The words “Titanic moment” are possibly the last thing you want to hear on a boat – but that was the phrase used by one passenger on board the Carnival Spirit cruise ship last week, after the vessel unexpectedly struck a large piece of ice.

Passengers who decided to take the Vista's cruise to the Bahamas instead of the Caribbean are not eligible fro a refund.

The cruise ship company confirmed The Carnival Spirit departed from Seattle on Sept. 11 and struck “an errant piece of drifting ice” in Alaska’s Tracy Arm Fjord, Fox 13 Seattle reports. But no Titanic-like damage was caused with Carnival verifying that the cruise ship was assessed, and no damage to the hull was discovered.

A Carnival cruise ship caused what some passengers described as a “Titanic moment” when it smacked into an iceberg during a voyage to Alaska.

A Carnival Cruise Line ship grazed a piece of ice during an Alaska cruise last week. “Carnival Spirit made contact with an errant piece of drifting ice last Thursday while sailing in Tracy Arm Fjord,

Some passengers of the Carnival Spirit described it as a "Titanic moment."