About 500 Newfoundlanders were inadvertently booked on the same 3,000-person Caribbean cruise this month. Pictured in this handout photo taken April 12, 2024, near Cuba, they had a Newfoundland party on the main pool deck. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HOto the Caribbean this month turned into a rocking Newfoundland kitchen party when hundreds of people from Canada's easternmost province happened to be booked on the same ship.
There were we so many Newfoundlanders on board, the company roped off the main pool deck one night and hosted a party exclusively for passengers from the province, Hiscock said. About 3,000 people were on board when the ship set sail for the Caribbean on April 6. Pamela Pardy bought her ticket in November and soon began seeing social media posts from friends and friends of friends saying they, too, would be on theHer travel agent then confirmed that 250 couples from the province, excluding kids and grandparents, would also be on board.