A disabled Carnival cruise ship left passengers stranded for three days without power, running toilets, and with limited food. The ship contained about 4,500 passengers and crew members and ended up adrift 55 miles off the coast of Punta San Jacinto after an engine fire effectively wiped out everyone's happy fun time in one fell swoop. Today the castaways have finally returned to San Diego and were able to step foot on land. No word on whether a few years from now one of the haggard passengers will try to rally up the other survivors and insist that they have to go back. /stupidlostreference

Vacationers had to rough it for a few days until they could get towed back to shore. They reported being without air conditioning or hot food and had to put up with clogged toilets for part of the time. Instead of lavish buffets and gourmet cuisine, passengers survived off Spam, Pop-Tarts, and canned crab meat. Lemme think, no air conditioning, crappy food, and backed up toilets? This cruise ship basically lived like a typical poor college student.

People are wondering what caused the fire of such a magnitude that it successfully disabled an entire gigantic freakin' ship. I think we can safely rule out Billy Joel, because he's stated numerous times that he's not at fault. My guess is Willem Dafoe -- he's all about getting revenge on cruise lines.  

Which would you rather put up with?