Video of false alarm on the Wonder

[Dug720]

Yikes! Sort of scary, as it should be. Seriously, walk calmly to your stateroom and get your life vest. You have no idea what might be happening elsewhere in the ship that you can not see (fire etc). This is what the muster is for, so you know what the alarm sounds like and what to do. Unfortunately, in all my cruises with DCL, I have seen way too many folks that do not pay attention or take the drill seriously. Thankfully real emergencies are rare.

And the worst part is that in the event of a real emergency, it would be the people who did not pay attention who cause more issues because they are either wandering around getting in people’s way -or videoing the whole thing.

 

[dcassetta]

I hope that young cruise staff crew member in the video was recognized by his managers for doing exactly what he was supposed to do in that situation.

 

[mousefan73]

The “I don’t know what this means” statement by the woman filming just proves that people do not pay attention at Muster or do not take alarms seriously. It was reassuring to see that there were people who did take it seriously. I could hear the nervousness in that one woman’s voice when she said thank you sir when she was walking out with her life vest.

Just had to rewatch this. Those people that are sprinting up on I believe deck five. That would be me looking for my kids or heading to my room

 

[Dug720]

I hope that young cruise staff crew member in the video was recognized by his managers for doing exactly what he was supposed to do in that situation.

Amen!

I did briefly think the officer who passed earlier should have maybe told her to quit filming and go get her life vest. But then again, all crew - and especially officers - have their jobs to do. And our job as passengers is to pay attention at Muster and do what we are supposed to do.

 

[meliscan]

Amen!

I did briefly think the officer who passed earlier should have maybe told her to quit filming and go get her life vest. But then again, all crew - and especially officers - have their jobs to do. And our job as passengers is to pay attention at Muster and do what we are supposed to do.

I did think the same thing. I couldn't believe they didn't' tell her to get to her muster station.

 

[ivanp91]

I did think the same thing. I couldn't believe they didn't' tell her to get to her muster station.

To be fair, maybe they didn't say anything because she exited onto the Deck 4 promenade, which is where the majority of the muster stations are located.

 

[Dug720]

To be fair, maybe they didn't say anything because she exited onto the Deck 4 promenade, which is where the majority of the muster stations are located.

When she passed the officer she was going back in. She also clearly did not have her life vest or anything else - was just wandering and filming.

But the bottom line is she just revealed herself to the world as someone who pays zero attention to Muster Drill. If she had, she would have known what to do. Ultimately WE are responsible for our own safety.

 

[ivanp91]

When she passed the officer she was going back in. She also clearly did not have her life vest or anything else - was just wandering and filming.

I get that, but my comment is in response to questioning why the officer didn't say anything. If you put yourself in the officer's position, you've just had the general alarm go off, you see someone in the vicinity of the muster stations, you have other things you need to attend to - it's not the most concerning place to see someone at that time.

 

[Dug720]

I get that, but my comment is in response to questioning why the officer didn't say anything. If you put yourself in the officer's position, you've just had the general alarm go off, you see someone in the vicinity of the muster stations, you have other things you need to attend to - it's not the most concerning place to see someone at that time.

I guess we will have to agree to disagree. This was a person who was actively saying they did not know what was going on, was making no move towards a Muster Station, and was just filming rather than reacting.

My guess is that he was more focused on getting to his assigned spot - or going towards the source of whatever caused the alarm to sound.

 

[cyclenut]

While you are encouraged to return to your room to obtain a life vest, medications and ID, you are not required to do so. There are plenty of life jackets out on the deck. The person recording did go out to the muster area (you can see by the green signs). Maybe not intentionally, but did go there.

When we cruised to Alaska we put our adult kids in lower staterooms and we took a verandah. During muster is when we first realized that if there were an actual emergency, we wouldn't be together. It freaked us out a bit. Had this alarm sounded on our cruise ... I don't want to think about the terror of those two minutes before the all clear.

 

[Dug720]

While you are encouraged to return to your room to obtain a life vest, medications and ID, you are not required to do so. There are plenty of life jackets out on the deck. The person recording did go out to the muster area (you can see by the green signs). Maybe not intentionally, but did go there.

When we cruised to Alaska we put our adult kids in lower staterooms and we took a verandah. During muster is when we first realized that if there were an actual emergency, we wouldn't be together. It freaked us out a bit. Had this alarm sounded on our cruise ... I don't want to think about the terror of those two minutes before the all clear.

However, they then returned inside. At that point they should have been directed to go back outside and return to their Muster Station.

 

[ScooterScott44]

I guess we will have to agree to disagree. This was a person who was actively saying they did not know what was going on, was making no move towards a Muster Station, and was just filming rather than reacting.

My guess is that he was more focused on getting to his assigned spot - or going towards the source of whatever caused the alarm to sound.

