What happens if you die on a cruise ship? I know most modern cruise ships have a morgue, but can they keep the body until the ship returns to home port, or must it be removed at the next port stop?
2007-01-04 11:38:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Cruise Travel
Especially if you are 85 years old, and it's of natural causes.
2007-01-04 11:42:17 · update #1
your body is offloaded at the next port of call
2007-01-04 11:42:24 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well, one time i was stuck at the miami airport and i struck up a conversation with an older lady. she had just taken a 14 day cruise through the panama canal. well, not one but two people died on that cruise! she was telling me that they had to divert the ship, actually turn it around because they wanted to drop the body off at the nearest port (behind them) and not wait until they crossed the canal. sooo, she was all bent out of shape becase they missed 2 ports and the only compensation they got was a $20 ship board credit. lol. i say if somebody dies, it is fine if my vacation gets interrupted a little bit.
2007-01-05 01:22:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A friend lost her husband on a cruise and they stuck him in the freezer until they reached US waters. They were on a Mexican Cruise. I think it depends what waters you are in as to what they do with the body. Somone died on a Hawaiian Cruise and they took the body off next Port.
2007-01-05 00:53:02 · answer #3 · answered by grouchyeve 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A guy died on my Cruise last year. The U.S. Coast Guard picks up the body the next time you make port.
2007-01-04 19:46:42 · answer #4 · answered by Firefox88 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
at the next port the cops come aboard
2007-01-04 19:40:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the family members.
2007-01-04 19:42:59 · answer #6 · answered by lee f 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why care? If youe dead youre dead. Johan
2007-01-05 08:20:42 · answer #7 · answered by Johan from Sweden 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your body will then be fish food.
2007-01-04 19:44:36 · answer #8 · answered by Calinutz 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they bury you at sea. a very solemn and moving sevice actually.
2007-01-04 19:42:16 · answer #9 · answered by SKYDOGSLIM 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
why do you care if your allready dead....
2007-01-04 19:41:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