dcastro Posted July 20, 2010 #1 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Just of Majesty and noticed civilians in the bridge during departure maneuvers. Is this typical? Who are these people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehfl Posted July 20, 2010 #2 Share Posted July 20, 2010 How do you know there were civilians on the bridge? How do you know they were civilians? How do you define a civilian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padraic Posted July 20, 2010 #3 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Just of Majesty and noticed civilians in the bridge during departure maneuvers. Is this typical? Who are these people? Could be the harbor pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcastro Posted July 20, 2010 Author #4 Share Posted July 20, 2010 a family with kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will work to cruise Posted July 20, 2010 #5 Share Posted July 20, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH8 Posted July 20, 2010 #6 Share Posted July 20, 2010 My friend and I were invited to the bridge on the MN for sail away from CocoCay...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired LEO Posted July 20, 2010 #7 Share Posted July 20, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee3 Posted July 20, 2010 #8 Share Posted July 20, 2010 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. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul65 Posted July 20, 2010 #9 Share Posted July 20, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady_cruiser Posted July 20, 2010 #10 Share Posted July 20, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcarnett Posted July 20, 2010 #11 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Diamond Plus guest and sometimes Suite quest get a tour of the bridge. We have been on several. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquahound Posted July 20, 2010 #12 Share Posted July 20, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FR8 Posted July 20, 2010 #13 Share Posted July 20, 2010 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul65 Posted July 20, 2010 #14 Share Posted July 20, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldewitt Posted July 20, 2010 #15 Share Posted July 20, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FR8 Posted July 20, 2010 #16 Share Posted July 20, 2010 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..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubrrick Posted July 20, 2010 #17 Share Posted July 20, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogimax Posted July 20, 2010 #18 Share Posted July 20, 2010 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumbaamd Posted July 20, 2010 #19 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Deirdra and Capt. Per on Mariner. This was a D+ tour. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.