gemstone1952

I remember as a teenager camping at the Fort in the early 70’s. At night they turned the buffet stations into build your own personal pizza. It was so cool. You would go through and build your little pizza pay for it then find a seat and wait for it to cook. There was bear heads hanging on the wall and other decor around. That was over 50 years ago and those are the best memories. Along with the open trams that would go around the loops to drop you off at your site. We would ride them just to avoid the mosquitoes.  Ahh the memories. Miss them. 

I was on the Oasis on that cruise.  The seas were rough at cozumel during the day but had calmed during the evening, though it was still rough.  The ship was not doing any major "rocking and rolling".  I have a pretty weak stomach and was seasick earlier in the day but not in the evening.   My husband and I were out walking the track (on the 5th deck)  in the evening.   I would NOT have been out walking anywhere if the ship was rocking and rolling.  I would be curled up in bed in a fetal position.  Anyways,  I don't recall any huge waves coming up onto the 5th deck during the time we were out walking.   I don't recall the deck being particularly wet in any area either so not too much sea spray.  Deck five is where the track is (mostly enclosed) and it is also the  deck where the life rafts are located and it is the first "open deck" that passengers are allowed out on....I don't know if crew had access to lower decks, I suppose they did so maybe this passenger was on a deck that only crew could access and  he had no business being on that deck?  They also close off the decks to passengers when it is too windy or dangerous for passengers to be out on them.  I don't know what happened but it seems odd that no one recalls the ship being hit with a wave that would knock a passenger off the 5th deck (or higher).  I've seen a news story that RCL verified a passenger went off the ship into the water and was rescued by the Disney ship so something happened.  How and why?  That is the mystery.