Rare Pushpit Posted June 20 #201 Share Posted June 20 29 minutes ago, exlondoner said: Where are you going to? Hope they are OK. Lisbon area by the looks of it, Cascais or Lisbon itself, maybe Setúbal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MylesS Posted June 20 Author #202 Share Posted June 20 46 minutes ago, exlondoner said: Where are you going to? Hope they are OK. Truth be told I was woken by the announcement, and didn’t catch it all. I believe we’re going to the Portuguese coast, where the patients will be picked up by a lifeboat (similar to the RNLI the Captain said). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MylesS Posted June 20 Author #203 Share Posted June 20 26 minutes ago, Pushpit said: Setúbal This rings a bell, I think you may be right. Really hoping for a good outcome regardless. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Pushpit Posted June 20 #204 Share Posted June 20 (edited) 1 hour ago, MylesS said: This rings a bell, I think you may be right. Really hoping for a good outcome regardless. At the moment it looks like QA got within 2 miles or so of Sesimbra, which is a very small port to the west of Setúbal. And then is headed out offshore. In happier times, it would have been great if QA had made a formal stop at one of these two locations, but it's not the way it goes, unfortunately. Sesimbra is a small resort of 50,000, and Setúbal a rather larger town of 100,000. Edited June 20 by Pushpit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MylesS Posted June 20 Author #205 Share Posted June 20 Medical evacuation said to have gone very smoothly, so that’s great to hear. We’re back under way now. Captain is expecting a 30 minute to 1 hour delay to La Coruna. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alc13 Posted June 20 #206 Share Posted June 20 I'm very sorry to hear of another medical evacuation. Has the number increased lately, or are we just seeing more live reports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MylesS Posted June 20 Author #207 Share Posted June 20 16 minutes ago, alc13 said: I'm very sorry to hear of another medical evacuation. Has the number increased lately, or are we just seeing more live reports? I think just more live reports. We had 2 or 3 during our summer trip last year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MylesS Posted June 22 Author #208 Share Posted June 22 So this is new, at least for me! This morning this letter was delivered to my stateroom along with next voyages identification card — no more having to go to the front desk at 8am! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted June 22 #209 Share Posted June 22 That's handy, enjoy the last day of this trip! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Ray Posted June 22 #210 Share Posted June 22 2 hours ago, MylesS said: So this is new, at least for me! This morning this letter was delivered to my stateroom along with next voyages identification card — no more having to go to the front desk at 8am! Same here except we aren't moving Stateroom. Very impressed with the organisation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LadyL1 Posted June 22 #211 Share Posted June 22 7 minutes ago, Red Ray said: Same here except we aren't moving Stateroom. Very impressed with the organisation. Thank you for this, as we have a B-to-B on QA next year and staying in same accommodation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MylesS Posted June 22 Author #212 Share Posted June 22 A (very small & blurry) Queen Mary 2 ahead of us! 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MylesS Posted June 22 Author #213 Share Posted June 22 I believe we’re going to pass her, so I’ll be staying up on deck 14 for a while to see if I can get any photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted June 22 #214 Share Posted June 22 Here's a photo of mine showing Queen Anne taken from Queen Mary 2 about 11:50pm on June 22nd. Queen Anne is passing Queen Mary 2 on her way into Southampton to meet her earlier scheduled arrival time. 11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MylesS Posted June 22 Author #215 Share Posted June 22 49 minutes ago, MylesS said: I believe we’re going to pass her, so I’ll be staying up on deck 14 for a while to see if I can get any photos. Worth the wait! 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MylesS Posted June 22 Author #216 Share Posted June 22 1 minute ago, bluemarble said: Here's a photo of mine showing Queen Anne taken from Queen Mary 2 about 11:50pm on June 22nd. Queen Anne is passing Queen Mary 2 on her way into Southampton to meet her earlier scheduled arrival time. I think we saw your flash from Queen Anne, or someone’s! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay1283 Posted June 24 #217 Share Posted June 24 A slightly different version of events around the medical evacuation given here. According to this article both the patients were crew members and both suffered from internal bleeding. I assume there must have been an accident on-board: https://www.marinha.pt/pt/media-center/Noticias/Paginas/Marinha-coordena-resgate-de-duas-pessoas-ao-largo-de-Sines.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchanan101 Posted June 24 #218 Share Posted June 24 QM2 leaving Southampton ahead of QA yesterday. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Kordy Posted June 24 #219 Share Posted June 24 On 6/11/2024 at 10:17 AM, safarigal said: As someone who always works from the ship, apart from issues with Google Docs, I have never had any difficulty accessing those websites and having a US VPN. I do feel sorry for the reviewer, but it was only a 7 day cruise, I wish they could have just relaxed and enjoyed a few days of holiday. Which VPN service do you recommend to use on a cruise ship to bypass some of the restrictions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Pushpit Posted June 24 #220 Share Posted June 24 7 hours ago, jay1283 said: A slightly different version of events around the medical evacuation given here. According to this article both the patients were crew members and both suffered from internal bleeding. I assume there must have been an accident on-board: https://www.marinha.pt/pt/media-center/Noticias/Paginas/Marinha-coordena-resgate-de-duas-pessoas-ao-largo-de-Sines.aspx The main causes of internal bleeding are things like stomach ulcers and high blood pressure. Trauma can certainly cause it too, but that's less frequent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay1283 Posted June 25 #221 Share Posted June 25 10 hours ago, Pushpit said: The main causes of internal bleeding are things like stomach ulcers and high blood pressure. Trauma can certainly cause it too, but that's less frequent. I would think the chances of two crew members having internal bleeding due to separate health issues and requiring evacuation on the same day would be incredibly small, but perhaps the article is inaccurate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safarigal Posted June 25 #222 Share Posted June 25 23 hours ago, Kordy said: Which VPN service do you recommend to use on a cruise ship to bypass some of the restrictions? We use Ivacy, but I am sure there are lots of other good ones out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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