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Sea Princess cruise passengers spend 10 days in blackout for fear of pirates
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Posted on 08/11/2017 9:38:07 AM PDT by BenLurkin

1,900 passengers aboard a 104 day cruise around the world got an unsettling surprise after they departed from Sydney, Australia toward Dubai.

For ten days, the passengers had to endure a mandatory dusk-to-dawn blackout for fear of pirate attacks. “No deck parties, no movies under the stars, no late-night outdoor bar hopping or pool dipping” were just some of the bans included in the blackout ordered by Captain Gennaro Arma, recalls Carolyn Jasinski, a passenger on the ship. The ship essentially become a ghost – all curtains were drawn, all lights were dimmed or turned off.

Arma wanted to remind his crew and his passengers that the threat of pirates “was real and the ship must be prepared for a pirate attack.”

Jasinski says that in addition to the blackout, there were obligatory pirate drills to prepare the crew and passengers in case an actual attack happened.

“[The passengers] were advised to sit on the floor and to hang on to hand rails in case the ship had to maneuver away from pirate ships. In the case of a real threat, those passengers in outside cabins were told to close and lock their balcony doors, then lock their entrance door to their cabin and take shelter in the corridors,” she says in her essay detailing the experience.

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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: blackout; cruise; maritime; pirates; seaprincess
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To: grania

I would much rather do a river cruise.


61 posted on 08/11/2017 12:06:43 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds more like the activity director quit... and the Captain’s a drama queen.


62 posted on 08/11/2017 12:17:09 PM PDT by GOPJ (Shaming into silence is the antithesis of psychological safety-James Damore-fired for speaking truth)
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To: ptsal
There will be an outbreak of unexpected birth announcements in May 2018.

LOL - you're right.

63 posted on 08/11/2017 12:18:56 PM PDT by GOPJ (Shaming into silence is the antithesis of psychological safety-James Damore-fired for speaking truth)
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To: ClearCase_guy

If the cruise was advertised as a “Shoot-the-Pirate” cruise, it’d be flooded with customers. Also, have speed boats ready to run them sonsabitches down if they try get away.


64 posted on 08/11/2017 1:02:38 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: dfwgator
I would much rather do a river cruise.
but anytime soon, they'll probably have to start enforcing black-outs on Rhine cruises passing through Germany ...
65 posted on 08/11/2017 1:50:34 PM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: The Westerner

Malta.....and I should have said Massad or ex-Massad.


66 posted on 08/11/2017 3:06:47 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

It’s spelled MOSSAD.


67 posted on 08/11/2017 3:11:16 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Reily

Thanks, Spelling Marm!


68 posted on 08/11/2017 3:26:46 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy
Standards must be maintained! 😀
69 posted on 08/11/2017 3:33:45 PM PDT by Reily
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To: BenLurkin
The ship was fully equipped with pirate-alluding tools...

Pickaxes? Pitchforks? Pistols?
70 posted on 08/12/2017 7:31:10 AM PDT by golux
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