We spoke with TikToker Marc Sebastian about his viral critiques of the Ultimate World Cruise.
Marc Sebastian , 33 , ca n’t describe his experience aboardRoyal Caribbean ’s Serenade of the Seas in just one word . It instead takes the LA - free-base influencer three : “ float Olive Garden . ” It ’s hard not to chuckle . Sebastian ’s brutally honest picture from aboard the TikTok - famousnine - month Ultimate World Cruisehave earn him 350,000 followers in the last two and a half weeks .
It ’s this form of fair-mindedness about the experience that has earned him the vitriol of passionate squad car , including those aboard the ship . In a few TikToks , he ’s stitched other video from very angry older women accusing him of being " entitle " and " unthankful " as he ’s knock an experience they hold dear .
" Me being on a sail with former , snowy , materialistic the great unwashed who are all just complaining about anytime I ever say anything about the sail , they ’re like , ' You did n’t do research . You have no idea what you ’re talk about . You should n’t be allow on this sail . You should n’t be speak , ' blah , blah , blah , " Sebastian secernate Thrillist .
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" I ’m like , wait a moment , wait a minute , " Sebastian continued . " The same multitude who misgender their grandkids and then say , well , it ’s freedom of speech communication and I ’m not going to call them that … Why is it that when I apply my exemption of speech to be capable to verbalise about things that do not involve their life in literally any direction — they’re like , ‘ Oh my God , you ungrateful , undeserving , entitled , whiny little bitch . ' "
But so far he has n’t had any of these onboard cruisers , who have vocally criticise him both on TikTok and Facebook , confront him in real life sentence . Sebastian has even pay out his cabin room number in some of the on-line arguments , boost people to fetch their concerns to him in person . So far , on one has admit him up on the opportunity . The closest call , Sebastian say , was during a late off - ship outing .
As Sebastian assure it , he was on a bus with a radical of cruisers in Ushuaia , which is atthe southernmost tip of Argentina , when a encounter take place . The duty tour guide demand the group if their journey so far had been anything like what she ’d seen on TikTok . reasonably immediately , the duty tour guide ’s questions were met with choruses of people saying that it ’s nothing like what ’s been post online . One human was particularly outspoken ; he reference Sebastian specifically and state “ That guy ’s just awful . ” Sebastian , as you ’d guess from his videos , is not engagement - averse .
Sebastian says he stood up on the bus , and said : " Sir , I ’m right here . If you want to call me painful , I require you to call me awful to my face , and I would dead love to have a conversation with you , but unless you ’re going to say that to me , I do n’t want you to say that to someone who ’s watching the videos . " The human beings did n’t .
When he first go far on the ship , he anticipate he ’d make his content around the drama between the influencer cruisers we ’ve come to know and bang , like Little Rat Brain , Angie Linderman , sister Shannon and Brandee , and Amike Oosthuizen . But he quickly realized that there was n’t really any interpersonal conflict to talk about .
" They ’re all so squeamish and so smart . There ’s not a unmarried negative word of honor I can say about any of the influencers on here , " Sebastian said , wistfully . " hope me , I wish there was , because I really did want to come here and see [ that ] . I had to figure out , alright , well if there is n’t a lot of drama that ’s happen with these the great unwashed , what is going on ? "
The independent reference of his picture became the sail itself . His substance has pertain on substantial take of the cruise industriousness : the treatment and exploitation of workers and a customer service civilization that overwork staff and speaks to a hopefully fading epoch of overly ennoble patrons . But it also touches on the less serious stuff like the wall art , the quality of the food aboard the ship , and what he trace as the downright wretchedness of hearing constant proclamation over the ship speaker . ( " Oh my God , this is pit . I ’m trying to catnap . And there ’s this ' ding dong ' of an promulgation , " Sebastian reprobate . )
His hatred of these thing and his rather coloured descriptions of them obviously fret dedicated cruisers , citizenry who have entwined at least parts of their identity element in being high - sea explorers on mega - sized cruise ship . What they see as bucket - list travel experiences , Marc Sebastian has seen as a nightmare . Windjammer , the nutrient buffet on the ship , came up repeatedly during our conversation . Sebastian described the food for thought as " sad beige matter . " “ I do n’t want people to even talk about the Windjammer around my front until I am in a nursing home and throw flashbacks about it , ” Sebastian say .
It ’s not a surprisal that the great unwashed are getting shock . Even as I laughed at his monologue draw the tyranny of Windjammer , I was like , yeah I could see how this would mayhap make someone who has made it a part of their identity to bang majestic Caribbean find a sure type of way of life . Aside from his many detractors , though , there are plenty of citizenry eating up his content . Many commenters thank him for his honest reviews and eagerly expect his next post .
" My obligation is to tell the story about how I feel about what it ’s like to be on the nine - calendar month cruise . And if you ’re thinking that I ’m putting on misinformation , that ’s bullshit , " Sebastian said . " You ’re just angry that I have found something that you really love and that you call up is great and someone does n’t care it . "
He ’s also made acquaintance with other multitude on the ship . A recent video shows him spending time with LRB and Linderman and there ’s a clear comfort and chumminess between the trio . I expect him about these friendship — he ’s had so many criticisms of the cruise , and it ’s clear that this was not a elbow room he ’d choose to drop his money . How does he feel about the economic value of what others are get for what they paid ?
" A mountain of people use their retreat money . A lot of masses had parent or grandparents pass away , and they ’re using their life insurance insurance policy to ensure that they can move the human race , " Sebastian tell Thrillist . " I do n’t eff if I can particularly say whether or not it ’s deserving it for someone because I do n’t know their experience and I do n’t get laid how much time value they ’re putting on seeing the human race even via this very specific way of traveling . And I ’m not judging anyone ’s selection to do this . I ’m more just judging this experience as a whole . "
As before long as he disembarks from Serenade of the Seas , Sebastian will be in search of the next moment to craft his very specific narration vane around . And the Pisces are biting . Among the offers for partnership and projects deluge his inbox , he ’s already gotten go from two other cruises , both of which he ’s turn down . Marc Sebastian plans on staying on dry domain for the foreseeable future .
