xrvlcruiser Posted September 9, 2017 #1 Share Posted September 9, 2017 https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/c...st-thomas.html Not Regent but part of NCLH - the parent company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare WesW Posted September 9, 2017 #2 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Thanks for sharing. Kudos to NCL and NCLH for generously deciding to make a difference for 2000 displaced travelers on St. Thomas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzy Posted September 9, 2017 #3 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Outstanding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelcat2 Posted September 10, 2017 #4 Share Posted September 10, 2017 https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/c...st-thomas.html Not Regent but part of NCLH - the parent company I read that -- it is a great thing that they are doing. Thanks for posting this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Caroldoll Posted September 10, 2017 #5 Share Posted September 10, 2017 I read that too on Seatrader. Just wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ronrick1943 Posted September 10, 2017 #6 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Well, you have to give credit---and this is above good. This is doing the right thing 100 times. Good for them, this is reason alone to cruise with this company----any of their lines. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warburg Posted September 11, 2017 #7 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Greetings from South Beach. We live two blocks from water on three sides. NCL is doing a fabulous thing. We sailed NCL several times and may do so again. We spent Irma in our condo. We appreciate how much this gesture will mean to people on St. Thomas Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelcat2 Posted September 12, 2017 #8 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Greetings from South Beach. We live two blocks from water on three sides. NCL is doing a fabulous thing. We sailed NCL several times and may do so again. We spent Irma in our condo. We appreciate how much this gesture will mean to people on St. Thomas Sent from my iPhone using Forums So happy to hear that you are safe. We are hearing from friends in Miami - some have power and other are still without power. All that matters is that people are safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambagahle Posted September 12, 2017 #9 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Frank del Rio does it again. I am sure the decision to send an NCL ship to rescue people from the US Virgin Islands was his... he needs to be given take credit for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelcat2 Posted September 12, 2017 #10 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Frank del Rio does it again. I am sure the decision to send an NCL ship to rescue people from the US Virgin Islands was his... he needs to be given take credit for this. Absolutely - this is exactly the kind of thing that he would do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flossie009 Posted September 12, 2017 #11 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Agree that NCLH have done the right thing, but they are not alone as most of the cruise companies with ships in the area appear to have been giving assistance https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=8058 Well done to them all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelcat2 Posted September 12, 2017 #12 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Agree that they all deserve kudos but I believe that the first cruise line to send a ship to assist was NCL, so, I think they deserve credit for setting an example for other cruise lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flossie009 Posted September 12, 2017 #13 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Agree that they all deserve kudos but I believe that the first cruise line to send a ship to assist was NCL, so, I think they deserve credit for setting an example for other cruise lines. I had not realised that supplying humanitarian aid was a competition :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelcat2 Posted September 12, 2017 #14 Share Posted September 12, 2017 I had not realised that supplying humanitarian aid was a competition :rolleyes: Someone had to start the ball rolling. Obviously, NCL and now other cruise lines will lose a heck of a lot of money and their passengers will be inconvenienced (a mild word) in order to help people in need. The U.S. always assists people from countries around the world but it is not typical for cruise lines to take themselves out of service to assist. For this reason, they deserve recognition. The fact that other ships followed is a wonderful thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warburg Posted September 13, 2017 #15 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Greetings, Everyone, from South Beach. We have had damage, but it is of the repairable type. No loss of life. In thinking about NCL's trip to St. Thomas, I recall the kind of behavior I saw from people who lived and worked on the water when my family spent the summers on our cabin cruiser. Everyone helped everyone. literally. When we sailed on a container ship in 1994, I saw a similar example of that behavior. We were up on the bridge in the afternoon with the First Officer. I heard a beep every few seconds and asked about it. The Officer said that this was a sound that would change in tone if our vessel had to undertake a rescue in the area. Location information would follow immediately. Nothing happened on that voyage. However, one stormy day we were sailing on NCL's Jewel and having lunch in its sushi restaurant, The Captain, who we had met a couple of times, was dining at the counter. All of a sudden he jumped up and ran by us, saying something about an emergency. A moment later the motors stopped and an announcement said the Jewel was dispatching lifeboats to a sailboat in distress. After a while, a second announcement said the emergency was over, the Coast Guard got there first and two men had been rescued. There is a kind of being in the same boat philosophy on the water that includes islands. This feeling is obvious on the Hawaiian Islands. Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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