proggieus Posted February 18, 2018 #1 Share Posted February 18, 2018 We are on the liberty of the seas and the port is fogged in. The are saying it might open by noon it that still won’t get us tied up until 1:30 2:00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dplusd Posted February 18, 2018 #2 Share Posted February 18, 2018 (edited) Yep the Galveston webcams show thick fog and no ships in port yet. https://www.galveston.com/cruisevideocam/ Weather forecast is for the fog clearing later today with cloudy skies and chance of rain. Wishing well to all those currently on Liberty with flights home today... Edited February 18, 2018 by dplusd Sp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradsnana Posted February 18, 2018 #3 Share Posted February 18, 2018 This has been an issue for almost 3 days. My son works loading chemicals on ships in the port of Houston. He has been waiting on a ship for 2 days now. They opened the port for a few hours yesterday. they had almost forty eight ships in line to come in. Hopefully it will burn off soon since our weather here is improving. Major downfall of cruising out of Galveston. Main reason they closed down the cruise port in LaPorte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proggieus Posted February 18, 2018 Author #4 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Yep the Galveston webcams show thick fog and no ships in port yet. https://www.galveston.com/cruisevideocam/ Weather forecast is for the fog clearing later today with cloudy skies and chance of rain. Wishing well to all those currently on Liberty with flights home today... Yeah that was a fun conversation with the airline when i had to try and explain their own change fee policies to them. Got a flight out tomorrow morning. And a hotel for tonight. It’s going to be a zoo to disembark:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser1956 Posted February 18, 2018 #5 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Still hoping for a miracle. The fog is still thick and soupy! Waiting for another hour before changing flights. I feel bad for those waiting to get on the ship. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted February 18, 2018 #6 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Been sitting at anchor 100 miles away off Port Arthur since Thursday for fog. About 2 ships let in/out in that time. Forecast is no break in weather for about another week. Best bet for Galveston is mid to late afternoon, but then likely won't leave again until the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstimmons Posted February 18, 2018 #7 Share Posted February 18, 2018 It's now 11:18AM and we are still fogged in. I feel bad for people that have flights and such. We just have a 7 hour drive. Not much to do on a half open ship lol Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squadron Posted February 18, 2018 #8 Share Posted February 18, 2018 We are on the liberty of the seas and the port is fogged in. The are saying it might open by noon it that still won’t get us tied up until 1:30 2:00 Here I was complaining about how cold and windy it was waiting for the shuttle last Sun ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proggieus Posted February 18, 2018 Author #9 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Pilot just boarded. We are headed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dplusd Posted February 18, 2018 #10 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Here you can see Liberty backing into the dock now! Good luck to everyone... https://www.galveston.com/cruisevideocam/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted February 18, 2018 #11 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Tired of weather delays in Galveston had problems on last 2 cruises , will avoid this port even though it is close to home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dplusd Posted February 18, 2018 #12 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Tired of weather delays in Galveston had problems on last 2 cruises , will avoid this port even though it is close to home Once, in December 2009, we were fog delayed for over 2 days...didn't leave port until Tuesday morning and missed one port. Still a great cruise and unique in that 900+ passengers departed Monday night to take advantage of a full refund offer. It was so nice in the theater and Windjammer without the usual crowds. Still...we love being able to drive to port and we love the Liberty so we continue to accept the fog risk. But if I were flying to port...it would not be to Galveston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser1956 Posted February 18, 2018 #13 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Flights changed. Hotel booked. Work notified. I guess I get 1 more vacation day!! I feel sorry for those waiting to start their vacation. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbjen Posted February 18, 2018 #14 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I feel like it’s been worse this winter than usual, but yes you really have to account for fog delays in and out of Galveston at this time of year. The weather here in Houston is beautiful today too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstimmons Posted February 18, 2018 #15 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Still can't get off the ship. They pushed our luggage tag to 4pm. Got a 7 hour drive after this. Still not as bad as people scrambling for flights. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser1956 Posted February 18, 2018 #16 Share Posted February 18, 2018 What a mess getting off the ship! Suddenly everyone was “self disembark” they opened the door and it was everyone for themselves. The lines for customs were a mess. Sorry Royal Caribbean but someone needs more training.. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbjen Posted February 18, 2018 #17 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Still can't get off the ship. They pushed our luggage tag to 4pm. Got a 7 hour drive after this. Still not as bad as people scrambling for flights. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk Did they provide any lunch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser1956 Posted February 19, 2018 #18 Share Posted February 19, 2018 The Windjammer was open. That was the only restaurant. None of the bars were open. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proggieus Posted February 19, 2018 Author #19 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Did they provide any lunch? My wife said at one point Cafe promenade was making tomato sandwiches. Lines were insane since the only things open was sarentos and the cafe. We tried To find the end of the line to self debark and after walk ing through the photo shop all the way back to the other side of the casino and back through to other side of the photos we found ourselves next to the r bar. Basically once we found the end we were at the front. Our friends did not get off the ship, through customs, and into thier car from self parking at the terminal until 5:35pm It’s now 7pm and all i have eaten today is a cookie from the hotel and we are waiting for a dinner table. Can’t blame RCl for the weather but it was handled poorly. But hey, at least they put on some super hero movie to watch while we waited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbjen Posted February 19, 2018 #20 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Looks like they might be staying put tonight, it’s gotten much worse in the last half hour. I saw on Twitter that one person was having to drive a rental car to Phoenix as flight change fees were too expensive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARCruisinNana Posted February 19, 2018 #21 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Liberty left around 8:30. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach section Posted February 19, 2018 #22 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Been sitting at anchor 100 miles away off Port Arthur since Thursday for fog. About 2 ships let in/out in that time. Forecast is no break in weather for about another week. Best bet for Galveston is mid to late afternoon, but then likely won't leave again until the next day. Just inland from Port Arthur. The sun broke out mid day and we had a beautiful afternoon. Hope you were able to come in! Are you headed to the port of Port Arthur or Beaumont? Thanks for your participation on these boards. You can always be counted on to provide great information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordnlkon Posted February 19, 2018 #23 Share Posted February 19, 2018 We dealt with this on the 28th when we disembarked. Fortunately it wasn’t this bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted February 19, 2018 #24 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Just inland from Port Arthur. The sun broke out mid day and we had a beautiful afternoon. Hope you were able to come in! Are you headed to the port of Port Arthur or Beaumont? Thanks for your participation on these boards. You can always be counted on to provide great information! We'll be going to Beaumont. Yeah, pretty common for the port to clear midday, but the lower channel to still be foggy, port is still closed, has been except for two ships on Saturday. There's about 20 ships stacked up waiting to go outbound, and they will have priority, then there's about 15-18 inbounds sitting out here. We're scheduled to follow another ship to the dock, and she's still out here, so even if the port opens, they get the outbounds moving, and then take her in, we will still be a couple of days from going in. Seems worse this year, but pretty typical of Texas coast in winter, we'll likely be out here until next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted February 19, 2018 #25 Share Posted February 19, 2018 We'll be going to Beaumont. Yeah, pretty common for the port to clear midday, but the lower channel to still be foggy, port is still closed, has been except for two ships on Saturday. There's about 20 ships stacked up waiting to go outbound, and they will have priority, then there's about 15-18 inbounds sitting out here. We're scheduled to follow another ship to the dock, and she's still out here, so even if the port opens, they get the outbounds moving, and then take her in, we will still be a couple of days from going in. Seems worse this year, but pretty typical of Texas coast in winter, we'll likely be out here until next weekend. Why so long to get 15 ships inbound? Limited facilities to offload the cargo? Cargo offload takes a long time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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