Paradise delayed

[KPfromCT]

According to John Heald's FB page, the Paradise hasn't even entered the channel yet. Super thick fog is preventing them from doing so.....If you are scheduled to sail on her today, sign up for text alerts. She is definitely going to be late:rolleyes:

[Cruzin_Susan]

It started to move around 6am but looks like they are stopped again. Feel bad for those peeps that ask the advice will I make an early flight :eek:

[welovetocruise1234]

I got the text message. Wonder how late I should hold back from going to the port? Thoughts?

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

Thanks to the fog ..

[crusinpsychRN]

The fog is really bad. Good reason never to book early flights.

[Cruzin_Susan]

I got the text message. Wonder how late I should hold back from going to the port? Thoughts?

 

The dense fog alert is through 9AM. It takes I think 2 hours to get to port once under the bridge. I would wait until it at least got past the bridge. You can keep an eye on its location by going to marinetraffic dot com

[TampaCouplePDB]

This fog rolled in about 5 pm last night. Awful! Haven't seen it this badly in a long while.

[KPfromCT]

Very little or no movement for at least another hour, according to the latest update from JH. She is going to be Laaaaaaaaaate!!:eek::eek:

[MissMeggieMurphy]

what port, please?

[Express Man]

Seeing ship still has min 2 hrs to dock after clearance and such. I wouldn't expect boarding to start till about 2pm at best.

[KPfromCT]

what port, please?

 

Tampa

[Webecruzen]

Well, this is a first for us. Kind of figured we were in for a problem this morning when we heard at 6pm last night about the heavy fog by the Skyway.

[MissMeggieMurphy]

Tampa

 

thank you. seems fog has been an ongoing problem this fall and winter for the port. probably has turned me off from using it and I will stick with the ports that have direct access to the ocean instead of causeways or channels. i know how san francisco can get when the fog roles in and how the visibility cuts down to zero. i've even seen fog that snows in cold climates, that is always an interesting site.

[KPfromCT]

thank you. seems fog has been an ongoing problem this fall and winter for the port. probably has turned me off from using it and I will stick with the ports that have direct access to the ocean instead of causeways or channels. i know how san francisco can get when the fog roles in and how the visibility cuts down to zero. i've even seen fog that snows in cold climates, that is always an interesting site.

 

Yup...agreed!! Galveston seems to be another one that gets hit hard with the fog. Although, it wouldn't stop me from booking the Magic. DYING to cruise on that ship:D:D

[gtalum]

Fog was THICK this morning in Bradenton, not far from the Skyway so I'm not surprised there are big delays. I've literally never seen fog this thick in Florida having lived here for 18 years.

[summersigh]

It's 11:21 and marinetraffic dot com shows Paradise still anchored off shore (along with seemingly all ships except pleasure crafts)

[etwright]

Yup...agreed!! Galveston seems to be another one that gets hit hard with the fog. Although, it wouldn't stop me from booking the Magic. DYING to cruise on that ship:D:D

 

Sure hope there's no fog when we're on her in March:D:D:D

[Cruzin_Susan]

Paradise is moving @ 15.6 knots :)

[gtalum]

Sure hope there's no fog when we're on her in March:D:D:D

 

You should be fine. Tampa Bay fog is mostly a December-January problem.

[KPfromCT]

According to JH, she should be "alongside" at 3pm. WOW:eek::eek:

[Bella Dean]

Glad I sugned up for text alerts, we leave out on her next Saturday:) Hope we dont have this kind of fog, but from the boards, seems like there has been lots of foggy mornings in the bay as of late.

Hope those on board are having a good time despite being late back to port. :)

[Bella Dean]

I got the text message. Wonder how late I should hold back from going to the port? Thoughts?

Do you remember how early it was when you got the text? Just trying to cover my bases for her sailing in 9 days!

Thanks

[KroozFoolz]

We were on the November 4th sailing of Legend which was delayed by fog.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1732774&highlight=legend+fog

[TVChick16]

My husband are still onboard the Paradise. We received the word at 8am when the captain came over the in-cabin speaker and said we would be delayed due to fog. We are thankfully doing back-to-back cruises, so this hasn't really affected us. The fog was so thick you couldn't see but 2 feet out into the water.

 

It's 4pm and they JUST called the last self-assist deck for debarkation. They still have to call the 20 or so zones for regular debarkation. We went downstairs to ask what we needed to do since we're doing back-to-back cruises and they printed up our new sign and sail cards on the spot. We don't have to get off the ship. They said to come back down to the service desk when they star boarding the new group of passengers at 6pm to get our photos taken. So easy!!!

 

The weather in Tampa is about 72 degrees and super cloudy. It looks like it may rain.

 

The first leg of our Paradise cruise was great. I feel bad for those who have been waiting in the terminal forever and for those who missed flights. I did get the emails saying they are giving everyone boarding a $15 credit since they missed lunch onboard. Not sure if we'll get that since we're already aboard and ate lunch. The email also told passengers not to show up to the terminal until 6pm... But I could see inside the terminal windows when we pulled alongside at 245pm and there were already hundreds of people waiting to board.

[Captain Carnival]

Webcam still show Paradise at the port. :(