Mandatory muster

[johnacon]

This is what the thing at the beginning is called when everyone is wearing their life vests, right? Is it really mandatory? what happens if someone was to skip out? houw long does it last, and what all is covered?

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[Desertbelle]

During the muster they call names and the stewards check rooms, etc. So it would be hard to skip. I have heard that if you miss it for some reason you get "invited" to try again at another time. http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

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[FrankiRN]

Please don't try to skip out. They hold everyone up while they send your steward to get you. Yes, they check bathrooms. Everyone has to wait while they look for you. If they still can't find you, they continue the muster and you get a private lesson when they find you. They close all the bars during muster so as to make sure that everyone attends.

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[KeepOnCruzin]

When we did the Med cruise on the Brilliance, we were so exhausted fromt he plane trip, that we got into the room and just crashed. We slept right threw the Muster drill. I woke up when the Steward came in and he said "Dont worry about it" and shut the door. Then I went back to sleep, and never heard anything about it again.

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[Sweetone]

I'm not sure what would happen if you didn't attend, but it really doesn't last that long. They just show you how to put on your life vest correctly and how and when to use the things attached to it. I think we were there all of 15 minutes once it got started.

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[tribefan]

They were checking off cabin numbers as we came down to our station on the Voyager in March. It only lasted at the most 15 mins, nothing big.

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[cruisinTrish]

On two of my cruises the people who did not show up for muster were made to do it the following day.



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[jstducky]

its a good idea to attend, even if it wasnt mandatory, which it is. i used to think it was a waste of time and when would you ever need to know this stuff right? but that was until i was on a cruise ship in which the engine room caught fire and we really did have to muster. now i know the importance of the muster drill.

you're life is more important than the 15 minutes it takes for the drill.

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[birdyhunter]

I'm always amazed when people skip this type of thing. ?*#% happens. What happens if there is a problem and you have to muster?.....obviously you wouldn't know what to do and would probaly panic. http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

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[mojo4trav]

I encourage the small minority that attempt to skip the muster, to continue to do so. It will only free up room on the lifeboats for those of us who actually value human life and don't think we're too special to attend a 'silly' drill.

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[Sarabeth30]

I have been on 2 cruises so far and haven't attended any muster....what i would do is i would find the info on my door then as i explored the ship I would find it. And no one ever came looking for us as they could find us because we were always in our room unpacking getting ready for a great vacation. And as far as i know they didn't keep anyone cause after 10 or 15 min. anyway they say muster over.

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[FinelyCruising]

I go to all of them even though I don't want to anymore. Practice, practice, practice. They do take attendance.

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[dougp26364]

The captian of the Titanic didn't think it was that important either. He canceled the scheduled muster drill. That night was the night they struck the ice berg. I assume you know the rest of the story?

Look, it's not that big of a deal and if something does happen you'll know where to go, what to do and what to expect. Nothing is fool proof and accidents can and will happen. It is very important that the passengers and the ships crew know what to do. That's why it's MANDATORY.

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[the_psycho]

Sarabeth,

I guess that's the difference between RCI and Carnival... RCI really does want their guests to make it back for another cruise. http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

They DO check the roster for every person to show up on RCI ships, and the DO give special makeup lessons for those that think they're too important to come to muster. We had one guy on my last cruise who had your attitude, and he was actually removed from the ship for giving the crew (and his wife) hell. They told him to sit down, shut up, or get off the ship. He called what he though was their bluff, and stormed off cursing. Security threw him off the ship before he even set sail. Tough for him, better for the best of us.

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[cruisinisforme]

Royal does not check, on the Explorer last July my sister and her husband fell asleep in the cabin and missed it, their cabin steward came in and said dont worry about it, and just recently on the Mariner another couple with us did not go either and their cabin was not checked nor were asked to make it up on either trip.

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[Deets]

Miss the muster drill? Why would anyone want to miss this event.

This is when everyone all comes together at the beginning of the cruise and feels rather silly with their life preserver on, but everyone else feels just as silly! Everyone has anticipated the first day of their cruise for some time and the muster drill means that your vacation has finally begun! What's more. . . . after the drill is it time to eat!

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[jalakim]

Thanks for the info. I was thinking that I wouldn't have to do it again, but I guess I better not.

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[Sarabeth30]

Same here...just had friends that came off a GOS...they didn't do the muster either...were sitting on their balcony...no one came to check on them either....so I guess...all cruise lines are alike...just pick and choose....

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[GrannyJ]

You know how they always tell you at muster that you must not smoke or drink if there is an emergency and you have to enter the lifeboats? Believe me, if that ship is going down, I think I just might TAKE UP smoking and I'm pretty sure I'd feel better about it with a stiff drink in my hand.

[the_psycho]

This is way off topic, but on the first formal night, all the guys in my group wore tuxes. When we got to the centrum to take pictures, we noticed that they had the titanic stairwell backdrop up, so we sent one person to every room, and took two sets of pictures, one with and one without life jackets, all while dressed to the nines. The other groups were laughing too hard to mind the extra delay.

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[yarlenna]

We missed muster on the Ryndam several years ago. We got a very polite note delivered to the cabin informing us that a second muster would be held and that we were one of the people that had to attend. Sure enough, later that evening, they made an announcement that the alarms were for the folks who missed the muster drill on the first night and crew. I wouldn't miss it on purpose, but if that alarm doesn't wake you, perhaps a hearing check is in order

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[OBAYbee]

Every cruise I've been on I've attended the drill. And once had to wait along with 2,000+ others until those not attending were found.
My last Cruise on Mariner of the seas had a unique situation. There were FIFTY people arriving 2 hours late due to flight and security troubles. (that was when our security level was raised again) The Captain announced that the 50 passengers would have to meet in the library at a specified time to go over the drill before going to bed that night.

