Muster Indoors or Out on Deck on Paradise?

Has Carnival started conducting Muster drills indoors now, as opposed to lining passengers up on deck in the heat?

Has Carnival started conducting Muster drills indoors now, as opposed to lining passengers up on deck in the heat?

You will do both on any Fantasy Class vessel like the Paradise. You start in the lounge, listen to the instructions and then proceed to the boats.

You will do both on any Fantasy Class vessel like the Paradise. You start in the lounge, listen to the instructions and then proceed to the boats.

Depends on boat then. Unless it’s changed on the Elation since March. Our Muster for the 14th deck among others was on the Lido in front of Guys/Blue Iguana. Didn’t see anyone going to the boats and neither did we.

We were on the Paradise in April and the muster was indoors. We DID NOT have to go to the boats like we did in the past. Same thing when we were on the Elation last October. We were on both of these cruises after their extensive dry docks, so maybe the Coast Guard has changed the requirements on these vessels. :cool:

We were on the Paradise in April and the muster was indoors. We DID NOT have to go to the boats like we did in the past. Same thing when we were on the Elation last October. We were on both of these cruises after their extensive dry docks, so maybe the Coast Guard has changed the requirements on these vessels. :cool:

Thanks for this update.

We were on the Paradise in April and the muster was indoors. We DID NOT have to go to the boats like we did in the past. Same thing when we were on the Elation last October. We were on both of these cruises after their extensive dry docks, so maybe the Coast Guard has changed the requirements on these vessels. :cool:

Inspiration last month. Muster started on Promenade then moved to Lido. Muster F is already on Lido.

Have sailed the Paradise 3 times, #4 coming up over NYE.

Each time it has been inside to start and then they have lead everyone up and out to the actual lifeboats. People with walking disabilities have been exempt from the latter.

All indoors now on Fantasy, as of this week. Of course, Station F is still on Lido. Arrive a bit early and get the shade and a chair. :) It's much shorter and easier now!

Sailed on the Paradise in May. Muster was indoors and there was no going to the life boat/raft locations as it was in the past. :)

Has Carnival started conducting Muster drills indoors now, as opposed to lining passengers up on deck in the heat?

Once a ship is built, it's muster station locations will not change over the life of the vessel, unless there is a major reconstruction of the ship. If it used to do muster outdoors, it will always do them outdoors. Newer ships that don't have the room for a full muster outdoors on deck, will have them indoors, or a mixture of both. This is not a decision that the cruise line makes, it is a statutory design criteria. The only reason some ships hold muster indoors is not for passenger comfort, but because there is not enough room on the open deck.

On Paradise last week we had muster along the promenade. Everyone who was seated, told to push chairs to the back and line up in front. No sitting. They went around scanning one Sail & Sign card from each room. It was very loud and I have very little idea what they said. there was music from the casino, loud speaker directions, crew directions, and passengers laughing and talking. Kind of disappointing.