Coral Princess Passengers Almost Get Left Behind

[NMG318]

Three Passengers aboard the Coral Princess were 45 minutes late and almost got left in Ushuaia, Argentina on New Years Eve. One of the passengers got there shortly before the others and pleaded with the crew to wait for the other two. He was able to stall the ship long enough for the others to arrive.

 

https://youtu.be/JkbNkKe_VfU

[CATGUY7]

They are very lucky.   

[puppycanducruise]

That could have been very expensive had the ship left without them.

[MissP22]

They were lucky indeed.

It's probably the last time they'll try that one. 

[john_galt]

Being stranded in Ushuaia, Argentina is not on my bucket list. 

[Bgwest]

I too watched it all unfold from virtually the same vantage point (slightly aft) as the OP. 

Turned out to be a bunch of entitled kids who were later seen in the HC and elsewhere laughing it up mightily about delaying the departure. 

Should have left the inconsiderate little troublemakers behind. 

Edited January 3, 2020 by Bgwest
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[NMG318]

The ship was due to pass some beautiful glaciers at around 7:00 pm.  Because of these knuckle heads, it was delayed by over 45 minutes which messed up the dining schedules for hundreds of people.  You are right Bgwest, the Captain should have left them behind.  It would have been a 10 hr car/ferry ride to the next port of Punta Arenas... if they could have found some to take them.

[Peckishpixie]

I have been on ships where people were left behind. I don't think it's fair to hold everything up because someone planned poorly. You know when you have to be back on the ship before you even bought your ticket. There is just no excuse 

[Cruiserkenn]

The thought of being left behind, so far from home, just gives me chills.

 

So sorry they were laughing about it.  What a situation.

[MissP22]

If people want the ship to wait for them a few extra minutes they should be fined the extra charges the ship has to pay for docking and labor fees involved. 

I think they might change their minds. 

[voljeep]

confine them to the ship for the rest of the cruise 👿

[dog]

45 minutes?  We have had to wait much longer in same situation. Many entitled people out there. 

[Vexorg]

On the one RCCL cruise I took, the captain (Marek Slaby, a captain with an excellent reputation among passengers and crew)  made it pretty clear that any late arrivals to the dock  (passengers or crew) would be having a chat with him when they arrived back at the ship.  I suspect these kids won't be laughing when they have that chat...

[Colo Cruiser]

Whats that saying again?

 

Oh yeah "its MY cruise".

[mcrcruiser]

14 minutes ago, Colo Cruiser said:

Whats that saying again?

 

Oh yeah "its MY cruise".

yup No consideration for their fellow travelers  & then mocking it 

[Hlitner]

Many years ago we were on a RCCL Cruise (now RCI) in the Caribbean when one family decided to make a habit out of being late back to the ship.  The third time it happened was their last as the Captain (I think it was Leif Otto Bang) put them off the ship at the next port (rumor has it they were told not to come back).  We also heard that they were banned from future cruises on that line.

 

Hank

[geoherb]

We left behind four passengers in Juneau on my southbound Alaskan cruise this past summer. I talked with the officer who had been on the pier the next evening when we were in Ketchikan. They had caught up with the ship.

 

In Jamaica last month, there were several people who came back late. The strange thing was they were pulling up in large excursion buses. One bus had just two passengers and another had three. I'm assuming that Princess would cancel an excursion if only two or three people booked it, so they must have somehow gotten separated from their groups.

Edited January 3, 2020 by geoherb

[OCruisers]

They were very lucky.

Over the years we've seen people left behind many times.

[jennybenny]

28 minutes ago, geoherb said:

We left behind four passengers in Juneau on my southbound Alaskan cruise this past summer. I talked with the officer who had been on the pier the next evening when we were in Ketchikan. They had caught up with the ship.

Were they able to get back on the ship in Ketchikan? 

That's crazy we always get back early, for fear of whatever can happen to delay us before we make it back to the ship, but there are some people who just like to roll the dice.

[nini]

I am surprised that they were able to get on the ship if they were not on a

Princess Shore Excursion. We were delayed a couple of hours on 

leaving a port on the PC itinerary, due to a few Princess buses being delayed.

There were at least 150 people or more. There had been a train accident, blocking

the roads. It is also possible that some of the buses were also private excursions.

[elliair]

6 hours ago, MissP22 said:

They were lucky indeed.

It's probably the last time they'll try that one. 

Nah, they'll do it again because they escaped the penalty the first time.  People like that are inconsiderate.  They should have been fined $10,000 - then let's see if they do it again.

[neverbeenhere]

Crap Happens. 

 

We've waited a lot longer than 45 minutes.  I don't care for waiting, but as stated above.

[voljeep]

on our last cruise , we waited about an hour to board when a couple was doing a b2b and didn't think the rules applied to them

 

and this was with the almighty medallion … and posters here seem to be worried that they are being tracked ...

[MissP22]

I wish they would start tracking the people who show up late for the group walk through for imaginations when doing a B2B and personally escort them to the end of the line. Then should make them wait until everyone else left the ship before allowing them to follow.  

The Medallion system might actually prove worthwhile. 

[pablo222]

15 hours ago, Hlitner said:

 (I think it was Leif Otto Bang)

 

My mom and dad really enjoyed Captain Bang.

 

They, along with other passengers, would walk every morning on the promenade deck.

You were all supposed to walk one way, like clockwise ... I can't remember which way.

 

Captain Bang would walk the other way, and greet everyone.