Houston Bay Fog - Missed Flight

[JJPacer]

We returned Nov. 16 on the Caribbean Princess to Houston. We were scheduled to start disembarkation at 7:15 AM. However, when we awoke, there was zero visibility in Houston Bay, due to fog. The Captain said we were a little over a mile from the dock, but had to drop anchor and remain where we were until the fog burned off. Other ships in the bay did the same. There was a ship in front of us, that had to move, before the CD could move. We had to vacate our cabins by 8:00 AM. Needless to say, there were people & luggage everywhere. We finally docked and began disembarkation 3 hours late. They went by the assigned disembarkation schedule. Priority walk offs first, etc. We had Princess transfers to Houston Hobby, but didn't get any kind of consideration or earlier disembarkation because of it. If we had been able to disembark soon after it was allowed, we would have made our flight.

Many people missed their flights. If you had a 3:00 flight or later, you had a chance of making it.

My advice for those sailing on CD. The fog is a frequent occurrence. I would schedule a walk off with all your luggage, and plan on taking a cab from the dock to the airport. That will be about your only hope of catching your flight.

[Taxguy77]

[COLOR="DarkRed"]We were on a ship into Houston, and told our DD to come to the dock about 9 so we should be off and through immigration by then.
She came at 8 and finally went to a store and bought sandwiches! :eek: The Feds held a slowdown or something.:eek:
Other ships have been held up by one or two people not going where they should, when the should. Anything can happen.
Murphy wrote a law about it! :rolleyes:[/COLOR]

[KirkNC]

I bet that was somewhat chaotic, just shows anything can happen on a cruise.

[Keith1010]

Thanks for sharing. Things like this do happen and it is a reminder of that.

On a related note this happens from time to time in Tampa as well.

Keith