Very Sad Cruise

[Pluto 2]

I'm glad that the OP got the room numbers wrong. I would hate to think that someone who knew this family discovered the deaths by reading the OP's post. Very slim chance I know, but it still seemed wrong.

the op just passed on what he heard from a cast member. the cast member will not give the actual room number out. these are just made up rooms incase someone asks them.

 

[crashbb]

the op just passed on what he heard from a cast member. the cast member will not give the actual room number out. these are just made up rooms incase someone asks them.

I'm very glad that that is the policy. It prevents occurrence, such as this one, where someone posts identifying information of the deceased (or, rather, attempts to do so).

 

[inkkognito]

Very sad but not at all uncommon. When we sailed to Alaska on RCCL a man collapsed while waiting in line for photos on formal night. I never found out what happened to him, but in chatting with a crew member I learned that deaths happen regularly, especially on longer cruises. It's just the odds of having that many people all in one place for a certain length of time.

My thoughts go out to the family.

 

[MCO737FO]

the op just passed on what he heard from a cast member. the cast member will not give the actual room number out. these are just made up rooms incase someone asks them.

OP here paying very high data rates enroute back to PC. Sorry but I intentionally provided fictitious rooms to protect the innocent. Also to prevent someone with upcoming cruise plans to know that their room was a death Nscene if that mattered to them. The rooms were 5 Aft. I'm a pilot, and I know that after an airline has an accident, they "retire" the flight # so people won't be troubled by knowing.

People on board are well aware of the room #'s as 2 ship-wide announcements were made at the time for "members of staterooms 5xxx and 5xxy to return to the staterooms immediately."
The crew absolutely repeated the accurate staterooms for what it is worth.

I guess a good place to go, but judging by the expressions on the faces that I saw, I fear that wad not the case.

 

[crashbb]

Totally confused as to why fake room numbers were provided - it's not like room numbers (real or fake) added anything to the story.

I doubt they retire the room numbers of everyone who ever died while on board - no way that that would be practical.

 

[kcashner]

Bottom line, stuff happens...anywhere, anytime. There are more people on the ship when it is full than lived in the town where I grew up. While we can assume most of the crew are reasonably healthy, the same cannot be said for some of the guests.

I've been on several cruises where there were medical evacuations--some due to illness, some to accidents--and at least one where a mother and son stayed on St. Thomas as he broke a leg that morning.

I do feel bad for the family, but it sounds like DCL handled the situation as well as they could.

 

[eyeheartgoofy]

Very sad to hear, OP. It would have definately put me in a bit of a somber mood.

 

[Annabell]

First of all, prayers to the family.

Regarding the roomnumbers. I for one would definately NOT want to know the roomnumbers. This piece of info is not important to the story and I am glad that OP doesn't have revealed the real roomnumbers. There was not really a need to make up the roomnumbers because the OP could also have left out that. Roomnumbers don't matter in this case.
I for one would not be comfortable booking and staying in a room I know someone has died in. Ofcourse, it can hardly be prevented that many people on the ship would know which rooms they are but this sort of information doesn't have to be published on a public board. Just no need for that.

I hope no one else on the ship will publish this info !

 

[DMMarla07860]

that's so sad this happened, but looks like DCL did a good job trying to take care of everything

 

[Nikisha421]

oooh so very sad

 

[Beezymouse]

Very sad news.

Thoughts are with the family. - bless.

 

[NewDCLGuy]

Article on cruise ships deaths:

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2007/feb/22/cruise_ships_cope_deaths_board/?neapolitan

 

[poohs4me]

This is very sad! I am so glad DCL handled it well.

 

[Goofy Mum]

Don't think of it as sad... they got to enjoy themselves with their family in their last days. I work at Disney and have heard stories about the Make a Wish Foundation kids that come in. One of my fellow cast members told me about a little girl who came and was so happy during her stay. During the trip she passed away tho. It was a sad time but her family told my fellow cast member how happy they were she was able to enjoy those last moments. So think of the good times they had together!

This is how I tend to look at things like this also. A very sad story indeed and my heart goes out to this family.

 

[Eeyores#1Fan]

Very, very sad. Prayers and hugs to the family.

 

[Drew Sailbum]

Deaths happen with all cruise lines and in all ports. We had one here this week.

Medical emergencies happen ALL THE TIME. There is hardly a day that goes by with cruise ships in port that the ambulance isn't going there to pick up a passenger. Often it is multiple times per day.

Ships have a ship's agent in each port whom can help coordinate contacting emergency service and a funeral home.

If there is an embassy or consular official they may assist with the process of repatriation of remains.

 

[AnnaS]

Sad. Prayers going out to the family.

 

[lifenthetropics]

What I said was that the OP had an awful lot of details for someone that was NOT gawking. She sounded to me worse than the acutal gawkers. That's all I said. *** PERIOD!@

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[tvguy]

Ships are small cities. Everything that has happened in your neighborhood can and does happen on a ship at some time or another. Okay, not many cars get stolen on the ship, but I suspect some get stolen from the port parking lot.

 

[MCO737FO]

What I said was that the OP had an awful lot of details for someone that was NOT gawking. She sounded to me worse than the acutal gawkers. That's all I said. *** PERIOD!@

Oh did I state that I wasn't gawking? I didn't think so. And the she is a he if it matters.

I am a travel professional (airline captain based in Orlando). I have had many in-flight emergencies involving passengers, and I had a real interest in observing the crew's management of the situation, and see if there was a take-away for me. Really no morbid curiosity. I grew-up living in a Funeral Home, my dad and uncles were the town morticians. I've seen enough dead people and more broken hearts. I was briefly on Deck 5, and maintain that I was very surprised at the number of CHILDREN being allowed to observe with their parents. I had a short conversation with a DCL crewmember, then returned to my verandah.

Anything else I need to explain or apologize for?

My takeaway was the obvious care and attention that DCL crew showed the family, and that is the feel-good part. Beyond their professional responsibilities , the staff showed true compassion, and this comes from a tough critic. If you choose to read this as a tabloid report, that's up to you.