Costa Concordia - life boat drill

There was a programme last night on the Discovery Channel about this disaster - the methods they are going to use to refloat this ship is an engineering feat of marvellous proportions.
However, what amazed me was that the passengers had not had lifeboat drill yet - and now the rule will be [?in Italy] is to have the drill within a short time of leaving the harbour. I thought this happened.
From the age of two years old until I was 16 years old my brother and I trekked all over the world with my parents. There wasn't the jet travel as we know now so we always went by ship. As our father was in the Forces our trip to Hong Kong was via troop ship. It took 3 weeks to get there, with plenty of stops on the way - 6 weeks coming back as by then the Suez Canal had been closed by Nasser and we had to go via the Cape.
We had our first drill within an hour of leaving the harbour and twice a week after that. We mustered with hats and long sleeve clothing to protect us against the tropical sun - no shade - what provisions there was for food and water I can't remember. Coming back same procedure however, the captain must have though we were becoming somewhat jaded as he then instigated unannounced drills [beforehand we had a 24 hour notice dropped through the cabin door by our steward].
There were troops and families on board this ship so it was a vital exercise. On a journey back to Canada we travelled on an Italian Line ship - wonderful food and decor. However, my father was not happy with their lifeboat drill so sorted one out for us just to be safe.
I haven't been on a modern ship - in fact I'm pretty sure I wouldn't enjoy the ones on the massive liners - floating gin palaces and casinos - so those of you who have when did you have lifeboat drill?