I was on the Poop Cruise in the new Netflix doc this is how bad it really was

A passenger on the notorious Carnival Triumph “poop cruise” said the upcoming Netflix documentary fails to capture the true horror of four days at sea without food, power and sanitation – “the scariest thing I’ve ever been through”.The cruise from Texas to Mexico spiraled into chaos after an engine room fire triggered a massive electrical failure leaving over 4,000 passengers and crew wading through urine and feces, and camping on deck.It’s the focus of an upcoming Netflix documentary “Trainwreck: Poop Cruise,” set to be released on June 24.But one of the passengers, Tay Redford, 24, has watched the trailer and is “hurt”.Now a bakery owner from Enid, Oklahoma, she was just 12 when the ship lost power, leaving passengers in darkness, surrounded by sewage, and struggling for basic necessities.She recalls the fear and chaos vividly, saying Carnival didn’t offer meaningful support after the ordeal.Gripped by long-term trauma, Tay worries the documentary doesn’t represent survivors’ voices – and vows never to cruise again.“I’ve only seen the trailer, but from what I saw, it doesn’t even scratch the surface,” she said.“It’s just Carnival workers telling the story.”She added: “It’s really hard watching the documentary come out and seeing all these people making money from it. “To me, it feels like they’re profiting off something that deeply affected and traumatized me.”On February 10, 2013, a fire ignited in the Carnival Triumph’s aft engine room off the coast of Mexico after a flexible fuel oil return line failed, spraying fuel onto a hot surface and severely damaging the ship’s generators. This knocked out all main power and propulsion, leaving over 4,000 passengers and crew adrift in the Gulf of Mexico for four days.Sewage flooded many cabins, and basic services collapsed as the ship was eventually towed to Mobile, Alabama over several days.Tay was aboard the ship with her parents, older brother, and a group of...