Posted on 08/07/2016 12:45:40 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Are cruise ships prepared for the threat of terrorism? As I have contended for a long time, in my opinion no. Cruise lines are still calling on dangerous ports. They are still sending passengers on unescorted shore excursions in buses without armed security personnel. Cruise ships can't prevent terrorists from overpowering their unarmed security guards on most cruise ships and running up the gangways. (Some European cruise lines, like Costa, have weapons). Few lines are conducting anti-terrorist drills. The rare anti-terrorism training drill conducted by local and federal agencies are not even conducted on cruise ships. Few lines have installed automatic man overboard alarms which have the capability to also detect when unauthorized people come over the rails onto the ship. And what can a cruise line do once terrorists gets onto the ship? Security guards are barely able to even break up bar fights. I received an interesting comment the other day from a reader who said that cruise ships should use muster drills to educate passengers what do to if there is a terrorist attack during a cruise. What is the protocol for a passenger if terrorists enter the ship? Go to your cabins, hunker down and hope for the best? Try and overwhelm the attackers? Try and escape via lifeboats? Who knows?
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My daughter and her husband are reconnecting with acquaintances in Peru where they were for a year. My grandson was born there and has a Peruvian passport. That makes obtaining permanent resident status much easier.
Soft target, lots of people (Americans), no a lot of exits - yep, I'm staying off cruise ships.
LOL, went there in the late 80's, said I would never go back.
I’ve never been to Jamaica , but Bahama was a nightmare .
Saw this looking for a thread on the newly Obama granted access to Cuba for cruise ships.
Maybe a thread will appear.
I see a real mess as right now, U.S. citizens can board a cruise ship without a passport for any Mexico, Bahama, or Caribbean destination. I don’t see this being allowed if Cuba is added to most itineraries.
There is currently a rush by Obama-bots to push through ALL approvals for all ships to go to Cuba, before January 20th.
I despise this.
If this move trips the requirement for all to buy passports, they will lose more than 50% of their Caribbean cruisers.
With 2,000+ male passengers, many of whom have past military experience? It wouldn’t be as simple as attacking a lightly crewed cargo ship or even a commercial airliner. Too many opportunities for a group of passengers to outwit and overcome the attackers.
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