After reading this blog and seeing the pictures, please consider how you feel about the truthfulness and perception of Disney Cruise Lines representatives. Their official statement reads,
"While it was a difficult evening, never was the safety of our guests or crew members compromised" -Rebecca Peddie, manager public affairs.
Consider this when you look at the photos of the damage the ship endured....
- What if it had been 4 hours earlier?
- What if children had been at the "Midship Detective" kiosks that flipped over and skidded across the hall? ...They would have been crushed, seriously injured or killed!
- What if folks had still been roaming on the Ledo deck and restaurants?
I look at those pictures and think, it is ONLY by the grace of God that it happened when the public areas, restaurants and shops were empty at 1:30AM. Never once before all this happened was it recommended that we return to our rooms. Our only communication was to "be cautious and use handrails while in the hallways."
I wonder if any of the arm chair quarterbacks and insensitive "naysayers" would be willing to wheel their child or grandparent into those areas for a repeat performance? Do they have THAT much faith in the "magic of Disney" that they now believe they are invincible?
