A woman who claimed she is a Royal Caribbean customer said she had an allergic reaction to something she ate on the cruise ship but refused to pay for medication because it was too expensive.
Frustrated with her experience, she posted a video to TikTok on Saturday and showed off her incredibly swollen face.
‘So, I’ve been on the boat for … not even the full 24 hours and my face is swollen,’ she said as she took her sunglasses.
She didn’t reveal what she ate that caused her to have this reaction, but like most people would in a situation like this, she said she went to staff on the cruise to try to get medicine.
She asked for Benadryl, which reduces swelling by blocking histamines, chemicals our body produces when an allergen is present.
A box of 24 tablets of Benadryl can cost as little as $6 at CVS or $7 at Walgreens. The woman said she was presented with a price several dozen times higher than that.
‘They do have it, but it costs $390 for them to give me Benadryl,’ she said, without mentioning how many pills she was trying to buy.
Royal Caribbean hasn’t listed what it charges for over-the counter medications like Benadryl on its website. DailyMail.com approached the company for comment.
This woman said she was on board a Royal Caribbean ship and ate something that gave her an allergic reaction. In the photos above she shows how swollen her face is
Pictured: The woman’s profile photo on TikTok, which shows how she normally looks
There was a swift reaction to the woman’s video, with most commenters either wishing her a speedy recovery or giving her advice.
One of the top comments read: ‘Girl i would have spent the $390.’
Another commenter wrote: ‘I take the whole medicine cabinet with me on a cruise because I refuse!’
‘I’m sorry. Also in the future honey take everything in the medicine cabinet when you cruise. I take EVERYTHING especially Benadryl,’ a third person wrote.
One other person appeared to have experience with exorbitant pricing for drugs on cruises.
‘Oh no. I take all meds when we travel especially on a cruise because yesss they are so expensive. Next time you will be on top of it. Hopefully the swelling goes down,’ they commented.
The woman ended the video by saying she managed to meet someone on the ship that gave her Benadryl.
There was a swift reaction to the woman’s video, with most commenters either wishing her a speedy recovery or giving her advice
This comes as Royal Caribbean is was left reeling from two major scandals from over the fall.
In September, a 12-year-old boy plunged to his death from a 13th-floor balcony on the Harmony of the Seas, one of the company’s larger ships in its fleet.
Witnesses said the boy had been playing with a group of friends he had made on board shortly before falling over the cabin railing into the internal Central Park area of the ship, a plaza filled with bars, pubs and restaurants.
Royal Caribbean staff attempted to resuscitate the boy, but he died before the ship docked in Galveston, Texas, wrapping up a seven-night cruise.
Friends said the boy was on board with his family, including two sisters, for a birthday celebration.
Shortly after this incident, the FBI said it was opening an investigation into how the boy fell.
In October, news broke that more than 1,000 people may have been secretly filmed on hidden bathroom cameras onboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship.
The Harmony of the Seas is pictured in Miami in 2020. This is the boat where a boy fell off a balcony
The boy is reported to have fallen five-stories from a cabin balcony to the Central Park atrium of the ship (pictured)
Arvin Joseph Mirasol, 34, was arrested in February after a passenger onboard the Symphony of the Seas discovered a hidden camera he placed in her bathroom
That’s according to a class action lawsuit that seeks damages for passengers onboard the Symphony of the Seas who were unknowingly photographed and filmed by their stateroom attendant ‘while undressed and engaged in private activities’ during a February cruise.
Before the lawsuit was filed, the former employee, Arvin Joseph Mirasol, 34, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to filming guests and producing child pornography.
The suit claims Mirasol also transmitted and uploaded images of the passengers to the Internet – including to the so-called dark web – without guest’s knowledge or consent.
The unidentified passenger who filed the lawsuit said she suffered severe emotional distress – including insomnia, physical pain and dizziness – when she discovered she was photographed.
