You have got to be kidding ....

[aruvqan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd84oo5p6Cs&feature=fvw

 

:eek:

 

is it my imagination or are these actually 30 foot waves..........

 

/me fervently hopes for good weather this feb!

[manonreal]

OMW!!! I hope it won't be like that next February cause I will be definitely sea sick....

[Mrs.C05]

Depending on where you're going, I seriously doubt that you would endure weather like that. Ships now have satellite to see coming weather or potential dangerous weather. They'll will sail in the other direction of the bad weather or go around it.

 

I read in the comments of the video that this is an Australian cruiseline I believed called the "Voyager". Correct me if I'm wrong, but I wouldn't worry to much.

[polar_purple]

IIRC, that cruise ship was getting tossed around because it had lost power & wasn't capable of navigating into the waves like most ships would.

[aruvqan]

A friend sent me the link ... they think I am nuts for going on a cruise [they are sort of terrified of water. I grew up sailing and I adore being on the water. My favorite memories of sailing was sleeping in the yeomans berth on my grandfathers sailboat, tucked in all the way behind the ladder down. My own little womb. The water would slap the side and shoosh past, very womblike =) Vessel was a 39' John Alden yawl named Sea Gypsy]

 

Thankfully I don't get seasick in the slightest :D

 

So, what type of weather is there normally in Feb in the Caribbean? I do believe it is post-hurricane season at that time ...?

[IAMCRZIN]

I can't look!! I will be going on my first cruise next May and i am so excited and don't want anything to make me not want to go!!! I am already a little nervous..:o

[G'ma]

Unusual circumstance and mechanical problems caused this near disaster. Here's another link:

 

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Passenger_ship_Voyager_radios_SOS_in_the_Mediterranean

[Stevekiel]

I have been in 30 ft waves on a cruise. The ship was 1000 feet long. You could look off the side of the ship and see the front of the ship all the way out of the water going over waves. As we went over the waves the bow would slam in the water causing the whole ship to shudder. I was sitting in the hot tub having a great time. This does not happen often, but on the big ships 30 ft waves are not that bad.

[TravlGrl]

A friend sent me the link ... they think I am nuts for going on a cruise [they are sort of terrified of water. I grew up sailing and I adore being on the water. My favorite memories of sailing was sleeping in the yeomans berth on my grandfathers sailboat, tucked in all the way behind the ladder down. My own little womb. The water would slap the side and shoosh past, very womblike =) Vessel was a 39' John Alden yawl named Sea Gypsy]

 

Thankfully I don't get seasick in the slightest :D

 

So, what type of weather is there normally in Feb in the Caribbean? I do believe it is post-hurricane season at that time ...?

 

If it's like past Caribbean trips we've taken, both on land and via cruise, you'll have nice and sunny weather the majority of the time (mid-80s). However, on our last Feb cruise, it was chilly the first and last days of the cruise...like 70 degrees chilly. Have a great time!

[aruvqan]

If it's like past Caribbean trips we've taken, both on land and via cruise, you'll have nice and sunny weather the majority of the time (mid-80s). However, on our last Feb cruise, it was chilly the first and last days of the cruise...like 70 degrees chilly. Have a great time!

I am from western NY's tundra ... between Rochester and Buffalo, cold doesnt bother me at all :D

 

Actually, I hot tub on my back deck in the winter, it is not even roofed over. I would like a roof, but we haven't gotten around to building one yet. We decided to go on a cruise with the money!:D

[julieanne]

LOL! My first thought? Not again! Yes, the ship lost power, yes, they were in a heavy storm and sent distress calls and I am sure many people will not set foot on another ship again.

[trish1c]

That was horribly scary to look at but I kept thinking the weather couldn't be that bad b/c the helicopter shooting the picture was relatively steady. It couldn't fly like that in cyclone winds. Plus, the ship didn't have as many decks as the mega ships & while I couldn't clearly see the star logo on the smokestacks I knew it wasn't a mass market line.

[FireMonkey]

I remember a couple of years ago we were coming back from a MR trip back to San Diego and the last full day at sea there were some pretty large swells. People were getting sick left and right. My daughter and I went up to the front of the ship to ride the waves, first you saw nothing but sky, then horizon, then sky. We had a blast!

[arcapleego]

Oh wow, at some points it looks like the entire ship is just going to tip over. If i had been on that ship at the time, I think I would have died literally of heart attack.

[sweety3470]

OMW!!! I hope it won't be like that next February cause I will be definitely sea sick....

 

what cruise are you going on this february? will be going on my 1st one 2/15/2010

[patseacruiser]

I clicked on the link but it's been removed. Last February on the Explorer we had 27 foot seas and it was a little rocky and sometimes it sounded like things were breaking but it was still fun.