WOW moment from recent trip on Navigator

[Maticus22]

Huge WOW moment from recent cruise on Navigator. My 4 yr daughter on the first sea day drew a picture in the cabin and wanted to give it to the captain. The next morning my wife and daughter took it to Guest Services and asked if they would give it to the captain. We had hope that the captain would send a note saying thank you or stop by our table and say hello, we could never have imagined what happened next. So we didn't hear anything till Saturday the last sea day when we got a phone call at 10 in the morning from Guest Services.

 

Our captain loved the picture so much that he invited our entire family up to the bridge for a personal tour with him. We were escorted by security up to the bridge where he was waiting for us with the picture in hand. He let both of our children "drive the boat" from the old fashioned wheel, introduced us to everyone on the bridge at the time, and explained everything to us and answered any questions we had. Oh yeah I was allowed to bring my camera and take as many pictures as I wanted. In all it lasted almost 45 mins and we got a couple pictures at the end of our family with him. A big kudos to Capt Aris Medina as this was totally unexpected and greatly appreciated!

[gidewey52]

Sweet!

 

Jerry

Manassas VA

[Mama24]

Oh my gosh, what a special memory for all of you! Kudos to the Captain!

Edited February 17, 2015 by Mama24

[OfTheSeasCruiser]

That's awesome! Sounds like a great cruise!

[BillOh]

Great story and I don't for a minute question your motives, but now I wonder if that will be the latest secret trick ;)

[Maticus22]

Great story and I don't for a minute question your motives, but now I wonder if that will be the latest secret trick ;)

 

 

You know what, I actually thought about that as I was posting this, because you know someone will try on their next cruise.

[kirian]

What a great story and memory that will last a lifetime!!! Very gracious of the Captain to do such a nice thing!

 

Melissa

[Cruisegoer]

I doubt a drawing from a 43 year old passenger would go over quite as well as one from a toddler.

[cruisewkid]

All I can say is "WOW!" Boy, you do remember stuff like that forever, don't you?! I've had a few of those moments at Disney - but never on a cruise!

 

Although we wont be trying it, if he is our captain in April, I will feel like I am sailing with a good guy!

[Royal Caribbean International]

Huge WOW moment from recent cruise on Navigator. My 4 yr daughter on the first sea day drew a picture in the cabin and wanted to give it to the captain. The next morning my wife and daughter took it to Guest Services and asked if they would give it to the captain. We had hope that the captain would send a note saying thank you or stop by our table and say hello, we could never have imagined what happened next. So we didn't hear anything till Saturday the last sea day when we got a phone call at 10 in the morning from Guest Services.

 

Our captain loved the picture so much that he invited our entire family up to the bridge for a personal tour with him. We were escorted by security up to the bridge where he was waiting for us with the picture in hand. He let both of our children "drive the boat" from the old fashioned wheel, introduced us to everyone on the bridge at the time, and explained everything to us and answered any questions we had. Oh yeah I was allowed to bring my camera and take as many pictures as I wanted. In all it lasted almost 45 mins and we got a couple pictures at the end of our family with him. A big kudos to Capt Aris Medina as this was totally unexpected and greatly appreciated!

 

 

We're so happy to hear that you had such an incredible experience onboard! Your daughter must be a very talented artist. Thanks for sharing your story!

[Ladysilver]

Huge WOW moment from recent cruise on Navigator. My 4 yr daughter on the first sea day drew a picture in the cabin and wanted to give it to the captain. The next morning my wife and daughter took it to Guest Services and asked if they would give it to the captain. We had hope that the captain would send a note saying thank you or stop by our table and say hello, we could never have imagined what happened next. So we didn't hear anything till Saturday the last sea day when we got a phone call at 10 in the morning from Guest Services.

 

Our captain loved the picture so much that he invited our entire family up to the bridge for a personal tour with him. We were escorted by security up to the bridge where he was waiting for us with the picture in hand. He let both of our children "drive the boat" from the old fashioned wheel, introduced us to everyone on the bridge at the time, and explained everything to us and answered any questions we had. Oh yeah I was allowed to bring my camera and take as many pictures as I wanted. In all it lasted almost 45 mins and we got a couple pictures at the end of our family with him. A big kudos to Capt Aris Medina as this was totally unexpected and greatly appreciated!

 

That's AWESOME!! :D

[nimbex1970]

What an incredibly special moment:D

 

For those of us who have never seen the bridge, would you share a pic? I understand if you don't wish to post family pics, as some don't share internet pics of their kids... a general one ?

 

While I'm jealous, I am excited to hear about those special moments created by not only the crew, but the captain!! I think it was on the Allure, the captain kept his cycle on board and was riding it on the docks, stopped and posed for pictures with some passengers, that was great to see.

[krev]

That's really wonderful and something you will always remember. We had a similar experience on our 2011 Caribbean cruise. In our instance my work mates husband use to be in the Coast Guard with our Captains wife, he emailed her and she took us to the bridge for sail away from St Lucia, it is something we will always remember. We didn't get to "drive" the boat though!

[Jimnbigd]

Fabulous. I hope we have this same captain on our March 29 Navigator.

[A&L_Ont]

I doubt a drawing from a 43 year old passenger would go over quite as well as one from a toddler.

 

LOL. That being said, what a memorable moment for the entire family. I think for the captain too, espically if he has little ones at home that could be missing. A true WOW moment.

Edited February 19, 2015 by A&L_Ont

[mrpayroll]

WOW is exactly right....:)

[George C]

Very very cool

[Fat Paul]

Let the naysayers say nay, the Navigator and her crew are awesome.

[Cthy651]

Nice to hear, there are still Captains who care about the "little" people.

[Wave Hopper]

That is really cool!

[JenInMD]

That's awesome!! Surely a memory that will last forever!

[Maticus22]

What an incredibly special moment:D

 

For those of us who have never seen the bridge, would you share a pic? I understand if you don't wish to post family pics, as some don't share internet pics of their kids... a general one ?

 

While I'm jealous, I am excited to hear about those special moments created by not only the crew, but the captain!! I think it was on the Allure, the captain kept his cycle on board and was riding it on the docks, stopped and posed for pictures with some passengers, that was great to see.

 

Just looked through my pictures and all but one has the kids in them. That one is from the wing bridge looking down the length of the ship. Will have to figure out how to compress the file and will upload it as it is 5mb file.