Ocean storms are very visual on radar and reports from ships at sea via radio. The cruise lines are aware of the storms and many times can go around them far enough so as not to distract from their schedule. But if they know it is going to be rough, they should have offered the passengers an out at the dock and in both our cases, didn’t.
I mentioned in another part of this thread that there would be many who would have cancelled if they found out it was going to be rough, like myself, living about a half hour from the dock. Those that had airfare committed might not and are willing to put up with the situation. Some like myself would have cancelled and/or rescheduled if they had told us. And not telling the truth is no different than lying and in the business world, that is called fraud since they were responsible for the safety of the passengers by international maritime law.
I hurt enough already. I don’t need any more pain. Especially unplanned and could have been alleviated.
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Going on a cruise in a few months with 7000 of “my closest friends” :)
No way in the world I show that video to the wife!!
As for storms, that bad nor’easter that rolled up the coast a week or so ago wreaked havoc in the Florida cruise ports.
Captain of the Wonder of the Seas brought that ship back a day earlier so they wouldn’t get hit.
Many ships that could not do that were delayed back to port as much as 18 hours.
People that were on the Wonder were talking about how rough the ride back to port was and seemingly the captain wasn’t using the stabilers.
Not sure how they could know but I understand the stabilizers can only be used at slower speeds and really only help with side-to-side motion?
Personally, as a passenger, I would have preferred the move the captain made rather than ride out the worse seas in the storm.
I imagine those on the Wonder that didn’t miss their flight the next day were pretty happy with that decision as well!