Lifeboat question

[FigmentSpark]

In an emergency you are at the mercy of whatever vessels are nearby and their capacity. If you're in a heavily trafficked area you might be in the lifeboat for a couple of hours. If you're in a less well traveled area it could be significantly longer.

I don't believe there is any air conditioning on the boats.

That could get hot and I wonder how many people would be panicking.

Note those that you would make alliances with and those that you would eat first.

Hahahah... At least it looks like it's so crowded in there that there's no room for anyone to take a swing at anyone else.

 

[Dug720]

That could get hot and I wonder how many people would be panicking.


Hahahah... At least it looks like it's so crowded in there that there's no room for anyone to take a swing at anyone else.

I would rather be hot and in a tight space but alive than drowned or eaten by sharks.

 

[OKW Lover]

That could get hot and I wonder how many people would be panicking.

Panic is always the biggest killer in situations like this. I don't think that having AC would help.

 

[phinz]

Note those that you would make alliances with and those that you would eat first.

OK. I just laughed out loud at that one.

 

[bbel]

I think I'd rather sit on an upper level, not a lower level. I'm not claustrophobic, but I think I could become claustrophobic if I had to spend much time in a vessel like that. Are there motors on it to take it somewhere or is it just floating around and waiting for rescue? How much time, in an emergency, would one be in one of those things? And is it at least air conditioned/heated?

If you ended up in one, you'd sit where they told you to level out the boat.

As others have said, rescue depends who's around but the lifeboats can move themselves (life rafts cant) but it's more to get you out of danger than to land.

They're not heated or air con'd, but they're to save your life not to be comfortable, and all energy is going to into getting you safe.
But the condensation you create is going to contribute the the water your going to drink if your out at sea long enough....

 

[bbel]

ot sure how safe it is for people to sit up on those walls either

Safer than staying on a sinking ship

 

[FigmentSpark]

All good points. I suppose, in the event of a disaster, all those other bodies, may actually be comforting, rather than stifling. Hopefully, we'll never have to know.

 

[Starwind]

This is the "label" on one of the liferaft canisters on the Dream in December 2015. It says persons 39.

 

[Starwind]

And, for those interested, the instructions label:

 

[Starwind]

As others have said, rescue depends who's around but the lifeboats can move themselves (life rafts cant) but it's more to get you out of danger than to land.

The ships also have at least one rescue boat, which is capable of marshalling and towing liferafts and performing rescue of persons in the water.

We've only sailed in the Bahamas & Caribbean, but I have noticed, especially at night when you can better see the lights of the other ships around, that the ships largely travel in or close to what looked like established corridors (the ships actually form kind of lines, which when there are enough close together you can make out) and there are actually a surprising number of other ships around; they will be the first help that comes should it be needed.

Ideally of course the cruise ship itself serves as its own large lifeboat-of-sorts, as passengers in most circumstances are safer on board the ship then they would be evacuating it -- they speak to this during the Muster Drill. Passenger ships built in the last decade or so are actually required to meet on board "safe area" requirements for this reason.

SW

 

[Neptune's Fork]

The ships also have at least one rescue boat, which is capable of marshalling and towing liferafts and performing rescue of persons in the water.

We've only sailed in the Bahamas & Caribbean, but I have noticed, especially at night when you can better see the lights of the other ships around, that the ships largely travel in or close to what looked like established corridors (the ships actually form kind of lines, which when there are enough close together you can make out) and there are actually a surprising number of other ships around; they will be the first help that comes should it be needed.

Ideally of course the cruise ship itself serves as its own large lifeboat-of-sorts, as passengers in most circumstances are safer on board the ship then they would be evacuating it -- they speak to this during the Muster Drill. Passenger ships built in the last decade or so are actually required to meet on board "safe area" requirements for this reason.

SW

Where is that boat stored? I don't recall seeing anything like that.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

See the little yellow boat just in front of the regular lifeboats? That's it.

 

[Rob1872]

I'd say that we are getting a little spoiled when we are worried about air conditioning on a life boat. Hopefully we won't have people up in arms when they find out that there are only 3 appetizer options and a limited wine cellar on the life boat.

 

[Neptune's Fork]

I'd say that we are getting a little spoiled when we are worried about air conditioning on a life boat. Hopefully we won't have people up in arms when they find out that there are only 3 appetizer options and a limited wine cellar on the life boat.

Yeah there you go, do they have adequate rum rations aboard?

 

[Neptune's Fork]

See the little yellow boat just in front of the regular lifeboats? That's it.
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Do they have them on Magic and Wonder as well?

 

[FigmentSpark]

I'd say that we are getting a little spoiled when we are worried about air conditioning on a life boat. Hopefully we won't have people up in arms when they find out that there are only 3 appetizer options and a limited wine cellar on the life boat.

It is true, I guess. I asked the question, sitting in the comfort of my room in my home on dry land, talking about an expensive vacation. But when you're on a ship with enough of a problem that everyone is being evacuated, I guess we'll all just be glad the bottom of the lifeboat is mostly dry.

 

[bbel]

Do they have them on Magic and Wonder as well?

Yes. It's in between the lifeboats on one side. It doesn't look like that one though, just a smaller lifeboat.

 

[bbel]

Do they have them on Magic and Wonder as well?

Not the best, but can you see the slightly smaller 'lifeboat'?

 

[bbel]

The ships also have at least one rescue boat, which is capable of marshalling and towing liferafts and performing rescue of persons in the water.

We've only sailed in the Bahamas & Caribbean, but I have noticed, especially at night when you can better see the lights of the other ships around, that the ships largely travel in or close to what looked like established corridors (the ships actually form kind of lines, which when there are enough close together you can make out) and there are actually a surprising number of other ships around; they will be the first help that comes should it be needed.

Ideally of course the cruise ship itself serves as its own large lifeboat-of-sorts, as passengers in most circumstances are safer on board the ship then they would be evacuating it -- they speak to this during the Muster Drill. Passenger ships built in the last decade or so are actually required to meet on board "safe area" requirements for this reason.

SW

Oh yeah. I get all that. The majority of itineraries you're not even far from land let alone other ships. Even with other ships in the area, realistically they can't help thousands of people floating around in the water all at once, you may have to wait a while.
But there are a few itineraries (transatlantic, hawaii...) where you can be days from land and/or other ships that are capable of helping.

 

[phinz]

I'd say that we are getting a little spoiled when we are worried about air conditioning on a life boat. Hopefully we won't have people up in arms when they find out that there are only 3 appetizer options and a limited wine cellar on the life boat.

I couldn't help but laugh and think of this when I read your post:

I'm spoiled rotten. I'll admit it. I also thought of how uncomfortable I would be and how anxious I would get. Heck, I freak out on Universe of Energy because I'm forced to sit in an enclosed vehicle with no escape route for 20 minutes so being cooped up in a hot, sweaty, pitching and rolling lifeboat would wreck me. Thankfully the chances of anything happening are somewhere in the neighborhood of slim to none.