Kruise Klux Klan: Cruise Ship Staff Dress Up As “Upside Down Snow Cones”

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Cruise ship staff donned white hoods and marched around a cruise ship in solidarity…in a shocking display of…ignorance? One Australian cruise company is trying to pass off homemade KKK costumes as innocent “upside down snow cones” but I’m not sure.

Staff Dressed In White Hoods Dismissed As “Upside Down Snow Cones” On Australian Cruise Ship

Kyle texted me this story yesterday and I set it aside, thinking it could not be real, but yes, sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. First, take a look:

NEW: Cruise line staff dresses up for a Christmas costume party, cruise line insists they were dressed up as “upside-down snow cones.”

Travelers on a P&O Cruises Australia ship were horrified to see staff walking around with white hoods on.

Communications director Lynne… pic.twitter.com/Kc9Oqc6oFE

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 22, 2025

The incident occurred on P&O Cruises, an Australian cruise line and part of the Carnival Cruise umbrella. In December 2024, a “Christmas-themed event” took place onboard with staff wearing matching costumes that look like…a Klan rally?

P&O Communications Director Lynne Scrivens tried to explain it away, but only made it worse:

“They’ve got to make do with what they’ve got. And they were wearing their cleaning uniforms, and they’ve put something on their head that looks like a snow cone – an upside-down snow cone.”

ROFTL.

My goodness.

I do think this was innocent…

Though the Ku Klux Klan claims British roots, the white supremacist, far-right hate group that misappropriates Christianity and Protestantism is a US phenomenon.

I’m quite glad that way off in the “Land Down Under,” Australians or whoever works on Australian vessels do not know that white doesn’t mean pure when it comes in the form of a costume like this. Unlike One Mile At A Time, I’m not surprised that not a single staff member who saw this decided to voice concerns.

But this is a learning moment…and this yet another reason I’m not a fan of costume parties…

Next, you’re going to tell me that Elon was just stretching!