"A wild ride aboard tipping cruise ship"

They well may be, Charles and Warren. I know that on Statendam there was a
radio in the wall between the beds that offered several genres of music, but
announcements were only on channel 1 or in the hallway outside of the cabin.
On Westerdam there was no radio, but there were two channels on the TV that
played music, and where you could hear announcements.

MOST of the time the announcements are for Bingo, and the "Report from the
bridge", wherein the Captain gives the weather report for the day followed
by the announcement for Bingo. :-(
--
DG in Cherry Hill, NJ

"Charles" wrote in message
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In article .com,
Warren wrote:

Aboard Legend of the Seas this past October during the crossing from
Europe some announcements were made that were broadcast in the cabins.
There was no way to turn them off - the speakers are wall mounted. I
bet that when necessary, this can be done on most ships.

You would have to think any emergency announcements can be broadcast in
the cabins, overiding any turn off switch if there is one in the cabin.

--
Charles

I have no reason to doubt you, Art. I just have never been in a situation
where that scenario was necessary.
--
DG in Cherry Hill, NJ

"Art" wrote in message
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Actually an emergency announcement like this would be piped into all rooms
through the emergency speaker system which is in all cabins on all ships
including HAL.

In article , Dick G.
dickdotgoldhaber@gmaildotcom wrote:

I have no reason to doubt you, Art. I just have never been in a situation
where that scenario was necessary.

Hopefully you never will be.

--
Charles

"Charles" wrote in message
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In article , Dick G.
dickdotgoldhaber@gmaildotcom wrote:

I have no reason to doubt you, Art. I just have never been in a
situation
where that scenario was necessary.

Hopefully you never will be.

--
Charles

Thankfully, Charles, when I got knocked on my butt on Statendam, the only
thing that got broke were the dishes that we brought back to the room with
desserts which we had placed on the mantle over the refrigerator.

We felt sorry for our cabin steward, as he spent the next week trying to
pick up all of the shards of glass that were on the floor of our cabin.
--
DG in Cherry Hill, NJ

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In article , Dick G.
dickdotgoldhaber@gmaildotcom wrote:

Thankfully, Charles, when I got knocked on my butt on Statendam, the only
thing that got broke were the dishes that we brought back to the room with
desserts which we had placed on the mantle over the refrigerator.

Had a similiar situation on Celebrity Century several years ago.
Happened in the middle of the night. Nothing broke in the cabin, I
almost fell off the bed and all the drawers in the cabin came open.
Elsewhere on the ship the Grand Piano tipped over, lots of displays
broke including their liquor display and glass broke. They never would
say exactly why the ship turned liked that but the rumor was it was to
avoid a fishing boat.

--
Charles

I find all this "news" quite unstleing(I am a senior!)
"Charles" wrote in message
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In article , Dick G.
dickdotgoldhaber@gmaildotcom wrote:

Thankfully, Charles, when I got knocked on my butt on Statendam, the only
thing that got broke were the dishes that we brought back to the room
with
desserts which we had placed on the mantle over the refrigerator.

Had a similiar situation on Celebrity Century several years ago.
Happened in the middle of the night. Nothing broke in the cabin, I
almost fell off the bed and all the drawers in the cabin came open.
Elsewhere on the ship the Grand Piano tipped over, lots of displays
broke including their liquor display and glass broke. They never would
say exactly why the ship turned liked that but the rumor was it was to
avoid a fishing boat.

--
Charles

"Harry" wrote in message
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In article ,
"C. Massey" wrote:
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/state/13855203.htm

A wild ride aboard tipping cruise ship

I though this was a story on how you could have a wild ride by tipping
the help a certain way :-)




Well, ya never know...!

I have a co-worker that worked on the cruise lines for several years and you
should hear some of his stories...

"Ray L. Nutz" wrote in message
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Helicopter may not be available due to weather or crew constraints.
They were being met by a coast guard cutter, so if your gone meet an other
ship, would you keep heading away ???
After the two hour turn around the rest of passengers were probably glad
only a minimum delay was experienced .
lets see how many passengers want a full refund due to this dramatic
experience of a ship turning at speed.




Good point. To be honest, I didn't consider weather...




"C. Massey" wrote in message
. com...
This may be old news, but it is in today's Ft. Worth Star-Telegram. If
this has already been posted, please forgive me.

But my question is, why did they turn around? Why not just slow down and
have a helicopter meet up with them? Doesn't a cruise ship cruise at
about 20-25 knots? If so, they shouldn't be more than 60 miles out...

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/state/13855203.htm

A wild ride aboard tipping cruise ship

GALVESTON -- As they disembarked from the cruise ship Grand Princess on
Saturday following a weeklong trip, passengers described a wild ride when
the ship made an emergency turnaround just after the trip began. They
said that the ship tipped sharply on its side during an emergency
turnaround two hours after the 2,600-passenger Grand Princess left the
Port of Galveston on Feb. 4. A passenger who suffered a heart attack had
required urgent onshore medical attention. A company spokeswoman said
that the passenger was transferred to a waiting Coast Guard cutter. "We
just thought we were going overboard," Woney Peters, a resident of Lava
Hot Springs, Idaho, told The Galveston County Daily News for today's
editions. "The boat just started tipping and tipping and tipping." Peters
said that water from the ship's pools spilled into the dinning area as
well as some of the staterooms. Earlier in the week, Princess Cruises
spokeswoman Karen Tetherow said several passengers and crew members had
minor injuries from the turnaround. She also said some items onboard like
glassware and china broke.

Thus spake "Dick G." dickdotgoldhaber@gmaildotcom :

They well may be, Charles and Warren. I know that on Statendam there was a
radio in the wall between the beds that offered several genres of music, but
announcements were only on channel 1 or in the hallway outside of the cabin.
On Westerdam there was no radio, but there were two channels on the TV that
played music, and where you could hear announcements.

MOST of the time the announcements are for Bingo, and the "Report from the
bridge", wherein the Captain gives the weather report for the day followed
by the announcement for Bingo. :-(

On the Elation, announcments such as bingo, the casino is open and
dinner time we broadcast in the halls. But when we turned around for
a MOB, that was broadcast in the cabins.
--
dillon

Could have been is in the past
Could be is in the future
There is only the now

When I saw the subject I thought it was going to be another note from Clint
about how he and the "cow" don't understand HAL's tipping policy.
--
DG in Cherry Hill, NJ


"Harry" wrote in message
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In article ,
"C. Massey" wrote:
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/state/13855203.htm

A wild ride aboard tipping cruise ship

I though this was a story on how you could have a wild ride by tipping
the help a certain way :-)

Harry