Crew repatriation

[FigmentSpark]

There are a lot of vital positions on a ship that I've never seen an American do (laundry, deck, galley, even US captains are rare), and I've worked for 2 companies and on 12 and a half ships. Even with all US crew from all ship from a big company, you would still find it hard to function a ship off US crew alone.

(Obviously the exception to this would be the one NCL ship)

I've got to ask... how did you work on half a ship?


EDIT: I see someone else beat me to the question, lol.

Haha, I had a 13 day contract, I always say it was half a ship because I hardly saw any of it, by the time I learnt my way to work i was on my way to the airport to go home haha!

 

[randumb0]

All American, British and Canadians on the Dream recently found out that their contracts were cancelled which is too bad because they were going to get to stay in the staterooms

 

[Vovin]

Just heard that the Magic is going to Europe to repatriate crew.

 

[BadPinkTink]

Just heard that the Magic is going to Europe to repatriate crew.

omg, The Magic repositioning to Europe, that is great news and really gives me hope for my September cruise.

 

[Snowwhyt]

omg, The Magic repositioning to Europe, that is great news and really gives me hope for my September cruise.

I’m not so sure that’s a positive for upcoming cruises. They are transferring people from the 3 ships and keep only those that have longest contracts since they need 150 to maintain the ship. Its possibly the 2 ships mentioned earlier on another thread could be used for short cruises that most likely will be Florida to Bahamas.
Maybe, but has to be cheaper to sail them home on 1 smaller ship and adding a few short flights once there on the western shores of Europe and South Africa to get them home safe. And I say that considering that each port over there might require 14 days of quarantine. But another thread mentioned that the Dream plans to take some home as well.
But then again maybe they’re more willing to take a chance over there. Hopefully it won’t become big news in the states if things go wrong. ABC won’t report breakouts for them but that still leaves CBS NBC and Fox.
Which September cruise do you have?
I have a January 4-day that I don’t believe will take place as the second wave of C-19 will be larger than what we have currently experienced. 3 of the 5 of us are at risk and unless there is a vaccine we can’t go. We will never get a letter from our doctors saying it is safe for us.
But I still have hope, since it’s been mentioned one vaccine could be out as early as September or another in late December or January of next year. But, those first shots shots are going to go to first responders and then I’m thinking next in line would be those at risk. At least I hope those at risk would be next.
I hope you get to go on your cruise, and if it’s delayed hope you can get a few extra days in before and after to celebrate your wait. (I would take a few days at Disney after it softened the blow of leaving the ship.)

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Maybe, but has to be cheaper to sail them home on 1 smaller ship and adding a few short flights once there on the western shores of Europe and South Africa to get them home safe.

It's probably not cheaper, actually. A ship the size of the Magic uses $80-120k in fuel daily running at speed, as they'd need to on a TA.

 

[BadPinkTink]

I’m not so sure that’s a positive for upcoming cruises. They are transferring people from the 3 ships and keep only those that have longest contracts since they need 150 to maintain the ship. Its possibly the 2 ships mentioned earlier on another thread could be used for short cruises that most likely will be Florida to Bahamas.
Maybe, but has to be cheaper to sail them home on 1 smaller ship and adding a few short flights once there on the western shores of Europe and South Africa to get them home safe. And I say that considering that each port over there might require 14 days of quarantine. But another thread mentioned that the Dream plans to take some home as well.
But then again maybe they’re more willing to take a chance over there. Hopefully it won’t become big news in the states if things go wrong. ABC won’t report breakouts for them but that still leaves CBS NBC and Fox.
Which September cruise do you have?
I have a January 4-day that I don’t believe will take place as the second wave of C-19 will be larger than what we have currently experienced. 3 of the 5 of us are at risk and unless there is a vaccine we can’t go. We will never get a letter from our doctors saying it is safe for us.
But I still have hope, since it’s been mentioned one vaccine could be out as early as September or another in late December or January of next year. But, those first shots shots are going to go to first responders and then I’m thinking next in line would be those at risk. At least I hope those at risk would be next.
I hope you get to go on your cruise, and if it’s delayed hope you can get a few extra days in before and after to celebrate your wait. (I would take a few days at Disney after it softened the blow of leaving the ship.)

I am on The Magic 13 September from Dover, England which is the sailing just before the dry dock. The Magic is scheduled for dry dock in Cadiz Spain 18 September and then the Westbound Transatlantic is scheduled for 2 October. The Magic dry dock is a refurb of 12 staterooms on deck 8 from Category 4A, Deluxe Family Oceanview Stateroom with Verandah to Category V, Concierge Family Oceanview Staterooms with Verandah.

From the end of July to my cruise in September The Magic is scheduled in Northern Europe.