Is there a brig and morgue on board?

[Flagger]

Has anyone ever asked that question? I know most ships have a brig and several have morgues otherwise you get placed next to the ice sculptures if you pass away during the cruise. The QE2 is said to have 29 coffins on board for its world cruises.

 

[Castaway Stowaway]

that is a very interesting, yet morbid question. I cant wait to see what responsed you get!!

 

[NancyIL]

I would assume so, since there tend to be a lot of older people on cruises. Guess those must be in the unmarked areas of the deck plans.

 

[GoofyFD]

I would bet.....love to find out

 

[cornish pixie]

Hi I use to work on a ship Called the Canberra that sailed from Southhampton in the Uk.
I hadn't been working on her long and one day was travelling up in the lift when one of the onboard nurses got in with a little old lady in a wheelchair.
I was busily chatting away to the nurse and the lady and never really thought that she wasn't answering me, anyway I think the nurse finally felt sorry for me and told me not to worry about the little old lady not speaking as she wasn't really with us, I whispered is she not well then imagine my face when she told me she was dead!!!
I was 18 and didn't know what to do!!
Apparantly it really happened a lot , especially on the World Cruise!!
I've never moved so fast out of a lift in my life
Chucklechops

 

[Flagger]

I was specifically asking about Wonder and Magic. Death and medical emergencies can happen at any time.

 

[GoofyFD]

Hi I use to work on a ship Called the Canberra that sailed from Southhampton in the Uk.
I hadn't been working on her long and one day was travelling up in the lift when one of the onboard nurses got in with a little old lady in a wheelchair.
I was busily chatting away to the nurse and the lady and never really thought that she wasn't answering me, anyway I think the nurse finally felt sorry for me and told me not to worry about the little old lady not speaking as she wasn't really with us, I whispered is she not well then imagine my face when she told me she was dead!!!
I was 18 and didn't know what to do!!
Apparantly it really happened a lot , especially on the World Cruise!!
I've never moved so fast out of a lift in my life
Chucklechops

 

[Flagger]

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?

 

[disneyholic family]

I was specifically asking about Wonder and Magic. Death and medical emergencies can happen at any time.

I don't know about a brig or a morgue, but there was a medical emergency when we were on the 4 day Wonder cruise.

It was on our day at sea, when the ship normally just sort of piddles along, not moving very fast.....when all of a sudden it started burning rubber so to speak.....and within a very short time we could see shore, though at first we couldn't recognize where we were......it turned out we were approaching Palm Beach......a coast guard medical emergency boat came out to meet us and then as the whole ship watched, a 12 year old girl (who had been diagnosed with possible appendicitis by the ship doctor) and her entire family and their stuff were moved over to the coast guard ship......and then the coast guard ship set off for shore....

i should add that many many many small craft came out for the show as well......it's not often they see a Disney ship near their shores....

and then the Wonder headed "out to sea" again for the rest of our day.....it was very interesting how close to shore we were on the day at sea and how far north the ship was by that point.....

 

[cornish pixie]

I was specifically asking about Wonder and Magic. Death and medical emergencies can happen at any time.

Sorry Flagger
Chucklechops

 

[DisneyMom&Fan]

Sorry Flagger
Chucklechops

I don't know about everyone else, but I enjoyed your OT story...

 

[jgalecpa]

The QE2 is said to have 29 coffins on board for its world cruises.

I'd love to know how Cunard came up with that number. 28 isn't enough and 30is just too many!

Sorry, I love gallows humour.

Jim

 

[videogal1]

I'd love to know how Cunard came up with that number. 28 isn't enough and 30is just too many!

Sorry, I love gallows humour.

Jim

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the method of "disposition" aboard RCCL ships...although there's no way to know now whether the passenger had reached a state of perpetual sleep before hitting the water...

 

[mytwotinks]

Sorry Flagger
Chucklechops

You really didn't need to apologize. You weren't really that far off topic!

 

[DrCavin]

Carnival they just drop them over the side, somtimes they land on the lifeboats.... ok that was bad.....

 

[GhostlyHitchhiker]

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?

Sorry, just pictured someone attempting to use a deceased relative to hold the hammocks on Castaway Cay.

 

[mmouse37]

I would expect there to be a morgue, coffins and brig on every modern cruise ship....we were on the Magic once when a very drunk passenger threatened his sister-in-law and his small child (the woman banged on our stateroom door pleading for help and my DD who was 16 and in the cabin by herself at the time, let them in and called security). Security was there in a heartbeat and dragged the guy off....they said he was being brought to cool off in the brig (whether it was a real jail cell or secure room I don't know) but he was not seen the rest of the cruise and his cabin was emptied out.

 

[videogal1]

I would expect there to be a morgue, coffins and brig on every modern cruise ship....we were on the Magic once when a very drunk passenger threatened his sister-in-law and his small child (the woman banged on our stateroom door pleading for help and my DD who was 16 and in the cabin by herself at the time, let them in and called security). Security was there in a heartbeat and dragged the guy off....they said he was being brought to cool off in the brig (whether it was a real jail cell or secure room I don't know) but he was not seen the rest of the cruise and his cabin was emptied out.

Ah, good...He got the RCCL disposition...

 

[Queen2]

you are all bad, saying saying such things. So that is how the lounge chairs fill up so fast.

 

[videogal1]

you are all bad, saying saying such things. So that is how the lounge chairs fill up so fast.

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.