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startwin

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No fire - engine problems - see CC new story from Aug. 13.

http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=5481

 

Celebrity did a great job of taking care of passengers on board. Compare what Celebrity did to what HAL is planning to do for passengers on cruises displaced by upcoming Prinsendam repairs.

http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=5488

 

There's a big difference between a sudden failure at the cruise terminal and a drydock planned with 2 months notice. It seems to me when the Prinsendam was delayed in Amsterdam passengers were treated much the same while the ship was in port. Housing them on a ship in drydock would be both a logistical and security nightmare.

 

Roy

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There we go with the smoking. Why not ask..Why would they allow painting, cooking, cleaning, serving alcohol, repairing the ship, dropping the anchor, refueling the ship and I can name many more actions that can start a fire on a ship besides a cigarette.

 

Love To Cruise RCCL

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startwin

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It's a rule!! Any fire on any ship is caused by a smoker and a discarded cigarette:D:cool:

 

I so shouldn't go here, but..... "where there's smoke there's fire":rolleyes:

 

Seriously, I expect most passengers have an underlying nervousness about being in a confined environment with little escape when they have seen what a careless smoker can cause.

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CowPrincess

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CP, By the time you check your FB messages you won't know what the one I sent you a few weeks ago was all about. :D

 

I can't get into FB for the most part -- page sort-of loads, then hangs, then FREEZES, then I have to re-start my PC :eek: New PC should be up and running later this week.... I hope..... :D

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Typhoon1

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Thank you both for giving us the true story and the links. These make more sense than a fire a week ago on another cruise ship and no media reporting of it.

 

So glad the Passengers were treated so well:)

 

Joanie

 

I think whether of not a fire gets reported by the media may depend on how slow the news cycle is at any given time.

 

It looks like outbreaks of Noro are finally going unreported.

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serendipity1499

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No fire - engine problems - see CC new story from Aug. 13.

http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=5481

 

Celebrity did a great job of taking care of passengers on board. Compare what Celebrity did to what HAL is planning to do for passengers on cruises displaced by upcoming Prinsendam repairs.

http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=5488

 

There's a big difference between a sudden failure at the cruise terminal and a drydock planned with 2 months notice. It seems to me when the Prinsendam was delayed in Amsterdam passengers were treated much the same while the ship was in port. Housing them on a ship in drydock would be both a logistical and security nightmare.

 

Roy

 

Roy I agree with you..There is a big difference..The HAL Psgrs have been given a two month advance warning & can change their vacations..The Celebrity Psgrs are now on the cruise & are locked in..

IMO both Celebrity & HAL are taking good care of their Psgrs..

BTW I believe it was Kirk who mentioned "Burning Cold" by H.Paul Jeffers' date=' which was about the original Prinsendam which caught fire off the coast of Alaska & sank in 1980..It was considered the greatest sea rescue of all time..I read the book, one of the most riveting & scariest books I've ever read..:eek::eek:[/size']

Cheers...Betty

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Krazy Kruizers

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No fire - engine problems - see CC new story from Aug. 13.

http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=5481

 

Celebrity did a great job of taking care of passengers on board. Compare what Celebrity did to what HAL is planning to do for passengers on cruises displaced by upcoming Prinsendam repairs.

http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=5488

 

Thank you for this. I missed that news.

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RedmondCruiser

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On the Celebrity board it states that they gave passengers a 100% refund on the cruise and 50% future credit. That is if they decided to get off the ship. If they stayed on then they were offered 100% refund and 100% future credit.

A classy move on the part of Celebrity.

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Kentchikan

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Yes fire on a ship is very scary, sounds like no injuries? Go read Burning Cold if you want to see how bad a fire can be, it was the original Prinsendam which caught fire in 1980 in the Gulf of Alaska. Amazingly no one died and there were only a handful of injuries and everyone had to abandon ship :eek:.

 

I wouldn't read it while on board. When sailing I always put books on my Kindle that take place on ships. One book was about a group overtaking the ship with help from the crew. I knew it was fiction but I still looked at everyone suspiciously. :D

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