YOU CALL THIS A STORM FOR FREE DRINKS LETS SEE SOME 100 FOOTERS Jokes aside I've been on two cruise in the last year Experienced some 25ft swells on the carnival Holiday that boat was rockin, I was at the bar I was alright, the pool emptied itself broke lights in the pool, but I think when you go on a cruise you are going on a moving roadway so to speak storms pop up and can move faster than some ships can run those people knew that so I don't think the cruise line owes them anything, Scary yes probably but not unexpected, You are on the ocean its always been very unforgiving.