Rare Roberto256 Posted April 17, 2020 #351 Share Posted April 17, 2020 9 hours ago, Aus Traveller said: She apparently gave the video to Channel 7 with the story that "galley staff were partying up close with passengers". Anyone who has cruised with Princess, knows that it isn't a party. The galley staff parade through the dining for about ten minutes while the passengers applaud to thank them. However, the video can give the impression that it was a party. Isn't it usually the junior waiters who are parading? Not anyone from the galley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted April 17, 2020 #352 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Just now, Roberto256 said: Isn't it usually the junior waiters who are parading? Not anyone from the galley. At least on our last several Princess cruises, the Parade of the Baked Alaska had Head Waiters leading cooks and junior waiters with the junior waiters carrying the baked alaskas. I am trying to remember whether years ago, the parade just had the junior waiters, but I am not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roberto256 Posted April 17, 2020 #353 Share Posted April 17, 2020 9 hours ago, DiamondFour said: Something like this could signify the end of his policing career should a Royal Commission be launched in the future. He might have to get in line behind these gents: https://nypost.com/2020/04/14/couple-fined-for-posting-old-photos-during-coronavirus-lockdown/ That is the updated story. When I first read it, the couple was fined, and told they would be arrested if they posted any more pictures. In actual cruise content, someone onboard messaged me that Ruby took on a lot of provisions yesterday. And, that everyone on board was tested for covid-19. Both blood and swab. Between bunkering an provisions, I think Ruby will be leaving soon. Probably after the test results are returned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted April 17, 2020 #354 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Testing of the crew for COVID has been continuing. At last report there were 149 positive results, but I believe that would include those in hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roberto256 Posted April 19, 2020 #355 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Any local news on when Ruby will be leaving? Based on timezone differences, I think the 'must leave by Sunday' window has expired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted April 19, 2020 #356 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Although the NSW Police Commissioner had "drawn a line in the sand" and said that the ship had to leave by yesterday (Sunday), it is now staying for another week. The link to a news article is shown below, but here is the relevant part of the article: The coronavirus-stricken Ruby Princess cruise ship will remain at Port Kembla on the New South Wales south coast for another week, with the crew deemed too sick to travel today as was planned. NSW Police is reportedly negotiating with foreign consulates to repatriate some of the crew members. Health chiefs are waiting for test results from the vessel's skeleton crew with hopes they are now immune to COVID-19. Aspen Medical, specialist team who is working with the ship, NSW Health and Border Force to clear it for departure and examine what went wrong, is expected to complete its plan in the coming days. "The consideration that (NSW) Health has is around the capability of the medical infrastructure on the ship. And there is a very highly skilled, capable intensive care trained doctor on board the ship," Dr Chant said. "They have very high and capabilities on cruise ships as you can imagine. They have to deal with a lot of unexpected events in that industry." https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-ruby-princess-to-stay-in-port-kembla-for-another-week/034614e3-970b-436d-9ec6-cd126c65070a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondFour Posted April 20, 2020 #357 Share Posted April 20, 2020 There appears to be support growing for it in Australia with people calling for the support of the crew. While some news media organisations are biased towards the ship, in a surprise move there are some political parties and unions throwing their support behind the ship and its crew. I have never been much of a union fan in the past but this surprised me greatly as I had expected that they would want it gone as well. The feeling I am getting from this is that the crew needs help. Any one of them on board could have been on a ship that I was on in the past that helped show me a good time on a ship with all the hard work they do. It is wrong that our government is trying to force the ship to leave. I am glad common sense and our obligations have prevailed here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le chat Posted April 20, 2020 #358 Share Posted April 20, 2020 The Artania is currently sailing at 13 knots towards Benoa in Bali Indonesia, having refueled and been thoroughly cleaned & restocked. The crew left on board are all in top health and one couple got married at the dock just before sailing. The ship is near Karratha in WA. It is circled in the photo attached. Here’s something interesting. The other ship in the picture is the Viking Orion which is sailing at 3 knots destination “under orders” - what does that mean? I have been following the Artania’s journey up the coast & the Orion seems to be marking time, almost doing circles in place since yesterday afternoon, drifting closer to the WA coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le chat Posted April 20, 2020 #359 Share Posted April 20, 2020 13 minutes ago, DiamondFour said: There appears to be support growing for it in Australia with people calling for the support of the crew. While some news media organisations are biased towards the ship, in a surprise move there are some political parties and unions throwing their support behind the ship and its crew. I have never been much of a union fan in the past but this surprised me greatly as I had expected that they would want it gone as well. The feeling I am getting from this is that the crew needs help. Any one of them on board could have been on a ship that I was on in the past that helped show me a good time on a ship with all the hard work they do. It is wrong that our government is trying to force the ship to leave. I am glad common sense and our obligations have prevailed here. I think the difference might be in the attitude of the owners. I have attached info about the Artania (which also lied about the extent of virus cases aboard & eventually left this weekend). Apparently the owners Phoenix Reisen paid for the massive clean up operation for the crew. They were all checked daily & isolated. If unwell they were either taken off to a hotel for isolation & monitoring or to hospital if needed for treatment. Our specialist MediVac task force were in charge and even the ships captain and doctor were confined to quarters. It looked like they spaced the crew out on the ship so they were not in cramped quarters. The ship was disinfected and forensically cleaned daily. The crew were fed daily and there were CCTV cameras to check that everyone did the right thing. The ship is now virus free and heading towards Benoa in Indonesia to drop off crew. Some crew that were well enough were disembarked before she sailed and boarded chartered flights back to Europe. That is what happens when ship’s owners own the problem and work to solve the problem. The ship and it’s sick passengers and crew were a massive headache for our small state (which is large in area but very small in population 2.76mill), but it was a happy outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roberto256 Posted April 20, 2020 #360 Share Posted April 20, 2020 8 hours ago, Aus Traveller said: Although the NSW Police Commissioner had "drawn a line in the sand" and said that the ship had to leave by yesterday (Sunday), it is now staying for another week. Thank you for the update, and the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roberto256 Posted April 21, 2020 #361 Share Posted April 21, 2020 11 hours ago, Aus Traveller said: Latest news on the Ruby Princess: Thank you for posting that. I had heard that some crew disembarked to fly home, but the artical had a lot more details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLCAPRIES Posted April 22, 2020 #362 Share Posted April 22, 2020 A bit late in picking up this thread. Some interesting observations............easily said in hindsight....but should redirect the focus, of some, if they want to start attributing blame or litigation. https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-has-seriously-tested-our-border-security-have-we-learned-from-our-mistakes-134794 Princess, on all accounts, to date, were following requirements and directions by the powers to be , who are supposed to be there to control and protect the community(and that includes passengers, crew, as well as the general resident community) from inbound contagious disease threats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeroWA Posted April 23, 2020 #363 Share Posted April 23, 2020 After about 5 weeks being stranded in Australia the Ruby Princess finally left port today - link attached https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-ruby-princess-cruise-ship-crew-taken-off-ahead-departure-australian-waters/91e4a0e0-e600-4980-b5ea-68584b8a3e78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le chat Posted April 23, 2020 #364 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Do hope the crew make it home safely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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