I wish all on board well it has to be very scary! I read the winds are not as strong as earlier.
Man, why can't this stuff happen to one of the cruises I'm on???? If I could knowingly sign up for a big seas sailing on any ship I WOULD in a heartbeat.
Sorry others were frightened &/or sick. Not what they signed up for, I'm sure. But it happens. Glad everyone is okay.
Man, why can't this stuff happen to one of the cruises I'm on???? If I could knowingly sign up for a big seas sailing on any ship I WOULD in a heartbeat.
Anyway, it wasn't really a hurricane level storm
RCCL claims the storms the storm was a surprise, but many weather specialists claim that the intensity of the storm was predicted some time earlier.
Definitionally not a hurricane, but only because it wasn't a storm with a tightly wrapped eye - not because it didn't have hurricane force winds. The ship did report that the quartering wind off the port bow was measured at 135 knots (155 MPH) at the height of the storm. If it had an eye wall, that would have been a cat 4 hurricane.
I bet my DH would like it too. He used to work on oil tankers in Alaska and tells stories with a smile that make me want to die.
Good point. Not a hurricane.
I think it's telling that the people on CC posting from the ship were scared but they trusted the captain and his handling of everything. And the immediate compensation makes a huge difference as well.