We were on this cruise. We are very seasoned cruisers, and had 2 balcony rooms, and an Aft Suite. We are high ranking with lattitudes, and I assure you this is not our first rodeo.
First of all, some of the comments on here are condescending and unnecessary. I hope none of you who are being so rude ever experience the 12 hours that we did on the Sun last week. If you had, you would not be commenting with such arrogance.
I have been on rough seas before...this was far beyond rough seas. We were tossed around with such intensity it is a miracle we survived. I have never been so scared before. There was no way to prepare for this. Several restaurants were left in shambles as they lost all the glassware, and dinnerware from breakage. Lights were dropping from ceilings, pictures falling from walls, staterooms were left with broken drawers, everything falling out of cabinets, and anything left unsecured on balconies didn't survive.
We were on the 8th floor and our balcony was riddled with seaweed and ocean debry the next morning. Not difficult to figure our how it got to the 8th floor.
Passengers and crew members took to sleepng in halls and in the lounges in the middle of the ship to try to be safer. This WAS NOT typical righ seas.
After hours of being tossed around the waves became ao intense the ship was lifting from the sea and slamming back down. All we could do was lay still and embrace ourselves for each mpact. Our bodies felt like we had been beaten up. I can't image how older passengers felt.
There was no communication from bridge. We could only hear intercom calls of crew with alarms all night. There was a chemical spill, a fire, and water intake at one point. As season cruisers we know what codes like "bravo" mean on a ship. ( these incidents were confirmed by crew, when you have been on NCL as many times as us you know many crew members, and they confirmed)
Talking with other passengers the next day we heard things like, "I feared for my life", "it was terrifying", "worst ever", "I wish they would have communicated with us", and "I have cruised many times...this is my last cruise".
Not only did they stop communicating they took down the nautical reports and stopped answering guest services. I can understand they needed to get crew stable as well and they should not of been upright. It however would have gone along way to hear from the bridge how much longer to expect the weather or a report with some comfort. I can guarantee you not ONE person on that ship was sleeping.
The captain blew it. He made a bad call to try and out run the 2 weather patterns that were in the area. Plain and simple. I have been on cruises where we had to go miles out the path of a storm. There was absolutely no reason for is to be on those waves.
At the end of the day everyone on that ship is blessed to be okay. The captain did an amazing job of weathering the storm. The crew on this ship are a good Crew and they took good care of us and the ship after the storm. They were terrified, as we all were, but when the storm passed they cleaned up the messes, repaired the damage, and kept going.
The captain and NCL blew it. They know they blew it. They put me, and my family at great risk. Yes, they did a great job, but they still blew it. I am just thankful to be on land, to be alive, and not have injuries.
So, to all the rude comments...shame on you. I certainly hope karma never finds you.
