I too am surprised that the incident never made the press. We were luckily unaffected being in deck 7 port side but didn't sleep that night due to the noise mostly from the wind and our patio door rattling so badly. We wedged my hiking pole in it to try and stop the rattle. This ship we found was a particularly noisy one anyway. We noticed it as soon as we left Barcelona.
I spoke with three people affected by the incident directly - one English couple told me they thought they were going to drown when the water came through their window - very traumatized.
I would have expected some kind of official de brief of the incident as rumour and speculation abounded. The Captains talk, some 7 days later was the first time that I heard what would be called the official story. It was scheduled for 3pm and the Captain wasn't there at that time but cruise director said he was probably busy on the bridge with ships business. He arrived 10 minutes late, ice cream cone in hand, saying with a smile that he just had to have one. In any other circumstances this would have been funny but I think most people that gathered had the incident on their minds. The first question reflected this and the person asking it asked why the Captain or RCL hadn't given official information to the passengers as there were conflicting rumours flying around and it would be nice to know the facts. Bottom line was that it was under investigation and that he was still Captain and hadn't been relieved of his duties.
When we returned home and relayed the story to our daughter including the part where the Captain at 5am the morning of the incident to "stay in their cabins, I repeat please remain in your cabins" - she said that's what they told the passengers on the Costa Concordia! To be honest, even after hearing the Alpha calls followed by Bravo calls, I just mentally went over how to prepare to proceed to the lifeboat deck if necessary, warm coat shoes etc but didn't feel panicked or overly worried.
I'm left concerned that it was possibly bad maintenance - we noticed on our first day on board, more rust around the ship than we have been used to seeing on another shipping line we've used more often and I've seen a number of comments regarding rust around windows so I hope that won't be found to be the reason.
Finally I hope that those people directly affected have recovered emotionally - I feel so bad for them having to experience such a terrifying time then having their vacation cut short. This particular cruise wasn't the usual ports between Barcelona and Venice. If it's what they really wanted to do, it's possibly not offered very often so I hope they are able to rebook it.
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I too am surprised that the incident never made the press. We were luckily unaffected being in deck 7 port side but didn't sleep that night due to the noise mostly from the wind and our patio door rattling so badly. We wedged my hiking pole in it to try and stop the rattle. This ship we found was a particularly noisy one anyway. We noticed it as soon as we left Barcelona.
I spoke with three people affected by the incident directly - one English couple told me they thought they were going to drown when the water came through their window - very traumatized.
I would have expected some kind of official de brief of the incident as rumour and speculation abounded. The Captains talk, some 7 days later was the first time that I heard what would be called the official story. It was scheduled for 3pm and the Captain wasn't there at that time but cruise director said he was probably busy on the bridge with ships business. He arrived 10 minutes late, ice cream cone in hand, saying with a smile that he just had to have one. In any other circumstances this would have been funny but I think most people that gathered had the incident on their minds. The first question reflected this and the person asking it asked why the Captain or RCL hadn't given official information to the passengers as there were conflicting rumours flying around and it would be nice to know the facts. Bottom line was that it was under investigation and that he was still Captain and hadn't been relieved of his duties.
When we returned home and relayed the story to our daughter including the part where the Captain at 5am the morning of the incident to "stay in their cabins, I repeat please remain in your cabins" - she said that's what they told the passengers on the Costa Concordia! To be honest, even after hearing the Alpha calls followed by Bravo calls, I just mentally went over how to prepare to proceed to the lifeboat deck if necessary, warm coat shoes etc but didn't feel panicked or overly worried.
I'm left concerned that it was possibly bad maintenance - we noticed on our first day on board, more rust around the ship than we have been used to seeing on another shipping line we've used more often and I've seen a number of comments regarding rust around windows so I hope that won't be found to be the reason.
Finally I hope that those people directly affected have recovered emotionally - I feel so bad for them having to experience such a terrifying time then having their vacation cut short. This particular cruise wasn't the usual ports between Barcelona and Venice. If it's what they really wanted to do, it's possibly not offered very often so I hope they are able to rebook it.