re: Amy Bradley is Missing on Netflix

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In 1999? It was pre 9/11, security wasn't the same.

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Yes in 1999, you are debarking into a foreign country. They still checked entry and exit for everyone including crew members. You were basically doing customs. 9/11 didn't change that. Did you cruise back then? I've been going since I could remember as a kid in the late 80s.

They had cameras in the major areas on the ship, they didn't see her get off or after she went to her room.

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I went on a Disney Cruise to the bahamas a month ago and you don't even need a passport. If thats how lax it is in 2025, Its fully believeable that she could get off the boat undocumented in 1999.

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You check in with your documents electronically these days before even stepping near the port. Your sea pass counts as your documents when you debark and embark.

They have facial recognition cameras everywhere. It's not lax at all these days.

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So? You absolutely provided some form of government-issued ID when you checked in to the ship.

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His original claim was getting off a ship in a foreign country is basically like going through customs. It is not.

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You don't need a passport at any time to get on a cruise and get off at the bahamas. Not when you check in, not when you get off the boat, never. I am aware of the cameras with facial recognition and what not in 2025. Those didn't exist in 1999. They had 1 dipshit in a stateroom with tapes on VHS. Stop acting like they had ironclad security on this boat.

And if they did have such high levels of security, why can't they prove she jumped or fell off? Should be cameras right? or someone should have seen or heard something? You can't claim its impossible to get off the boat undetected and then say she got off the boat undetected.

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Depending on which country you are from and where you are going along with what port you leave from and return from because that also impacts things. They require different documents for different types of cruises. I never said passport, I said documents because I do this often and I know it changes often based on the type of cruise I am doing. Let's take for example the WHTI in 2007 changed some things about what is required, I am sure some other things changed between now and then with other laws too.

However, what didn't change is the cruise ships making sure they abide by the document requirements for entry into the countries they visit. They do check for a lot of things when you debark/embark because you are entering and exiting another country. That's why they check your bags when you get back on, plus they want to confiscate any alcohol you bought . They also want to keep track of who is missing from the ship including crew. They don't just let them free roam when they got them on such shitty contract terms. Cameras in certain areas have been present for a long time including entry and exit areas to the ship. They had cameras they reviewed on this ship and stated such in the documentary. They also left a ton out of the documentary to push the sex trafficking angle.

The push for cameras covering all angles for people that fall overboard is a more recent push because of incidents like Amy.

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Her shoes, her shirt, and her cigarettes were all left behind in the room.

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The one fact of her shoes being in the room really makes Occam’s razor that she fell or jumped. Even if she was lured off she ain’t leaving her room without shoes.