kmflutist Posted February 24, 2011 Author #26 Share Posted February 24, 2011 16 foot swells. That would be something! I would love to see some video or photos if anyone has any! I've always been a weather nut - although I'm afraid of most of it. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnuggie Posted February 25, 2011 #27 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Well, the Freedom of the Seas is a huge (160,000 gross tons) ship, so I don't think anything could "rock" it!:D;) Hahahaha...there is a Titanic joke here somewhere....I'm just not that witty to come up with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseAdict218 Posted February 25, 2011 #28 Share Posted February 25, 2011 This sounds interesting, I wouldnt mind bumping into one on my next cruise :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nybumpkin Posted February 25, 2011 #29 Share Posted February 25, 2011 We sailed through a thunderstorm on Carnival Victory three years ago enroute to Canada. It wasn't rough, but the twist with this storm was that we had hail. Large hail, in fact. The size of hail that could have filled our ice bucket. We had an aft wrap balcony and could watch the storm from the cabin - at one point I tried to open the balcony door and ice pellets came flying in. The crew had to close the Lido deck to clean up afterward - the hail broke a lot of light bulbs. However, after the storm passed we had the coolest sunset we've ever seen at sea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rae.holmes Posted February 25, 2011 #30 Share Posted February 25, 2011 we were suppose to go outta new orleans the week that Katrina hit, so our cruise got diverted to galveston. and although we didnt have storms our boat rocked like crazy. made me really sick but once i put on a patch i was fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank12 Posted February 25, 2011 #31 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Sailing through thunderstorms is not really scary. It's kinda cool actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delnatha Posted February 25, 2011 #32 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I agree that there is something that is fundamentally pure and awe-inspiring about going through a thunderstorm on the open ocean. Find an open area with a roof over your head, kick back, and enjoy the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjl1960 Posted February 25, 2011 #33 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I love thunderstorms, and think it would be awesome to experience one in the blackness of a night at sea. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zqvol Posted February 25, 2011 #34 Share Posted February 25, 2011 We will be taking our first cruise in May and I was just wondering if cruise ships sail through thunderstorms or if they try to go around them (kinda like airplanes). Has anyone been on a cruise ship out at sea during a storm? Is it scary? Thank you in advance! :) It is just like driving through a thunderstorm on the Interstate at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmflutist Posted February 25, 2011 Author #35 Share Posted February 25, 2011 We sailed through a thunderstorm on Carnival Victory three years ago enroute to Canada. It wasn't rough, but the twist with this storm was that we had hail. Large hail, in fact. The size of hail that could have filled our ice bucket. We had an aft wrap balcony and could watch the storm from the cabin - at one point I tried to open the balcony door and ice pellets came flying in. The crew had to close the Lido deck to clean up afterward - the hail broke a lot of light bulbs. However, after the storm passed we had the coolest sunset we've ever seen at sea: What a GORGEOUS sunset! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise_girl2002 Posted February 25, 2011 #36 Share Posted February 25, 2011 when i sailed the destiny last june for 2-3 nights we had thunderstorms. the one i remember it was about 2am and i heard a whislt coming through the balcony door so i got up to check outside and it was storming. couldnt feel the ship rock or anything but it was very cool and exciting. i sat on the couch and watched the storm from inside the room for about an hour. but i'll never forget my first cruise on the sensation back in 1999. my family and i were in the atrium and all of a sudden there were about 4 people by the windows in the atrium on the empress deck and we heard them being excited about something so we went to check to see what was going on....sure enough a water spout. nothing big enough to worry about but that was exciting to see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G'ma Posted February 25, 2011 #37 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Daughter and I cruised on the Pride in January....it was sooooo cold, almost all the way to Florida and beyond. On the first day, it snowed like heck for a couple hours. We saw something I've never experienced before: steam rising from the ocean. The air temp was something like 35 degrees and the water was in the 50-60's range which cause great twisters of steam to rise... Awesome. Couple of folks enjoying the hot tub anyway....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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