Abandoned Cruise Ships That Will Give You The Chills

Photojournalist Seph Lawless has taken pictures of 10 abandoned theme parks around the US.

Abandoned cruise ships that will give you the chills. Whether you want to take a spooky road trip around the state or simply learn more about its haunted past these stories are sure to give you the creeps. Norwegian Royal Caribbean Want to play like a kid on your cruise whether or not you have them with you. Captain Yiannis Avranas of the cruise ship MTS Oceanos abandoned ship without informing passengers that the ship was sinking.

Royal Dreams - At the upper floors of this abandoned castle mother nature is already showing its relentless powers. The ship was on a search expedition to discover the fate of John Franklin a British explorer who had been lost in the Arctic. Shimmering with brilliant mosaic glass pieces and slick gold paint the grand palace glowed.

Built to house the plants scientists and workers Pripyat has been abandoned since its residents were evacuated 36 hours after the catastrophic. Theme parks like Lake Shawnee Park in West Virginia closed down after guests died at the park. The 2496 ton 1600 passenger cruise liner has since sailed under the names Delos Polar Star Pacific Star Xanadu Expex Faithful and finally in 2010 Aurora.

Wood from this ship was used to make a desk that now sits in the Oval. But this ghost ship is haunting for a different reason. One of the American ships lost was the Yorktown an aircraft carrier that was heavily damaged and being towed by the US.

Step aboard the Norwegian Bliss or Joy and youll have a full-on laser tag arena at your disposal. On the battles final day when it was hit by torpedoes. The haunting pictures show graffiti decrepit rides and overgrown greenery.

The crew gathered up the cargo and abandoned the ship believing it wouldnt survive the winter but once again it did not sink. At that point Lyubov Orlova was officially an abandoned vessel and ghost ship of the open ocean. The ship hit bottom so to speak in 2007 when the City of Alameda California officially declared it abandoned.