According to international navigation standards On the first day of boarding a cruise, a emergency drill, this is mandatory for all ships and passengers. You can take it as something anecdotal and entertaining, but it is very important that you do it in the correct way and paying close attention.
To enter in the cabin We will find a lot of information about the cruise, things like offers, excursions, daily program of activities on the ship and in it the exact time when the emergency drill will be held.
To start this simulacrum we will have to go to a meeting point with the life jackets, which are in the closet on. So the first thing we will see is if there is 1 lifeguard for each person and if there is also one of the right size for children. Recently there has been a change in the safety regulations and depending on the number of passengers and for large ships it may not be necessary to carry a life jacket, although in any case it is more than advisable to check if we have them in the cabin.
To find out where to go at the time of the drill or in an emergency we have to look inside the cabin door. In most of the boats this point coincides with the lifeboat that corresponds to us per cabin, but there are other cases in which we are cited in a meeting place such as the theater, lounges, bars ...
When the time comes for the drill an alarm will sound, an intermittent beep, 1 long and 7 short, it will be time to put on the life jacket and go calmly and without running to our meeting point. There will be a demonstration of how to use the life preserver and it may even be a list of people or cabins.