Is there a brig and morgue on board?

[cristit14]

Isn't Bambi's Bighouse is somewhere in Nevada

 

[sk8ingmom]

I was always curious to find out what kind of security team the Magic has. You don't notice a lot of security officers around, or at least you don't recognize them.

They're there-you just don't notice them. DH is a Coast Guard officer who has worked in anti terrorism and port security his entire career. He just gets the biggest kick out of the pool deck "servers" who never actually serve a beverage, etc.

It's funny, because I would never notice them, but once DH points them out they are SO obvious. I'm sure there are armories in different places on the ship & all ship's officers know what to do in just about every scenario.

DH's unit is trained to fast rope out of helicopters onto cruise ships, etc., up here in Alaska if one is threatened. Stuff like this is all extremely unlikely, but I have no doubt the crew is ready & so is the Coast Guard.

 

[sk8ingmom]

OK, I have an answer...

There is in fact a brig. You are provided with a steak bone and just out of reach from the cell is a scruffy looking animatronic dog holding the key.

Yo Ho...

 

[dvcChrisVWL]

Can you apply travel insurance for the part of the cruise after you expire?

Is the deceased still responsible for gratuities?

Can you just use the deceased to save you a deck chair?

Does the horn's whistle play something else when someone passes?

If someone dies before hitting all ports of call, do they get a refund on the unused port charges?

Will they also get a partial refund on the unlimited internet access for the unused days?

Can their family get a refund on any picture packages the deceased may have purchased?

 

[dvcChrisVWL]

I have a perfect method of determining space savers...I send Cash over to a suspect to make friends...using his cold wet nose...If they shriek, their time starts over.

What?

 

[rtphokie]

DH is a Coast Guard officer who has worked in anti terrorism and port security his entire career. He just gets the biggest kick out of the pool deck "servers" who never actually serve a beverage, etc.

It's funny, because I would never notice them, but once DH points them out they are SO obvious.

Do tell. I'm guessing the clues are walking around with the same drink for hours, lots of standing around, a different nationality than the other servers, did I miss anything.

My wife gets upset with me sometimes at WDW because I seek out the plainclothes security people in gift shops at Downtown Disney and ask them to help me find things. It's fun to see them get frustrated. If you watch close enough you can pick them out, even in a crowd. Their "shopping" patterns are unlike anyone elses, they either have nothing in their hands or whatever they have, they put back after a short time and move on to another part of the store. Occassionally you can catch someone with a earpeice.

The security folks out in the park are a little harder to identify, and thats a good thing. I've only managed to spot one once, and that was while sitting for a very long time waiting for Illuminations at Epcot. Security people watch people, they dont look at the sites, they dont look at maps, and they are often alone.

 

[figment52]

What?

Linda has a service dog - Cash - that travels with her.

 

[Mortlives]

DH is a Coast Guard officer who has worked in anti terrorism and port security his entire career.

Now I'm even more glad you're cruising with us!

 

[Evans Family]

Thanks for a great laugh to start my week!

 

[captaincrash]

Being picky, perhaps, but most formal dictionary level definitions of "brig" refer to them being areas of confinement or detention aboard military vessels. There really is no other consistently used term that applies to a similar area on a civilian vessel.

As example, about two thirds of the way through the movie "Titanic," when Rose is desperately searching for Jack (after he has been falsely arrested), she asks Thomas Andrews (the builder of the ship) "where would a prisoner being held on the ship be taken?" He responds "the Master at Arms Office." The latter was in essence a somewhat archiac 18th century term for the senior security officer on board, and the term for the ship's "jail" was his office (there was no "brig.")

Bottom line: cruise lines want to avoid anything that positions them as being frightening/intimidating, so in all likelihood, the "detention" areas on board the Magic and Wonder are (a) buried where no one other than a handful of approved staff has access to them and (b) labeled something other than "the brig." Maybe it's called "The Castaway Cooler"....or "Pegleg Pete's Pen"..... or "Horace Horsecollar's Hoosegow".....or "Bambi's Big House" or....

Bambi's big house!!! LOL !

