On 15 June, Britannia will set sail from Southampton to the warmer waters of the Mediterranean, but on this cruise there’s one less thing for our Guests to worry about on the first day of their holiday – carrying a life jacket to the muster drill.
As most of you may know, having been on cruises yourself either for work or leisure, before any of our ship sails, all boarding Guests must attend a muster drill – a short brief which outlines what to do in the event of an emergency.
Britannia will be the first of our ships to trial the exercise without Guests having to take their life jacket along. They’ll be able to leave them safely in their cabin, having been advised of the new drill process by the ‘Officer of the Watch’ announcements.
As heroes of safe and well it will still be important that during the drill, our ship’s company demonstrate how to wear a life jacket, but this will be more of a similar experience to the one Guests receive on a plane. They’ll also have the opportunity to try on the life jackets if they wish as well as be shown how to put life jackets on their children. As always, the cabin steward will help with any questions, as well as ensuring the cabin has the correct number of life jackets for our Guests.
We’ll also be trying this out on Queen Victoria on 16 June which will be followed by a full roll out across the rest of our fleet.
This is just one more way we’re improving our Guest experience by making the drill simpler, smoother and shorter.
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Will this be sufficient for first time cruise guests who may not have seen cruise ship type life jackets previously. after all practice makes perfect even though by not having our guest move through the ship to their cabin to collect life-jackets and then on to the muster station does remove some risk of their tripping over loose straps and bumping into the ships structure carrying a bulky life jacket, however my thoughts suggest that donning their life-jacket in the correct way at least once before departure out-weighs the the minor inconvenience.
Saves time and lets people make the most of exploring straight away without having to go to their cabin to collect or drop of their life jacket . Great work