Lifeboat #13...

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

I've noticed on most ships, they opt to skip labeling any decks as #13.  I'm not superstitious (though I've been known to knock on wood -  just because, lol), but this caught my eye on the Reflection last night as we left Tuscan Grille.

 

There it was - a sign showing the way to the lifeboats, #13 included.

 

So, if they're willing to skip labeling a deck as #13, do they think anyone would have an issue being told to board LIFEBOAT #13 ? !! 

 

I suppose, if it should come to that - any port (errr, lifeboat) in a storm !

 

 

Tom

[mahdnc]

32 minutes ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

I've noticed on most ships, they opt to skip labeling any decks as #13.  I'm not superstitious (though I've been known to knock on wood -  just because, lol), but this caught my eye on the Reflection last night as we left Tuscan Grille.

 

There it was - a sign showing the way to the lifeboats, #13 included.

 

So, if they're willing to skip labeling a deck as #13, do they think anyone would have an issue being told to board LIFEBOAT #13 ? !! 

 

I suppose, if it should come to that - any port (errr, lifeboat) in a storm !

 

 

Tom

 

I would be ok with Lifeboat #13 if the cruise ship was sinking.   On the other hand, I would not be ok with Emergency Parachute #13......

 

Edited December 4, 2022 by mahdnc

[TeaBag]

You guys are too funny!  I would think the reason there is no deck 13 is that no one would book a cabin on it.  Whereas with lifeboat #13, life would be in danger and no one thinking about options or superstitions.  May we never have to use one except for tenders.

[DaKahuna]

 I know this is a Celebrity forum but just FYI there is a Deck 13 on Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas.  

 

[WrittenOnYourHeart]

Plenty of people are not superstitious and know worrying about numbers is a bunch of bunk and would have no issues with a deck or a lifeboat 13.

[Essiesmom]

MSC has deck 13 on their ships.  But there is no deck 17, because that is their superstitious number.  EM

[Covepointcruiser]

On the QM2 now and we have a deck 13 and there are cabins, very nice ones, on that deck.

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

Just for clarification - I wasn't saying I had a problem with lifeboat #13, but rather an inconsistency with Celebrity.

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

I can see where there might be some safety reason for having consecutive lifeboat numbers (so it might be out of their hands). I'd imagine that it's simpler if rescue personnel know that they have, in an emergency, located all the lifeboats from a ship, without having to worry about "Oh, this ship doesn't have a #13"!

[MamaFej]

2 hours ago, mahdnc said:

 

I would be ok with Lifeboat #13 if the cruise ship was sinking.   On the other hand, I would not be ok with Emergency Parachute #13......

 

If you're 13th in line, and there isn't a #14 or above...

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Of course, if that's the case, who is flying the plane?!?!?

[CGTNORMANDIE]

13 is my lucky number!  They told me to beware of Friday the 13th.  I told them it was the other 363 days I had to worry about😂

[mahdnc]

1 hour ago, MamaFej said:

If you're 13th in line, and there isn't a #14 or above...

Maybe I would get my wife to trade with me …..

[MamaFej]

11 minutes ago, mahdnc said:

Maybe I would get my wife to trade with me …..

[NutsAboutGolf]

What are the odds you’re on both a sinking ship and sinking lifeboat?  If you are, you need to survive so you can buy a lottery ticket 🙃

[MamaFej]

24 minutes ago, NutsAboutGolf said:

What are the odds you’re on both a sinking ship and sinking lifeboat?  If you are, you need to survive so you can buy a lottery ticket 🙃

Add in the plane from David's example above, and there's a joke to be made about an aircraft carrier, but I have too much of a headache to come up with it.

[Bill Miller]

tris·kai·dek·a·pho·bi·a

noun

 

1. extreme superstition regarding the number thirteen.

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

7 minutes ago, Bill Miller said:

tris·kai·dek·a·pho·bi·a

noun

 

1. extreme superstition regarding the number thirteen.

 

THERE it is... RIGHT THERE:

 

"dek"  ---  Deck Phobia  😉

 

Tom

[MamaFej]

3 minutes ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

 

THERE it is... RIGHT THERE:

 

"dek"  ---  Deck Phobia  😉

 

Tom

(In my best Paul Harvey voice) "And now you know... the rest of the story."

[Georgia_Peaches]

2 hours ago, CGTNORMANDIE said:

13 is my lucky number!

Mine too!  Birth date of my DD...can't get any luckier than that.

[Georgia_Peaches]

5 hours ago, TeaBag said:

I would think the reason there is no deck 13 is that no one would book a cabin on it. 

I mean, there's still a deck 13 even if they opt to call it something else...but I get what you're saying. 😀

[MamaFej]

2 hours ago, CGTNORMANDIE said:

13 is my lucky number!  They told me to beware of Friday the 13th.  I told them it was the other 363 days I had to worry about😂

We have friends who got married on Friday the 13th. They paid about 40% of normal prices for the venue, catering, DJ, etc. 

They are pretty smart cookies, and it was a lovely wedding in May of 2005. . 

[NutsAboutGolf]

Here’s a fascinating video on the worse lifeboat in the titanic…Spoiler alert, it was not lifeboat #13

 

 

[BlerkOne]

I decided earlier today that was my first choice

 

 

[mahdnc]

4 hours ago, MamaFej said:

We have friends who got married on Friday the 13th. They paid about 40% of normal prices for the venue, catering, DJ, etc. 

They are pretty smart cookies, and it was a lovely wedding in May of 2005. . 

 

Are they still together?

[MamaFej]

3 minutes ago, mahdnc said:

 

Are they still together?

Thay are, with two lovely children.

 

Scratch that. 

 

With one lovely child, and one who has the potential to become lovely again, after he gets this through this %(&^  phase.