Medical Emergency - Turning Ship Around

[Spotdude]

We were just on the 11-11-06 DD a friend of ours got and infection (it was noncontiguous but they were concerned for her health) they were taken of via ambulance. I know he bought the trip insurance. I never have but after that experience I will every time I cruise in the future

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

The ships do have landing pads. I was on the 12/30 last year (Wonder) and a helicopter landed on the ship to airlift an older man who had a heart attack. I was in the spa so I didn't see it, but my spa attendant told me how she watched the whole thing through the spa's window. She even compared it to "Top Gun". As I said, I didn't see it myself, but I can't believe she would randomly make that up.

I am glad to hear that the child will survive, hopefully without any major problems.

 

[lbgraves]

We were also on that cruise, the guy in the Panama Canal was taken off because he would not stop selling pins in the lobby. DCL asked him numerous times to stop and he would not. We witnessed DCL closing up his shop the night before we got to the Canal. He then decided to get off the ship via "heat exhaustion" because he was told they would have him leave the ship if they caught him again, so since he couldn't make any more money off all the excited passengers looking for the right pin, he got off.

This is unreal!!! I can't believe someone would go on the cruise to sell pins!!!

That cruise was unfortunantly a terrible one as far as pins & souveniers. DCL didn't plan on the sharks who would swoop in the first night & buy every single tshirt that they could get their hands on. Special pins were showing up on Ebay each day during the cruise. The seller wasn't too bright though since they said that they were onboard the Wonder and would ship the pins when the cruise was over. Ashame they spent that much & didn't even know what ship they were on. People slept in the hall & atrium to have the chance to purchase pins. I hadn't heard about this happening before but there was someone onboard who ordered tshirts referencing the cruise and somehow had them delivered to him while on the cruise. It was a stab at DCL since they couldn't supply those onboard with shirts to buy. They did take orders and mailed them out after the cruise for those who wanted one of the special crossing shirts.

 

[Suz D]

The ships do have landing pads. I was on the 12/30 last year (Wonder) and a helicopter landed on the ship to airlift an older man who had a heart attack. I was in the spa so I didn't see it, but my spa attendant told me how she watched the whole thing through the spa's window. She even compared it to "Top Gun". As I said, I didn't see it myself, but I can't believe she would randomly make that up.

I am glad to hear that the child will survive, hopefully without any major problems.

We were also on this cruise. It was very scary. The man was snorkeling at CC and he appeared to collapse. They started pulling him out of the water and he was just gray. My sister's husband was a newly hired/trained firefighter and he ran over "Baywatch" style to see if he could help. The man was in bad shape and we didn't ever hear the outcome but my BIL asked later and was told that they thought he would be okay. It was something about asthma I believe but PLEASE don't quote me on that one.

Suz

 

[Capt_BJ]

The ships do have landing pads. I was on the 12/30 last year (Wonder) and a helicopter landed on the ship to airlift an older man who had a heart attack. I was in the spa so I didn't see it, but my spa attendant told me how she watched the whole thing through the spa's window. She even compared it to "Top Gun". As I said, I didn't see it myself, but I can't believe she would randomly make that up.

I am glad to hear that the child will survive, hopefully without any major problems.

Well, my info is based on 29 years of experience, conducting and coordinating these events.

I can show you an overhead shot of a DCL ship - to scale - and provide the rotor diameter of standard rescue helos....

But if you choose the expertise of a spa attend' - perception is reality...

 

[WDWMasen]

We were on the Royal Carribean Explorer in June and they landed a coast guard helicopter on the front of our ship in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, I didnt get to see it. I know they had to remove the guide wires and take down some chairs, poles and railing to do so. The ship does not stop for this. They slowed down to about 10 knots. Apparently, its easier for the chopper to land when its moving slowly. The ship is actually more steady at 10 knots then when its standing still. We were approx. 300 miles off the coast of Miami.

Not sure of what the problem was though.

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

Well, my info is based on 29 years of experience, conducting and coordinating these events.

I can show you an overhead shot of a DCL ship - to scale - and provide the rotor diameter of standard rescue helos....

But if you choose the expertise of a spa attend' - perception is reality...

I believe you and your experience. I just wonder what the witness could have seen that she could have interpreted that way. It's certainly possible that the helicopter got to the man in a non-landing way. I don't pretend to be an expert. You could explain what they probably did a lot better than I could. Would men have dropped out of a hovering copter? Would they have hooked him up and hoisted? Honestly, I don't know.

 

[ivanova]

3. Panama Canal transit - Heat Exhaustion – The guest was taken off the ship via ambulance. The canal operator had to re-lower the Magic so that it could get the boarding ramp to the proper level

We were also on that cruise, the guy in the Panama Canal was taken off because he would not stop selling pins in the lobby. DCL asked him numerous times to stop and he would not. We witnessed DCL closing up his shop the night before we got to the Canal. He then decided to get off the ship via "heat exhaustion" because he was told they would have him leave the ship if they caught him again, so since he couldn't make any more money off all the excited passengers looking for the right pin, he got off.

I know this guy - he's a heavy duty pin trader/seller at DLR - and guess who was on the eastbound repo cruise At least on the eastbound cruise he "behaved" (read: didn't get caught selling anything by DCL).

This is unreal!!! I can't believe someone would go on the cruise to sell pins!!!

Believe it.

 

[Capt_BJ]

I believe you and your experience. I just wonder what the witness could have seen that she could have interpreted that way. It's certainly possible that the helicopter got to the man in a non-landing way. I don't pretend to be an expert. You could explain what they probably did a lot better than I could. Would men have dropped out of a hovering copter? Would they have hooked him up and hoisted? Honestly, I don't know.

I don't know why an alleged witness would describe the event wrong...maybe it is a factor of language skills, what they think people want to hear or simply a desire to be an expert for something they never actually saw. I don't know why they say it.

OTOH, my intent is to fill in some blanks for people wit serious questions. I have done (do) this for a living. Within the context of "US asset" operations I am confident that I've not only witnessed but been a participant in, and responsible for, the successful execution of these events.

It has been determined to be safer, in the vast majority of cases, to hoist rather than land on an unfamiliar vessel. If a landing goes bad....the helo crashes, the crew dies and people on the ship may too. If a hoist goes bad - cut the wire, the guy on the end dies. Do the math.