Disney Magic diverting near the Azores now. Med Emergency

[insureman]

On-board now on the transatlantic and captain announced course change to an island in the Azores. We are not docking there but a helicopter is coming to the ship for the evacuation at about 4AM our time. I do not know what the medical issue of the person is.

 

[insureman]

Helo on port side making practice runs from deck 4

 

[Disneygirlxo91]

Helo on port side making practice runs from deck 4View attachment 704659

Wow , hope that person is okay.

 

[Snowwhyt]

I hope good health for that person.

I always want to know what got them to the point of emergency evacuation. Some how I think if I knew I would avoid situations that could get me there. But I know about 12 years ago we had to spin the ship around for a bowel obstruction and I couldn’t have really avoided that.

Side note: having the Magic make a hard U turn was fun as hell!! They could add that to any sea day as an activity.

 

[CamColt]

I hope all is well with that passenger and their family.

I hope good health for that person.

I always want to know what got them to the point of emergency evacuation. Some how I think if I knew I would avoid situations that could get me there. But I know about 12 years ago we had to spin the ship around for a bowel obstruction and I couldn’t have really avoided that.

Side note: having the Magic make a hard U turn was fun as hell!! They could add that to any sea day as an activity.

I know this is crazy overthinking but I always worry about an appendix issue. That is one of those thing that just comes out of nowhere and needs to be handled asap.

 

[tvguy]

I hope all is well with that passenger and their family.



I know this is crazy overthinking but I always worry about an appendix issue. That is one of those thing that just comes out of nowhere and needs to be handled asap.

Could be. A retired co-worker of mine had his appendix burst between San Diego and Honolulu on a HAL cruise. Coast Guard sent two helicopters and a refueling fixed wing plane to airlift him back to San Francisco. The told him they sent two helicopters "in case one crashed!:"
Best part, no charge. Certainly has made me think twice of the need for medical evacuation coverage since if you are a U.S. citizen within reach of the U.S. Coast Guard, THEY are the ones who will do the evacuation, all at no charge to you.
ABC's 20/20 did a big story on him. Despite being ill, he videotaped everything he could about his rescue. Once a Reporter, always a Reporter I guess.

 

[slindamood]

On an EBTA that was sailing between Port Canaveral and NYC on its first days out, a person had to be evacuated to Virginia Beach area. The ship got as close as it could to shore about mid morning (shore was not visible) and a helicopter came out to it. It was a fairly young man - 20s - who had broken his leg in the early hours of the morning - the call for assistance had come over the loudspeaker so we were aware that something had happened.

 

[insureman]

We spoke to a bridge officer and the Portuguese pilot decided to evac from the stern instead of the bow which is the usual place to drop a basket on the Magic. To me it looked like a French made Lynx helo but I couldn't be certain. The patient was successfully evacuated.

 

[insureman]

Duplicate

 

[insureman]

On an EBTA that was sailing between Port Canaveral and NYC on its first days out, a person had to be evacuated to Virginia Beach area. The ship got as close as it could to shore about mid morning (shore was not visible) and a helicopter came out to it. It was a fairly young man - 20s - who had broken his leg in the early hours of the morning - the call for assistance had come over the loudspeaker so we were aware that something had happened.

If that was 2015 we were on that sailing.

 

[princesscinderella]

We had a medical coast guard evacuation on our June fantasy sailing. Our palo waiter told us it was a crew member who had a heart attack.

 

[MomOTwins]

We on a sailing on the Magic where we had to leave CC early and divert to Nassau for a medical evac. Was told a crew member in the kitchen had a serious accident with a kitchen knife. It could be any kind of accident really.

 

[Doberge]

This is my reminder to add insurance.

 

[SleepyDeb]

On an Fantasy Western Caribbean in 2013 someone on our cruise had a heart attack and we were diverted. We lost one of our port days and gained an at sea day. I didn't talk to anyone who minded. I just like to know that the cruise company will do that for me if I ever have something that urgent.

 

[slindamood]

If that was 2015 we were on that sailing.

Yes, it was 2015. It was fortunate for the young man that the ship was traveling up along the coast.

 

[vadersprincess12]

I've been on 20+ cruises on different cruise lines and I cannot remember a cruise where there wasn't some type of medical emergency. Most were handled at a port of call but we did have one helicopter evacuation on a Princess cruise where we had to leave our cabin; they wanted to evacuate a few levels below the helipad area in case of a crash because we were having really rainy, foggy weather.

I sure hope that whoever was evacuated is okay.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

Could be. A retired co-worker of mine had his appendix burst between San Diego and Honolulu on a HAL cruise. Coast Guard sent two helicopters and a refueling fixed wing plane to airlift him back to San Francisco. The told him they sent two helicopters "in case one crashed!:"
Best part, no charge. Certainly has made me think twice of the need for medical evacuation coverage since if you are a U.S. citizen within reach of the U.S. Coast Guard, THEY are the ones who will do the evacuation, all at no charge to you.
ABC's 20/20 did a big story on him. Despite being ill, he videotaped everything he could about his rescue. Once a Reporter, always a Reporter I guess.

