Muster drill

[Beukeboom]

I'm going to be on the Oasis of the Seas for a Nov. 4th departure at 4:30PM. With that in mind, when do they normally have the muster drill? And how long does it take? [i ask because on our first cruise the muster drill took almost 2 hours and was a complete mess.] How close to the departure time is it scheduled?

[Ourusualbeach]

I'm going to be on the Oasis of the Seas for a Nov. 4th departure at 4:30PM. With that in mind, when do they normally have the muster drill? And how long does it take? [i ask because on our first cruise the muster drill took almost 2 hours and was a complete mess.] How close to the departure time is it scheduled?

 

3:45. Lasts about 1/2 hour.

[Beukeboom]

3:45. Lasts about 1/2 hour.

 

Doesn't give me much time to set up my camera rig for video of the departure. Hopefully they allow me to have my camera rig as a "carry-on".

[Ourusualbeach]

Doesn't give me much time to set up my camera rig for video of the departure. Hopefully they allow me to have my camera rig as a "carry-on".

You can bring whatever you want as a carry on as long as it fits through the scanner. (About the same size as the ones at the airport)

[CreativeCruiser119]

Actually, Oasis does theirs at 4:00; Harmony does theirs at 3:45 and Allure at 4:15 (which I think cuts it too close to sailaway!)

 

It’s very quick and painless, quite often not even lasting 30 minutes - the worst part is getting out afterward, at which point the level of foot traffic can very depending on your muster location. If your station is in Studio B, a good tip is to cut through the casino on the way out as the Entertainment Place area gets very congested. I had read this tip prior to my Harmony cruise last year and, knowing from my SetSail Pass that my station would be located inside the rink, made a point to follow that advice on Day 1 and managed to go back to the room to post pictures and text friends goodbye before heading to sailaway, and even then I still got up to Deck 16 with plenty of time, given that our drill on this cruise began at 3:45 and dismissed after about maybe 20-25 minutes, give or take. We were also lucky enough to be seated towards the back row near an exit. We have also been assigned to the theater and MDR on earlier Oasis class cruises and have never had trouble watching the sailaway on time despite the crowds we experienced while exiting these locations.

 

Either way, you’ll have time to secure a sailaway spot - perhaps you could set it up before the drill so that it’s all ready to go when you get back? I don’t think it should be an issue getting it onboard. Whatever you choose to do, have a great time, don’t worry about a thing, all you need to do is get yourself excited! You’ll have a wonderful time on the grand Oasis!

 

 

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Edited July 15, 2018 by CreativeCruiser119

[CreativeCruiser119]

Follow-up to my last post: I discovered from looking at your previous posts that you are in a Grand Suite on Deck 12. All Grand Suites are in the same fire zone as one another, so your muster station will be located on the Royal Promenade, near the Rising Tide Bar. My advice in this case would be to head to the aft stairs as you will already be at the aft end of the Promenade. Take the stairs if possible, the elevators get quite crowded! I hope this helps; I’d say your muster area is one of the easier ones to get out of, fortunately, due to the open layout - even more so in your case since Deck 12 is assigned to the area closest to the far aft end of the Promenade. I hope I have been able to help, and once again, enjoy your trip! Oasis is one of the best ships out there (with a nice Solarium with the original therapeutic pool that came with the first-generation Oasis class ships!)

 

Enjoy! [emoji4]

 

 

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[sellwingri]

I was in a Grand Suite on Oasis last October and our muster station was in the champagne bar. It was, by far, the longest and most painful muster drill of my previous 25 cruises. Not only did they announce all the rules/regs, they then played the same video they played on tv in your room. It lasted at least 45 minutes.

 

I hate to be negative but it’s the first day of your cruise so you’ll have many great days after to make up for it.

[time4u2go]

I'm going to be on the Oasis of the Seas for a Nov. 4th departure at 4:30PM. With that in mind, when do they normally have the muster drill? And how long does it take? [i ask because on our first cruise the muster drill took almost 2 hours and was a complete mess.] How close to the departure time is it scheduled?

I'm curious...why did it take 2 hours?

[CreativeCruiser119]

I was in a Grand Suite on Oasis last October and our muster station was in the champagne bar. It was, by far, the longest and most painful muster drill of my previous 25 cruises. Not only did they announce all the rules/regs, they then played the same video they played on tv in your room. It lasted at least 45 minutes.

 

 

 

I hate to be negative but it’s the first day of your cruise so you’ll have many great days after to make up for it.

 

 

 

45 minutes? I’m so sorry you had to experience that, I can say from experience that is not the norm! Perhaps someone on the ship thought they were too cool to go to the drill, so they had to track them down thus making it last longer? That is extremely long for Oasis class! But you make a great point about it being the first day, there are a lot of little mishaps the first day, but after that, you have all week! Love Oasis class, I hope you enjoyed the Suite! Maybe someday...

 

 

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[Beukeboom]

I'm curious...why did it take 2 hours?

 

'Cause it was a cluster....

 

Even the crewmembers had no clue why everything was being delayed. What made it worse was our group was at the pool but they moved all the chairs so you couldn't sit down and they closed the bar so you couldn't get anything nonalcoholic to drink. Plus it was in the mid-80's and lots of sun. Miserable. They finally showed us how to inflate the life vests and that was it. Never was shown where our lifeboats were.