lifeboat drill

[florida sun]

Just curious-Can anybody tell me what staterooms are assigned to what drill stations and how many people are at each station? I have heard that some drill stations are outside and some are held in in the dining rooms and clubs. Does it change every cruise or are they always the same assignment?

We are deck 6 aft room 6144.

Thanks for any info.

 

[Honeychild]

Great question, sorry I can't answer it. Maybe this will help *BUMP* it back to the top!

 

[Masonpips]

First cruise we were Deck 6, mid (6556) starboard and we were down on Deck 4 but a bit farther aft for the lifeboat drill

2nd cruise we were Deck 2 aft (2106) port and were Deck 4 mid-ship for the drill.

2nd cruise was in the shade and it made a TREMENDOUS difference!

You have a letter on the back of your door which indicates your station (M or K or something like that). I would guestimate it's about 20-30 staterooms per station (?) as the lifeboats hold 100-150 (?). As you approach the station, you line up next to whomever is already there, tallest to smallest (DH, me, DS, DD for us) and then they do a "rollcall" of the room numbers.

 

[TheWog]

we were 6088 and our muster was deck 4 midship. In the shade also.

 

[aprilgail2]

We were in 6608 and we were on the shady side. They attempted to do shortest to tallest with us but no way was my 4 year old going to stand for being not right next to me. She was hating the whole life vest thing to begin with and then to try to seperate us was not going to work. They were really cool about it and said no problem, after a couple minutes they also let us take off all the kids life vests so they were a bit happier. we were there 5 minutes and that was about it. There were a couple rooms that were after ours and they also let their kids take off their vests.

 

[drclaws]

Each stateroom is permanently assigned to a station in relative proximity to each other. It seemed that "checking in" is done a bit differently depending on the CM. or station. We arrived a few minutes early and gave our stateroom number to the CM in charge of our station. She only called out the numbers of the staterooms who had not checked in with her bya certain time.

Tallest to smallest and very tightly packed side to side in order to fit everyone in the space allotted for that station. yet another chance to get to know a stranger on board! For 15 minutes, you grin and bear it. Port side stations are in the shade, at least!

Not sure of how many per station. I know somewhere on here I read the capacity of each lifeboat, I believe it was around 200. If you get a chance to see the lifeboat testing while at one of the ports, they usually have one of the roll up doors open and you can see the benches inside. Benches seemed to be multi-level and looked to have a "park yourself here" spot painted on them.

 

[Cruisin]

Originally posted by florida sun
Does it change every cruise or are they always the same assignment?

Each cabin is assigned to a life boat station. This station is always the same one, for that cabin on every cruise.

Some are indoors and some are outside, I don't know which cabins fall into which categories.

 

[ivanova]

Originally posted by florida sun
Just curious-Can anybody tell me what staterooms are assigned to what drill stations and how many people are at each station? I have heard that some drill stations are outside and some are held in in the dining rooms and clubs. Does it change every cruise or are they always the same assignment?

We are deck 6 aft room 6144.

Thanks for any info.

It doesn't change every cruise - it should always be the same assignment.

Last November we were in room 6140 --- 2 doors down from 6144 where you'll be --- and our lifeboat drill was inside Animator's Palatte (I know I spelled that wrong).

 

[florida sun]

Hi

Thanks to everybody who replied. I presume as I am Portside then my staion will probably be deck 4 aft portside or there seems to be a chance it could be animators.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Bopperdoodle]

Our room was on the 8th floor. Our Meeting place was inside at Animators Palate. Everyone had a seat and it was very organized. It didn't take long at all.

 

[Jillpie]

First time cruiser here...what exactly goes on at these drills anyway? does it make you kind of nervous just thinking about the real thing happening?

 

[ivanova]

Originally posted by Jillpie
First time cruiser here...what exactly goes on at these drills anyway? does it make you kind of nervous just thinking about the real thing happening?

Basically you show up at the designated location (like we had to walk down 2 flights of stairs at the back of the ship - normally Cast Only stairs - to AP) and you have to WEAR your life jacket to the drill (I was getting a bit claustrophobic but survived) - they talk to you for a few minutes then let you go back to your staterooms.

 

[disneybride96]

Although the drill is a inconvenience, it is necessary and Disney does the fastest and most painless drill I have ever been through.

 

[Jeanny]

Our drill was down on deck 4 midship. I didn't wear my lifevest to the drill, because I was having a brain cramp and couldn't figure it out... one of the CM's showed me how to put it on.

Of course, my claustophobia kicked in when they put a "big" guy in front of me and he kept pushing back into me. I practically jumped over the kids on the other side of me, the CM saw the look on my face and knew what was happening, so he let me stay up in front... another CM came along and tried to make me move (to height order) and the other CM said "NO, she stays there!!!"

It is quick and painless (other than the claustophobia), but I did have to take my vest off walking back up the stairs, I made sure I picked up all the straps so no one tripped on them! I know you're supposed to keep them on until you get back to your cabin, but there was no way I could!!

 

[Zandy595]

Why would you need to wear your life vest after the drill was over, on your way back to your cabin?

 

[Jeanny]

you're supposed to keep it on at all times for the drill, plus the stairs & halls are tight with people going in all different directions, so if everyone is walking around holding their life vests, there's not a lot of room... and people can easily trip on the straps that are hanging down.

 

[outahere]

I started to take mine off when we cruised on the Wonder and a CM yelled at me using a bullhorn. Made me want to crawl under something. Lesson learned........ I'll leave mine on 'til I'm back in my cabin.

 

[mmouse37]

We have had the lifeboat drill in a few different places depending on cabin location. You can see what the lifevests look like in my pics below.

Here are some pics of the drill (indoors)......

http://community.webshots.com/photo/61021700/61044052MycDsK

If my 83 year old Aunt can handle it....I am sure all you can!!!

http://community.webshots.com/photo/92712226/93387259txQzOK

MJ

 

[Lynda Silk]

I actually found the lifeboat drill quite reassuring! After our drill, I felt confident that if there was an emergency, we would be able to get onto a lifeboat in an orderly and calm manner. Also, when I took a glimpse inside a lifeboat, it seemed very solid and capable of holding people comfortably and safely.

It did get a little hot with the life jacket on and it was kind of crowded but it only lasted for 5 minutes or so, so I felt it was a small price to pay for being safe in case of an emergency. And the fact that DCL insisted we attend also assured me of the importance and seriousness that they attributed to knowing what to do and making sure that the passengers knew what to do.

Our CMs on our 2 cruises were very friendly and considerate, but I have heard that there are other CMs that take their jobs very seriously at the drill!

Lynda

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

I've always wanted to ask this, and DH and I have the discussion while cruising, but we've never gotten an answer...

If there is an emergency onboard and everyone has to go to their lifeboat station and your children are in the labs, where do they go? As a parent, there's no way I want to get off that ship without my child, but I cannot understand how they would hook the children up with their parents.

Anyone Know???