text: Published on Oct 26, 2018 
   
   A Florida couple says they'll never set foot on another Carnival Cruise ship after they say they found a hidden recording device in their stateroom. In an exclusive interview that will air on Inside Edition Monday, Chris and Dana White say they were aboard the Carnival Fantasy for a three-day Caribbean cruise last October when they noticed the device, which they say was hidden among TV wires and pointing at their bed. ||||| A couple from Florida have spoken of their shock after they found a hidden camera pointed at their bed on a cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. 
   
   In an exclusive interview set to air on Monday’s episode of Inside Edition, the couple say they’ll never set foot on another Carnival Cruise ship again. 
   
   Chris and Dana White from Pensacola were staying aboard the Carnival Fantasy for a three-day Caribbean cruise from Mobile, Alabama to Mexico last October when they noticed a recording device among TV wires in their room. 
   
   "I said, 'Is that what I think it is?'" Chris told Inside Edition. "And [Dana] looked at it and she became concerned. And we were just really flabbergasted that there's a camera in the room and it's plugged up and it's working." 
   
   The couple immediately called security and Chris took a video of an employee on the ship inspecting the device and taking it apart. "I was thinking, 'I can't believe this is actually happening to us,'" he said. 
   
   The couple say they are speaking out now because they feel Carnival did not handle the situation in an acceptable manner. Initially, a representative for the company said the device was not a camera, according to the pair. 
   
   "It was a camera," Chris said. Dana added, “It was wired up. It was working. It was warm to the touch. I just immediately felt like we had been invaded; our privacy had been invaded." 
   
   Carnival provided a statement to Inside Edition saying that they conducted a full investigation and acknowledged a “video transmitter” was found. However, the company say that it was “not connected to an electrical source and not capable of recording. The safety and security of our guests and crew is of paramount importance and we have taken measures so that this sort of situation does not happen again," the statement read. 
   
   After the incident, the device was given to the FBI for further inspection. 
   
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   The hidden camera debacle is not the only bizarre incident to have occurred on a cruise ship recently. 
   
   Earlier this month, reports emerged of a cruise operated by Royal Caribbean International—which left from Sydney, Australia—being overrun with around 1,300 men from a tobacco company who held wild parties featuring women dressed as Playboy bunnies. 
   
   “It was almost like a huge bucks [bachelor] party,” passenger Cassandra Riini told the Australian Nine Network's A Current Affair. 
   
   “Their doors would be open and you would walk past and be like what am I going to be looking at when I walk past this door? It is hard to forget after seeing all the flashbacks of these men around all the time, 24 hours a day, like we could not escape,” she said. ||||| CLOSE Chris and Dana White told "Inside Edition" that they discovered a recording device hidden in their stateroom on a Carnival Cruise. USA TODAY 
   
   Chris and Dana White say they discovered a recording device hidden in their bedroom last fall on the Carnival Fantasy, a three-day Caribbean cruise departing from Mobile, Alabama. (Photo: Carnival Cruise Line) 
   
   A Florida couple is recalling a distressing experience on a Carnival Cruise after finding a hidden camera pointing at their bed. 
   
   In an interview set to air Monday, Chris and Dana White told Inside Edition that they discovered a recording device hidden among TV wires in their stateroom last October on the Carnival Fantasy, a three-day Caribbean cruise departing from Mobile, Alabama. 
   
   "I said, 'Is that what I think it is?' " Chris White said. "And she looked at it and she became concerned. And we were just really flabbergasted that there's a camera in the room and it's plugged up and it's working." 
   
   The couple called Carnival security and used their cellphone to film an employee who inspected and disassembled the device. "I was thinking, 'I can't believe this is actually happening to us,' " he said. 
   
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   In a statement to USA TODAY, Carnival acknowledged a "video transmitter" was found during a full investigation by the shipboard team, but notes it "was not connected to an electrical source and not capable of recording." 
   
   "This is certainly a unique and unusual occurrence and it is unclear who or why this transmitter was placed in the guest’s stateroom," the statement said. "The safety and security of our guests and crew is of paramount importance and we have taken measures so that this sort of situation does not happen again." 
   
   Chris White disagreed, making it clear that the device "was a camera. It was wired up. It was working. It was warm to the touch." 
   
   Carnival said the transmitter was turned over to the FBI for further inspection, and the Whites were "advised of the involvement with law enforcement." Following standard procedures, the cruise line also notified the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
   
   Still, Dana White told Inside Edition that her peace of mind was robbed. "I just immediately felt like we had been invaded; our privacy had been invaded," she said. 
   
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   Read or Share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2018/10/28/travelers-found-hidden-camera-their-carnival-cruise-bedroom/1800150002/ ||||| A dream cruise turned into a nightmare for passengers after their ship was overrun with more than a thousand men from a tobacco company who held wild parties featuring women dressed as Playboy bunnies. 
   
   The cruise on the Voyager of the Seas, operated by Royal Caribbean International, was inundated with 1,300 workers from the Indian gutka company Kamla Pasand, who came onboard for a conference just before the boat left its Sydney dock last month. 
   
