Vessels are huge – like mini -driving cities. It gives some cruisers an idea – hide at the final stop and go again. But what happens when they try it?
Reddit Member ‘HEAVYFLUTE4’ was very interested in knowing the answer, and Ask the forum: “Redditors who tried to hide on a speed when it ended, so you could stay on the ship for the next round … how did it go?”
Surprisingly, according to Cruise Worker ‘late_sleeper123, this is a fairly frequent problem,’ happens about once a month/every other month ‘.
And there were quite a few people ready to share stories of stowaway attempts – including one Brit’s shocking drunken escapades while on a voyage from Newcastle to Amsterdam.
There were also many former crew members ready to pour cold water for any suggestions that it would be easy to stay hidden.
Tracks bid
Among them were ‘Toomuchcoffe1’ and ‘badvinegar’.
In response to ‘HEAVYFLUTE4’ ‘s inquiry, the former replies:’ We will find you. We know that you are in the ship. And we all want you to get off so I can take a short nap before I have to do it again in a few hours.
“You can’t physically get away with it. We know who is on board and who is not. ‘
The Reddit member ‘HeafyFlute4’ asked the forum: ‘Redditors who tried to hide on a speed when it ended, so you could stay on the ship for the next round … how did it go?’ The answers flooded in …
They explain that all passengers are detected using ‘Ship ID’ during their time on the speed, making it very difficult for everyone to hide.
‘Badvinegar’ says: ‘We give you a card at the check -in and the card is scanned as soon as you step on board. In addition, it is scanned if you leave the ship for full dearkation or excursions.
‘At the end of your voyage, Debarkation starts at about 7am. Come 10am, we receive a list of people who have not scanned their card yet. (It is impossible to get off the boat without scanning your card unless you jump into the water.)
“Then a manhunt starts to get you off the ship so we can put a new 2,200-2.600 people on it.
“We do not start on board new passengers until each card is scanned from the previous trip.”
According to ‘Toomuchcoffe1’, vessels even have a list of hiding places that they usually find troublesome passengers.
Crew first looks at stowaways in the hijacks, before going to the Lido deck and the public bathrooms.
“And if you finally find them … they have an attitude about it when we ask them to please leave,” they add.
First time cruise errors
“You can’t physically get away with it. We know who is on board and who is not, ‘said one crew member
Some first time cruisers, such as ‘Guccinisti’, do not realize that there is a strict time. They say they stayed on their first speed longer than were allowed because they “didn’t really know how it works”.
Fortunately, they add, the crew was “calm and understanding” because it was a sincere mistake.
Staff from another ship also managed to see the funny side when ‘Pettster12’ got stuck in a supply box after a ‘slightly embarrassing’, last night of their speed.
They remember: ‘The ship has dock and there was a two -hour search for me. Still drunk, I couldn’t find a way to get out of the room where the stock box was, and the door was closed.
“The crew thought I was trying to sneak another ride, but after checking the cameras, they could clearly see that I was sober. So they let me go on my way with a nice laugh.
“They were planning to report me, but the captain made it slip. Just very grateful that they trapped it on camera! ‘
Catching the day
Those who are deliberately caught, try to get away, are unknowingly treated, as you can expect.
While on a ‘mini -cruise’ from Newcastle to Amsterdam, ‘Sco91TTY’ remembers how their friend got drunk and pulled a table off the wall before picking up his and his friend’s top and threw them overboard have, ‘screams’ wheeyyy ”.
The thread revealed that the crew first looked at Stowaways in the cameras before going to the Lido deck and the public bathrooms
They add: ‘He was quickly sent to the brig (aboard the jail) and confiscated his passport, which means he couldn’t get on the boat after our day in Amsterdam. So he tried to hide under the bed.
“According to his story, he couldn’t fit so his feet protruded. He said he was caught up immediately and they threw him off. We never saw him that day. ‘
Fortunately for ‘Sco91TTy’ partner, he managed to explain his situation to the British embassy, who arranged for him to fly home without a passport.
Meanwhile, “Late_Sleeper123” remembers a passenger aboard the voyage they worked on, which became “very high on sour and locked themselves in the bathroom because they were with their family and did not want them to find out ‘.
They remember: ‘The speed was dock and when it was time to go, the family panicked to find him.
“Security eventually found him and he admitted to planning to leave his family here while doing the speed a second time.
“Honestly, there was no way he could get away with this, because they make sure everyone is off the boat before we let more people go on, and if we didn’t find him, the cleaning staff would have it.”
Another Cruiser, ‘Delliott456’, saw a couple trying to compensate an extra week of ship’s time during a two -week speed.
They reveal: ‘Dozens of announcements that they or someone they saw were made throughout the day.
“Their rooms were searched and everything they owned in that room was (apparently) seized.
“The ship left about 90 minutes late, but they were eventually found and escorted from the ship when the crew decided to check the identity of each passenger on board.”
