Comments on: KFC….Kentucky Fried Chaos

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:51:31 +0000

I see crismsonelf is a Louisville fan. Sorry to say earlier that you were a Bama fan. Louisville isn’t the bastion of class my friend. Take a look around. Hope you all have a good day.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:49:54 +0000

I am a University of Kentucky fan. I apologize for the behavior of the few on here who apparently have given us all a bad name. My wife and I are wanting to cruise soon. Please do not consider all of us to be so rude. We simply aren’t. We are generally a very proud group, with a great tradition that few, if any, can match. On behalf of UK and the state of Kentucky I apologize. And to those of you from other schools who are chiming in saying most UK fans are like this please consider your words wisely. You too have idiots in your fanbase. Not sure if crimsonelf is a Bama fan but if so then that would most definitely be the pot calling the kettle black.

My wife and I are wanting to schedule a cruise. I just hope if we were to choose this line John wouldn’t judge us too harshly, based on the actions of a few UK drunken students. We are indeed good people who know how to behave and treat others.

Again, I will apologize for these people. UK and Kentucky are generally a class act all the way. Go Cats!!!

By: faith04

faith04 — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:42:42 +0000

Well, I am from the University of Kentucky and I suppose you can call me biased but its a great place. I was not on this cruise and I actually don’t drink. Im not your typical college student. I get called a “mom” a lot. For this reason I completely understand your feelings of being disrespected and it can get annoying when they act like that. But, I don’t think its fair to classify everyone from Kentucky or from the University as a bunch of idiots. They are college kids, on their spring break, and they are drunk. Go visit any other town in Florida and you’ll see a whole beach of drunk college kids acting like idiots and they aren’t all from Kentucky. I went on a cruise for spring break as well and most of the students on that boat were from the University of Florida and they acted like complete idiots as well. Oh and in regards to the previous post, at least we fill up our stadiums and support our team! When UK played UofL there were a total of lets say 10 UofL fans there. Nice support.

By: Crimsonelf

Crimsonelf — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:53:29 +0000

Actually that poor behavior is exactly the spirit of many University of Kentucky fans. Sorry you had to bear the brunt of it, fortunately it was only that once. As a fan of their in-state rival University of Louisville, we have to deal with A-holes like that 24/7 – 365/yr. And yes, it was wonderful when Georgia beat them – LOL!

By: STEVE

STEVE — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:56:20 +0000

UK basketball is the best thing in this world

By: Jason the Mick

Jason the Mick — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:57:33 +0000

Hey John! Love the blog, love to hear the side from a seaside employee on the ins-and-outs of ship life.

You should check out a certain vacation “Critic” site… a whole post is dedicated to a similar mob action on the CQ last week, nothing about a Kentucky fan uprising, though. Email me and I can give you the link.

Love the blog thingy! Keep up the great work and enjoy that vacation!

Cheers!

By: Cruiser

Cruiser — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:23:03 +0000

John- apologies from all in the Bluegrass for the obnoxious brats you had to tolerate.
Rick Pitino would be carving that jerk a new a***** if he knew his name was being used in that fashion!
I have a feeling I know who that guy was,but he is a relative of Coach Petrino (football)- not Rick Pitino (basketball).
Don’t hold it against us,please.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:17:48 +0000

Sorry for your encounter with the drunken immature cat fans. After reading this story, I’m embarrassed to be a Kentucky fan. Congratulations to Georgia for their incredible SEC Tournament Championship.
Go Cats!

By: N.S.

N.S. — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:51:13 +0000

John,

I can assure you that those rude UK students who you had the misfortune of encountering are not representative of the vast majority of the UK student body. Like any other major university or college, however, you will have those few rotten apples floating around your campus..that is, the University of Kentucky has not cornered the market on obnoxious students (I attended both UK & Clemson University, and as a member of both schools’ rugby teams, I traveled to and partied at about every SEC & ACC school there is…and I can assure you that I’ve seen equally repulsive mobs of fans on many campuses).

That said, however, as a University of Kentucky alum, I feel the need to offer you my sincerest apologies on behalf of some of our more spoiled, less cultured youngsters. Please do not feel that they are indicative of our beautiful state or the fine institution that is the University of Kentucky.

And if they act up in such a despicable manner on your ship again in the future, have them walk the plank.

By: Kentuckian

Kentuckian — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:47:44 +0000

Dear John,

I also was on the Carnival Freedom last week. I was a spring break student from the University of Kentucky but was not with the huge group of students that were causing problems. I was actually embarrassed to admit to being from the University of Kentucky last week when asked by other cruisers where I was from. I again want to apologize for the behavior of my fellow kentuckians. When I read your blog I was appalled by the way you were treated, and was rather distraught by the lack of respect for authority by people in the my age group. When I found out that a large group of Kentucky students were going on the Freedom I wanted to change by trip from the beginning. Furthermore, I have been a Carnival Cruiser in the past and loved my experience but I’m sad to say that a group of students from my own school actually put a damper on my trip this year. However, in the mornings when they were hungover in bed I had a wonderful trip and would cruise with Carnival again!!