Bridge Tours

[C6PT7]

Morning C6PT7

It could be any number of reasons why Disney does not do bridge tours.....C6pt7 you mentioned one...on the side of extreme caution, to prevent someone evil minded person from even trying to cause a problem. Frankly it would be easier to effect the sat nav system from the outside (tampering with the sat signals/ nav systems from a site off the bridge and even off the vessel) then from *dropping* something on the bridge. It has already happened on commercial and naval ships.

I would add as I pointed out earlier, there are other areas to where bridge controls can be transferred, including the ER (power systems , steering the propulsion). All systems could be monitored from these areas and watch standing and lookouts could be outside. Radar and electric chart overlays, emergency systems, etc. can be monitored from any established location inside. On the Classic vessels there is a set of ports in the upper area under the foremast, which is said to be a emergency bridge area. However I do not know if that is a fact.

The bottom line and the reason I don't feel the bridge is a real security issue, is with all the backup systems double checking the vessels position, course, speed and traffic in the area and time honored good and proper watch keeping by bridge personal, it his pretty hard to cause a problem that will not be caught pretty fast.

I think DCL does not normally have bridge tours on most cruises, because there are only limited times they could permit bridge tours, namely away from heavy traffic areas, near ports, or restricted navigation areas, etc. During a cross Atlantic voyage as MJ pointed out, they have had limited bridge tours out in the wide ,basically empty North Atlantic.

Another reason is I think Disney feels if you make a limited number of people happy with bridge tours, you are still going to make a lot of others unhappy because they did not have a bridge tour.


I understand why people would love a bridge and Engine CR tour, but to be honest, except for the radar/ nav screens its really mostly all buttons and lights. I came ashore 30 years ago and when I go on ta ship bridge these days (for work) its like walking on the bridge of the starship Enterprise, all techno!

AKK

Thanks for the info! And spending the time to write such a detailed post! Much appreciated!
I guess I should watch less 24 and other action movies! lol!

I can imagine a lot has changed in 30 years and the advancements made even between the Magic and the Dream must be quite a step forward!

 

[lbgraves]

Just so there is no misunderstanding. MJ's cruise the Bridge tours were offered on was the Eastbound Panama Canal cruise. I've been on a number of DCL transatlantic crossings and the tours have never been offered.

The dry dock changes were done before your 2007 TA, which is why the tours were no longer offered with open signups.

 

[truck1]

I wonder if the 150 bucks pays for an immediate comprehensive background check or is just pure profit for RC? Or if dcl are just too lazy to organise them now and blame security risks?

Pure Profit.

I think that DCLs bridges aren't really set up for guests to come and go for lack of a better term without walking thu ship officer areas. I know from doing the original bridge tours on the Magic and Wonder, there is a door at a certain point on deck 8 or 9 that you had to go thru to get to the original walkway. This never interfered with crew rest because you have officers on duty 24/7 and at some point they need to sleep. Having guests walking by their cabins while they are trying to sleep while guests are talking probably not the best of ideas. Or walking past certain areas while normal ship operations are conducted like security, or hotel operations or meeting prob not the best ideas either.

Now in the other hand say Carnival or RCCL might have taken that into consideration and provided a guest walkway that wont interfere with any of the above and still be a money maker.

 

[MousseauMob]

We had one in 2008 on a 7 night Mexican cruise. We were staying in the Roy suite, and when I chatted with shore side concierge they suggested it as well as a private character interaction. They charged for the character interaction but not for the bridge tour. We did both.

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

Pure Profit.

I think that DCLs bridges aren't really set up for guests to come and go for lack of a better term without walking thu ship officer areas. I know from doing the original bridge tours on the Magic and Wonder, there is a door at a certain point on deck 8 or 9 that you had to go thru to get to the original walkway. This never interfered with crew rest because you have officers on duty 24/7 and at some point they need to sleep. Having guests walking by their cabins while they are trying to sleep while guests are talking probably not the best of ideas. Or walking past certain areas while normal ship operations are conducted like security, or hotel operations or meeting prob not the best ideas either.

Now in the other hand say Carnival or RCCL might have taken that into consideration and provided a guest walkway that wont interfere with any of the above and still be a money maker.

You would be amazed how easily an *unusual* noise will wake you up fast. After the first 2 or 3 days onboard and sleeping in your cabin, you get use to the various noises around you. Electrical, piping, pumps kicking on and off, normal doors opening and closing etc. These will not bother you. But something out of left field like a you mentioned Truck, talking in the passageway is like a alarm going off in your mind.


AKK

 

[C6PT7]

Pure Profit.

I think that DCLs bridges aren't really set up for guests to come and go for lack of a better term without walking thu ship officer areas. I know from doing the original bridge tours on the Magic and Wonder, there is a door at a certain point on deck 8 or 9 that you had to go thru to get to the original walkway. This never interfered with crew rest because you have officers on duty 24/7 and at some point they need to sleep. Having guests walking by their cabins while they are trying to sleep while guests are talking probably not the best of ideas. Or walking past certain areas while normal ship operations are conducted like security, or hotel operations or meeting prob not the best ideas either.

Now in the other hand say Carnival or RCCL might have taken that into consideration and provided a guest walkway that wont interfere with any of the above and still be a money maker.

Thanks for the reply Truck1.

How many cabins do the ships officers have on deck 8? Im sure i've read before you have the ship schematics for the magic?

 

[truck1]

Thanks for the reply Truck1.

How many cabins do the ships officers have on deck 8? Im sure i've read before you have the ship schematics for the magic?

Assuming nothing has changed, theres about 11 cabins directly under the bridge including the Capts and some of the senior officers, and on the bridge deck itself, theres 4. 2 verandahs on each side. On the bridge deck a large chunk is taken up by the bridge itself, associated equipment rooms and offices.

 

[C6PT7]

Thanks for the info @truck1!

 

[truck1]

Your welcome. One of these days I'm going to copy the plans and make an rc model of the Magic class.

 

[C6PT7]

Your welcome. One of these days I'm going to copy the plans and make an rc model of the Magic class.

If you have them, can you post them?I'm sure a lot of people would love to see the greyed out areas of the ship and those below deck!

 

[JAM113]

I don't know if I'm imagining this now, but I seem to recall on our last cruise seeing a video tour of the bridge shown on the funnel vision screen.