   Passengers described how the men proceeded to run amok, taking over the pool decks, bars and buffets. 
   
   They were also said to have brought burlesque dancers onboard, who starred in parties on deck. The men would also harass other passengers and film young girls on their mobile phones, passengers said. 
   
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   “It was almost like a huge bucks [bachelor] party, a bucks night for 1,200 people,” Sydney passenger Cassandra Riini told the Australian Nine Network's A Current Affair. 
   
   “Their doors would be open and you would walk past and be like what am I going to be looking at when I walk past this door? It is hard to forget after seeing all the flashbacks of these men around all the time, 24 hours a day, like we could not escape,” she added. 
   
   Families were forced to take refuge inside as the scantily clad women danced on the decks. The workers brought “crates and crates” of their own food onto the ship, which underwent extensive refurbishments in 2014. Even bingo, a popular pasttime on cruises, was canceled due to a lack of interest from the passengers, who were more interested in the cabaret. 
   
   Riini's husband, Daniel, was similarly dismayed by his experience. 
   
   “Even on the trivia nights they didn't have enough numbers there so we just ended up with the staff member making our own game,” he told the network. “If ignorance and arrogance was part of the ticket to get on board the ship then I think they did a good job, Royal Caribbean International, by getting these people on.” 
   
   Christine Weyling, from the state of New South Wales, said Royal Caribbean should have told passengers such a large group would be onboard. 
   
   “It was crazy…little Playboy bunny outfits, you know this is a family boat. I think that they should have notified us that there was a big group that had been booked and had booked the pool deck out…everyone on that ship should have been notified.” 
   
   Royal Caribbean International issued full refunds to passengers, news.com.au reported. 
   
   Royal Caribbean Australia did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In a statement to A Current Affair, the cruise company said an investigation was under way. 
   
   Royal Caribbean said: “We operate with the safety of our guests and crew as our highest priority, and are currently looking into all guest feedback regarding this incident to ensure it does not happen again.” 
   
   This article was updated to include a quote from another passenger aboard the ship. An image caption was updated to further clarify the identity of the ship in question. ||||| A Florida couple says they'll never set foot on another Carnival Cruise ship after they say they found a hidden recording device in their stateroom. 
   
   In an exclusive interview that will air on Inside Edition Monday, Chris and Dana White say they were aboard the Carnival Fantasy for a three-day Caribbean cruise last October when they noticed the device, which they say was hidden among TV wires and pointing at their bed. 
   
   "I said, 'Is that what I think it is?'" Chris said. "And she looked at it and she became concerned. And we were just really flabbergasted that there's a camera in the room and it's plugged up and it's working." 
   
   Chris filmed with his cell phone as a Carnival employee dismantled the video transmitter. 
   
   "I was thinking, 'I can't believe this is actually happening to us,'" Chris said. 
   
   The couple is speaking now because they believe Carnival did not handle the situation properly. At first, they say a company representative said the device was not a camera. 
   
   In a statement, Carnival told Inside Edition they conducted a full investigation and acknowledged a "video transmitter" was found. However, they say it "was not connected to an electrical source and not capable of recording." 
   
   "The safety and security of our guests and crew is of paramount importance and we have taken measures so that this sort of situation does not happen again," the statement said. The device was turned over to the FBI for further inspection. 
   
   "It was a camera," Chris insisted. “It was wired up. It was working. It was warm to the touch." 
   
   "I just immediately felt like we had been invaded; our privacy had been invaded," said Dana. 
   
   Tune in to Inside Edition Monday to hear the Whites' story and to see what happened when our team sent the footage they shot to a surveillance expert. 
   
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target: – They set sail aboard the Carnival Fantasy, but a Florida couple's experience aboard the cruise ship was less fantasy, more creepy nightmare. While some couples find towels adorably folded into the shapes of animals in their cabins, Chris and Dana White say they instead stumbled upon a hidden camera pointed at their bed, ensconced in TV wires in their room on Carnival's Fantasy, which was sailing out of Mobile, Ala., last October. The couple tell Inside Edition in an interview that aired Monday that they were "flabbergasted" to spot the camera, and that their "privacy had been invaded." "I was thinking, 'I can't believe this is actually happening to us,'" Chris White says. They're talking to the media now because they don't think the cruise line properly dealt with the issue when they reported it, saying a rep for Carnival initially told them the device wasn't a camera. In a statement to USA Today, Carnival calls the incident with the Whites a "unique and unusual one" and says that while a "video transmitter" was indeed found after a full probe, the transmitter "was not connected to an electrical source and not capable of recording." Chris White shakes his head at that, saying the device was "wired up … working … [and] warm to the touch." Newsweek notes one other "bizarre" cruise ship incident that took place in September, this time involving a Royal Caribbean ship out of Australia. In that case, about 1,300 employees from an Indian tobacco company booked a vacation on the Voyager of the Seas and basically ran "amok" with women they brought aboard dressed as Playboy Bunnies. (Passengers say there was a "bloodbath" on a Carnival ship earlier this year.)