A to Z of Life Onboard

[Esprit]

Crew bar and Crew mess on Celebrity Edge

[grapau27]

C is for cocktails on Grand Princess November 2019.

[grapau27]

C is for Car on Royal Promenade on Independence of the Seas.

[grapau27]

C is for free Champagne on embarkation day May 2019 Independence of the seas

[Izzywiz]

C is for CRASH!!

We were having lunch on board the Princess Panhwar river cruise ship as we sailed along the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar when I noticed one of the local cargo boats was getting closer to to the ship. As I watched I could see that it was heading directly towards us so I shouted a warning and all the diners by the windows managed to scramble away just before we were hit! Fortunately, no one was badly hurt although one lady got cut by flying glass.

The captain pulled alongside the river bank where there was a river police booth and the next thing we saw was our captain and several officers in a small boat chasing the cargo boat. The cargo boat captain was arrested and led away in handcuffs.

As it was the last full day of our cruise, we were able to stay on board while repairs were being made in Mandalay but the people who should have boarded for the next cruise were put up in a hotel until the ship was ready.

It was quite scary at the time!!!

 

 

 

 

 

[Eddie99]

😳

[P&O SUE]

Blimey Izzy!!

[zap99]

9 minutes ago, P&O SUE said:

Blimey Izzy!!

Must have been scary. They even left their wine on the table.😂

[Monorail Orange]

Flippin' 'eck! Thank goodness no one was seriously injured with that!

 

Hats off to you for noticing it heading your way and alerting other guests. I'm sure we've all had moments where we think "oh that looks close" , only for it to be dozens of feet/meters away in reality. We then happily go back to the buffet (those were the days) or whatever we were doing.

 

 

[Ardennais]

Gosh, what a thing to happen. 

[Purdey16]

C for chandelier 

[grapau27]

1 hour ago, Izzywiz said:

C is for CRASH!!

We were having lunch on board the Princess Panhwar river cruise ship as we sailed along the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar when I noticed one of the local cargo boats was getting closer to to the ship. As I watched I could see that it was heading directly towards us so I shouted a warning and all the diners by the windows managed to scramble away just before we were hit! Fortunately, no one was badly hurt although one lady got cut by flying glass.

The captain pulled alongside the river bank where there was a river police booth and the next thing we saw was our captain and several officers in a small boat chasing the cargo boat. The cargo boat captain was arrested and led away in handcuffs.

As it was the last full day of our cruise, we were able to stay on board while repairs were being made in Mandalay but the people who should have boarded for the next cruise were put up in a hotel until the ship was ready.

It was quite scary at the time!!!

 

 

 

 

 

That must have been frightening.

Luckily no-one was seriously hurt.

You were a hero for warning everyone when you saw what was going to happen.

Graham.

[Izzywiz]

Thank you for your comments.

It all happened so quickly that people did leave their wine and, of course, everywhere was covered in glass shards so what was left wasn’t drinkable. Fortunately, the ship was AI so there was more wine available although several people had a stiff brandy instead!!

 

I have to say that everyone involved acted extremely well. There was no panic, the crew members in the restaurant reacted very quickly to reassure everyone and nobody made a big fuss. There were no demands for compensation and everyone was determined to enjoy the last days of an absolutely fabulous cruise. 

The ship, which was owned by Australian Pacific Touring (APT), was brand new and only on its 3rd sailing. One of the APT directors flew straight out to Mandalay to oversee the repairs and he made sure that the passengers had a great last day. I would do the whole cruise again in a heartbeat.....it was stunning.

 

[Purdey16]

Well done Izzy you probably saved a lot of other passengers from being hurt 🤕 must of been very frightening at the time 

[Izzywiz]

It was just lucky that I happened to be sitting by the window facing upstream and had noticed the cargo ship. These ships are fascinating because they carry such a variety of goods and people so I was trying to see what its cargo actually was. It was then that I noticed that the ship appeared to be overtaking us but wasn’t actually moving in a parallel line. It came towards us very quickly and I reacted as anyone else would have done so no heroics!

These ships are like landing craft and have a metal plate at the front that can be lowered onto the river bank. There is a thick metal pole that extends out at each side of the plate and it was the pole that came through the window. 
Our captain told us that he believed the cargo ship captain had fallen asleep at the wheel.

[purplesea]

2 hours ago, Izzywiz said:

C is for CRASH!!

We were having lunch on board the Princess Panhwar river cruise ship as we sailed along the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar when I noticed one of the local cargo boats was getting closer to to the ship. As I watched I could see that it was heading directly towards us so I shouted a warning and all the diners by the windows managed to scramble away just before we were hit! Fortunately, no one was badly hurt although one lady got cut by flying glass.

The captain pulled alongside the river bank where there was a river police booth and the next thing we saw was our captain and several officers in a small boat chasing the cargo boat. The cargo boat captain was arrested and led away in handcuffs.

As it was the last full day of our cruise, we were able to stay on board while repairs were being made in Mandalay but the people who should have boarded for the next cruise were put up in a hotel until the ship was ready.

It was quite scary at the time!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a story to be able to tell!  Lucky you saw what was happening and could warn everyone and that nobody was hurt.

[Adawn47]

posted in error

Edited October 14, 2020 by Adawn47

[Purdey16]

D is for Dragon , and Dinner 

[bee-ess]

Dawn at Sea

 

[bee-ess]

Dinner at Seventeen

 

Edited October 15, 2020 by bee-ess

[Ardennais]

Delicious Desserts

 

 

[Gettingwarmer]

Dining room wine rack Celebrity Eclipse

[Gettingwarmer]

Dog on Independence of the Sea

[Gettingwarmer]

Deck Quoits

[Izzywiz]

Lots of lovely Ds already so here are mine....

Dining venues

 

Celebrity Infinity

 

 

Explorer of the Seas

 

 

Celebrity Millennium

 

 

Norwegian Pearl

 

 

and Dawn at sea