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Stupid Question, but....

 

If the ship is anchored and clearly not moving, and if they have the watersports deck deployed; does anyone ever jump off their balcony into the water?

 

It seems kind of high, but I am not really familiar with the ship.

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Stupid Question, but....

 

If the ship is anchored and clearly not moving, and if they have the watersports deck deployed; does anyone ever jump off their balcony into the water?

 

It seems kind of high, but I am not really familiar with the ship.

The balconies are not meant for jumping and there is a distinct possibility that you would be severely injured, worse, or asked to leave the cruise The first thing we taught all of our grandchildren about boats, ships and water is that you only get to make one mistake. Bad idea! Use the sports platform!

 

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No question. No discussion. Just NO. You cannot. If nothing else, the few cabins that have access to the outside are fairly high on the ship and I'm pretty sure you'd hit the hull of the ship before hitting the water. Not a good idea, and I think you'd be escorted off the ship shortly after trying - assuming you survived.

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I think the ship is way bigger than I was thinking when I asked the question. I looked a deck plan and the lowest balconies are on deck 5. So it would basically be the same as jumping off the deck. Way too high!

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On our Windjammer Barefoot Cruise on the Mandalay, we didn't have a balcony - no one did, but we were allowed to jump off the side of the ship on a couple of occasions! Of course it was a much smaller ship.

We did as well on the Yankee Clipper. There were rope ladders to climb back on board and we were 35 years younger without titanium parts. The good old days!

 

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Onboard the blue lagoon cruise in Fiji's yasawa islands, we were instructed never to jump off the ship unless it was tied to a coconut tree (insert laughter). Low and behold, one morning we WERE tethered to a coconut tree on a private island SPLASH, in I jumped and swam to shore. But this was off the platform, not off any decks or balconies!

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Why would you want to jump? Everything is better on the ship. The sports platform is nice when it is open. I loved it. It's only open when the ship anchors in warm water. Unfortunately, if you dock or sail in cooler waters, the platform is not open. The pool and hot tubs are open.

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