Norwegian Cruise Line ship Left 8 passages at the dock

[Rustyt1953]

Sea cruises are insanely fun. Following the rules 'tain't that hard.

 

[steelslaver]

Boo Hoo, Do stupid stuff, Win stupid prizes.

Notice they never brought up the "we screwed up " Just the "they could have done this, this or this, to accommodate US" despite the fact we ignored the agreement we signed when we booked the cruise and which we were repeatedly warned not to.

I am INITIALED to be looked after and accommodated no mater what I do

A life lesson they obviously learned nothing from

 

[ACORN]

Knowing this crowd, it’s hard to believe no one’s posted this.

 

[ladder13]

NCL was generous imo.


“Given that these guests were on a private tour and did not return to the ship at the communicated all-aboard time, they are responsible for any necessary travel arrangements to rejoin the ship at the next available port of call, per our protocol.”

“Despite the series of unfortunate events outside of our control, we will be reimbursing these eight guests for their travel costs from Banjur, Gambia to Dakar, Senegal,” the spokesperson added.

 

[NYlakesider]

NCL was generous imo.


“Given that these guests were on a private tour and did not return to the ship at the communicated all-aboard time, they are responsible for any necessary travel arrangements to rejoin the ship at the next available port of call, per our protocol.”

“Despite the series of unfortunate events outside of our control, we will be reimbursing these eight guests for their travel costs from Banjur, Gambia to Dakar, Senegal,” the spokesperson added.

These big mouths were given about 3 minutes of air time on at least one of the MSM networks.(National news) IMHO that generated a lot of static from people that do not have a clue how cruise ships operate.

 

[ladder13]

A wild guess, alcohol had something to do with all this.

 

[Marshwheeling]

There is an old story about a good old boy from up on the Range who buys a lottery ticket at the casino in Hinckley and wins a cruise with celebrity super model Elle McPherson. There is a shipwreck. The story goes on from there, but I am not going to recount it here.
It is the closest I have ever been to going on a cruise,, and the only kind I would have interest in taking.

 

[biku324]

I know with complete certaintity that I will never be abandoned by a cruise ship.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

'Never get out of the boat. ' Absolutely ******* right! Unless you were goin' all the way...-Captain Willard

 

[Hair Trigger]

This explains it fairly well . . .

Doesn't explain much at all, especially why they were late returning when they were made aware of the time deadline prior to leaving the ship.

Security on a cruise ship is for the most part invisible to the passengers, but it is taken extremely seriously by the crew and the ARMED security personnel. About the only time you see a security person is when disembarking at a port of call or re-embarking after the call is over, or if there is some sort of fracas involving violence while underway. Security maintains a low profile because they don't want to seem intimidating to the passengers, but they are there.

They most likely didn't permit the passengers to re-board after being brought to the ship by the local knee-deep navy, both for the sake of safe transfer and because they couldn't suitably verify identities during the transfer. As for sending out a tender to go back for them, they can't afford to set a precedent or they'd end up having to do it every cruise because the word would get out "don't worry about being late, they'll send a boat for you" if they did it once. It's no small job to drop a tender in the water while under way, or retrieve it, especially for a half-dozen people who knew not to be late.

The last several paragraphs, quoting the statements made by NCL spokespersons, does explain it wasn't NCL's fault these people got left behind, the policy is clear and made known to every passenger both verbally and in print.

 

[6518John]

I always remember what Coach Holtz said about cruises—“A cruise is like being locked up in prison, but with a chance of drowning!”

 

[Nevada Ed]

That story finally made the 6pm news, here.

The anouncer stated that they all forgot the rules, that they had to read
and got what was coming to them.

I feel so much better, now.

 

[Jon651]

I wasn’t implying a law was broken. I mentioned that as a reason for USCG being there. As far as boarding it just seems the same as being pulled over by a cop. When the lights come on you pull over.

Transferring from a smallish cutter to a huge ship is neither safe nor easy, and cruise passengers are most often in the older, less mobile demographic. It would have been a HUGE liability to try to get them aboard while at sea so I can certainly see the captain's logic on this one.

Some cruise lines have an arrangement that will hold the ship up to 3 hours if you were on an excursion that is delayed - but only if the excursion was booked thru them. If you are sitting in a bar or shopping and lose track of time, or if you are on a privately-booked excursion then all bets are off otherwise.