AWOL

My wife, i and the daughter all have different last names and all we ever took as ID were our passports

And three more inches of rain coming.

 

kathy

That ought to wash the mosquito larvae out of the area.

We had the same problem after Harvey and they used Air Force planes to spray the whole area and they are not bad.

One thing to consider--the media always makes it look worst than it really is. They will find one place that has severe damage which may be 5% of the area and make it look like the whole area is in the same condition. During Harvey a small tornado hit on the end of our street and if you believed the media, tho whole subdivision had been wiped out.

I would assume that Royal have personal in place who are giving them the real story instead of the stuff the media is putting out.

Incredible really that cities are going to get destroyed, ports decimated and people killed, and people are worrying how many C&A points they're going to get for extra nights spent onboard

Why not. Has it got so every time something happens we have to stop our life. By the way, I was evacuated for a week for Harvey

Exactly!!

 

I'd say off staff!! After the Liberty debacle and his insistence on a "window" that literally NO ONE ELSE saw, I would not trust his "gut feelings" at all.

There was a window for Galveston on Sunday, it was fairly clear at the Island. BUT the problem wasn't in Galveston, it was the roads leading to the Island that were blocked with water. So technically he was correct

The reason most vacation bookings require a deposit is to have some idea of how many people will be there. I was always surprised that RCI would return the deposit if changed or cancelled. Most vacation places will not so now they are inline with accepted practices.

I would suspect the dive shop of trying to sell you something you did not need. O-Rings have a longer shelf life than those in the regulator. Regulators have butyl N or butyl rubber, both with 15 years shelf life.

See https://www.oringsusa.com/html/shelf_life.html

The West Coast of the USA has viable cruising weather just about all year long yet there's not a single ship there (except a few Explorer coastals) - why is that?:confused:

The West Coast has such stringent EPA regulations regarding ships so it is not worth while to sail from there.

I really doubt Liberty is going to make it into port anytime before Tuesday. .

They are now saying that the storm will be just offshore Galveston on Tuesday

Jumping in so I can see any updates that may come through from people. My family (11 in total) are suppose to be flying in to Houston on Saturday afternoon, and boarding the Liberty on Sunday. We are keeping an eye on everything we can and trying to prepare for all possibilities. Even if we make it into Houston Saturday afternoon, what are the chances we won't be able to make it down to the port Sunday due to flooding? And will the parking lots even be accessible to park? Assuming the ship is even able to make it back into from its current trip due to the port closure right now. Obviously our problems are nothing compared to the residents in the area, but we want to make it work if at all possible so are trying to plan for any scenario to get us close enough to get to the ship if it keeps its schedule or is delayed.

The airlines are allowing flight changes with no charge.

The area between Houston an Galveston is marsh but the road is fairly high so do not think it will flood but the road to the port may. One of the things they are concerned about is if the storm comes past Galveston moving to the NE, the bay side may cause the flooding and there is no seawall protection from that side of the island,. There is only a seawall on the Gulf side.

I am in Houston and the latest information we have is that the storm will come ashore tomorrow at Corpus and make a circle and go out to sea again turning NE and hugging the coast passing around twenty miles south of Galveston on Tuesday.

The problem will be flooding of the Island starting tomorrow and them the winds on Tuesday

If the problem is as stated, there is no mystery on doing the job. This type of job is a routine type job and done in every repair yard in the world.

I was a Chief Engineer and Port Engineer for more years than I want to remember for a very large fleet of ships and this is one job that I did not lose any sleep over because it was so routine.

Since the blades are bolted on to the hub, they could replace the blades in an extended turn-around day, or remove them one port and install the new ones the next port. I'm a bit surprised that there isn't a spare set of blades in the fleet, with at least 3 ships using the same propeller design, plus they could "borrow" the ones from the Oasis4 (been known to have been done).

Looking at the Cofferdam movie, it does not look like the blades bolt on to the hub but is a one piece prop.

We just contacted them. I was hung up on before I could get to the point. Great customer service! Staying with Carnival from now on. Understand the contract states they can do this, however making the change a day or two after final payments were made is really low. Glad we get to sail on a busted ship to a port that we don't even want to go to!

Let me tell you about our six day cruise to nowhere on Carnival. We left late the first day but they said "No Problem, we will make the first port a little late". This went on every day except the last when a miracle happened and we were able to make the discharge port on time.

We were deeply disappointed as the only reason we booked this cruise was to dive on the stops.

Needless to say, we have never cruised on them again

MSC may not even be in business in 2022 or 2024.

The worlds second largest shipping company going out of business, if this happens, we have a lot more to worry about then what a ship looks like!!!!

Totally incorrect I'm afraid. My friend does this trip regularly and we always see daylight photos going north through the canal.

You're correct. I forgot about the new section of the canal. I use to go though it a bunch of times but has been couple of years since i retired

16 oz IS a pint...no "more or less" about it!

US Pint, the Imperial pint is about 20% more

Some days, yes, some days, not so much.

Ya I know, I got my Chief's ticket in '73, just trying to have some fun

I haven't seen this addressed recently so thought I would pass this along. Just back from Anthem and my sister was called down to the naughty room. She packed a power strip in her luggage which they took. She said there was a whole bin full of them.

Was it a power strip or a surge protection type?

I was hoping you would stop by. How do you find all of these threads?

He has a lot of time to send on the internet and drink coffee, he is a Chief Engineer.:*

We were very interested in this cruise until we looked at the itinerary. Yes, it makes a stop in Aqaba, Jordan, but no stops in Oman and just one stop in Israel and a stop in Chania, Crete before ending in Barcelona. Not a great itin for a Suez Canal cruise IMO. Also, the canal crossing is scheduled for overnight as well. Don't know why they do this, must be a reason though.

The Canal is open for trips from the Med in the day time and the other way at night. This is how the Canal rule makers control traffic. It is their rule

I don't think Harborside Drive is the main issue. People routinely complain about other things, including distance to airports, fog, required 2-night stays in hotels, Texas liquor tax issues...

There are around 11 million people who live within 4 hrs driving time to Galveston. I think this will fill a couple of ships. Getting to the port is not much worst that many ports that we have been to such as Southampton, Rome and Port Canaveral.

I think one of the things that keeps them away from California is the cost of doing business from there. Just the addition cost of the fuel ( they can only use low sulfur Diesel which is more than double the cost of bunker fuel) would probably be equal to going out of Texas with an empty ship.

The best unit per cost is the Miller or BUD 16 oz CANS

There is a desk set up to the left of Sorrento's for specialty dining. It is on the deck you board if I remember correctly. When you get on turn left and walk about 50 feet and it should be there on your left.

Booze is plentiful for underage kids.

 

My nephew went on a couple of cruises with us in the past.

 

He found a group of others his age that were able to come up with a lot of liquor. Not drinks, but full bottles.

 

I don't know where they got it from but they did plenty.

It didn't seem like a big deal though.....

I doubt very much it was a RCCL ship. It is just about impossible for adults to get a bottle of booze