[madforcruising]

I never missed the muster drill so far. Although it´s always the same I´ll always attend it as I think it´s not only a rule by the cruise line and also a law to attend but I also think about it as an important procedure that might safe life.
I feel also that it´s impolite against your fellow cruisers to let them wait for you as well as putting the ship personnel in trouble just because I´m too lazy to spend this 15 min.
Last year on my cruise on the Norwegian Dawn I went to the Muster Drill as usual and they called my cabin number at the muster station to check that I was there. A few days later I had a letter in my cabin telling me I didn´t go to the muster drill. It had detailed information baout the muster procedure as well as an "invitation" to a special muster drill for the people that haven´t attended the regular one.

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[Cloudmaster]

My wife and I have found a way to alleviate the pain of "having" to go through this muster.....On the first cruise we went on we thought it was kind of funny the way we looked in our life vests. We took pictures of each other, and when we put together a photo album, those two pictures ended up on the cover.

It is now one of our cruise rituals that we take pictures of each other in our life vests. We actually look forward to the muster now.....Kind of strange I guess, but we enjoy it.

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[cruzinpsycharnp]

On the Carnival Pride the muster drill took about 45 minutes in the hot sun because they were looking for missing passengers who were finally found. Please don't do this to your fellow passengers. You never know when you're going to need it.

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[pfleer]

When our muster drill was called on the Sovereign, my fiance and I were in the middle of changing clothes. When we got dressed and went out into the hall, no one was to be found. The halls were completely empty. We had no clue where we were supposed to go (it was our 1st cruise) and no one came looking for us.

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[cruisin'sue]

A lady from my dinner table didn't go, said she never does. I don't think she had to re-do it, but her husband was there so maybe that made a difference. It doesn't usually last that long, but is much more pleasant when it's done in a public room on the ship instead of out on deck.

[madforcruising]

Well I think if her husband went to the muster drill he was simply checking in for two person when their cabin# was called. So they never recognized that she wasn´t there.
In a public room it maybe more comfortable but I think it makes more sence to do it at the muster stations so everybody knows where to go in the case it really happens.

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[caribbeancats]

Muster is also a good way of meeting fellow passengers. Its hard not to speak & be friendly seating in a bar w/ a life jacket on.

[RCLforever]

On 3different crusie lines I've been on, all musters were carried out basically the same way. Attendance, or roll call of your cabin # and # of people in it.. and I agree. its important. and it only takes about 20 mins to complete. JUST DO IT

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Deets:
Miss the muster drill? Why would anyone want to miss this event.

This is when everyone all comes together at the beginning of the cruise and feels rather silly with their life preserver on, but everyone else feels just as silly! Everyone has anticipated the first day of their cruise for some time and the muster drill means that your vacation has finally begun! What's more. . . . after the drill is it time to eat!

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[little miss s]

I've always attended the muster drills, but now that I'm becoming a more seasoned cruiser, I must admit that skipping out has crossed my mind. On NCL, they took attendance, but on Carnival no attendance was taken, so it would have been pretty easy to just hang out in the room till it was over. On NCL, the muster drill was pure agony. It was conducted outside in Houston on an extremely hot day. There was no place to sit and the whole process seemed to go on forever. On Carnival, the drills were mostly conducted in air-conditioned lounges. We did go outside, but only for a very few minutes at the end, just to see where our lifeboat was. I guess I'll go to the one on my next Royal Caribbean cruise so I can see what they do.

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[birdyhunter]

Hey PSYCHO why the slam on Carnival. The Carnival ships I've been on they took it seriously and I'm glad they did. http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

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[breal6]

20 plus cruises and i still go to the drill. It's certainly not for the instructions of how to put on my life vest. i know where the stations are on the ships. i go because how RUDE abnd INCONSIDERATE would i be to hold up 2000 other people standing in the heat if i didn't. on all but 1 cruise they took roll call of cabins and one capt even came on the loudspeaker and announced " we're very sorry for the inconvenience ladies and gentlemen, but as soon as mr and mrs so and so from cabin number whatever it was reports to their lifeboat station we will all be able to begin your vacation.

there has to be a better way to insure that all passengers show up. my suggestion is, if your not accounted for at roll call, they should lock your seapass card. it will be unusable til you do your muster. just an idea

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[Rowtyd]

I heard "muster" was a secret timed game the staff played in which the stewards quickly rummaged through your luggage and took bets on which guest would stiff them on the tip. If it was hinted by their search that you would not tip at the end of the cruise, they went ahead and took a few of your belongings during the "muster" game. It's a secret game they enjoy and it starts their week off right. They get a big laugh later about you standing on deck sweating, wearing a bulky life vest. http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[cofgren]

I have been on nine cruises,three on voyager class ships. two of the those my wife and grandchildren were asleep in the cabin and I went alone to the muster. when they called my number ,I answered and that was the end of it. so if you want to skip,just send one of your group,make sure you are noticed by the crew and stand close to the back as possible and yell your cabin number when asked.having said all that.I realized how stupid that was.a little effort might be the differance between a survivor and a victim.