“A big factor is the number of elderly people involved”
We were discussing that earlier today, having been on a cruise two weeks ago. There were soooo many people in wheelchairs and we said that when/if that time comes for us, cruises no longer would be an option for vacations.
We were discussing that earlier today, having been on a cruise two weeks ago. There were soooo many people in wheelchairs and we said that when/if that time comes for us, cruises no longer would be an option for vacations.
When I look at the abandon ship gear on cruise ships I believe they will work for relatively young people in good physical condition; since you would more than likely be in big seas and the ship rolling or listing.
For us who are past our shelf life we should realize we are not going to make it. Otherwise we enjoy the cruise. -Tom
On that November cruise, one elderly passenger in a wheel chair and with a respirator had to be evacuated because of a heart attack, to Norfolk the night before we returned to Baltimore. The seas were a bit choppy, but nowhere near some of the weather we’d encountered. Getting just that one passenger off the ship without docking took hours! Coast Guard, Homeland Security, State Police, no luck. Finally the local EMTs figured it out (cruise ships are amazing for “no secrets”). My point? It served as a wake up call of just how nightmarish it would be if a ship had to be evacuated. We were all surprised that it was too dangerous to use a lifeboat to get him to safety.