Hurricane

[AKemel]

Have any cruises been canceled because of the hurricane. I am thinking of going in July, but am afraid of being caught in bad storm. Should I go to Alaska instead. Any opinions?

 

[Hygiene99]

To date i only know of 1 cruise that was canceled and it was not due to weather it was health.....

they have managed to change the ports
to accomadate the storm ..


and yes seas have been a bit ruff at times..
peter

 

[Lloyd Dobler]

You will never be caught in a bad storm on a cruise ship, unless the captain is a complete moron (and cruise lines don't tend to hire such people). The ship will avoid any storm, changing ports of call, if necessary. It's very rare for a ship to cancel a cruise due to the weather. Unless a storm is hitting full force at the port of embarkation on the day the cruise begins, the ship will sail.

Today's weather forecasting and tracking equipment is sophisticated enough for the cruise lines to keep track of any weather system's progress, and to avoid if necessary. They'll never sail near a storm. While you may encounter rough seas, you won't necessarily. I've been on cruise which were diverted due to storms and not felt any rough seas. I've also been on cruises which sailed their scheduled itinerary, not encountered any type of rain, and still hit rough seas.

I wouldn't let the fact that it's hurricane season affect my decision on when to sail. The season lasts from June through November, with September and October being the most active months. If you sail during this time, there is a slight chance that you'll be re-routed, but this is not very likely. I think it happened to both the Magic and Wonder twice last year, so the chances are that you'll sail your scheduled itinerary and not encounter any problems.

As an aside, the Magic had to skip it's call at Georgetown, Grand Cayman, earlier this year, not due to a hurricane, but due to rough seas at the port, causing it to close. This was not during hurricane season, it happened this spring, I believe. My point is that the weather is unpredictable, but the ship will not put it's passengers in harm's way.

 

[RellingTwin]

Hurricane "Lili" diverted our cruise last Sept (9/28/02) an we went to a modified Eastern, instead of the planned Western cruise.We got to go to Castaway Cay 2X and we visited Purto Rico and St Thomas. The weather was wonderful and while I was a little dissapointed we missed our planned ports we still had a fantasic cruise. We were told by our server that he had a friend on a Carnival Ship which sailed to Western ports. The friend e-mailed our server telling him that over 200 people left the ship (and flew home) because of the horriable weather conditions, AND they STill did not make all the scheduled ports.
We (on the other hand) had clear skies, and smooth seas!

 

[imgoingtodisney]

maybe I shouldnt have opened this thread?
It was the 11/30 cruise cancelled due to Norwalk