hladygirl Posted January 26, 2020 #1 Share Posted January 26, 2020 NCL Joy is on a 16 night Panama Canal cruise. They left on 1/17. I have friends onboard. They have had 3 emergency medical evacuations already. Hope all are well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolita22 Posted January 27, 2020 #2 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I have family on that cruise. They arrived into Costa Rica tonight at 6 p.m. instead of tomorrow morning and are docked there for the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted January 27, 2020 #3 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Prayers to the passengers who were evacuated. Large ships double and triple the chances of a medical emergency with a larger population. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradocruiselover88 Posted January 27, 2020 #4 Share Posted January 27, 2020 We had 3 on a 5 day cruise from Vancouver to LA in October. The Joy staff must be able to do the drill in their sleep by now. My thoughts and prayers for all impacted. So scary! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterjock Posted January 27, 2020 #5 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I hope they have a landing area on a deck. I was on the Jewel when they had to evacuations they had to drop a bed down to the deck and lift the person up to the helicopter.This was at midnight so i am not sure if they could have landed during daytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoughtMyPoints Posted January 27, 2020 #6 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I thought we were at a small port in Costa Rica but I have been told it's El Salvador which would make sense timewise. We have now been anchored the past 5.5 hours off a small banana port for a medical emergency. It has been 6 hours since an announcement from the Bridge. We were due to call in Costa Rica in the morning. Yes, 3rd evacuation of the cruise. This one is not routine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trimone Posted January 27, 2020 #7 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Let’s hope everyone is safe and well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlChilders Posted January 27, 2020 #8 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, waterjock said: I hope they have a landing area on a deck. I was on the Jewel when they had to evacuations they had to drop a bed down to the deck and lift the person up to the helicopter.This was at midnight so i am not sure if they could have landed during daytime. If you take a look at the bow cam, you will see a large "Winch Only" sign on the bow deck. This indicates that a litter must be winched up to the helo and that it is not a helipad. Edited January 27, 2020 by KarlChilders change webcam link to one that isn't blocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksmcdonald Posted January 27, 2020 #9 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Oh no! Now I'm worried! My 82 year father is traveling solo on this 16 Joy cruise. I'm sure I would of been contacted by now if it was him, as I put my contact info in his travel documents we filled out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farts Posted January 27, 2020 #10 Share Posted January 27, 2020 19 hours ago, coloradocruiselover88 said: We had 3 on a 5 day cruise from Vancouver to LA in October. The Joy staff must be able to do the drill in their sleep by now. My thoughts and prayers for all impacted. So scary! I was on that same trip! They cancelled a port in BC. Forgot which port. They gave us $50 OBC but refused to refund port taxes and fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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