentum to travel over the upward loop on a NCL ship on several different occasions. Crew members can rescue people stuck in a slide via an emergency hatch located partway around the ride.
Some readers may ask what legal remedies does a passenger have after a water slide incident? Passengers who are physically injured, like the Royal Caribbean guest who was seriously injured, have just one year to file suit in federal court for the Southern District of Florida. That passenger has already retained a law firm and filed suit for compensation. The passenger who was stuck in the slide seemingly was not physically injured and therefore has no legal basis for a claim.
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Image credit: Norwegian Bliss – People.