Over her dead body I agree

Over her dead body

I agree with you that this could happen anywhere and John is to be commended for his efforts to keep the entire ship informed on everything that went on. John is a dear friend of mine, have known him since 1 We will see him on the BC4, can t wait! Maybe we will run into you on the Miracle, this will be our 21st cruise. You ll become Platinum on your 10th cruise! Linda Mike We are all so glad that everyone is safe healthy! Please know that cruising with Carnival has been always will be my favorite way to vacation! Kudos to Carnival! John, need a raise! I hope to get to cruise with you one day, John. I have nothing but the utmost respect for you and Carnival. You all did an outstanding job under the worse conditions. Kudos to you, all of the crew on the Carnival Splendor, and it s passengers. I m so glad everyone is safe. You really know how to leave a girl in suspense! Hope you have gotten lots of rest and hot showers and tea/coffee. I m still a cruise addict, hope my next cruise director is as much as a pro as you are. Megan must have an unusual anatomy if you could see the moonlight bouncing off of her moons as she walked towards you. That s all I have to say about that. You see to have been very involved I have a question that doesn t seemed to have been asked or answered yet why wouldn t Carnival allowed the lifeboats to be used and brought these people to shore instead of making them spend 2 days without toilets, hot water, and in those conditions? We are booked for an October cruise and this basic fact is worrying me. It seems common sense that no one should be exposed to those conditions. It is like sitting on a runway for 3 hours and not be allowed off the plane or out of your seat. I am positive you all did what you could do, and the fire was over her dead body your fault, but I think the ball was dropped here no? Unless the ship was in danger of being consumed by the fire or in danger of sinking, I m sure it s safer for 4, 500 people to stay on the ship. They were far from land, and to take all those people onto other rescue ships, I m sure would be a major task. Just because some passengers complained they had no hot water. From accounts, the toilets were running on backup power, as was cold water. I m sure it was not a walk in the park. But it looks like Carnival did what any cruise line would do. I am also sure the powers that be have discussed the lifeboats, but deceided not to do it. Lifeboats are for only life threatening conditions. The toilets were up over her dead body running after 12 hours. So the rest of the time was basically no hot water and no fancy food. While not ideal circumstances, far from a life threatening emergency. Have you ever been in the lifeboat when used as the first tender and every seat is taken? Bad enough in the relatively sheltered run to the port. Used as a lifeboat there would be a lot more people on-board for many, many hours, in much rougher water. First time here, great sense of humor. I will be sailing on the Splendor Nov Hope to have a pop tart and I like your spirit Jim. I ll be sailing in January on the Triumph. Have a pop over her dead body and spam sandwich for me. forward to part This gives me a deeper admiration to the entire crew on a cruise ship. God Bless you all. Thanks for the recap! Looking forward to reading part 2! By the way, the NBC, CBS, and ABC mornign shows all had interviews with passengers that were on this cruise with you and they all had great things to say about you and the crew. John, glad you have started to post this. Glad you are back. I usually post on your FB stuff now, not here, but I feel I have to add my thanks for the rest of the story said in that menacing voice they use on the radio I look forward to the whole thing, including you being the king of SPAM. Cant wait for part I must say that I ve sailed on Carnival before and all of the crew is very professional. I cant wait to cruise with you guys again! John, so glad you and the others are safe on land. Although I haven t seen you on the news yet, I heard tape of that wonderful voice of yours, which I m sure was very calming to everyone. The newlyweds on the Today Show even mentioned you by name and stated how great you were during the entire time. Please take some time and get some much needed rest! All of your loyal followers have been praying for you, the crew, and the guests. I can only imagine the fear that you and the rest of the crew must have been going through during the moments you just described but according to everything we have been able to hear so far, you all handled everything with the utmost professionalism and are to be highly commended! I know that under the circumstances, even though you are back to land, that you must have an incredible amount of work ahead of you. Please take care of yourself as best you can.