Anyone hear about the missing man?

[Jsme]

If it was the Magic..it would have been the repo cruise right?

Sounds right to me.

 

[dianagee]

It was the repo cruise. I remember following the live from thread and the incident being mentioned and then the topic was changed and never mentioned again.

 

[Debbie H]

We were on the repo cruise in May and from what I understand, this is what happened. A man went snorkling and became ill. He decided to go back to the ship but unfortunately, did not make it. He apparently had a heart attack and they found him in the water. The water was cold and if the man had any type of heart disease, maybe unknown to him, this could have triggered it. From what we heard on the cruise, he was well known to the Dis boards. I have not heard his name mentioned anywhere on the boards. Someone posted about it on the Live board and I know a lot of people were upset that this person mentioned what happened because they felt it should come from the family if they wanted it known.

 

[pppiglet]

Thanks for clearing that up a bit. Condolences to the family if you are still visiting the boards.

Debbie

 

[goin2disneyagain]

Thanks for that update and my condolonces to the family.

 

[tvguy]

A cruise ship is a small city. Anything that can happen in your home town can happen on a ship. However, while I have no statistics, I suspect the crime rate is much lower on a ship than in most cities.
Medical emergencies can happen at home, at work, at the mall, at a friends house, or while you are on vacation.

As my screen name suggests, I work in TV. My first cruise was in 1980 and I was a photographer working on a week long series of stories on the cruise ship Mermoz out of Miami. This was when the Love Boat was the number 1 show on TV. By Maritime law, every cruise ship above a certain passenger capacity must have a medical facility and mortuary facilities. I did not tour the Magic's health center, but I suspect somewhere there are facilities for storing a body or two in case of the unthinkable. Disney's passengers on average are a lot younger than many other cruise lines, but I know back in 1980 on the Mermoz they said they had about 6 passengers a year pass away on board. Mind you too, their passengers were even older than the norm, and while it was a smaller ship too, 450 passengers, it did only longer cruises, 14 days, and catered to a richer older cliente. The fare for the very small (by Disney standards) cabin I had was $5000 per person for 14 days in 1980 dollars.

 

[Jsme]

I can see the reason for wanting it kept a little hushed. I can understand how this would be upsetting especially seeing how they were dis members. I just feel like it should not have been mentioned again on this thread because it brings up too many questions for those of us (me included) who had no idea. I know the person that did, did not mean a thing by it, but it lead to many questions and worries.

I have a heavy heart for those that were involved and the family.

 

[Debbie H]

TV guy,

My dh is a surgeon and and we toured the facilities of the health center. They do have a morgue on board. If there is any major emergency, they try to get the person off the ship immediately. On some cruise ships we were told that they have a few people pass away on every cruise. It's the nature of the beast I guess. The gentleman that passed away on CC was flown off the island along with his family after the ship left from what we were led to believe.

 

[WatchYourHeadNStep]

Here is another link to a website that lists things that go wrong while cruising...I check it every so often and I am amazed at all that can and does happen!!!

Amazing note is that not a single Disney Cruiselines vessel is listed! Must be the Magic or the Mouse!