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What is Alpha, Alpha, Alpha??

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Aprille

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We heard the Bravo call on our recent Alaskan cruise on Vision while waiting to debark in Juneau. :eek: I knew what it meant and looked at DH kind of wide-eyed. No one else around us seemed to know what it meant so I kept my mouth shut. As we got off the ship there was a fire truck waiting at the port. I know the ship has it's own fire-fighting team but if the ship is in port apparently a fire truck shows up as a precaution.

 

I guess all was well as the ship was still there when we returned from our whale watching excursion. ;) I was glad we were getting off the ship when I heard the call and not out to sea. It was a bit disconcerting!

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Dotsie

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I was on the same Sovereign cruise last week and they called Alpha three times during the cruise. The first time I was in the photo gallery and someone grabbed my sunburned shoulder from behind and pushed me away. The second time I was leaving my cabin on deck ten and was pushed aside by the teams running to the emergency (I think it was in the spa). I'm not complaining - just impressed by the way they handled these emergencies.

 

I also gave my 13 year old son a new cruise warning that if he ever hears that signal again in the future, he has to stop what he's doing and immediately call me or go back to the room if I don't answer and I will do the same. He didn't call me when the third Alpha was called because they gave the cabin number for that one.

 

Dotsie

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jkrislc

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Correct answers. The ships doctor and medical staff will respond to the Alpha signal. The Bravo signal is for fire, whether it be large or small.

 

The signals are designed to not panic passengers.

Except that during our Rhapsody cruise after one of these (can't remember which one) was called, a buser in the Windjammer stated that the call meant someone went overboard. I'm guessing it was a drill as we were in port and didn't hear anything about it during or after the cruise. Perhaps the buser was just trying to have fun with us?

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FLASHINGLIGHTS83

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When on my first ever cruise on the sovereign, we heard this call about 20 minutes after we left port. about 10 minutes later, we stopped, and turned around and headed back to port. the capt came on and said that we were heading back to port canaveral because a guest had a heart attack, and the ship dr did not think he could continue the cruise.

 

it was kind of wierd coming back in, because if anyone has ever sailed out of canaveral, you know that rccl is the fathest terminal back. well when your leaving port, on the right side, there is a very small sun cruz casino terminal building. i mean tiny...ive seen restaurants bigger then this building. they actually stopped loading guests, pulled the gangway back, and sailed furthur up into the port, and we docked right there, and in a matter of 10 minutes we dropped a gangway, unloaded the passenger and his family, and there bags to an awaiting ambulance, and pulled the gangway back, and off we went. very interesting to watch.

 

the next day, after our port of call in nassau i believe, the capt came on for his evening announcements, and at the end of all the usual stuff, he said that he was happy to inform everyone that the gentlemen who had the heart attack was going to be fine, and that the dr at the hospital attributed it to the capt and the ship dr to getting the man back to shore so quickly.

 

GREG

ps after this happened, it peaked my interest in EMS, and now i am an emt in florida.....

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rubrrick

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Geriatric? At age 60?? Are you kidding??

 

Thank you for sticking up for us "old farts"!! Yep.........I've slowed down a bit...........I don't burn the candle at both ends every night.........but the candle in me still burns..............and I don't consider myself old!!

 

My wifes parents, who are both in their middle 80's are cruising with us on the Mercury Panama Canal cruise this December. Now....... there, you are getting close to geriatric..........but still not there for them!!:)

 

Rick

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Fran Harp

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On our Panama Canal cruise we heard that call. We asked our waiter and he said that was a medical emergency. I guess a older man over did it on a tread mill in the ship shape center and dropped dead of a heart attack. Yes the ships have a morgue too. On the Vision our waiter said that It could hold 8. He said the most they had die on one cruise was 3. The thing to remember is on the panama canal cruise it tends to be a much old crowd. We called it the geriatric cruise......average age was about 60. We were in our late 30's and we were the kids!

 

Hey now, wait a minute! 60 is *not* geriatric:D:D

 

Fran in Toronto

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seamama1

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Correct answers. The ships doctor and medical staff will respond to the Alpha signal. The Bravo signal is for fire, whether it be large or small.

 

The signals are designed to not panic passengers.

 

Well, maybe not. It make more sense to say "Alpha, Alpha, Alpha 4" than to say "attention staff, please respond to a sick passenger on deck four"....

 

Just like the military, the seamen have their own codes for emergencies and other communications - it is not to keep the passengers from panicking......

 

However, Zulu would certainly panic me - no more booze? YIKES!:p

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nanner10

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The thing to remember is on the panama canal cruise it tends to be a much old crowd. We called it the geriatric cruise......average age was about 60.

 

The definition of who is an old person: anyone who is 10-15 years older than whatever age you currrently are!!!!!

 

Works for 10 year olds. Works for thirty somethings and works when you are 70 or whatever!

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sgriff17

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The definition of who is an old person: anyone who is 10-15 years older than whatever age you currrently are!!!!!

 

Works for 10 year olds. Works for thirty somethings and works when you are 70 or whatever!

 

This may be the truest thing I have read on CC.

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lawsoncd3

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Not that this code is cruise related (or maybe it is?) we were at Walmart last night and heard: Code Adam, Code Adam...

 

Missing child. I never saw so many employees run to the front doors and locked the bathrooms and dressing rooms down. They eventually found the tyke.

 

D :)

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ORANGEinINDY

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Not that this code is cruise related (or maybe it is?) we were at Walmart last night and heard: Code Adam, Code Adam...

 

Missing child. I never saw so many employees run to the front doors and locked the bathrooms and dressing rooms down. They eventually found the tyke.

 

D :)

WOW!! Wal-Mart Employees moving fast... didn't think that happened:eek: :rolleyes: [{J/K}]
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tommoore1

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Whilst on a bridge tour on the Serenade last week we heard the call "KILO, KILO, KILO", but no one would tell us what it meant.

The security officer only said that it was a drill for a new code--anyone out there hear about this one?

 

 

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