The Hidden Side of the Ship.
Why the highest point?
The Viking Lounge wasn’t just a bar - but likely a key structural location on the ship.
Located at the top rear of the Rhapsody of the Seas, the Viking Lounge offered more than panoramic views and late-night drinks. It also appears to offer access to the ship’s rear crew elevator, which is believed to lead down toward tender/exit hatches. Some believe this could serve as a less visible route from the lower decks.
If movement were intended to avoid detection, the crew elevator from the Viking Lounge to the tender/exit platform could be one of the more secluded routes, bypassing main decks, typical passenger surveillance, or promenade areas.
That structural reality raises the question: Why was she reportedly seen near the Viking Lounge early that morning? Whether coincidental or with purpose remains unknown.
Coincidence?
Satellite imagery of the Rhapsody of the Seas docked in Curaçao reveals a critical blind spot.
The ship was positioned with one side facing the public pier and port infrastructure, but the opposite side faced a long stretch of industrial oil tanks and facilities, with no buildings, foot traffic, or direct sightlines for at least 500 meters (1,500 feet).
This area is restricted, industrial, and sparsely populated, especially in the early morning hours. There were no tourist walkways, shops, or residential buildings along that side of the vessel.
If someone intended to discreetly move a person off the ship, especially through tender hatches or service exits, this blind side would offer the perfect cover:
✅ Minimal civilian witnesses
✅ No open public spaces
✅ No apparent cameras or cruise surveillance from port facilities
This geographic reality significantly reduces the likelihood that anyone would have seen or documented movement on that side of the ship, a sobering factor when considering alternative theories to the fall narrative.
Any other info?
At 5:30-6 AM, the Viking Lounge would have been one of the quietest places on the ship.
The bar was closed, lights dimmed, and most passengers were still asleep or preparing to disembark for the day’s stop in Curaçao. Crew members would have been focused on early-morning logistics, excursions, dock prep, and security sweeps, not patrolling an upper-deck lounge that wasn’t in use.
Few people, if any, would have had a reason to be there.
Combined with the ship’s apparent rear-facing crew elevator, which appears to connect directly to sea-level tender hatches, this timing created a perfect window of isolation.
At that hour, the Viking Lounge area likely would have been very quiet, with limited foot traffic or routine activity. Any surveillance or observation, if present, would likely have been minimal.
If someone wanted to avoid detection, 5:30-6:00 AM in the Viking Lounge was as quiet and vulnerable as it gets.
An ex-cruise line employee also revealed in a podcast that certain ship elevators could be ‘hacked/tricked’ to bypass floors, showing the potential that it could be a straight shot from top to bottom deck without stopping.
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