Frist Cruise in September- Many Storms

[pajazz28]

Good morning, my wife and I are going on a Southern Carribbean Cruise this Saturday, There seems to be storm that could turn into hurricanes all over the carribbean this morning. What do the cruiselines do when there are storm everywhere? What should we expect? What are the chances it wil be cancelled? Have any of you crusied and had bad wheather most or all of the cruise? Any advice welcomed,thanks. 

[jsglow]

Actually, the Caribbean looks quite clear. Nicholas is ashore; there's a disturbance east of the Bahamas moving north, and there's a nasty new one off Africa that's many days away.

 

My advise.  Please try to relax and go with the flow. Don't set yourself up for a stressed trip.  In these crazy times, some changes/disappointments are simply inevitable.  And no, there's zero chance your cruise doesn't sail. 

 

I sincerely hope you have a good time.  Blue Cards are among my favorite fellow cruise passengers!

 

(Now you're going to ask me what a Blue Card is, right?  You'll figure it out. 🙂)

[pe4all]

We have cruised during bad tropical storms, and once when a hurricane was in our route.  The captain will make every attempt to go around the bad weather.  For the hurricane our western route was changed to an eastern route.  When cruising there are some things totally out of anyone's control - weather is one of them.  The captain will take every precaution to keep everyone safe.  However, the seas may be a bit rougher than usual, even while skirting the bad weather.  Just don't have your heart set on visiting any special port - things can change, causing you to miss a port for many reasons - weather, mechanical issues, medical evacuation, etc.

[Embem]

We cruised during Hurricane Humberto in 2019. When we embarked, we received a note from Carnival that said they were monitoring the situation and would keep us up-to-date with any schedule changes as a result of inclement weather. Other than that, though, you'd have no idea we were in the Caribbean during a hurricane. There were no changes in our itinerary due to the hurricane, and there was only one night of rough seas.

 

That was my long way of saying "once you're on board - you're on vacation. No use worrying. 😉"

Have a great time on your cruise!

 

[rlindholm]

27 minutes ago, jsglow said:

Actually, the Caribbean looks quite clear. Nicholas is ashore; there's a disturbance east of the Bahamas moving north, and there's a nasty new one off Africa that's many days away.

 

My advise.  Please try to relax and go with the flow. Don't set yourself up for a stressed trip.  In these crazy times, some changes/disappointments are simply inevitable.  And no, there's zero chance your cruise doesn't sail. 

 

I sincerely hope you have a good time.  Blue Cards are among my favorite fellow cruise passengers!

 

(Now you're going to ask me what a Blue Card is, right?  You'll figure it out. 🙂)

My all time most fun cruise was when I was a blue card!  I can see why Blue Cards would be some of your favorite fellow cruisers.  😁

[BoozinCroozin]

First off, you will not cruise into the storm. Cruise lines are too smart to attempt it. They will change course, alter itineraries, extend or reduce by days if necessary. But, they are not going to put the ship or lives in any type of danger. Easier to deal with the outcry than to deal with potentially worse.

[TravelGirlinDallas]

1 hour ago, jsglow said:

there's a nasty new one off Africa that's many days away.

 

That's the one I'm worried about. We sail out of Galveston on Sunday. I remember a few years ago when we sailed in August, and the people who got on board the ship the day we returned were stuck at sea for an extra week due to Hurricane Harvey affecting the Port of Galveston directly. 

[sammee]

It's that time of the year. Just bring your favorite motion sickness cures. I leave this coming Sunday out of Baltimore and expecting a bit of bumps and rolls.

 

[groundloop]

58 minutes ago, sammee said:

It's that time of the year. Just bring your favorite motion sickness cures......

 

 

Funny story...... Our final pre-covid cruise was on Elation out of Port Canaveral last February.  The seas had been quite smooth the entire trip, just the slightest hint of bumpiness.  In the 'Ask the Captain' presentation on the last day a woman asked if it was always this rough out at sea.  That night we got into a storm with what I later learned were 60 mph winds and 18 foot seas. 

 

And me, with my great sense of timing, happened to have had a second helping of Chocolate Melting Cake and a couple of extra drinks at dinner - at least I made it through 3 hours of the storm before succumbing. 

 

 

Edited September 15, 2021 by groundloop

[pe4all]

From one of my cruises:

[Heidi13]

12 hours ago, pajazz28 said:

Good morning, my wife and I are going on a Southern Carribbean Cruise this Saturday, There seems to be storm that could turn into hurricanes all over the carribbean this morning. What do the cruiselines do when there are storm everywhere? What should we expect? What are the chances it wil be cancelled? Have any of you crusied and had bad wheather most or all of the cruise? Any advice welcomed,thanks. 

 

Just checked and the Caribbean looks clear, with the current TRS already having made a landfall. Doesn't look like anything is forecast for the next week.

 

Weather is reasonably well forecast these days, especially TRS. In addition to Govt forecasts, the Masters also receive information from specialised routing services. The dangerous quadrant is to the North of a TRS, so most Masters will make a run to the South, depending on projected track.

 

Chance of it being cancelled due to weather slim to zero. The itinerary may change, but cruises are very rarely cancelled.

 

Yes, I have spent many weeks in bad weather, but it rarely happens these days.

[donaldsc]

Try typing "southern caribbean weather and sea conditions" into Google and you will get lots of good info.

 

DON

[K32682]

If you are predisposed to motion sickness stock up on your magic amulets, anti-puke pills and transdermal zombie drug patches. If you are not inclined to toss your cookies at the first sign of choppy seas then enjoy the ride.  The bars will be less crowded, the waiting lines will be fewer and should you stagger or bump into walls you can blame the weather and not your level of inebriation. 

[shipgeeks]

A ship can take you out of harm's way; a resort cannot.