F27TW Posted February 14, 2015 #1 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Just curious, as we'll be on Enchantment in a couple of weeks ... how often has she been unable to stop @ Coco Cay this past couple of months? We are 1 for 2 in the past on our Monarch cruises (also in March) .. so just curious how its been this winter so far ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardinggrad Posted February 14, 2015 #2 Share Posted February 14, 2015 We were on the 1/30/15 three night cruise, and we not able to stop due to wind. We instead went to Nassau early (arrived about 3pm) and stayed until the following day around 3pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugarcubesea Posted February 14, 2015 #3 Share Posted February 14, 2015 We were on the 1/30/15 three night cruise, and we not able to stop due to wind. We instead went to Nassau early (arrived about 3pm) and stayed until the following day around 3pm. We just got back from a 4 day on the EoTS and we did not stop but to winds.. I was bummed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tm3750 Posted February 14, 2015 #4 Share Posted February 14, 2015 You just never know, We are 10 visits, 2 not. Both lost visits were winter time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired LEO Posted February 14, 2015 #5 Share Posted February 14, 2015 It's being missed more than making it. The Enchantment just went 2 weeks without getting there. The finally made it last Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podie Posted February 15, 2015 #6 Share Posted February 15, 2015 We made it there on 1/25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nik23 Posted February 15, 2015 #7 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Missed 2/10....made it to Nassau by 3pm and stayed docked til 11:59 the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zacsc Posted February 15, 2015 #8 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Missed it last week, but got to Nassau by 1:00pm and had a great time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumbaamd Posted February 15, 2015 #9 Share Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) It can be rough here at times . . . https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Pc4dFR93oMcVcMgEsBS4UrihbkeUsF-SOI6_WbBw5hQ=w140-h105-p https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/S14Kcd2Bv5pDKNer2XyGXiR3ESErZDcvU0kzJCG3swQ=w140-h105-p We'll give it two tries next week on MJ. Rick and Deirdra Edited February 15, 2015 by Pumbaamd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadbeck Posted February 15, 2015 #10 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Its not the ship that matters. Its the tenders that have to leave and enter that little channel. It can get pretty wild if the wind is blowing directly in to the little shallow opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garavar Posted February 15, 2015 #11 Share Posted February 15, 2015 We missed it 1/9/15 and 2/2/15 Sent from my SGH-T699 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PR Cruisers Posted February 15, 2015 #12 Share Posted February 15, 2015 We missed it 11/29/14 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F27TW Posted February 15, 2015 Author #13 Share Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) On the 3-Night, Nassau is first though ... and then Coco Cay the next day.. on our Monarch cruise, we just did a sea day when Coco wasn't possible .. is that what Enchantment still does on the 3 day ? Or do they still somehow do an extended stay in Nassau ? Edited February 15, 2015 by F27TW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garavar Posted February 15, 2015 #14 Share Posted February 15, 2015 On the 3-Night, Nassau is first though ... and then Coco Cay the next day.. on our Monarch cruise, we just did a sea day when Coco wasn't possible .. is that what Enchantment still does on the 3 day ? Or do they still somehow do an extended stay in Nassau ? Sea Day Sent from my SGH-T699 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tahqa Posted February 16, 2015 #15 Share Posted February 16, 2015 On the 3-Night, Nassau is first though ... and then Coco Cay the next day.. on our Monarch cruise, we just did a sea day when Coco wasn't possible .. is that what Enchantment still does on the 3 day ? Or do they still somehow do an extended stay in Nassau ? Sea Day Usually it's a sea day. However, I've been on Monarch when it was determined on Saturday that Coco Cay wouldn't be possible the next day and they arranged to stay at Nassau until noon on Sunday. So I guess it all depends on when they decide to not go to Coco and if Nassau has space for them to over-night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley4 Posted February 16, 2015 #16 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Just back from the Enchantment 3 day cruise on Feb 13th. Got to Cococay, dropped the anchor and 5 minutes later the captain came on the intercom and said nope, not gonna happen, too rough. We did the 9 nautical mile per hour crawl back to Port Canaveral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolesrule Posted February 16, 2015 #17 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) Its not the ship that matters. Its the tenders that have to leave and enter that little channel. It can get pretty wild if the wind is blowing directly in to the little shallow opening. It's not just the channel. It's also the ability to be able to board the tender from the ship. It doesn't take much for the gangway to bounce around quite a bit, making it quite unsafe. And we're 3 for 3 so far at Coco Cay. Twice on Enchantment 9/1/13 and 12/23/14 and once on Freedom 8/11/14. Edited February 16, 2015 by nolesrule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinSinceIwasBorn Posted February 16, 2015 #18 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Made it in there on Jan 4, 2015 and enjoyed many Coco Locos :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfaeric Posted February 17, 2015 #19 Share Posted February 17, 2015 It's not just the channel. It's also the ability to be able to board the tender from the ship. It doesn't take much for the gangway to bounce around quite a bit, making it quite unsafe. And we're 3 for 3 so far at Coco Cay. Twice on Enchantment 9/1/13 and 12/23/14 and once on Freedom 8/11/14. As of Saturday, we are 7 for 7 for getting to Coco Cay- 3 times on the Majesty, twice on the Enchantment (B2B) and twice on the Monarch. The tenders were moving quite a bit, too- had to watch our heads on the Majesty- but thankfully, it was good enough for us. Whew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumbaamd Posted February 17, 2015 #20 Share Posted February 17, 2015 It's not just the channel. It's also the ability to be able to board the tender from the ship. It doesn't take much for the gangway to bounce around quite a bit, making it quite unsafe. The pics we posted above of the EN tenders were taken on the same day at Coco Cay when the boarding ramp to EN actually did fall into the water. It was tied up and chained and was easily recovered. At the time, no guests were on or even near the ramp. Somewhere we have that pic. If we can find it, I'll show it later. Rick and Deirdra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpoole3 Posted February 17, 2015 #21 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Six trips and only one miss, Jan 11th 2015. I did miss it once on before on Monarch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny2020 Posted February 17, 2015 #22 Share Posted February 17, 2015 We were on the Enchantment last weekend , Feb 7-9 . We rocked and rolled down to our first stop in Nassau ( 6 foot seas ) and it was very, very windy and very chilly all day in Nassau. Not at all what the weather websites had predicted. We were all convinced Coco would be a No Go. We left Nassau at midnight as scheduled and low and behold, we made it to Coco Cay. Captain McDuff said the winds shifted from the east and he was able to position the ship to protect the tenders. The ride to CoCo was uneventful , it was sunny and beautiful all day, but, pretty much too chilly to enjoy any water activities. We were still grateful that we were able to enjoy the island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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