Emergency on the Fantasy?

[VAMickeyFan]

We were on this ship! I don't remember pulling in anywhere. I definitely don't recall stopping, I'm sure plenty of us would've noticed. Monday night we were on our way to st Maarten. We saw lights outside the enchanted garden and figured we were making a close pass of st thomas

 

[Mrs Green]

Speaking about never making the news, except for people who lived in his hometown, would you ever have known a kid was orphaned while on the Fantasy this past June?

http://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/Cruise_Ship_Deaths_5/Richard_Williams.html

You are right, I never heard this. So terribly sad, that poor little boy has gone through a lot of loss

 

[MickeyEarrings]

I, too, was on the 9/12 Fantasy Eastern. All I can tell you is this: a "Bright Star" alert was announced our first night (9/12) around 11pm. Then Monday evening (I can't recall the time) Capt. Thord announced we would be stopping at San Juan for approximately one hour to offload an individual in need of medical attention. We were there literally long enough to lower a gangway, move the patient, and pull up the gangway. We arrived in St. Maarten on schedule the next day.

 

[kathi]

This happens way more than you know about. On our last Fantasy cruise, it happened twice. Once was in the middle of the night (didn't hear about it until days later when I was talking to a CM) and we even made an unscheduled stop at Grand Turk on our last sea day to put someone off.

Was this the Fantasy last November? If so, we were on the same cruise. Stopped twice at Grand Turk - once on the way down and once on the way back.

 

[tvguy]

5,400 passengers and crew on a ship like the Dream and Fantasy.
Just looking at the threads on dealing with food allergies with kids on the ships......the amount of health issues people coming on board bring with them is amazing.
Throw in too much sun, too much food, new foods, alcohol, slips, falls, excursions requiring more physical activity than many folks are used to, you are going to have medical issues.
My first cruise, back in 1980 on the French Cruise Ship Mermoz, with about 450 (much older than Disney) passengers, the cruise director said they averaged 1 death every two months, and two suicides a year. That is why every ship has a hospitial, and a morgue.

 

[swooshbear]

We were on the sailing and this was the first time we heard "Bright Star" on the ship. The first time was while we were watching Nightmare Before Christmas in the Walt Disney Theater and the second time we were in our stateroom. I have heard several "reports" of what the emergencies were but don't want to spread any rumors because I do not exactly what happened. I had no clue we stopped in San Juan until yesterday.

 

[Donna3271]

It happens more than they let on, for the privacy of those involved more than PR, but PR is still part of it.
My Dad was on another line, when he noticed them prepping the front of the boat, taking down railings etc. next thing he watches a helicopter approach land for about 4 minutes, then takeoff again. No mention of this was made by any crew.
You also won't hear how much freezer space is taken up by any "GRAVEly ill passengers". Since DCL trends younger on the average age side of statistics, they don't deal with that nearly as much as a Holland America, Princess, or Seabourne does.

We were on a Baltic Cruise (not Disney), and an older Gentleman died. We watched from our balcony (had to lean WAAAYYY over) to see the bodybag taken off the ship. I think all the extra eating (especially with older people) takes a toll on the body.

I hope all is well on the Fantasy!

 

[Donna3271]

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This was on a the Fantasy a few years ago but we have been onboard several times when there were medical emergencies. These pics were from our porthole. We were watching out of our porthole (Cabin 8006). Also on the EBTA in May someone was airlifted off.

MJ

Oh My! MJ, you truly had a birds eye view! This must have been stressful to watch.

 

[EPCOTatNight]

This happens way more than you know about. On our last Fantasy cruise, it happened twice. Once was in the middle of the night (didn't hear about it until days later when I was talking to a CM) and we even made an unscheduled stop at Grand Turk on our last sea day to put someone off. In fact, I think this has happened at least once on most of my cruises. We stopped and put someone off at San Salvador (in the Bahamas) on our first cruise and on one cruise we watched a US Coast Guard helicopter evacuated someone from Castaway Cay.

