Freedom back in Sty. Maarten now?

[Ken at the beach]

Unless I'm reading this wrong it looks like Freedom departed St. Maarten and has now returned. This could make for a late arrival at Port Canaveral.

 

 

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[Canadian Cruiser98]

I'm seeing this too! Medical emergency?? I hope everything's alright, we're on the next sailing!!

[reallyitsmema]

My Mom is onboard Freedom now, maybe she will email me again. She sent me an email just after 5pm tonight and said they were sailing home so they must have returned to port for some reason.

 

I will post if I hear from her.

[Canadian Cruiser98]

Any information? Anyone! I'm freaking out a little here, we embark on Sunday and any mechanical problem now could mean a cancelled cruise! :eek::eek::eek:

[F350Blackcloud]

We're on the 3/8 cruise. Wonder if they are repairing the center azipod? I heard/read that repairs would be made this season while underway.

[ckrobyn]

There was talk on our cruise last week that the fixipod repairs would take place in St. Thomas and/or St. Maarten. I think this may be a medical emergency unfortunately. Hopefully someone will post. This will mean a late arrival in PC most likely.

[Canadian Cruiser98]

There was talk on our cruise last week that the fixipod repairs would take place in St. Thomas and/or St. Maarten. I think this may be a medical emergency unfortunately. Hopefully someone will post. This will mean a late arrival in PC most likely.

They've been in St Maarten since 7:41, according to Marine traffic. We've never had a medical emergency happen on a ship we were on. Does it take that long for a medical emergency?

[ryano]

They've been in St Maarten since 7:41, according to Marine traffic. We've never had a medical emergency happen on a ship we were on. Does it take that long for a medical emergency?

 

Everytime I have watched Freedom return to PC for Med emergency, it took a few minutes or so to offload the passenger and sail out again.

[Canadian Cruiser98]

Everytime I have watched Freedom return to PC for Med emergency, it took a few minutes or so to offload the passenger and sail out again.

That's what I thought and that is what's concerning me... Marine traffic also shows Celebrity Eclipse and Regal Princess still in port, and the time is "2015-02-01:59"? Could this be a glitch on the part of Marine Traffic?

[reallyitsmema]

That's what I thought and that is what's concerning me... Marine traffic also shows Celebrity Eclipse and Regal Princess still in port, and the time is "2015-02-01:59"? Could this be a glitch on the part of Marine Traffic?

 

I was just thinking the same thing, I think it isn't there, it is on its way back to Port Canaveral. If i zoom in, I see three ships there but if I zoom out, there is one.

[BND]

According to Marine traffic dot com Freedom is currently docked in St. Maarten. But, it also shows two other ships (Regal Princess and Celebrity Eclipse) there and normally by now, they'd all be gone. According to cruisett they should all be gone by now, so not sure what the issue is, unless marine traffic is having issues.

Edited February 27, 2015 by BND

[hales1284]

According to Marine traffic dot com Freedom is currently docked in St. Maarten. But, it also shows two other ships (Regal Princess and Celebrity Eclipse) there and normally by now, they'd all be gone. According to cruisett they should all be gone by now, so not sure what the issue is, unless marine traffic is having issues.

 

I would suspect it's marine traffic because over at vessel finder Freedom is Online and showing 20.4 kn quite a ways from St Maarten.

[Ken at the beach]

I would suspect it's marine traffic because over at vessel finder Freedom is Online and showing 20.4 kn quite a ways from St Maarten.

 

I agree marine traffic is really messed up. Sorry for causing any alarms.

 

I just went to vessel finder and here is a screenshot showing Freedom underway and due to arrive at PC on time.

 

 

 

Edited February 27, 2015 by Ourusualbeach

[Canadian Cruiser98]

I agree marine traffic is really messed up. Sorry for causing any alarms.

 

I just went to vessel finder and here is a screenshot showing Freedom underway and due to arrive at PC on time.

 

 

 

 

Now stopping to look at the facts... It wouldn't make sense that Regal Princess, Celebrity Eclipse and Freedom of the seas would all stay in St Maarten with no weather / other apparent cause... Likely just Marine traffic being screwed up. I'd still like confirmation from someone onboard though... I'd really appreciate it if you let us know if you hear from your mother, reallyitsmema.

[chengkp75]

Many, many people trust commercial AIS tracking sites as gospel. Please understand that these sites are there to make money from the advertising, not to actually track vessels. They are strictly an "offshoot" or byproduct of the AIS system. The vessel itinerary information is not always updated in real time, so the "return to last port" syndrome is fairly common. The various sites have to "subscribe" a land station to receive it's feed, and the tracking website pays for this privilege. This is why various sites will cover various areas better or worse than others. These tracking sites are tools, they are not always correct, and are very frequently wrong.