Sixteen people were injured when a luxury Sydney cruise hit rough waters and tilted 14 degrees to its side, tossing passengers and crew around the vessel during the terrifying trip.
Passengers aboard Princess Cruises’ Crown Princess were surprised by the rough sea when they embarked on their voyage through Milford Sound near New Zealand on the country’s South Island on Feb. 25, according to 9 News.
Wild footage captured the ship’s kitchen staff firmly grasping onto counters to balance themselves as equipment and tools tumbled through the galley
6 Water spills out of a pool onboard the Crown Princess during the cruise in New Zealand on Feb. 25, 2025. 9 News Australia
6 Kitchen staff brace themselves as the cruise ship tilts in the rough waters. 9 News Australia
Food spilled out across the tiled floors as dish racks fell over and broken dishes laid on the ground in the aftermath of the frightening scene.
The change in direction forced one of the ship’s pools to overflow onto the deck as passengers took refuge inside the 19-year-old vessel’s cabins.
Thirteen passengers and three crew members sustained minor injuries in the chaos, the outlet reported.
One passenger says he had to “hang on” during his daily exercise around the ship.
“Walking along doing my lap and all of a sudden the boat was on an angle,” the man told the outlet.
“The tables and chairs went sliding across the room, and a girl went sliding on her chair over towards the pool,” another passenger said.
6 Pots of food crashed to the ground, spilling its contents in the galley. 9 News Australia
The treacherous sailing conditions came as the ship was hit by a reported wind gust of 86 mph, the captain told passengers, according to the New Zealand outlet Stuff.
A third voyager, who was inside a dining room on the ship’s sixth floor, says he felt the terrifying change in the ship before the chaos took place.
“I felt the boat starting to slant and tip. Then it lent over quite a bit and really started moving along at a high speed and we could see the sea looking very high out of the restaurant windows,” Martin Wise told Stuff.
6 Store merchandise fell off the display shelves onto the floor. 9 News Australia
6 Racks tipped over in the kitchen as bowls smashed to the ground, shattering into pieces. 9 News Australia
Wise said he heard crashing sounds from the kitchen area during the 40-second-long ordeal.
“On a frightening scale, I’d put it at 8.5 to 10,” Wise said. “This is our seventh Princess cruise and nothing’s ever happened like this before.”
The captain addressed the frightened passengers aboard and notified them that the ship was hit by the strong wind gust that temporarily increased the ship’s speed and caused the tilt, Wise recalled.
The experience did not deter the passenger from future cruises.
Elsewhere on the ship, shops and display cases suffered damage, including broken glass and designer bags thrown on the ground.
The ship holds 3,080 passengers and 1,200 crew members.
It costs between $1,000 upwards of $5,000 per person depending on room size for a seven day cruise.
The Crown Princess did not sustain any structural damage and the “safety of the ship was never compromised,” cruiseline told 9 News.
The Post reached out to Princess Cruises.
6 The Crown Princess travels into Port Canaveral, Florida on July 18, 2006. REUTERS
The ship was on day three of its 14-day round trip voyage out of Sydney.
It is expected to return to the Australian city on March 8 after navigating around the entirety of New Zealand, cruise tracker CruiseMapper noted.
Australia cruise Crown Princess rough waters injure 16 passengers and crew in New Zealand
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