Small Fire on the Wonder?

[gglockner]

We were on this cruise on the Wonder. It was nothing serious. The crew responded quickly. Captain Thord informed us that one of the diesel generators malfunctioned, but that the Wonder was perfectly capable of functioning with 4 of its 5 diesel generators. The rest of the cruise proceeded with no problems, and I'd guess that the generator is fixed by now.

 

[smmast]

We were on a Holland America cruise to Alaska a few years ago and there was a fire. Needless to say it was handled very poorly. It occurred about 2am and when the captain came on the announcement system he only gave instruction to the crew and the passengers were given NO instruction whatsoever !! We all stood in the hallways wondering what to do. After about 20 minutes the captain came back on and said "ladies and gentlemen the fire is out, good night" Despite my letter to Holland America about this incident, I never heard a word from them. I am glad that it seems Disney handled this situation better. Holland America...never again !

 

[tootsiemr]

Ive heard different codes are use on announcements when something happens like red pirates when this generator malfunctioned What other codes have people heard on disney cruises??

 

[SuperDry]

Ive heard different codes are use on announcements when something happens like red pirates when this generator malfunctioned What other codes have people heard on disney cruises??

I think that "Red Parties" or "Red Team" applies to any fire, as they then give the location to respond to. "Brightstar" is used for medical emergencies that require immediate response (such as what you'd call an ambulance for on shore).

And, there's at least one emergency that has no codeword and that they just say in plain English: "Abandon Ship" I was on board on a port day once when there were few passengers on board when they drilled for it. Even though they preceded it with "Exercise! Exercise! Exercise!", it's still a bit disturbing to hear it come over the loudspeaker, which is probably why they use codewords for the other emergencies even though many people know what they mean. I looked at the person I was with, and we both said "Holy <something>!" at the same time, thinking of what it would be like to hear that for real.

 

[lilpooh108]

And, there's at least one emergency that has no codeword and that they just say in plain English: "Abandon Ship" I was on board on a port day once when there were few passengers on board when they drilled for it. Even though they preceded it with "Exercise! Exercise! Exercise!", it's still a bit disturbing to hear it come over the loudspeaker, which is probably why they use codewords for the other emergencies even though many people know what they mean. I looked at the person I was with, and we both said "Holy <something>!" at the same time, thinking of what it would be like to hear that for real.

I would have probably screamed that out loud if I heard "Abandon Ship"

 

[OMD13]

"Abandon Ship" Hope to never hear those words.

 

[kppk91322]

We just returned this morning from a week in Alaska on the Wonder. Early in the cruise (2nd or 3rd night onboard) around 10:30pm or so (what can I say, I was on vacation and wasn't paying close attention to times), we felt a sudden, strong vibration, and shortly after, our cabin started smelling very strongly of diesel fuel and smoke.

Just as I got out of bed and threw on some clothes to go let someone know, there were two frantic calls over the ship's broadcast system for "Red Parties, Red Parties", complete with alarm sounds in the background of the message, spaced about 5 minutes apart.

I went out into the hallway just after these announcements and there were many fellow passengers already in the hallway trying to figure out what was going on. We were near the aft elevators on deck two, and the hallway was just as smelly as our room, but in the hall you could see things were a bit murky from the smoke as well. Not bad, but it was hazy and you could definitely tell something was going on. It was scary for a while there, as I've read many times that fire on a ship is the worst thing that can happen.

Within 15 minutes or so the captain came on and made an announcement (just as the folks in the hallway were starting to panic a bit) and said that we had lost a generator. It had overheated and caused a lot of smoke, but that we were safe. He continued to state they were looking into why it happened, and talked about the generators on the ship, etc. He ended by saying that we were still full power ahead and that we would still be on time to everything and not to worry.

However, for the next few days we heard from our server and a couple of the other staff on board that there actually had been a fire. That there was talk about needing to dock the Wonder for a few days prior to the re-positioning cruise down to CA to fix the generator. I'm curious to know if anyone else has heard anything about this?

12 years later, and i was checking to see if anyone else remembered this. I was only 8 at the time, but I remember the panic when we couldn't find my brother and thought something was really wrong with the ship. As for what happened, yes, we were also told it was a small engine fire after the fact.