Don’t miss the ship

 

This entry was originally listed as a cruise tip; but I decided to turn it into an official blog because how common it is.

If you’re not going on one of the registered shore excursions, ‘make sure to tell to tell the Cruise Line what’s happening so the ship will know where you are.’  To avoid missing the ship simply tell the ship by emailing the Cruise Line you’re sailing with directly (or contact them via their cruise app), and tell them what’s happening.  Even better still, book your place on one of the ships shore excursions that way you are guaranteed not to miss the ship because when the Captain says, “to be back on board the ship by (as an example let’s just say it’s) 5:30pm for say a 6pm departure” he means it because once the ship starts pulling away from the words of that song, ‘there ain’t no coming back girl’ because you’ve crossed point of no return.

I was watching the TV show 'Mighty Cruise Ships.'  The ship the show was featuring was delayed in departing by an hour because the crew had to wait for some missing passengers to return to the ship.  The good news is, the passengers eventually returned to the ship, in the ship, was able to depart on time.  On another episode, they showed footage of some passengers running for the ship when they saw it departing.  The footage ended with the captain saying, “This happens because the ship doesn’t know where you are, and once the ship pulls away from the  wharf it’s too late.  There’s no going back…you’ll have to meet the ship at the next port.”

More examples of this can be seen in the following video.  Enjoy the video, make sure to obey the Captains instructions, and what ever you do DON’T miss the ship!