You recognized that he is getting to his assigned spot, yet you disagree? The sr staff have to follow the evacuation plan also. It is likely the assembly leaders, and others, job to corral the guests (like the videoing genius) not the folks in white. If this was a real emergency and this gentleman spent his time directing guests instead of doing his actual assigned tasks there could be huge consequences for DCL and the guests.

Didn’t the captain of the Costa Concordia have major issues because he broke protocol. One year of his scentence is for simply for leaving the ship before every guest was off. So I am in favor of sticking to the plan. And the young assembly leader should be recognized for quickly getting to his station and following his orders.

 

[Dug720]

You recognized that he is getting to his assigned spot, yet you disagree? The sr staff have to follow the evacuation plan also. It is likely the assembly leaders, and others, job to corral the guests (like the videoing genius) not the folks in white. If this was a real emergency and this gentleman spent his time directing guests instead of doing his actual assigned tasks there could be huge consequences for DCL and the guests.

Didn’t the captain of the Costa Concordia have major issues because he broke protocol. One year of his scentence is for simply for leaving the ship before every guest was off. So I am in favor of sticking to the plan. And the young assembly leader should be recognized for quickly getting to his station and following his orders.

The staff was, yes. However I don’t think that 5 seconds to say “Please go to your Muster Station” is going to cause any major delay.

Especially as someone is wandering aimlessly - going out to the rail and back in and filming and saying “I have no idea what is going on.”

You could even say it as they are walking by. OR the crew in his yellow vest could have also told them to go to their Muster Station.

But again, I AM saying that ultimately it is WE who are responsible for doing what we are supposed to do. And it is the filmer who looks like an idiot and has shown the world that she paid no attention in Muster Drill.

 

[MEC004]

Yeah I wouldn’t be recording. On Carnival once we set off the smoke alarm with our spray sunblock (we both burn easily). Freaked us out at first, but four crew members were there under a minute. Cruise ships have the best reaction times.

 

[mousefan73]

Yeah I wouldn’t be recording. On Carnival once we set off the smoke alarm with our spray sunblock (we both burn easily). Freaked us out at first, but four crew members were there under a minute. Cruise ships have the best reaction times.

Oh my that is good to know

 

[HappilyEverAfter80]

Interesting. I don’t have kids, but this is one area Royal exceeds Disney. All kids (under 12 I think) have a color-coded wrist band put on them that corresponds to their Muster Station so that they can easily be taken or directed to their station by any crew.

That’s correct, on Royal DS was given a band before boarding the ship that was colour coded with our muster station info.

 

[cruiser21]

i'd be freaking out - only b/c my son is usually in kids club or running around on the pool deck with buddies. Really makes me re-think how much 'freedom' I give him as it would be more stressful looking for him! I've never heard or read - what do they do with kids in the clubs during an alarm situation such as this?

If he's old to run around the ship with buddies. I'm sure he's old enough to find the muster station. I wouldn't take his freedom away from him because of this.

 

[owensamo]

That’s correct, on Royal DS was given a band before boarding the ship that was colour coded with our muster station info.

DCL kids club bands used to be like this, before they went to the magic bands. They would have the child's name, age group, and muster station in large letters printed on the plastic band. It was great for meeting characters, etc. because they often seemed to know a child's name the first time they met - and it's all because they were great at reading kids club bands! That little bit of magic (and the immediate muster station info) got left behind in favor of newer/better technology. I wouldn't be surprised if the muster info is on the kid's profile in the computer, though, just in case. There's no reason not to store that data.

 

[Dug720]

If he's old to run around the ship with buddies. I'm sure he's old enough to find the muster station. I wouldn't take his freedom away from him because of this.

We actually agree on this.

Just make sure he pays attention at Muster Drill (you could make that a condition of him having freedom to run around the ship with buddies) and at the very least where to find the letter on his KTTW card so that he could ask a crew member for assistance in where it is.

 

[HappilyEverAfter80]

DCL kids club bands used to be like this, before they went to the magic bands. They would have the child's name, age group, and muster station in large letters printed on the plastic band. It was great for meeting characters, etc. because they often seemed to know a child's name the first time they met - and it's all because they were great at reading kids club bands! That little bit of magic (and the immediate muster station info) got left behind in favor of newer/better technology. I wouldn't be surprised if the muster info is on the kid's profile in the computer, though, just in case. There's no reason not to store that data.

Oh I’m sure dcl has the muster info stored on the magic band - but in case of an emergency - how do they access it ?
My guess but it’s just a guess - they have mobile scanners that read the info. Just like when cast members scan our cards at musters.
Still, I wonder how efficient that is if there are 100 kids at the kids club.
Royal Caribbean told us at boarding - if the emergency alarm goes off and our son is not with us, do not look for him but rather proceed to the muster station. He will be brought to us.
I don’t actually know what happens on dcl.
Hope we don’t have to find out either, but curious.