Life jackets?

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Do still bring your life jacket to the drill?

[elfinmagic]

Yes, at least on the Royal which has been our ship of choice since it was launched (go for it onehappy cruiser)

[Colo Cruiser]

Yes it's required.

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Do you still need to bring your life jacket to the drill?

 

I have been on cruise lines where the life jackets are not required at the drill.

[wheezedr]

I have been on cruise lines where the life jackets are not required at the drill.

That is not the case with Princess. You carry your LJ and then they ask you to put it on at the end of the drill.

[shipgeeks]

It will be announced, whichever is the case, beforehand.

[paul929207]

Princess has you practice putting on the jacket during the drill

[OCruisers]

On Princess .. YES .. you still carry (not wear) your life jackets to the muster drill.

Once at the drill, you practice putting them on. Then, you are to remove and strap them back the way they were to take back to your cabin.

The muster drill is inside and fairly painless.

[pwake]

On Princess, you are required to carry your life jacket to the safety drill. If you wear it to the assembly point, they make you wear if for the rest of the cruise. At least that's what the told us :)

 

 

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[mackilbeggan]

Do still bring your life jacket to the drill?

Depends on the Cruise line. Celebrity out of Bayonne do not.

 

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[tb4]

No life jackets on Royal Caribbean out of Sydney to South Pacific in March this year

[OCruisers]

Please keep in mind ....

This is on the PRINCESS Forum ... so the question is about taking life jackets to Princess muster drills. :)

[Colo Cruiser]

Please keep in mind ....

This is on the PRINCESS Forum ... so the question is about taking life jackets to Princess muster drills. :)

 

 

[tb4]

Please keep in mind ....

This is on the PRINCESS Forum ... so the question is about taking life jackets to Princess muster drills. :)

Apologies. Will pay more attention in future.

[Lucky TGO]

Do still bring your life jacket to the drill?

 

Yes you do. Some day your life jacket may be your best friend on a cruise. :eek: :eek:

Tony

[caribill]

Princess does it right by having passengers take the life jackets to the muster and the put them on at the end.

 

Based on how many do not do it correctly after the demo, it is important that the staff help them do it the right way and possibly save lives if there is a real emergency.

 

The cruise lines that do not do it the Princess way will have numerous passengers with absolutely no knowledge of how to don the life jackets in an emergency. My experience on those lines, where you stand outside for the muster no matter what the weather, is that most people cannot see through the people in front of them and thus do not even see the demo.

[Colo Cruiser]

Yes practice makes perfect.

[pris993]

Princess does it right by having passengers take the life jackets to the muster and the put them on at the end.

 

Based on how many do not do it correctly after the demo, it is important that the staff help them do it the right way and possibly save lives if there is a real emergency.

 

The cruise lines that do not do it the Princess way will have numerous passengers with absolutely no knowledge of how to don the life jackets in an emergency. My experience on those lines, where you stand outside for the muster no matter what the weather, is that most people cannot see through the people in front of them and thus do not even see the demo.

 

I disagree.. we cruise many lines. do not see the value in carrying the jacket to the life boat drill. I do carry it because required, do try on... been there, done that way too many times.

[floridalover5623]

I disagree.. we cruise many lines. do not see the value in carrying the jacket to the life boat drill. I do carry it because required, do try on... been there, done that way too many times.

Same here. I see no value in practicing to try it on other than to see if there's any problem with the jacket itself. Some people just forget from cruise to cruise & need the practice. ;)

[cbelc]

I just got off the Radiance of the Seas last week. No life jackets were brought to the muster drill. The drill is required, however. I was on the Allure in January. No life jacket was required. I was on MSC Divina last year. No life jacket was required.

 

 

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[KristyMisty14]

Same here. I see no value in practicing to try it on other than to see if there's any problem with the jacket itself. Some people just forget from cruise to cruise & need the practice. ;)

 

And if you don't put it on at the drill, then you can't take a selfie in it ;)

[OCruisers]

When cruising B2B on Princess, you are only required to attend the Muster Drill once. :D

[SantaFeFan]

I disagree.. we cruise many lines. do not see the value in carrying the jacket to the life boat drill. I do carry it because required, do try on... been there, done that way too many times.

 

Same here. I see no value in practicing to try it on other than to see if there's any problem with the jacket itself.

 

I agree. Putting it on once isn't practice. It is only "trying it on". To be worthwhile a passenger should actually repeat putting it on over and over again, which would require doing it as many times as necessary to be able to do it without thinking about it. I doubt that many people in an emergency would remember what they did at the muster drill days ago. Fortunately, today's life jackets are not difficult to figure out. Besides, unless the ship was going to sink in a couple of minutes, people will have plenty of time to either figure it out or have someone show them how to put it on.

[caribill]

I agree. Putting it on once isn't practice. It is only "trying it on". To be worthwhile a passenger should actually repeat putting it on over and over again, which would require doing it as many times as necessary to be able to do it without thinking about it. I doubt that many people in an emergency would remember what they did at the muster drill days ago. Fortunately, today's life jackets are not difficult to figure out. Besides, unless the ship was going to sink in a couple of minutes, people will have plenty of time to either figure it out or have someone show them how to put it on.

 

For some people that is not the case as even right after the demo at the muster they need assistance from the crew to do it correctly.

[DreamflightPat]

Do still bring your life jacket to the drill?

 

 

Just wait for the announcement on board and then do whatever they say.