Cruise: Experts explain what happens to passengers who try to stowaway

“In retrospect, I often wonder why I did it,” Paulette recounts.

“Sometimes I think I did it not just to prove that it could be done, but to prove that I was the one who could do it. Sometimes I think I did it just because I knew it would make interesting cocktail conversation afterwards.”

She also offers a nod to other famous stowaways, who inspired her mission, noting: “Balboa, who successfully discovered the Pacific Ocean, successfully stowed away in a crate with his dog in order to escape his creditors. Mike Romanoff, the famous Hollywood restaurateur, stowed away across the Atlantic three times, once sleeping in the dog kennel, another time calling himself a prince and carrying a paper that said he was authorised to stow away, and a third time wearing a white steward’s jacket and carrying a bundle of dirty linen to make himself look legitimate.”

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