Passenger shares terrifying reality of cruise ship at night that'll make you never want to go on one

If a cruise getaway takes your fancy for your next getaway, you might want to take a look at this spooky clip one passenger filmed while on their hols.

While a cruise can be extremely fun, with some packages including 'unlimited' food as well as loads of activities and shows on board most modern cruise ships, is it all glitz and glamour?

Like most nice things, there's a dark side that may not have crossed your mind with these luxury holidays - no, we're not talking about spicy cruises.

Yes, there are rules that passengers have to follow on board, but the idea of sailing the seas and leaving the noise and stress of everyday life sounds enticing.

Some have even uprooted their lives to permanently stay on these ships due to the deceivingly low cost or the lifestyle that comes with it.

It's fully understandable in all honesty, but are there any challenges they might have to face? Apart from sea sickness, that is.

One TikTok may have highlighted a huge worry with cruises, particularly for those with a fear of the dark or vast nothingness.

The video is captioned 'Cruises are great until you realise', and it's filmed on a cruise ship at night.

User @chasingthedream.hj can be seen panning the camera, with text on the screen reading: "Cruises are great until you realise how dark the ocean gets at night."

Unsurprisingly, it went viral, with someone commenting: "What do you expect, it gets dark at night?"

The creator then replied: "Unless you've been on a cruise ship, you're not going to understand how dark it gets at night.

"And then they say, 'All you're doing is showing the swimming pool', it's kind of because there's nothing to see if you look overboard at night because it's absolutely pitch black."

The social media personality described it as 'the blackest black you'll ever see', revealing that you can see literally nothing past the ship's railing, with the pitch black of night the only thing in sight.

Taking to the comments, users were quite spooked by what they saw, as one wrote: "You can not pay me enough to go on a cruise."

Another added: "Imagine falling overboard at night, you survive the fall. Nobody saw it. You see the ship leaving. You’re alone and see nothing. Creepy."

"Now imagine being on the Titanic with no moonlight," a third eerily suggested.