In person Muster Drills changing 4/1/2023?

[nmuller328]

Seeing some talk on other sites that NCL has notified TA's that E Muster Drills are returning starting April 1, 2023.  

[Zippeedee]

Here' an update you might like:

Muster Drills Update
In an effort to enhance the onboard guest experience while keeping the safety of our guests and crew our top priority, we will reinstate e-muster drills through our online check-in for sailings beginning April 1, 2023. We are committed to delivering an exceptional and safe experience on board and, as such, will continue to actively evaluate and modify our processes for best practices. Please stay tuned for more information regarding effective dates for specific ships throughout the month of April.

[nmuller328]

Thanks Fingers cross they decide to start it early- we cruise on Sunday. 

[scar4711]

well, this explains why I had to watch the safety video during checkin today. 

[complawyer]

this seems like the old good news/bad news. good news e-muster drills.... bad news, for some inexplicable reason, ncl will make you watch and watch and watch the same minute and a half video at least 5 separate times

[scar4711]

2 minutes ago, complawyer said:

this seems like the old good news/bad news. good news e-muster drills.... bad news, for some inexplicable reason, ncl will make you watch and watch and watch the same minute and a half video at least 5 separate times

oh, how I missed that for my cruise in Feb…:).  

 

[complawyer]

i didnt mind the in person muster drills before, it was a d**n good way to catch a few extra zzzzz's before the ship took off. beside after a while of the crew person droning on and on you kind of tune out anyway

[Coastalbreezes]

4 hours ago, scar4711 said:

well, this explains why I had to watch the safety video during checkin today. 

Watching the video has been a mandatory part of check-in since the restart so it's nothing new.

[RocketMan275]

8 hours ago, nmuller328 said:

Seeing some talk on other sites that NCL has notified TA's that E Muster Drills are returning starting April 1, 2023.  

Excellent.  The inpersonmuster drills were a farce.  Impossible to hear or see the presentation.  Watch the video, prove you're enough of an adult to find the muster station, card in and leave.  

 

FWIW, Royal Caribbean and Carnival never reinstated the inpersonmuster drill.  

Edited March 20, 2023 by RocketMan275

[nmuller328]

4 hours ago, Coastalbreezes said:

Watching the video has been a mandatory part of check-in since the restart so it's nothing new.

actually we're cruising this coming weekend & have not been sent links to watch the videos, now in Oct & Dec 22- we did. I believe the in person drill started in Feb and no video viewing during check in. 

[styles27]

4 minutes ago, nmuller328 said:

actually we're cruising this coming weekend & have not been sent links to watch the videos, now in Oct & Dec 22- we did. I believe the in person drill started in Feb and no video viewing during check in. 

You didn’t have a video to watch during your check in? It’s a little over a minute long. 

 

I checked in Friday for a 04/07/2023 sailing and had to watch that video but I just figured they forgot to remove it from the check in process. 

[Redsky5292]

We checked in for a 4/9 sailing yesterday and had to watch the video.

[justhappy]

14 minutes ago, nmuller328 said:

actually we're cruising this coming weekend & have not been sent links to watch the videos, now in Oct & Dec 22- we did. I believe the in person drill started in Feb and no video viewing during check in. 

On the January 28 Escape cruise, we had in person muster drill that was a cluster you know what. AND still had to watch the video during check in.

I’ll happily watch the video 20 times in lieu of standing inches from others for 48 minutes hearing about everything but the muster drill.

[styles27]

So far I’m not seeing this announcement anywhere but here and the other social media site. 
We’ll have to wait for an official announcement from NCL since it’s not on their website either. 

[scar4711]

5 hours ago, Coastalbreezes said:

Watching the video has been a mandatory part of check-in since the restart so it's nothing new.

not  true. they removed watching the video when they went back to in-person musters.. for my February cruise, there was no video... and well... it broke things too by removing said video 🙂

 

[wcook]

Cruise line listens to customers. Makes change for the better. What a concept!

 

And now I grab my big bucket o popcorn and wait for the posts saying we are all going to die because of this. 

[lfdemt]

1 hour ago, styles27 said:

You didn’t have a video to watch during your check in? It’s a little over a minute long. 

 

I checked in Friday for a 04/07/2023 sailing and had to watch that video but I just figured they forgot to remove it from the check in process. 

There was no video to watch for our check in. we sail next Saturday.

[BDAN8V]

This would be fantastic. The E-muster is such a smoother, easier process and the best thing to come out of COVID for cruising, imo.

Sailing in 27 days, so fingers crossed!

[styles27]

11 minutes ago, lfdemt said:

There was no video to watch for our check in. we sail next Saturday.

Interesting.
So the fact that we did have to watch a video when checking in last Friday the 17th of March, may indicate there is some truth to this rumor. Fingers crossed there is🤞

[lfdemt]

We leave the 25th, the last old in person muster sailing for the escape, I am hoping (knowing its not likely) that they do a hybrid type muster.  You can go to your muster station anytime before sailing, and then watch the video presented by the crew (since we didn't have that option during check in), they check us off the list and we go on our merry way.  Sounds reasonable to me!

[bkrickles1]

This is very good news, not that I ever had a bad experience with in person muster.

We had this last summer on Joy and we liked it!

We boarded around 11am and went immediately to make our reservations for shows and specialty dining and then went to our muster station to check in.

We were done with our chores and sitting for lunch in Taste/Savor by 12PM.

We're sailing Joy again in July and that will be the plan once again.

[mking8288]

Sticking to virtual mustering again, but it is still going to be announced - the CD conducted the drill while we're onboard on our last 4 cruises within the past years ... made for a better overall experience without the massive gathering.  Maybe, someone figured it out for their convenience, not ours, and that it still comply with various regulations, including the USCG ... since other cruise lines are okay with it.  

 

With fewer crew members onboard these days, this does make sense - and some of us will probably see our checked luggage, hmmm, a little faster and the stateroom attendants can get the remaining cabins ready sooner than later.  

 

Frankie is going to claim credits for this as one of his accomplishments, LOL.  

[bkrickles1]

3 minutes ago, mking8288 said:

With fewer crew members onboard these days, this does make sense - and some of us will probably see our checked luggage, hmmm, a little faster and the stateroom attendants can get the remaining cabins ready sooner than later.  

 

Frankie is going to claim credits for this as one of his accomplishments, LOL.  

I hadn't thought of this, but you're right!

It will allow the crew to get us up and running a little more efficiently.

[SpacemanSpiff]

Why am I concerned that it's effective April 1?  🤔

 

[CILCIANRQTS]

1 hour ago, justhappy said:

On the January 28 Escape cruise, we had in person muster drill that was a cluster you know what. AND still had to watch the video during check in.

I’ll happily watch the video 20 times in lieu of standing inches from others for 48 minutes hearing about everything but the muster drill.

Ditto from the Epic 3/12 sailing. Meeting place for many groups was in the casino. We didn’t even have a sight line to the demo, and it was too loud with pax talking to hear the demonstration. We got no info on which boat we were assigned to. If the ship is going down, I’m rushing to my boat, not the casino!!