[Travelandtourism] Costa Cruises Updates blaming or making excuses

[cheryl echevarria]

Yes vicki it is sad, and never should have happened.  And yes, that is correct there muster drill was suppose to be done Saturday after they sailed, I like the fact that the cruise ships may start doing both one in port and one at sea, even if you learn while it is calm, things happen during the real thing, and even though people do panic even after knowing what to do, they will feel a little calmer doing it during at sea.  More of a realistic approach.

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> From: vratcliffe01 at comcast.net
> To: travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:07:55 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Costa Cruises Updates blaming or making	excuses
> 
>      I don't like any excuse that anyone is making about what happened to
> this particular cruise.  Several people have lost their lives and truefully,
> if the captain had not ordered the ship to go nearer to shore, this event
> would not have happened.
> 
>      The other thing that concerns me is that the drill was going to be done
> on the Saturday rather than before the cruise set sail.  I have taken at
> least ten cruises on various lines including Holland America, Carnival,
> Royal Caribbean, Norwegian and Celebrity and on every cruise, we always had
> the lifeboat drill before sailing.  The drill always happens when things are
> calm and everyone, including staff, knows where to go and I certainly
> understand why the passengers paniked since staff did not know what to do
> and did not guide them.
> 
>      The whole thing is so sad because it could have been prevented.
> 
> Vicki
> 
> 
> 
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