Lifeboat Drill - Carnival Conquest

[camcamrich932]

if the boat capsized like posiedon how would the lifeboats work if tilted at an angle,that is if they would work at all

[tntornadox3]

@camcamrich932

Modern lifeboats and their davits are designed so the lifeboats cannot sink, they would become detached if drug underwater and float to the surface.

[MrWill1985]

I dont know for sure that is necessarily a drill. Normally Lifeboat drills you remain on the promenade deck and the life boats stay where they are. You just report to your assigned muster station during the entire drill wearing your life jackets. This case they may be testing the cables to make sure the boats will lower then testing the boats to make sure they work properly. Since that is important in the event of an emergency.

[TheMovieMaster10]

When see lifeboats going down on a Carnival Cruise I think "that's usual... there's ALWAYS something wrong on Carnival"

[yomamasapeach]

do you have to go in the boat

[TheMovieMaster10]

@yomamasapeach i don't think so

[WamsWarrior]

I don't like how slow the boats go down. I think they should go a little faster.

[LEGOkid354]

@WamsWarrior Neither do I.

[WamsWarrior]

But I guess with all the weight that is as fast as it can go.

[ikanjer]

it is a crew boat drill that they have continously during the month. sometimes guests can watch if they are on board how the equipment and the procedures (fire on board,evacuation...) are trained. It's usualy performed when docked or on ancor in port so that crew can do the drill without leaving working posts and when there are not a lot of guests and things to do...

[CourtneyK101]

ummmmmmm why lifeboat drll?

[BMWED19]

@CourtneyK101 To be prepared unlike the people on Titanic

[titanic7grl]

i didn't know that they acually lowered the lifeboats...

[dudeman1234567899]

i hate the new style lifeboats i liked the titanic ones!!!

[thea167890]

i like them too but hate the workout involved

[WamsWarrior]

The titanic's boats only carried 65 people not like todays lifeboats which carry 150 people.

[pokemon78618]

@WamsWarrior the oasis of the seas carries 350 each lifeboat.

[WamsWarrior]

@pokemon78618 i know but all ships except oasis and aullre only carry 150 or 180

[zachray263]

okay, be exposed to the elements and the rain

[MrWill1985]

@dudeman1234567899 My guess is the reason for the design with modern life boats is not just new technology but also in the event of rough seas waves cannot get in the life boats causing them to sink. So thats basically why almost all life boats now days are enclosed. I myself like these modern life boats better then the Titanics life boats.

[seanlee747]

@dudeman1234567899 didn't work out so well for them...

[umf]

Holy crap! The lifeboats are even better than my boat! ha ha