civilians on bridge

[dcastro]

Just of Majesty and noticed civilians in the bridge during departure maneuvers. Is this typical? Who are these people?

[ehfl]

How do you know there were civilians on the bridge? How do you know they were civilians? How do you define a civilian?

[Padraic]

Just of Majesty and noticed civilians in the bridge during departure maneuvers. Is this typical? Who are these people?

 

Could be the harbor pilot.

[dcastro]

a family with kids

[will work to cruise]

On the second leg of our Sernade B2B in June my wife and youngest daughter were on the bridge during departure from St. Thomas. I won a Make a Wish bid to blow the ship's horn and my daughter had the honor to do it. There's one reason why you may see "civilians" on the bridge.

[PH8]

My friend and I were invited to the bridge on the MN for sail away from CocoCay......

[Retired LEO]

Just of Majesty and noticed civilians in the bridge during departure maneuvers. Is this typical? Who are these people?

 

It's quite typical. Certain people get invites.

[Tennessee3]

We were on the Liberty in June. We were invited to be on the bridge while leaving St. Martin. It was a suite perk. The concierge took a group of us to the bridge. You had to be completely quiet while they manuevered away from the pier. Then the captain (Tiege) came and gave a small talk, took questions, and allowed pictures. It was very nice. :)

[Paul65]

Just of Majesty and noticed civilians in the bridge during departure maneuvers. Is this typical? Who are these people?

 

Most likely, a crew member was instructed to escort them to the brig, but confused the instructions.

[lady_cruiser]

It could have been when the Captain had his family sailing with him. On our last Royal Caribbean cruise we were told by the Captain (when we were taking our formal photos with him) that he had his family traveling with him that week.

[mcarnett]

Diamond Plus guest and sometimes Suite quest get a tour of the bridge. We have been on several.

[Aquahound]

On Majesty, they do auctions to benefit Make-a-Wish prior to the evening shows. One of the prizes auctioned is a bridge tour while leaving port. Included is the privilege of sounding the ship's horn. On my Majesty cruise last month, the winning bidder donated $400 to Make-a-Wish in order to win the tour.

[FR8]

Certain groups sometimes get a bridge tour, we did on our March 2010 cruise...me in the Captains seat of the EOS....which he says he almost never sits in. :rolleyes:

 

[Paul65]

Nice picture. What is your crotch looking at throught he binoculars?

 

:D

 

Just teasing. I'm just jealous, because I want to get to sit in the captain's chair.

[aldewitt]

Certain groups sometimes get a bridge tour, we did on our March 2010 cruise...me in the Captains seat of the EOS....which he says he almost never sits in. :rolleyes:

 

 

 

That's an awesome picture.

[FR8]

Nice picture. What is your crotch looking at throught he binoculars?

 

:D

 

Just teasing. I'm just jealous, because I want to get to sit in the captain's chair.

 

Uhh...no comment.....

 

But, my wife did catch some kid ripping off a girls top on the front deck while we were in there, she told the Chief of Security (John) who was up there also, he got a couple folks down front to catch him. Then when we came out of the bridge down the hall was a couple going at it, right on the hallway floor.. :eek: ..guess they couldn't get the door open fast enough....John just shook his head and went down to break em up.....

 

[rubrrick]

Some guests are invited for sailaways, and even dockings on the bridge. Running under what they call "code red" there is no noise on the bridge, save for the calling of commands between the captain, staff captain, quartermaster, etc.

 

So, most of the the people you see in civilian clothes are either Harbor pilots, friends or family of the Captain, or on occasion a small group that has paid thru RCCL's charity to have the honor to be on the bridge. They know the rules, or in the case of the charity, there are several staff members with them.

 

Rick

[yogimax]

On Majesty, they do auctions to benefit Make-a-Wish prior to the evening shows. One of the prizes auctioned is a bridge tour while leaving port. Included is the privilege of sounding the ship's horn. On my Majesty cruise last month, the winning bidder donated $400 to Make-a-Wish in order to win the tour.

 

That's a win-win.

 

Make a Wish is a wonderful charity. Kudos to RCCL for their support!

[Pumbaamd]

Deirdra and Capt. Per on Mariner. This was a D+ tour.

Rick