* ms Zuiderdam in Port Everglades - Sail a Way - February 27th, 2019 *

[boards]

OH NO, I just saw flashing red lights.  I hope there is  no health problem.

[St Pete Cruiser]

Zuiderdam, all eyes are on you on this quiet Wednesday.

[IllinoisGirl1978]

 I never seen these threads so quiet.

[ski ww]

Have to go, Bon Voyage, fair winds & smooth seas.

[rkacruiser]

18 minutes ago, IllinoisGirl1978 said:

 I never seen these threads so quiet.

 

It mirrors the audio from the port itself.  It was the same yesterday afternoon when Majesty of the Seas sailed.  Very little audio traffic when I was watching.

[SJSULIBRARIAN]

She hasn't left yet?

[Copper10-8]

So, we appear to have a delay; anyone know why? crew gangway still attached; medical disembark perhaps?

[rkacruiser]

2 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said:

So, we appear to have a delay; anyone know why? crew gangway still attached; medical disembark perhaps?

 

A previous poster said that she saw flashing red lights.

[Tampa Girl]

2 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said:

So, we appear to have a delay; anyone know why? crew gangway still attached; medical disembark perhaps?

 

It is medical, per the webcam, but I think they were waiting for something to be expessed to the ship,  rather than having the passengers cancel.  Medicine, perhaps?  My brother and SIL are on the ship but I can't reach them at the moment.  

[Copper10-8]

Might get some more detail tomorrow from Capt. Albert. Just for what it's worth; once Broward County Sheriff/Fire (always a paramedic rig and an engine company) has been called to the ship, it's for one purpose; to get the patient off the ship and to a nearby hospital. That decision is made by the senior doctor on the ship with the concurrence of the captain. So it would not be a matter of waiting for medicine

Edited February 27, 2019 by Copper10-8

[SJSULIBRARIAN]

Is all the chatter about just a couple of minutes etc. coming from the Zuiderdam?

[Copper10-8]

Ready to go on the Zuidy

[terrydtx]

She is still tied up 44 minutes late.

[Copper10-8]

Just now, SJSULIBRARIAN said:

Is all the chatter about just a couple of minutes etc. coming from the Zuiderdam?

 

Yes Ma'am; from her pilot talking to the Port Ecverglades harbor master in his tower right across the parking lot from Zuidy

[erewhon]

Back from my errand and she is still tied up.

[Copper10-8]

See that cruise ship on the horizon left coming out of Miami? Looks like a Disney

[65 Gator]

PTZ is up to it's old tricks...  Have to keep refreshing or the video slows down and lags real time...

Also, big thunderstorms just north of PE with a nice cell approaching PE from the west...

[erewhon]

Dropping lines now.

[lka1012]

It looks like lines dropping

[Happily@Sea]

There go the lines.

[Tampa Girl]

1 minute ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

Yes Ma'am; from her pilot talking to the Port Ecverglades harbor master in his tower right across the parking lot from Zuidy

 

Zuiderdam just radioed that they were ready to go.  

7 minutes ago, terrydtx said:

She is still tied up 44 minutes late.

 

Wasn't she due to leave at 1600?

[SJSULIBRARIAN]

Nice to see her moving. Happy sails!

[Happily@Sea]

Itinerary says 5 pm.

 

[65 Gator]

Just now, Tampa Girl said:

Wasn't she due to leave at 1600?

No ma'am...  It was 1700...

[erewhon]

Away.