security drill

[Yorkvillain]

butler

[morpheusofthesea]

6 minutes ago, Yorkvillain said:

butler

I think this word is a new "trigger" for many to pop one's cork, blow up, flip out, go off the deep end, blow a gasket, get into a tizzy and flip one's wig.

[JamieLogical]

4 hours ago, morpheusofthesea said:

That is exactly what occurs on MSC Seascape. Our butler escorted us onto the ship and right to muster station to scan our cards before going to our cabin to drop off our carry on luggage. We then went to the TSL to wash our hands and walk up the crystal staircase to the YC restaurant for lunch. We went back to our cabin to sanitize, wait for our luggage to arrive, watched the required video and called the telephone # which seems superfluous since we already scanned in at muster station. Adding that we were able to use the elevators. MSC is the only cruise line we have been on that allows a muster checkin the following morning in the Chora Theatre at 9:30 am. I believe this added feature tops all the other cruise lines making it "The Best in the Cruise Industry".

 

Happy the process was quick and easy for you. What you described is not the current process on many ship, at least not for non-YC guests, but it does seem that the process is/will be improving.

[chrisgp999]

Muster drill threads are getting as interesting as tipping threads.

 

Time to pop some more popcorn.

[chengkp75]

When there is an argument about which cruise line's safety drill is the easiest, there is something inherently wrong with the situation.

[morpheusofthesea]

1 hour ago, chengkp75 said:

When there is an argument about which cruise line's safety drill is the easiest, there is something inherently wrong with the situation.

That's interesting coming from someone who thinks it is allowed to smoke in one's cabin.

" where does it say not to smoke in your cabin?  Just about every cargo ship in the world allows smoking in the crew cabins, and this is again without all the fire protection that a cruise ship has." posted 5/21/22

Edited June 12 by morpheusofthesea

[chengkp75]

8 hours ago, morpheusofthesea said:

That's interesting coming from someone who thinks it is allowed to smoke in one's cabin.

" where does it say not to smoke in your cabin?  Just about every cargo ship in the world allows smoking in the crew cabins, and this is again without all the fire protection that a cruise ship has." posted 5/21/22

Having spent more time at sea on ships than most posters here on CC, or even most cruise passengers, and having trained for, and dealt with actual fires onboard ships, I know how many fires are caused by smoking in cabins, almost none, compared to the multitude of other fire causes that there are.  Just like the often trotted out assertion that the Star Princess fire was caused by a cigarette, even though the investigators said that since they couldn't find any definitive cause, they assume it was a cigarette, even though in laboratory conditions they could not get a cigarette to ignite a towel.  Hey, an MSC cruise ship just had a fire in the main laundry (and this is not the first cruise ship laundry to catch fire), so I guess we should ban all laundry on cruise ships?

[morpheusofthesea]

47 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

Having spent more time at sea on ships than most posters here on CC,

"With age comes wisdom, sometimes age comes alone". Oscar Wilde

Edited June 12 by morpheusofthesea

[chengkp75]

1 hour ago, morpheusofthesea said:

"With age comes wisdom, sometimes age comes alone". Oscar Wilde

Ah, so you are an expert on maritime safety, then?  Please compare the number of cruise ship fires caused by cigarette smoking in cabins to laundry fires (and I'll even let you discount those fires that have never been reported, or that were dealt with without a passenger muster (i.e. in a "code" scenario).

 

"Easy" and "comfort" should not be subjects for discussion when dealing with emergency training.  Even the cruise lines admit that one major reason for the new "e-muster" is "passenger satisfaction", with no mention of whether the safety training (both crew and pax) is better, worse, or the same as the old format.

[morpheusofthesea]

From my lifetime of observations I think I have finally become a fatalist. A fatalist is "a person who believes that all events are inevitable, so one’s choices and actions make no difference."

  I think @DaKahuna said it best in another post " ***** happens".

Edited June 12 by morpheusofthesea

[ChrisCJR]

On the MSC Seashore, just wanted to note that the new safety drill was in effect for this cruise. Right after boarding, we had our cards scanned in the casino.

 

At 4pm, the played the safety drill audio. I was in the Aurea spa and listened to it while soaking in the whirlpool. 

 

No number to call or anything, just get your card scanned after boarding. 

[Golfplyr]

9 minutes ago, ChrisCJR said:

On the MSC Seashore, just wanted to note that the new safety drill was in effect for this cruise. Right after boarding, we had our cards scanned in the casino.

 

At 4pm, the played the safety drill audio. I was in the Aurea spa and listened to it while soaking in the whirlpool. 

 

No number to call or anything, just get your card scanned after boarding. 

That is good news. Hopefully, disembarkation process has improved. 

[Illbcruzn4life]

On 6/18/2024 at 1:38 PM, ChrisCJR said:

On the MSC Seashore, just wanted to note that the new safety drill was in effect for this cruise. Right after boarding, we had our cards scanned in the casino.

 

At 4pm, the played the safety drill audio. I was in the Aurea spa and listened to it while soaking in the whirlpool. 

 

No number to call or anything, just get your card scanned after boarding. 

great to hear that. They are slowly getting up to speed with the rest of the cruise industry.

[Golfplyr]

On 6/18/2024 at 11:38 AM, ChrisCJR said:

On the MSC Seashore, just wanted to note that the new safety drill was in effect for this cruise. Right after boarding, we had our cards scanned in the casino.

 

At 4pm, the played the safety drill audio. I was in the Aurea spa and listened to it while soaking in the whirlpool. 

 

No number to call or anything, just get your card scanned after boarding. 

Did you still pick up your cruise cards at your cabin door?

[ChrisCJR]

12 hours ago, Golfplyr said:

Did you still pick up your cruise cards at your cabin door?

 

We were in the Yacht Club, but we got them in the terminal. 

[TheBeardedCruiser]

No matter how the cruise lines do their safety drill, I ask all of you to take the time to pay attention to the video or presentation, and muster drill! Especially pay attention to where you should go in the event of a real emergency. Memorize where it is, and what is near that location, and how to get there from your cabin. Practice walking from your cabin to the muster location a couple times.

 

While cruise ships are extremely safe, emergencies do happen. You don't want to be wondering what to do if there is an actual event and you have to meet at your muster station. It's not like a hotel on land; you can't just run out of the nearest door to safety!