 

[stevenpensacola]

During the Q & A with the Captain on our sea day, I asked the Captain, that with piracy becoming a real threat in other parts of the world, what sort of measures were on board to counter such an attack.

His answer was understandably vague, but said that there are plans and procedures in place to deal with piracy/terrorist threats. Another plus is that the good ol USA is not far away.

Not sure why, but I noticed this guy talking to his collar following me around the rest of the cruise...

 

[amesmom]

They're there-you just don't notice them. DH is a Coast Guard officer who has worked in anti terrorism and port security his entire career. He just gets the biggest kick out of the pool deck "servers" who never actually serve a beverage, etc.

Oh, I am going to feel so safe on our cruise with you!
I'll have to get you and your DH to point out some of the security staff. I never even gave it a thought before.

 

[sk8ingmom]

Look for CMs who are costumed like the CMs doing a job, but never actually do the job. As I mentioned - the "drink servers" by the pool who never serve a drink, the "maintenance" people who make rounds of the cabin corridors, the "line handlers" who never handle a line.

We haven't noticed any security people dressed like tourists, but I would guess some would look at my DH with suspicion! His brain always seems to be on paranoid-security-guy autopilot! I always feel safe, but it isn't always fun in foreign ports!

 

[tiggr33]

As someone that knew the person who passed on CC last year, and who still knows his family and having had my own father die on a cruise ship, I find this discussion has gotten to be offensive. There are many in the DIS community that were greatly affected by the turns of event on the May repo. Many on these boards knew the person very well. A question was asked in seriousness, which by itself is fine, it was asked (IMHO) as seeking knowledge. But others have turned this into what I consider a very ugly topic. For those of you shame on you. I would never make fun of how or when a person dies, your attempts at humor is both insulting and disrespectful. Out of respect for the members of DIS that know the families of those who passed while on a DCL cruise, can we please put an end to this discussion?

To answer the original question, mourges are not required as the unused walk in refrigarators can be, and are commonly used. Brigs are required.

 

[Momof4girls]

tiggr - so what happened on CC?

 

[PoohJen]

As someone that knew the person who passed on CC last year, and who still knows his family and having had my own father die on a cruise ship, I find this discussion has gotten to be offensive.

Sorry Tiggr, I just can't agree with you here. The thread is not directed to mocking a death on CC, and no doubt people are in a grieving process, as they would be with any death they've experienced.

There are always going to be discussions that are not meant to offend, but will be hurtful to some with unusual circumstances (such as the loss of your dad). Take it for what it is, and don't continue to read a thread that is painful to you.

No shame here.

 

[Flagger]

For those of you shame on you. I would never make fun of how or when a person dies, your attempts at humor is both insulting and disrespectful. Out of respect for the members of DIS that know the families of those who passed while on a DCL cruise, can we please put an end to this discussion?

I am sorry you were offended, but who are you to tell someone else how they handle the grieving process? My father's funeral was a lively affair celebrating his life and not mourning over events we could not change. From putting a checkbook (so he could take it with him) and his VISA (in case where he was going did not take American Express) in the coffin to telling the hearse driver to go in the HOV lane (after all there were two people in the car) to rolling down the window of the limo to ask the next car if they had any Grey Poupon, all sorts of activities were appropriate for us.

Humor for some people is very much a part of the grief process and quite frankly it is just as insulting to suggest someone tone it down and stop it.

 

[willbug97]

tiggr33, I completely understand. My grandfather passed away while on vacation. He was in Paris and we live in Florida. It was very diffcult to say the least. Some people just don't care about others feelings. This thread has nothing to do with the grieving process. It is uncaring and rude.....
You know what they say what goes around comes around. So tiggr33 don't let them get to you. They obviously have no idea what you went through.
I wish you the best.

 

[gometros]

Sorry Tiggr, I just can't agree with you here. The thread is not directed to mocking a death on CC, and no doubt people are in a grieving process, as they would be with any death they've experienced.

There are always going to be discussions that are not meant to offend, but will be hurtful to some with unusual circumstances (such as the loss of your dad). Take it for what it is, and don't continue to read a thread that is painful to you.

No shame here.

Very well and respectfully said.

 

[Castaway Stowaway]

I sense another Popcorn thread a brewin'!