Early December 2006 we were between Los Angeles and Hawaii in Princess and had the most horrible seas. Pouring down rain. All events were cancelled. It was difficult to walk around. Dishes flew everywhere. Water sloshed into the decks. It lasted between 12 & 24 hours, I guess.
Many Navy vets were aboard, headed to Pearl Harbor for 65th anniversary events. THEY were getting sick.
We didn’t know WTH was going on, and nobody told us ANYTHING. This was before cruise ships had any live news available via satellite, any Internet, cell phone reception at sea, etc. Everyone was terrified.
Two weeks later we returned to CA, and our pastor said, “You must’ve had some terrible days at sea.” He was a surfer and monitored some sites having to do with buoys or something. We had been at a location where three different storms converged. From Japan, Alaska, and somewhere south, IIRC.
We took that cruise a couple of years ago and we had calm seas so we didn’t have to walk (stagger) on the bulkhead.
Our cruise wasn’t bad but the Ruby, which we took, was aging and it was scheduled for dry dock and refurbish. And it was too small to be out in open ocean especially with waves you are describing. Sorry it was so rough. I don’t fault the ship for plugging ahead. But I do fault them for not offering the opportunity not to be put in that situation without warnings and lack of services cut because of the rough seas they had to know were out there just to get there. The missed their two financial responsibilities. They are supposed to entertain and not cancel events thus cutting the entertaining factor paid for. They threatened the safety of the pasengers as they can be like a ping pong ball in their state rooms also. I can attest to that.
Merry Christmas
wy69