We had a medical emergency on our cruise last week but luckily it was prior to our leaving the dock. I feel for the family though that they did not get to take their cruise!
I received first hand reports yesterday why they went back to port.
They forgot the Mickey ice cream bars, and the captain decided that could easily turn into a safety issue (riot), so the decision was made to return to port after consultation with the home office. No tug/boat was willing to haul the 1500 lbs out in the channel to meet the ship and try to offload. To risky. So they averted a potentially serious situation. This is why I book with DCL.
Just saw this on Cruise Critic (from ashley@cruisecritic):
Hey guys,
We've been in touch with Disney, and as you all suspected, it was a medical emergency, and a passenger had to be evacuated. We were told it only set the ship back a couple of hours, so the itinerary shouldn't be impacted.
I hope the passnger is doing better. But what a bummer. The Dream captian handled verry well acroding to all reports. This is why i will travel with DCL
Just saw this on Cruise Critic (from ashley@cruisecritic):
Hey guys,
We've been in touch with Disney, and as you all suspected, it was a medical emergency, and a passenger had to be evacuated. We were told it only set the ship back a couple of hours, so the itinerary shouldn't be impacted.
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