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gottacruz
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Hi guys,
Does anyone remember being on the Rccl Song of America cruise, the 11-06-88 sailing? Well i was, i thought that cruise would be wonderful, but on 11-08-88 at 7:58 p.m. there was a fire in the engine room, and the captain came on the p a, and said that there is a fire, please get your life jackets on and go to your life boat, this is no drill, the sirens went off and everyone jumped into action. I grabbed my camera and life jacket and on the way up to the life boat stations, i took pictures, cuz who would ever believe it, We had just left cozumel mexico a couple of hours before. We all gathered at our life boat stations, to wait for further instructions. We waited. They finally got the fire out and let us back inside the ship, where there were two lounges on deck 9, that we could sit. The ship was dead in the water all night long, later, we had to limp back to cozumel, to wait for parts to be flown in from norway. They let us get off in cozmel, the next night, rccl gave out a letter to all on board, that said, if you want a full refund take the letter to your travel agent, or if you want to take another cruise, on rccl, take the letter and show it to your t a. The ship had to cancel the rest of the cruise and go back to miami a day early, on sat, but since all the incoming ships were returning to miami on sat, we had to wait our turn to tie up at the dock, after all the ships had left. Fortunately, no one was injured or hurt on the ship, no passengers or crew. The passengers renamed the song of america, to flame of america, and that cruise became known as the "Fire Cruise." Five months later, i was back for my free cruise, on the sun viking. Oh yeah, i got dinner at midnight that night, lukewarm spagghetti, and the maidre d when he saw me, asked if i was ok, and i said yes. Its been awhile,like 19 years,now. Hope all of you have a wonderful day.
gottacruz
Does anyone remember being on the Rccl Song of America cruise, the 11-06-88 sailing? Well i was, i thought that cruise would be wonderful, but on 11-08-88 at 7:58 p.m. there was a fire in the engine room, and the captain came on the p a, and said that there is a fire, please get your life jackets on and go to your life boat, this is no drill, the sirens went off and everyone jumped into action. I grabbed my camera and life jacket and on the way up to the life boat stations, i took pictures, cuz who would ever believe it, We had just left cozumel mexico a couple of hours before. We all gathered at our life boat stations, to wait for further instructions. We waited. They finally got the fire out and let us back inside the ship, where there were two lounges on deck 9, that we could sit. The ship was dead in the water all night long, later, we had to limp back to cozumel, to wait for parts to be flown in from norway. They let us get off in cozmel, the next night, rccl gave out a letter to all on board, that said, if you want a full refund take the letter to your travel agent, or if you want to take another cruise, on rccl, take the letter and show it to your t a. The ship had to cancel the rest of the cruise and go back to miami a day early, on sat, but since all the incoming ships were returning to miami on sat, we had to wait our turn to tie up at the dock, after all the ships had left. Fortunately, no one was injured or hurt on the ship, no passengers or crew. The passengers renamed the song of america, to flame of america, and that cruise became known as the "Fire Cruise." Five months later, i was back for my free cruise, on the sun viking. Oh yeah, i got dinner at midnight that night, lukewarm spagghetti, and the maidre d when he saw me, asked if i was ok, and i said yes. Its been awhile,like 19 years,now. Hope all of you have a wonderful day.
gottacruz