Were you on the 11/30/2013 cruise on the Fantasy? I was on that cruise. We stopped at Grand Turk to let someone off too. But, it wasn't the last day. The last day is Castaway Cay.

 

[EPCOTatNight]

Whoa.



Oh that's so so so so sad.




On one of our 4-nighters we were at Skyline and the ship made a funny shuddering feeling well after we'd gotten underway. Later we went to pick up DS, then we wanted to walk around the deck for a bit. Walked outside to see the waves and the night sky etc...and saw...Nassau. We were totally stopped! There had been an emergency and we had gone back to Nassau to get the people/person to medical care.

That's IF he's dead. Read the update.

 

[mmouse37]

Oh My! MJ, you truly had a birds eye view! This must have been stressful to watch.

It was hard to not watch....while I felt bad for the person involved and their family it was very interesting to watch the whole procedure.

That's IF he's dead. Read the update.

Where's the update...I read the article but did not see an update.

MJ

 

[safeti01]

I was on the Fantasy this past week. Bright Star was call about 5 hour our or Port Canaveral. On Monday evening, the Fantasy docked at San Juan and a
passenger was offloaded to an ambulance. Rumors abounded about the status of the patient. I will not add to to this.

On Thursday evening Bright Star was called to the Royal Court. I do not know the reason.

 

[crzy4dsny]

On one of our disney cruises someone was off loaded into another boat. First night right before dinner we slowed just about to a stop and a boat pulled up along side and took someone off.

 

[insureman]

Oh My! MJ, you truly had a birds eye view! This must have been stressful to watch.

We were on the same cruise as MJ. Here's the Coast Guard's view.

 

[EPCOTatNight]

It was hard to not watch....while I felt bad for the person involved and their family it was very interesting to watch the whole procedure.



Where's the update...I read the article but did not see an update.

MJ

http://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/Cruise_Ship_Deaths_5/Peter_Mizioch.html Oops, wrong person. But, this story is CRAZY!

 

[Snowwhyt]

The Magic called out "Brightstar" with a ship location at least four times. Crew Members always went quickly after those notifications. They had medical people, crowd control on location, crowd control on the way to the elevator, two CM's would wait at the elevator that doesn't move until the medical people and the individual has been evacuated and down to the sick bay. Done very quietly, efficiently and keep as few guests as possible from seeing a lady involved in one of the calls.
Also we had a turn-around a couple hours after we departed, Jamaica I think. The Captain did explain that the man needed more care than what the ship could give him. We were going so fast both ways, and that turn was pretty interesting itself. On our way to Castaway Cay I think I felt the wind blowing through my hair in the hallways! Since we were running late they told us initially that they were going to try make Castaway Cay and that Port Aventures could be arranged at different times. We canceled our plans, the night before, but only got in an hour late and could've made our plans with no problem. I have to say it was kind of fun going that fast.

 

[andrews_dad]

Taken three Diz cruises, two had such issues. One a US coast guard helicopter swooped in, hovered over top the deck and lowered a basket and up when a passenger. Another we made a stop near a small island where a tender boat took someone to that island to be flown away for treatment.

 

[bumbershoot]

That's IF he's dead. Read the update.

My "whoa" was at the weird story with the "is he dead or not" questions. The "so sad" was about the guy who died with his child onboard, not long after the man's wife had died.

 

[Crystal O_o]

I was on this cruise, I don't recall ever stopping at san juan. But the people in our cruise group said a CM had appendicitis.

 

[Drew Sailbum]

It is quite common to evacuate someone for medical purposes. Much rarer to have to divert the ship to do so. And rarer yet to do a helicopter evacuation or evacuate to another boat while underway.

I work in the 9-1-1 center in the Cayman Islands and have seen hundreds of passengers transported off cruises ships to the local hospital over the years. It is quite routine.