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mgm61

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Heck she paid for the cruise they better just take her on the cruise! The cost would be astrinomical to get her home from a port. After all the passengers got off they should have a car pick her up and deal with it from there. :( that would suck.

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Mysschevous

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We were on the NCL Epic in August. Two people died on our sailing (so sad!). The first person died on embarkation day. We had to turn around and go back to Miami. The second person died in Nassau. We were late leaving that port. We still made all of our ports on time, but was sad to think of that happening on vacation.

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I Luv Crusin

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We were on the NCL Epic in August. Two people died on our sailing (so sad!). The first person died on embarkation day. We had to turn around and go back to Miami. The second person died in Nassau. We were late leaving that port. We still made all of our ports on time, but was sad to think of that happening on vacation.

 

I hope I pass away doing something I love!

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salty dingo

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They have special accomodations for the dearly departed. You can view it here.

 

Hey - if you die before the first non-US port of call, can your estate invoke the Vacation Guarantee? It would be a shame to lose those cruise days just because you die!

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Hey - if you die before the first non-US port of call, can your estate invoke the Vacation Guarantee? It would be a shame to lose those cruise days just because you die!

 

I suppose everyone would agree that she wasn't enjoying the cruise.

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40 years ago, I was aboard a 1/2 freighter, 1/2 passenger ship. One of the passengers was an old priest who had just retired from his parish. His parishoners bought him a cruise in appreciation for all his years of service.

 

We departed from Newark, NJ and stopped in Charleston, S.C., then Jamaica and onward. One of the stops was in Cartagena, Colombia. We all climbed a long hill up to the old Spanish fort that guarded the Port/City in the colonial days. I saw the priest really enjoying himself. That evening at dinner, he was really happy and grateful for the gift his parishoners had given him. When I left the restaurant, he was still enjoying himself and all the guests at his table.

 

Next morning, we heard the news that during the night, he had passed away. His body was taken off the ship in Panama the next morning and was flown home.

 

A crewmember told me that when someone dies, they are placed in a freezer to minimize the decomposition of the body. On a cargo/passenger ship, it was probably in the same hold with the frozen food stores.

 

Lee

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Crusin Karen

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Ya know...I always "joke" that I want to die on the last day of a cruise; preferably when the ship was pulling into port! :) Have last DOD the night before, do some gambling,enjoy the moon and stars on the balcony, go to bed and just never wake up. But in "reality..." if I really think about it, I would much rather go on a couple dozen more cruises and pass in my 105th year with no teeth or hair and wrinkles all over my face and body from my cruise suntans....:rolleyes: Very sad when people pass on the ships and so very hard on the family and friends too...it's just sad to read experiences like this. :(

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They have special accomodations for the dearly departed. You can view it here.

 

Hey - if you die before the first non-US port of call, can your estate invoke the Vacation Guarantee? It would be a shame to lose those cruise days just because you die!

 

Salty dingo,

 

I think you need one of those Fofo drinks!!!!!!!!

 

LMAO!

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salty dingo

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took the behind the scenes tour on the Dream. There is a morgue on the Dream. There is room for 3 bodies.

I did that tour on Miracle. They don't show you the morgue but they are willing to discuss it. There is also a brig, where you may end up if you have too much fun and don't die. Basically it is a crew cabin with a door that does not open from the inside.

 

I once read an article by a person who was employed as a piano player on a cruise ship, and his cabin was next to the morgue. Good place if you ask me... neighbors are usually quiet.

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Ya know...I always "joke" that I want to die on the last day of a cruise; preferably when the ship was pulling into port! :) Have last DOD the night before, do some gambling,enjoy the moon and stars on the balcony, go to bed and just never wake up. But in "reality..." if I really think about it, I would much rather go on a couple dozen more cruises and pass in my 105th year with no teeth or hair and wrinkles all over my face and body from my cruise suntans....:rolleyes: Very sad when people pass on the ships and so very hard on the family and friends too...it's just sad to read experiences like this. :(

 

Someone did it one better. I was on the Oosterdam repo to Europe in 2009. Spent three days in Rome at the end. On my flight home, I was seated next to a couple who had also been on the cruise. They said there was a very elderly couple on the cruise. They debarked in Rome, and had a HAL transfer to the airport. The lady stayed by the bus to make sure the luggage got on, while her husband boarded the bus. When she got on the bus, he had died. EM

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minnesotalady

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I want to be locked in the beer cooler. They say you can't take it with you, but I would try :D!

 

Salty dingo,

 

The beer cooler at the Casino bars on the Conquest and Victory are pretty large! Those are some happening places in the evening at least when we were aboard those ships!!!!!;)

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40 years ago, I was aboard a 1/2 freighter, 1/2 passenger ship. One of the passengers was an old priest who had just retired from his parish. His parishoners bought him a cruise in appreciation for all his years of service.

 

We departed from Newark, NJ and stopped in Charleston, S.C., then Jamaica and onward. One of the stops was in Cartagena, Colombia. We all climbed a long hill up to the old Spanish fort that guarded the Port/City in the colonial days. I saw the priest really enjoying himself. That evening at dinner, he was really happy and grateful for the gift his parishoners had given him. When I left the restaurant, he was still enjoying himself and all the guests at his table.

 

Next morning, we heard the news that during the night, he had passed away. His body was taken off the ship in Panama the next morning and was flown home.

 

A crewmember told me that when someone dies, they are placed in a freezer to minimize the decomposition of the body. On a cargo/passenger ship, it was probably in the same hold with the frozen food stores.

 

Lee

 

Semper Fi!!!

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happy cruzin

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I did that tour on Miracle. They don't show you the morgue but they are willing to discuss it. There is also a brig, where you may end up if you have too much fun and don't die. Basically it is a crew cabin with a door that does not open from the inside.

 

I once read an article by a person who was employed as a piano player on a cruise ship, and his cabin was next to the morgue. Good place if you ask me... neighbors are usually quiet.

 

...and on the Dream they are right next to each other :eek: ;)!!

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