Bringing crew back question?

[brenderlou]

How would anyone know (and be able to post here) when crew would be going back to ships? I know this would be a great sign that sailings would start but how would we know?

 

 

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[John&LaLa]

Some discussion here

 

 

[brenderlou]

Some discussion here[/url]  

 

 

 

My question is how will we know when it happens. I’ve already read this thread.

 

 

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[John&LaLa]

1 minute ago, brenderlou said:

 

My question how will we know when it happens. I’ve already read this thread.

 

 

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Believe me, no one knows that😉

 

There were folks here and on FB who 'know' crew that told them they were headed back earlier this month. That didn't pan out

Edited August 29, 2020 by John&LaLa

[not-enough-cruising]

7 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Believe me, no one knows that😉

 

There were folks here and on FB who 'know' crew that told them they were headed back earlier this month. That didn't pan out

But the casino host I am friends with, told their neighbor, who is a godfather of my dentist’s daughter that an Oasis class captain we have a timeshare with said  that we would be cruising September 1. 
 

I love those posts, always very reliable. 

[davekathy]

Even my Magic 8 Ball refuses to answer that question. 🤣

Edited August 29, 2020 by davekathy

[livingonthebeach]

It helps to have friends at RCG corporate headquarters...

[time4u2go]

2 hours ago, brenderlou said:

 

How would anyone know (and be able to post here) when crew would be going back to ships? I know this would be a great sign that sailings would start but how would we know?

 

 

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By knowing and speaking with a crew member. 

Edited August 29, 2020 by time4u2go

[cruisegirl1]

1 hour ago, brenderlou said:

 

My question is how will we know when it happens. I’ve already read this thread.

 

 

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Some on these boards are friends with crew/staff.  I imagine  if someone they know is called back,  it could be posted on these boards.

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[jalves]

Perhaps those people who follow ship movements can discern when ships are going to some specific ports to take on crew?

[yogimax]

2 hours ago, brenderlou said:

 

How would anyone know (and be able to post here) when crew would be going back to ships? I know this would be a great sign that sailings would start but how would we know?

 

Interesting that no has said "an announcement from Royal Caribbean!" 

[livingonthebeach]

18 minutes ago, time4u2go said:

By knowing and speaking with a crew member. 

 

or Fain or Bayley -- either one. 😇

[karena1]

2 hours ago, brenderlou said:

 

How would anyone know (and be able to post here) when crew would be going back to ships? I know this would be a great sign that sailings would start but how would we know?

 

 

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Just talked to a cruise friend of our in St Lucia.  He does not have his contract yet, but said many cruise members do, so that is all good news

[Tree_skier]

1 hour ago, davekathy said:

Even my Magic 8 Ball refuses to answer that question. 🤣

My magic 8 ball answered without hesitation.

 

 

[BND]

45 minutes ago, karena1 said:

Just talked to a cruise friend of our in St Lucia.  He does not have his contract yet, but said many cruise members do, so that is all good news

Contracts with specific dates for specific ships?  Just the logistics of getting all the crew to the ships is going to be a major ordeal.  The next few weeks will be telling.

[GarlicBread]

There are crew going back quite regularly. 

They're just not going back to serve guests...

[Rocket3D]

Agree that crew members rotate on schedules that may not be closely linked to passenger schedules.

 

The casts for the shows train at FIU Biscayne Bay campus facility. 

It takes a month of training if I remember.  The casts usually change over

on the ship during the TAs.  The casts overlap for 2 weeks on ship during the hand-off.

 

Sure, those routines are all messed up.

 

That is a lot of needed leadtime to prepare casts..... so it remains to be seen (bad pun)

if Royal will have a normal shipboard show lineup....after restart.

 

 

Edited August 30, 2020 by Rocket3D

[LouChamp]

Just talked to a cruise friend of our in St Lucia.  He does not have his contract yet, but said many cruise members do, so that is all good news

yes...right

[ipeeinthepool]

You'll know it's close when they start vaccinating the crew.  Not going to happen for a while.

[Biker19]

6 hours ago, jalves said:

Perhaps those people who follow ship movements can discern when ships are going to some specific ports to take on crew?

Hard to say by those port visits - 3 RCI ships resupply all the time in Southampton or other UK ports which is a good location to get crew on/off, but unless one is getting info directly from the ship, no one knows if the crew numbers are going up. The same thing is happening in Barbados with even more ships.

[A&L_Ont]

Captain Johnny just too over for Captain Gus on Harmony. They last swapped mid-March before it hit the fan.  So much for 2 months on and 2 months off.

Edited August 30, 2020 by A&L_Ont

[regg1216]

17 hours ago, time4u2go said:

By knowing and speaking with a crew member. 

The crew that I know, have no idea.

[time4u2go]

2 hours ago, regg1216 said:

The crew that I know, have no idea.

I think that tells us something, perhaps a lot.

[Nunagoras]

20 hours ago, Rocket3D said:

Agree that crew members rotate on schedules that may not be closely linked to passenger schedules.

 

The casts for the shows train at FIU Biscayne Bay campus facility. 

It takes a month of training if I remember.  The casts usually change over

on the ship during the TAs.  The casts overlap for 2 weeks on ship during the hand-off.

 

Sure, those routines are all messed up.

 

That is a lot of needed leadtime to prepare casts..... so it remains to be seen (bad pun)

if Royal will have a normal shipboard show lineup....after restart.

 

 

Crew rotations in normal operations are linked to cruise season, usually 2 ones, winter and summer in most ships. Some might have such an 8 per 8 or 9 per 9 months contract schedules, others are from summer to winter repositioning cruises by the norm. MSC which is the one I'm more in touch usually makes their rotation near the repositioning cruises.

 

On the current situation, ships will only to have minimal crew supply to cope with regular ship maintenance, no more than that.

 

If one reads the other thread on this subject, consensus is that come the day companies feel confident cruising can restart and in some 2 months we will have ships with full crews to operate, but that doesn't translate to all the workers coming. They will have reduced crews for the reduced capacity.

 

Regarding shows, I believe they will be different to the usual. They will most likely to hire more "self-made" artists with their own, almost short and simple, shows than risk to have full casts for the usual ones. Cheaper and less risky at the number of involved people to go with...

 

Have a nice day!...

[BND]

12 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

Captain Johnny just too over for Captain Gus on Harmony. They last swapped mid-March before it hit the fan.  So much for 2 months on and 2 months off.

It just makes sense to not do the 10 week on 10 week off rotation right now.  Travel isn't as easy as it was and quarantining, etc.  makes it better to keep them on the ship longer, esp as they're not really going anywhere.  Not the intensity of a cruise with multiple port visits in a week.