Anonymous wrote:Were the life jackets clean?

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Anonymous wrote:All this coverage has made me so upset and anxious. We have a cruise booked for this summer, and it’s our first real vacation in over two years (between Covid and DH’s BigLaw schedule, it’s been really hard to find quality family time). Now I’m second-guessing myself. Do you think that they will have new safety regulations in place by July? Can I bring a personal inflatable raft onboard? (I was thinking of having it delivered to an Amazon locker near the dock.)

What about our nanny? She’ll be staying on a different level, and will have a different muster station than us. It will be really inconvenient if an emergency happens at night — we’ll wind up in the lifeboat alone with our kids (8, 10, 14). Can I ask Royal Caribbean to make an exception for her? Would my DS14 be counted as a man? Or could the captain allow him to go into the boat with the other children? (He has a late summer birthday and is small for his age, plus ADHD. His therapist and endocrinologist both say he’s still very much a child.)

This is all so overwhelming! If anyone has any experience with surviving a shipwreck, or knows of an organization/business that could help me plan, I’d really appreciate some advice. I mean, I think of Titanic and just get so cold at the idea of having our well-deserved vacation ruined like that.

Here’s what we did on our RC cruise last week.

-everyone and I mean everyone in your party stays on the same deck level so you have the same muster station.

-we took our former au pair (flew her over from Norway five days ahead so she could stay with us and help us get out 3DC packed) and our nanny we usually share and is normally part time. Asked part time nanny to be full time with us for two weeks and to go with us. This didn’t go over well with her other family but LOL we paid her in cash. No longer speaking to the other family.

-our 6DC who is 2E and IEP at an GT Level 4 Center ES needs his consistency so his tutor went along. Tutor is male and got his own cabin down the hall from us. Nanny and au pair had cabins with 2DC and 1DC. DH and I had our our cabin.

-I am extremely petite/size 0/97 pounds and always travel with a doctors note indicating that I am always to be granted privileges to include access to board first, access to children’s meals, etc.

- had our weekly cleaning lady come in twice-once at the beginning of the week and one the day after we left.

TL/DR: safest to travel now post sinking. Just go and take your help along.

Lol!!

Anonymous wrote:Bet we’ll never sing this song ‘round the campfire:

It was said/so sad! It was said when the great ship went down
To the bottom of the sea
Uncles and aunts little children lost their pants
It was sad when the great shop went down

Husbands and wives little children lost their lives
It was sad when the great ship went down
To the bottom of the sea sea sea

Anonymous wrote:So, has Taft mobilized the National Guard or Navy yet? What is he waiting for?

Anonymous wrote:Is it tacky if I still buy a second class ticket for our governess for our next Atlantic passage or do I have to spring for first class now?

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:All this coverage has made me so upset and anxious. We have a cruise booked for this summer, and it’s our first real vacation in over two years (between Covid and DH’s BigLaw schedule, it’s been really hard to find quality family time). Now I’m second-guessing myself. Do you think that they will have new safety regulations in place by July? Can I bring a personal inflatable raft onboard? (I was thinking of having it delivered to an Amazon locker near the dock.)

What about our nanny? She’ll be staying on a different level, and will have a different muster station than us. It will be really inconvenient if an emergency happens at night — we’ll wind up in the lifeboat alone with our kids (8, 10, 14). Can I ask Royal Caribbean to make an exception for her? Would my DS14 be counted as a man? Or could the captain allow him to go into the boat with the other children? (He has a late summer birthday and is small for his age, plus ADHD. His therapist and endocrinologist both say he’s still very much a child.)

This is all so overwhelming! If anyone has any experience with surviving a shipwreck, or knows of an organization/business that could help me plan, I’d really appreciate some advice. I mean, I think of Titanic and just get so cold at the idea of having our well-deserved vacation ruined like that.

Here’s what we did on our RC cruise last week.

-everyone and I mean everyone in your party stays on the same deck level so you have the same muster station.

-we took our former au pair (flew her over from Norway five days ahead so she could stay with us and help us get out 3DC packed) and our nanny we usually share and is normally part time. Asked part time nanny to be full time with us for two weeks and to go with us. This didn’t go over well with her other family but LOL we paid her in cash. No longer speaking to the other family.

-our 6DC who is 2E and IEP at an GT Level 4 Center ES needs his consistency so his tutor went along. Tutor is male and got his own cabin down the hall from us. Nanny and au pair had cabins with 2DC and 1DC. DH and I had our our cabin.

-I am extremely petite/size 0/97 pounds and always travel with a doctors note indicating that I am always to be granted privileges to include access to board first, access to children’s meals, etc.

- had our weekly cleaning lady come in twice-once at the beginning of the week and one the day after we left.

TL/DR: safest to travel now post sinking. Just go and take your help along.

Lol!!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All this coverage has made me so upset and anxious. We have a cruise booked for this summer, and it’s our first real vacation in over two years (between Covid and DH’s BigLaw schedule, it’s been really hard to find quality family time). Now I’m second-guessing myself. Do you think that they will have new safety regulations in place by July? Can I bring a personal inflatable raft onboard? (I was thinking of having it delivered to an Amazon locker near the dock.)

What about our nanny? She’ll be staying on a different level, and will have a different muster station than us. It will be really inconvenient if an emergency happens at night — we’ll wind up in the lifeboat alone with our kids (8, 10, 14). Can I ask Royal Caribbean to make an exception for her? Would my DS14 be counted as a man? Or could the captain allow him to go into the boat with the other children? (He has a late summer birthday and is small for his age, plus ADHD. His therapist and endocrinologist both say he’s still very much a child.)

This is all so overwhelming! If anyone has any experience with surviving a shipwreck, or knows of an organization/business that could help me plan, I’d really appreciate some advice. I mean, I think of Titanic and just get so cold at the idea of having our well-deserved vacation ruined like that.

Here’s what we did on our RC cruise last week.

-everyone and I mean everyone in your party stays on the same deck level so you have the same muster station.

-we took our former au pair (flew her over from Norway five days ahead so she could stay with us and help us get out 3DC packed) and our nanny we usually share and is normally part time. Asked part time nanny to be full time with us for two weeks and to go with us. This didn’t go over well with her other family but LOL we paid her in cash. No longer speaking to the other family.

-our 6DC who is 2E and IEP at an GT Level 4 Center ES needs his consistency so his tutor went along. Tutor is male and got his own cabin down the hall from us. Nanny and au pair had cabins with 2DC and 1DC. DH and I had our our cabin.

-I am extremely petite/size 0/97 pounds and always travel with a doctors note indicating that I am always to be granted privileges to include access to board first, access to children’s meals, etc.

- had our weekly cleaning lady come in twice-once at the beginning of the week and one the day after we left.

TL/DR: safest to travel now post sinking. Just go and take your help along.

Anonymous wrote:This is obviously fake news drummed up by Fox News and Trump.