I have been on many cruises and have always attended so i know the routine. I just didn't think all the people i was waiting with was the entire rooms occupants. I mean i have always mine go so i was curious. They call off staterooms but they also count us too? Guess som
Must everyone in the stateroom attend? I would like to just sit up on deck and let hubby go. What experiences have you had or seen?
So, I agree that everyone should attend the mandatory muster drill to find their stations and get information. But for the several people that said the whole ship waits if someone doesn't come, I know for a fact on a non-Disney cruise that isn't true. Maybe Disney handles things different but we were on a cruise from Tampa delayed due to fog and we didn't know what the actual embarkation time changed to so we showed up late while everyone was already doing the drill. They told us to go to the make-up drill the next day. By no means am I advocating that someone miss the drill just because they don't feel like going but there could be a legitimate emergency or reasons that would cause one to miss the drill and have to make it up.
I have been on many cruises and have always attended so i know the routine. I just didn't think all the people i was waiting with was the entire rooms occupants. I mean i have always mine go so i was curious. They call off staterooms but they also count us too? Guess som
I was on a Costa cruise a while back in Italy. It seems they sometimes use cruise ships as ferry boats over there. We embarked on what would be the second day of the cruise. Muster drill was day one and there was never another offered. We asked about it and they said it was just how it was done there. This may have changed in the following years but it sure shocked us.
Never miss the drill. Your safety as well as others depends on it.
You are correct that it is international law and mandatory. But I am not sure about the stern talking to and them not being happy with you because we managed to write down the wrong time and missed the makeup drill too. We were told to watch the in room TV drill, which we did. Again, not advocating that anyone intentionally miss the drill but you don't get put in jail or thrown off the boat for missing it.On DCL cruises they will scan your KTTW card when you arrive at the muster station, to check you in, so they know each individual that is there. When they get to the point of actually calling out stateroom numbers or individual names, it is when almost everyone is there and they are trying to locate people *who have not shown up*//are not recorded as having shown up [we've been on 5 cruises and it seems there is always a couple who manage to sneak through the scanning].
The muster drill is mandatory for all passengers. International law. There is written material [personal navigator], shipwide announcements, and the stateroom TV announcements that make the mandatory nature very clear.
If you do not show up, they will track you down. You will get a stern talking to. They will not be happy with you, especially since you would have deliberately chosen not to go. And you will be required to do a "make up" muster drill at a time of their choosing, not yours.
Later this year we will be doing a B2B2B on the same ship, same stateroom. We will be required to attend all 3 muster drills even though they are just a few days apart. No exceptions.
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You are correct that it is international law and mandatory. But I am not sure about the stern talking to and them not being happy with you because we managed to write down the wrong time and missed the makeup drill too. We were told to watch the in room TV drill, which we did. Again, not advocating that anyone intentionally miss the drill but you don't get put in jail or thrown off the boat for missing it.
You are correct that it is international law and mandatory. But I am not sure about the stern talking to and them not being happy with you because we managed to write down the wrong time and missed the makeup drill too. We were told to watch the in room TV drill, which we did. Again, not advocating that anyone intentionally miss the drill but you don't get put in jail or thrown off the boat for missing it.