Muster Drill

cruisetarp · January 18, 2012

When we had the grandkids on a cruise last year it was stressed to us over and over that in an event of am emergency we should go directly to our muster station and the kids would be brought to us there. They told us that for us to go searching for the kids would leave no one at the muster station to take the kids when the crew brought them to us. I think it would be extremely hard to do in an emergency but it does make sense.

sailingrose · January 18, 2012

That is a great idea Shari, Howie and I will be having the same talk. Thank Marc for me.

This is Marc's take on it...if we are separated on the ship if something like this happened. if you can't get to your muster station because of water or listing, and we have no way to find each each other, go to the other side and get on a lifeboat...and he would do the same...and we would meet up on shore...too many people lost their lives on the Titanic searching for their loved ones in a chaotic situation like that. Of course if you had children on board it would be different. They would need instructions on what to do also, and if they were too young to understand and being cared by someone else, that would make it really hard...really a good question; we should all have a plan with our cruise mates and our children. I know I would be terrified on my own, but Marc may be right, that it would be hard to find each other in a chaotic situation like that.

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DebbieandJerry · January 18, 2012

Jerry did say that if he was near the stateroom he'd go for his wallet and passport. He did say that he wouldn't seek it out if it wasn't a viable option.

Before this all happened, I asked Jerry that if something happened to me, would he know how to get ahold of my family?! He admitted that in an emergency, he wasn't sure. So I typed a list with names of siblings/relationship, phone numbers and where they lived. One copy is in each of our gloveboxes in our cars. Another copy is in the "junk bowl"; but I'm thinking of putting one in his junk drawer as well.

All of this information is in our roll-a-dex as well as my phone book. But in a true emergency, he said he wouldn't think to look in those places.