Thread: Nightmare On Carnival Street

Originally Posted by Texashorselady

Yeah, I agree with everybody so far who thinks this guy was a one hit wonder trolling frustrated novelist and lawyer wanna-be. Way too many holes in his story for us to take him seriously. Way too many leaps to way too many wrong conclusions for him to really be a lawyer. Someone who thinks with that kind of logic couldn't pass the bar exam. And what a dufus for not doing his homework before taking important people on a cruise. No plans for excursions? No translation dictionary? No insurance? Oh puhleeze. Ah well, it was entertaining to read and good for a laugh.

But I will clear up one thing about the horseback riding. This is stuff everybody should know if any of you are planning to ride anywhere: One horse can indeed act up while the others don't act up at all. It happens all the time. And a person can indeed fall off a horse at a gentle beach trot (or at any gait, for that matter) if that person isn't used to a horse's motion, or if they freeze up and panic, or maybe they have a really bad sense of balance. I saw one lady fall off last summer just because the horse stepped down in a shallow 2" rut with one hoof. The lady was so out of shape and topheavy that WHOMP she just rolled off the horse like a sack of potatoes. But the usual reason one horse on a nice gentle trail ride might rear up would be if a newby rider yanked back hard on the reins for balance while squeezing their legs to hold on. Since pulling back on the reins means stop, and squeezing your legs means go...a horse has nowhere to go but up.

Thanks for posting this info. I remember when we were at Indian Trails day camp years ago and my little sister fell off a horse. I was not with her (probably working on another lanyard) so I don't know what happened. I guess the real lesson as to booking an excursion involving riding horses, or ziplining, or whatever, would be to check out the company beforehand. This guy booked it on the spot. I even wonder if it's the company Carnival uses, as I still think, especially if there was a line, the operator would have sent him back to Carnival to book.

Originally Posted by ypond

You booked your own tour & then things didn't work out for you. Why should Carnival be responsible for that? You chose not to buy insurance, again, why shuld Carnival be reponsible? You didn't get your baggage within 3 hrs of boarding the ship. You have to be kidding! You sound like an over-privaleged complainer.

Or the CEO of a major financial corporation.

Originally Posted by Texashorselady

Since pulling back on the reins means stop, and squeezing your legs means go...a horse has nowhere to go but up.

Well, you learn something new everyday. I knew about pulling back on the reins but I didn't know that squeezing your legs meant go. Thanks for the lesson, Julie!!

Originally Posted by nealberk

Or the CEO of a major financial corporation.

Originally Posted by nealberk

Or the CEO of a major financial corporation.

Originally Posted by nealberk

Or the CEO of a major financial corporation.

:pounding:

Originally Posted by nealberk

Or the CEO of a major financial corporation.

I've got to memorize this smileys.