Need for ship's fire drill ?

[Sunprince]

That's a bit hard.....

:eek:

 

Thanks Jane

 

I didn't read that the theme of this thread was meant to be humorous, but rather people trying to avoid or bored with the safety drill. Just adding a different perspective and I don't really need someone to tell me to lighten up. I think many posters on this site who have endless arguments over trivial things need to lighten up, not someone offering a perspective that might actually make one stop and think as to the purpose and value of a safety drill.

Edited October 3, 2014 by Sunprince

[xrvlcruiser]

gwain6,

 

I don't think I ever remember anyone being put off the ship for skipping a drill - I think a letter is sent to your cabin. I suppose if someone was on for a number of b2b and still refused to attend drills, this might be a possibility but not under "normal" circumstances.

 

I was on the RVL Sun when she hit a reef off Egypt a long time ago. This was before the drills were 100% mandatory and some of the very long time cruisers aboard who did not attend drills had no idea where they were to go.

 

Fortunately for all of us, we did not have to abandon the ship but it was an "interesting" experience.

 

Yes, I go to every drill and listed carefully to all the instructions.

 

Peggy

[newlondon]

Pingpong, Right on. While drills are serious matters a little humor never hurts.

Sunprince, I don't see anything which makes drills less than important. Like pingpong I am ex-navy and know the seriousness of an emergency situation.

[Travelcat2]

gwain6,

 

I don't think I ever remember anyone being put off the ship for skipping a drill - I think a letter is sent to your cabin. I suppose if someone was on for a number of b2b and still refused to attend drills, this might be a possibility but not under "normal" circumstances.

 

I was on the RVL Sun when she hit a reef off Egypt a long time ago. This was before the drills were 100% mandatory and some of the very long time cruisers aboard who did not attend drills had no idea where they were to go.

 

Fortunately for all of us, we did not have to abandon the ship but it was an "interesting" experience.

 

Yes, I go to every drill and listed carefully to all the instructions.

 

Peggy

 

Hi Peggy,

 

You are correct. People are not put off of the ship for not attending but they do delay the process. Just finished muster 4 hours ago and, due to the late arrival of some planes, several people were not in attendance. They received letters and will have to go through the same thing that everyone else did.

 

The only part of muster that seems to take forever is getting outside to where their lifeboat station in. Today we were extremely fortunate to be one of the last people to be escorted to our lifeboat (note: we went through a very detailed muster in the theater and did not miss a thing). Being last, we were able to see where we should be before being dismissed approximately 2 minutes after arriving there. We were even able to get an elevator back to the 11th deck.

 

This is a very serious drill that we need to attend. Pingpong1: There can never be enough "house mothers" on the Regent board to share information with posters:cool:

[gwain6]

gwain6,

 

I don't think I ever remember anyone being put off the ship for skipping a drill - I think a letter is sent to your cabin. I suppose if someone was on for a number of b2b and still refused to attend drills, this might be a possibility but not under "normal" circumstances.

 

I was on the RVL Sun when she hit a reef off Egypt a long time ago. This was before the drills were 100% mandatory and some of the very long time cruisers aboard who did not attend drills had no idea where they were to go.

 

Fortunately for all of us, we did not have to abandon the ship but it was an "interesting" experience.

 

Yes, I go to every drill and listed carefully to all the instructions.

 

Peggy

 

I found the article, http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=4734, the cruise line that disembarked a passenger was Holland America, but this is not the policy for all lines.

 

I hope that the letter instructs the perpetrator(s) to attend a separate drill, at a less accommodating time:D

[xrvlcruiser]

gwain6,

 

You're right. Someone was disembarked for not going to a drill.

 

From the article:>> The statement did not mention if there were other circumstances surrounding the debarkation<<

 

Peggy

Edited October 4, 2014 by xrvlcruiser

[jhp]

My only comment, just go to the drill and listen carefully for those few minutes. To me it is just part of any cruise, and we need to complete before sailing. And listen, you never know what you need to know, until you run into rocks like on that Costa cruise, when there was no drill, chaos, and loss of many poor souls.

[xrvlcruiser]

JHP,

 

So right!

[2old4this]

Thanks Jane

 

I didn't read that the theme of this thread was meant to be humorous, but rather people trying to avoid or bored with the safety drill. Just adding a different perspective and I don't really need someone to tell me to lighten up. I think many posters on this site who have endless arguments over trivial things need to lighten up, not someone offering a perspective that might actually make one stop and think as to the purpose and value of a safety drill.

 

I think you may agree Sunprince that many themes behind our threads begin with open ended questions that allow readers to jump in from whatever perspectives or positions they hold at the moment. Some respond to the thread as being 'stupid' and thus ought not to have been displayed on Cruise Critic. Others discuss the merits of the thread, offer relative experiences, and still others bring humor to the questions raised.

 

This thread, I believe, shows that no one among those responding will deliberately stand down from a required SOLA drill - - and that Regent does indeed conduct life boat training. Holland America offers one example of a cruise line that has put one SOLA offender ashore for refusing to attend his drill. This offender serves as a visual aid for us all.

 

Changes are coming in the way we conduct these muster drills. Some of the mega-cruisers are storing the life jackets on boat decks as well as in passenger cabins. This change brought about by the fear of accidents and injuries of passengers tripping on their jacket straps as they walk the stairs. They also give the detailed boat instructions in the theater areas before moving the passengers to the boat decks. The Megas claim the time passengers actually stand on boat decks has been reduced to mere minutes. Jack