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Royal Caribbean International's Senior Vice President of Marine Ops, Greg Purdy, has been quoted in the Royal Caribbean Blog below as saying "We have no intention of moving back" in reference to DCL and NCL's announcements of their return to Synchronized, in-person Muster Drills.
Im in for it!
Just might be a little late by then......
Whenever a Fire Happens we may reconsider.
I mean...is keeping the bar open for another 45min on day 1 really making them a ton of money?
I guess its probably relative to the number of drink package purchases. Last I remember seeing, was an average of 75% of passengers on RCI purchase a drink package, so it would be conceivable that RCI might actually save money by hosting in-person muster.
It also reduces the number of staff needed. Instead of having to pull staff off other duties to spend all afternoon at a muster station they can have the bar staff man the muster stations because they close the bars therefore allowing the less numbered house keeping staff free to finish the rooms ... since they will each have more rooms to do.
OK, I admit those numbers are above my pay grade..and you may be right...but one day some cruise ship or other is going to pay the price. in blood...
I mean...is keeping the bar open for another 45min on day 1 really making them a ton of money?
I guess its probably relative to the number of drink package purchases. Last I remember seeing, was an average of 75% of passengers on RCI purchase a drink package, so it would be conceivable that RCI might actually save money by hosting in-person muster.
I think Disney Cruise Lines must stay with the in-person muster. Their primary customer base are families with small children. The ship's crew NEEDS to see that the parents take the drill seriously enough to know how to properly place a life vest on their kids, then know where to bring them in an actual emergency.
As for the others, yeah, their decisions are probably related to the bottom line. But then I have to ask why is NCL going back to the old method? If any decisions are made to enhance the bottom line, it should be theirs. They are the one of the big three who faces the greatest risk of bankruptcy.
There seems to be a general agreement among the people in this forum that the new style muster drills are a joke, and the only reason people like it has nothing to do with enhanced safety but everything to do with enhanced convenience.
Is Norwegian Cruise Lines decision to go back to the in person muster drill an act of good corporate citizenship? Do they recognize the fact that in the event of an actual emergency most passengers (especially newbies) won't be able to glean much from the new style drills, so they chose to go back to the old methods to promote safety over the bottom line? Although I find that hard to believe, I'm lead to wonder.
I am not cynical .... I am jaded .....
Yep .. this just proves that the reason for the change is $$ and staffing. Nothing to do with regs or the experience. Purely a bean counter driven bottom line call.
Careful old friend, cynicism is catching....hehehehehe
Yep .. this just proves that the reason for the change is $$ and staffing. Nothing to do with regs or the experience. Purely a bean counter driven bottom line call.
The USCG does indeed have the ultimate say. I have not seen any information coming from them requiring return to in-person.
RCI had worked on their "Muster 2.0" prior to the pandemic shutdown, and were actively rolling it out starting in January 2020.
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