Has anyone else noticed this??????

[Sailor_to_Cruiser 109]

I just got off Symphony of the Seas last week.  What a lovely ship.

I was looking over my balcony one day and noticed the numbering of the life boats below.  Life boat #2 has a number C6DF6, Lifeboat #4 has C6FD6, and Lifeboat #6 goes back to C6DF6. (in case you missed it, it is the reversal of DF/FD in the numbers)

Is this just the OCD in me?  I wonder if even the captain has noticed this discrepancy.

What do you think?

[Matt 7,933]

Can't say I have, although, I'm not sure I've ever paid that much attention to the lifeboat serial numbers.

[SPS 323]

I tend to spend more time reading the drink menus rather than the lifeboat serial numbers. 😁

[Todd W 260]

1 hour ago, SPS said:

I tend to spend more time reading the drink menus rather than the lifeboat serial numbers. 😁

Person after my own heart lol

 

[twangster 17,635]

C6DF6 is a reference to the ship, as in Symphony.  You'll see that number in large print on the helipad and it's printed on top of deck 18 in large print.  It's an internationally assigned number and every ship has a unique number like it.  Every life boat from a given ship carries the identifier of the ship it is from.  The actual lifeboat number is usually also there.

C6B17 is Anthem.

Note the 16 also present on top, that's life boat 16 from ship C6B17 (Anthem).

C6FV8 is Serenade

and so on...

[Lovetocruise2002 7,898]

6 minutes ago, twangster said:

C6DF6 is a reference to the ship, as in Symphony.  You'll see that number in large print on the helipad and it's printed on top of deck 18 in large print.  It's an internationally assigned number and every ship has a unique number like it.  Every life boat from a given ship carries the identifier of the ship it is from.  The actual lifeboat number is usually also there.

C6B17 is Anthem.

Note the 16 also present on top, that's life boat 16 from ship C6B17 (Anthem).

C6FV8 is Serenade

and so on...

How do you know this stuff??

Did you go to "cruise addict" school or something??? 😆

[twangster 17,635]

Actually I missed @Sailor_to_Cruiser point.  Some life boats were signed wrong.  C6DF6 is not a registered ship.  Yep, dyslexic sign guy.

[NS8VN 236]

I feel like a guy in the shipyard probably finished painting it and noticed he mixed it up.  It was probably right at quitting time, he looked around and didn't see anyone, and decided that nobody would ever notice.

Little did he know...

[twangster 17,635]

3 hours ago, NS8VN said:

I feel like a guy in the shipyard probably finished painting it and noticed he mixed it up.  It was probably right at quitting time, he looked around and didn't see anyone, and decided that nobody would ever notice.

Little did he know...

Paint shop crew got a new guy.  The old crew have been there for years.  They decided to prank the newbie and told him to use DF.  Little did they know he went out and got a couple painted before any one could stop him. No one notices until...

[Bob_KY 162]

Maybe Paint Shop Guy had too many Loving Cups.  

 

[Sailor_to_Cruiser 109]

11 hours ago, NS8VN said:

I feel like a guy in the shipyard probably finished painting it and noticed he mixed it up.  It was probably right at quitting time, he looked around and didn't see anyone, and decided that nobody would ever notice.

Little did he know...

Not much gets past me.

[Sailor_to_Cruiser 109]

12 hours ago, twangster said:

Actually I missed @Sailor_to_Cruiser point.  Some life boats were signed wrong.  C6DF6 is not a registered ship.  Yep, dyslexic sign guy.

C6DF6 is the right number. C6FD6 seems to be the wrong one.

[WAAAYTOOO 6,519]

13 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

How do you know this stuff??

Did you go to "cruise addict" school or something??? 😆

Because he’s a BOT!

[HeWhoWaits 359]

15 hours ago, Bob_KY said:

Maybe Paint Shop Guy had too many Loving Cups.  

 

Man, I miss those! Last cruise we took, the layered drinks were offered in regular glasses. One of the main reasons we always got the layered drinks each night after dinner was to add to the loving cup collection.

[Lovetocruise2002 7,898]

1 minute ago, HeWhoWaits said:

Man, I miss those! Last cruise we took, the layered drinks were offered in regular glasses. One of the main reasons we always got the layered drinks each night after dinner was to add to the loving cup collection.

Same, we have quite the collection too!

Those are the small touches I miss from MDR.....

[Bob_KY 162]

Agree.  We should gather all of our cups, take a picture and see who has the most.  The old colored aluminum ones may date me.

[Lovetocruise2002 7,898]

Just now, Bob_KY said:

Agree.  We should gather all of our cups, take a picture and see who has the most.  The old colored aluminum ones may date me.

Those are the ones I have!! 😆

[HeWhoWaits 359]

9 minutes ago, Bob_KY said:

Agree.  We should gather all of our cups, take a picture and see who has the most.  The old colored aluminum ones may date me.

The aluminum ones are the earliest we have as well.

Would the comparison be based on number of different style/color combinations or can I count the 15 or so of one style/color? 5 adults having at least one per night adds up in hurry!

[Bob_KY 162]

Go ahead and say, Grasshopper, when you take the cup from my hand, it is time for you to go on a cruise.  Remember, a humble person, walks with his head down and measures one's worth by the quantity of loving cups....

https://youtu.be/j1wjvP-raOI

I think you won already....  time to cruise.

[tonyfsu21 579]

On 5/1/2018 at 1:58 PM, twangster said:

C6DF6 is a reference to the ship, as in Symphony.  You'll see that number in large print on the helipad and it's printed on top of deck 18 in large print.  It's an internationally assigned number and every ship has a unique number like it.  Every life boat from a given ship carries the identifier of the ship it is from.  The actual lifeboat number is usually also there.

C6B17 is Anthem.

Note the 16 also present on top, that's life boat 16 from ship C6B17 (Anthem).

C6FV8 is Serenade

and so on...

Here is an example on Harmony

[twangster 17,635]

If I'm not mistaken the C6XXX number is a radio call sign, must like a ham radio station identifier. 

The IMO pictured above is the International Marine Organization (IMO) serial number. 

I think the idea is that Coast Guard (or equivalent in other countries) can look down from a helicopter or during search and rescue operations and read the call sign, then hail them on the radio (each life boat has a radio too).  On bridge tours I've seen the call sign mounted near the radios so it's easy for all bridge crew to know what call sign their ship uses.