Our TA said a med evac costs enough to bankrupt people. The insurance isn't expensive and one cannot predict when or where you might have a heart attack, stroke, etc. If you don't use this insurance, it feels like you wasted your money but God forbid, you need to use it, you'll be glad to have it. I look at it like this, if dh has a heart attack and gets airlifted off the ship, that is stressful enough, do I really need the additional burden of financial stress on top of that? No. I sure don't. I will always buy insurance for cruising.

 

[tvguy]

Our TA said a med evac costs enough to bankrupt people. The insurance isn't expensive and one cannot predict when or where you might have a heart attack, stroke, etc. If you don't use this insurance, it feels like you wasted your money but God forbid, you need to use it, you'll be glad to have it. I look at it like this, if dh has a heart attack and gets airlifted off the ship, that is stressful enough, do I really need the additional burden of financial stress on top of that? No. I sure don't. I will always buy insurance for cruising.

First thing you need to do before deciding on insurance is review the coverage you already have.

1) Check your credit card company. If you paid for the trip with that card you may have some sort of coverage.

2) Check you Health Insurance. Every group policy I have had included coverage overseas and Medical Evacuation because employees sometimes had to travel out of the country for work. And at one of the healthcare presentations the insurance rep was asked about that and said they provide the coverage for two reasons. First, they get few claims for out of the country coverage so it is low risk for them Second, not counting Medical Evacuation, healthcare costs are generally much lower outside the U.S. so they save money if a customer needs care outside the U.S.

3) I went on Medicare Part A and B this year, it does NOT cover health care outside the U.S. HOWEVER, in picking my private Part G coverage not only covers healthcare outside the U.S., it covers Medical Evacuation.

4) And if you are a U.S. Citizen on a cruise within reach of the U.S., say in the Caribbean, the U.S. Coast Guard most likely will be doing the evacuation. Check the Cruise Line Forum here and see how many medical evacuations people there have reported from the ships in the Caribbean or Castaway Cay, and it almost always is the U.S. Coast Guard, and there is no charge for that to U.S. Citizens

So yes, you can buy comfort with travel insurance, and it isn't going to hurt anything but your wallet to buy it, you may be paying for coverage you already have. So do your homework.

 

[anricat]

Every group policy I have had included coverage overseas

My husband fell ill in 2018 in London after our Med cruise. Our United plan did not cover any of the medical care he received overseas. Our trip insurance covered all of it. However, it was a bit of a battle getting United to deny it so we could submit it to the travel insurance because they wouldn't cover it until our health insurance denied it. But the health insurance wouldn't deny it because it wasn't properly coded. It wasn't properly coded because they don't do that in Europe. Sigh. I finally got someone higher up at United to realize that, duh, it wasn't ever going to be coded being overseas and they finally denied it and we got it fully covered by our travel insurance.

The one thing that was tough with our travel insurance is that we really didn't have enough coverage for the day to day of being stuck sick in another country. Finding a last minute hotel in London was NOT cheap. I think we finally ended up with a Doubletree at nearly $400/night which is way out of my normal budget, not to mention pretty far over the paltry $150/day coverage that we got for room and board from the trip insurance.

 

[Snowwhyt]

First thing you need to do before deciding on insurance is review the coverage you already have.

1) Check your credit card company. If you paid for the trip with that card you may have some sort of coverage.

2) Check you Health Insurance. Every group policy I have had included coverage overseas and Medical Evacuation because employees sometimes had to travel out of the country for work. And at one of the healthcare presentations the insurance rep was asked about that and said they provide the coverage for two reasons. First, they get few claims for out of the country coverage so it is low risk for them Second, not counting Medical Evacuation, healthcare costs are generally much lower outside the U.S. so they save money if a customer needs care outside the U.S.

3) I went on Medicare Part A and B this year, it does NOT cover health care outside the U.S. HOWEVER, in picking my private Part G coverage not only covers healthcare outside the U.S., it covers Medical Evacuation.

4) And if you are a U.S. Citizen on a cruise within reach of the U.S., say in the Caribbean, the U.S. Coast Guard most likely will be doing the evacuation. Check the Cruise Line Forum here and see how many medical evacuations people there have reported from the ships in the Caribbean or Castaway Cay, and it almost always is the U.S. Coast Guard, and there is no charge for that to U.S. Citizens

So yes, you can buy comfort with travel insurance, and it isn't going to hurt anything but your wallet to buy it, you may be paying for coverage you already have. So do your homework.

So can you get a temp part G insurance? My parents are 79 now so they are confused easily. Also, I would need to pay for this myself they have the money for this.