Today was the only day the ship docked in Gibraltar... We were only there from 7am to 11:30am. Any hour before 10am is a joke to me since I work until after midnight everyday. On top of that we had a crew drill today at 10:30 which ended at 11:15 - the exact time of crew all aboard. So thanks, but no thanks, Gibraltar. We were just not meant to be.
Boat drills...
There are a minimum of 3 drills a cruise. Before we set sail on embarkation day there is a passenger drill. And then there are 2 crew drills during the voyage. Passenger drills are okay, except they bitch the whole time about having to do them. Crew drills suck because they last forever. They usually incorporate an Echo (positioning emergency), Oscar (man overboard), Bravo (fire), Star Code (medical) or Delta (bomb threat) drill and then roll it into a boat drill.
Needless to say, I roll straight out of bed at 10:20 in the morning, strap on my life vest, smell like the crew bar, and stand in the theater for 30 minutes, until we hear the secondary alarm at which point I go stand underneath lifeboat 03 for 30 minutes. At which point hopefully the drill is over and I can go shower.
Crew drills are miserable miserable things that should not exist.
Period.
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