I’m cruising Alaska right now. I have a severe fear of getting lost, but that doesn’t stop me from embarking on many of adventures.
How frequently do passengers miss their ships while in a port, I was wondering?
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Booking excursions that include being on a boat is something I only do through the cruise line. The ship was still waiting for us when we returned to the dock after a 30-minute detour due to a problem with the motor while we were deep sea fishing.
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Oh, gosh, it seems to happen all the time. But some ports seem to have more of it. Like Cozumel. I’ve seen people passed out on the beach (getting absolutely lobstered by the sun) and yeah, those people don’t make it back to the ship.
My wife and I were slow eating breakfast and getting off the ship in Costa Maya one time. So as we are getting off the ship, there was one guy being brought back on the ship in a wheelchair nearly comatose from alcohol poisoning. Security was quite impressed. So I guess if you do your drinking early enough and have a spouse that cares about you, you get back on the ship extra early. I didn’t even know you could do that much drinking that quickly. Lesson learned.
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They have an obligation to return you to the ship before it leaves, so if you have a reservation for an excursion through the cruise company, they will wait. It won’t be the same treatment if you simply get off the ship and go about your own business.
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Employees at both CCL and RCL told me that on every sailing, at least one person gets lost!
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People disembark from the cruise ship in St. Maarten and take a taxi to a stunning beach on the French side. They fail to notice that at 4:00 pm, traffic has stopped and a 20-minute cab ride has now taken 90 minutes. Although we have visited St. Maarten frequently, I imagine similar circumstances exist on other islands.
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How frequently do individuals lose sight of their ships while in a port?
Depending on how accessible and affordable alcohol is in that port.
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Before a cruise, I always rehearse my “na na, na na na na. hey hey hey. GOODBYE” just in case.
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Generally speaking, if you go on an excursion that is sponsored by the ship and you are running late returning, the ship will not leave without the excursion group. They won’t wait if you venture out on your own, though.
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So, we got a kick out of an apparent game cruisers play when Cruise Lines do the “3 hour Victoria” stop to get the cheap fuel and check the “international” box. You’re supposed to be on the boat by 11:30 PM. But there’s always a group of like 30 people running late, so kind of chuckled as everyone on the balconies cheered them running in a panic to catch the last ramp remaining. Of course they weren’t going to leave them. But even the dock workers kindly chided them a little.
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On our last cruise, a bus broke down on a Carnival excursion. Our ship departed over two hours late. I don’t know it for a fact, but I was told the delay cost the ship about $10,000 in extra fuel costs to make up the time.