tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019364951194518475.post8001269973972109980..comments2021-08-25T00:54:11.328-07:00Comments on World Cruise 2012 Sydney to Sydney: Yes, we’re still going!Pam and Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09667623835957512418noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019364951194518475.post-46196372465321206612012-02-03T13:20:09.119-07:002012-02-03T13:20:09.119-07:00Your comment made my day, Wendy!Your comment made my day, Wendy!Pam and Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09667623835957512418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019364951194518475.post-52652593524876285602012-02-02T16:15:08.748-07:002012-02-02T16:15:08.748-07:00I am looking forward to meeting you Pam. Every ti...I am looking forward to meeting you Pam. Every time I read something you have written I learn something new. So impressed by your learning to "speak" Australian. Reading your take on our language makes us laugh. Bob and I watched a VERY old Australian movie last week called "A Weird Mob". It might be worth your while. Keep it up, you are making the run up to the cruise very enjoyable, thank you. Wendy T.Wendy Trindernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019364951194518475.post-26669917615902953032012-01-18T14:07:36.794-07:002012-01-18T14:07:36.794-07:00Being a commercial pilot's wife, I pay attenti...Being a commercial pilot's wife, I pay attention to every safety briefing and never mind doing the drill on cruise ships! <br /><br />I read someone's suggestion to not only photocopy everything but to put it on several thumb drives and give them to the kids and a neighbor and then email the information to ourselves so we'd have access not matter what. And carry paper copies with us. <br /><br />And I've already got a torch in our box of stuff we're accumulating to take with us ! (And I'm learning to speak Australian---I didn't even hesitate, I wrote "torch" instead of "flashlight"!)Pam and Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09667623835957512418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019364951194518475.post-68954903246328261552012-01-18T13:28:06.017-07:002012-01-18T13:28:06.017-07:00Ships out of Sydney have their muster drill before...Ships out of Sydney have their muster drill before we leave the pier...<br /><br />Lesson learnt... carry a little torch on you at all times and make sure the kids have photo copies of everythingGarry and Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09445499590777113634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019364951194518475.post-81203284878563338762012-01-18T08:32:19.159-07:002012-01-18T08:32:19.159-07:00Our experience is mostly with Holland America and ...Our experience is mostly with Holland America and they have the safety drill as soon as they leave port, within an hour or so. I think all the carriers that come to US ports have to do that because our Coast Guard requires it for any ships that come to US ports. Costa does not come to the US and I've never been on them so I don't know what they are required to do.Pam and Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09667623835957512418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019364951194518475.post-78090745063956934842012-01-17T22:22:36.151-07:002012-01-17T22:22:36.151-07:00You can't drag too much out of poor Costa - th...You can't drag too much out of poor Costa - they are not responsible before you board - that's why you should purchase travel insurance & check what it covers! Those already boarded will be covered by Costa's own insurance. I don't think they'd been at sea long enough to fit in a proper safety drill - the passengers would have demanded their dinner first, which is what was happening.helen-grannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019364951194518475.post-40791675053755365972012-01-17T22:10:04.062-07:002012-01-17T22:10:04.062-07:00What a fantastic plan to keep a blog so we can fol...What a fantastic plan to keep a blog so we can follow along with your adventure!!!<br /><br />Are hoping so veryyyyyyyyyy much you can come by Diego sometime....<br /><br /><br />DanialAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019364951194518475.post-22789340184493882632012-01-16T18:17:28.636-07:002012-01-16T18:17:28.636-07:00It's just too bad they didn't even have th...It's just too bad they didn't even have the safety drill. I agree with you that bad things can happen anywhere, and you're probably much safer on a cruise ship than most places.Carole https://www.blogger.com/profile/16668009262154537025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019364951194518475.post-68830569243886820672012-01-16T17:07:32.598-07:002012-01-16T17:07:32.598-07:00Good for you!!! I wouldn't give up either. If...Good for you!!! I wouldn't give up either. If at the captian's table, discreatly ask who is on the bridge!<br /><br />How right you are about safety drills. We recently paid more attention on an airbus after the pilot announced that there seemed to be a shortage of hydraulic fluid at TIA for which was our delay....hmn.<br />DianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com