Port closures during hurricane season

[Zyzygy]

In 2022 Hurricane Ian crossed Florida from the west, headed northeast over Orlando. 
 

Even so, the Coast Guard closed Port Everglades for a day. 
 

Coast Guard procedures call for great care in ports handling cruise ships, because the ships are now so vertical that they may be exposed to considerable wind from the side. Procedures also call for complete sonar scanning of the bottom of a port to detect any debris that may have blown into the water, before a port can be reopened. 
 

I spent an extra day onboard waiting for Port Everglades to be reopened, even though Fort Lauderdale airport never closed. 
 

Cruisers during hurricane season.may want to check the Coast Guard webpage for their home port to stay informed about the port’s status. 

[wolft927]

7 hours ago, Zyzygy said:

In 2022 Hurricane Ian crossed Florida from the west, headed northeast over Orlando. 
 

Even so, the Coast Guard closed Port Everglades for a day. 
 

Coast Guard procedures call for great care in ports handling cruise ships, because the ships are now so vertical that they may be exposed to considerable wind from the side. Procedures also call for complete sonar scanning of the bottom of a port to detect any debris that may have blown into the water, before a port can be reopened. 
 

I spent an extra day onboard waiting for Port Everglades to be reopened, even though Fort Lauderdale airport never closed. 
 

Cruisers during hurricane season.may want to check the Coast Guard webpage for their home port to stay informed about the port’s status. 

We had a cruise in 22 canceled from port Canaveral due to same hurricane. Was supposed to be on 9 night on the getaway and Tuesday we got canceled for the Thursday sailing. We ended up booking a cruise on the symphony of the seas for Saturday out of Miami. This is the risk booking in hurricane season but after all the years of cruising this time of year was the first that ever got concealed 

[Cienfuegos]

Hurricane and serious tropical storm activity usually gets attention in the local south Florida media about 7-10 days before landfall could be expected. By 3-4 days out, the threat has driven everything  else off the TV entirely.

 

The cruise lines undoubtedly have their own forecasting services to advise them where to position their ships out of the way of a direct hit.

[nhraformula00]

We were in Ft Lauderdale 2 days before Ian hit Ft. Myers. we had got off Allure on Sunday and generally stay a day or 2 before flying home. We knew Ian was coming on Friday when on ship. We could not get an earlier flight home, everything was booked solid so we stayed put at Hyatt Place. It rained on and off all day Monday. Tuesday also but as we left for the airport about 3pm rain and wind was spotty. Our fight was 6.00 and as bad luck would have it they did close down the airport for about 3 hours. Huge wave of rain and wind. No planes in or out. We finally got out about 10.00 pm. Lots of people had fled from the west coast to the east coast.