Disembark on NCL more snafus

[mrbucky]

While in the corridor to get off to go ashore, the ship had a fire drill.  Guess where?  Several hundred passengers on deck 4 trying to get off, crew could not pass through, so they closed the water tight doors at each end of the hall and trapped us in.  Several panicked people, and a few that skipped going ashore as they were too upset.  Their excuse after was, we couldn’t go anywhere anyway because the person from NCL forgot to get the temp Visa cards for us.  Not totally true as the first ones through the line were allowed to leave the port.

[BirdTravels]

Hmmm,,, every time we stay on the ship, the crew's "fire drills" are repeatedly announced. Not sure why anyone would panic and get upset. 

[GeriatricNurse]

8 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

Hmmm,,, every time we stay on the ship, the crew's "fire drills" are repeatedly announced. Not sure why anyone would panic and get upset. 

Hmmm,,, perhaps due to a sense of 'Claustrophobia'!

Edited February 18, 2023 by GeriatricNurse

[bluesea777]

Which ship, when and where?

 

 

[1025cruise]

In my experience, when there is a crew fire drill, it's timed so that most passengers will already be off the ship (not waiting to get off), plus there are always crew members posted near the fire doors to help passengers get through.

[www3traveler]

Crew Drills are published as a line in the Freestyle Daily:  Crew Drill 10 A.M.-- various locations

[mrbucky]

17 hours ago, bluesea777 said:

Which ship, when and where?

 

 

We are on the Jade.  Several hundred folks were n the theater following instructions to disembark to get to the tour busses and private tours.  We were to continue on deck 6, through the casino, to the restaurant and then down the stairs to deck 4, to the gangplank.  The person in charge on the stage announced that we were to change directions and proceed directly down from 6 to 4 and then follow deck 4 corridor all the way back to the gangplank.  There was a problem with disembarkcation, and we were in the corridor for 15 minutes.  We were not moving, and then the announcement that there would be a crew fire drill.  They closed the water tight doors at each end of the hallway, and we were trapped there.  Some panic set in, and as we were released, many retreated to their cabins.  It felt as if we were an experiment to see our reactions to being in a large group and being trapped.  My wife wanted to turn around and go back but that was impossible as a couple hundred were stacked up behind us.

[European_CruiseGirl]

Suffering from claustrophobia myself this sounds very horrible. I would have definitely panicked. For all the folks who are lucky enough to have no phobias: it doesn’t really help to think things rationally when you have a phobia and you are suddenly in a situation of ”your worst nightmare” even though it might sound 100% stupid for anyone else who hasn’t got the phobia. Once panic sets in it just sets in. You cannot rationalize things like ”ok this is a fire drill, everything is ok, someone will come and unlock those doors very shortly” when you have claustrophobia. Well you can try but it won’t help one bit. 
 

Edited February 19, 2023 by European_CruiseGirl

[cruiseny4life]

I'm trying to understand the point of your post. Are you asking a question? Telling a story? Complaining? I'm unclear.