Cruise passengers were watching a show involving lights, dancers and music on the Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas when disaster struck.

Speaking to CBS News, Jonathan Parrish, a passenger, said that he was watching a show in the ship’s theater when he felt the ship make a “hard right turn” followed by a second, “more intense” turn. The show was stopped and passengers left the theater.

Dramatic footage from onboard the cruise ship captures passengers stumbling to maintain balance as the ship tilts severely to one side

A video that has emerged online shows passengers onboard struggling to stand without support, bottles of alcohol falling and breaking, plates and glasses shattered on the ground, and furniture smashed as crew members attempted to calm panicked passengers.

Following a delay in Yokohama for technical repairs, Royal Caribbean's Spectrum of the Seas has cancelled her next sailing.

A Royal Caribbean cruise ship passengers were left hanging on for their dear lives after the vessel tilted into water because of freak weather.