What if a TStorm happens

just curious about what will happen if when i go on my cruise at the end
of august if there is a Tropical storm..
Do they cancel the cruise? if so what then?
been watching the weather alot and im worried..
leaving New Orleans aug.28th through sept.1st and i was curios.
chatty cathy

On Aug 6, 3:28*pm, (chatty cathy) wrote:
just curious about what will happen if when i go on my cruise at the end
of august if there is a Tropical storm..
* *Do they cancel the cruise? if so what then?
* * * *been watching the weather alot and im worried..
* * * *leaving New Orleans aug.28th through sept.1st and i was curios.
* * * * * * *chatty cathy

They do their utmost to cruise as safe as possible ... Ports may
change or be eliminated as they'll sail to calmer waters ... but it
will take a lot to cancel the cruise outright ...
We've sailed twice along the Eastern Seaboard in Sept. when hurricanes
were a day or so ahead of us ...Moving across our bow so to speak ...
some rough but bearable waters ... and easily sailable ...

In
(chatty cathy) wrote:

just curious about what will happen if when i go on my cruise at the
end of august if there is a Tropical storm..
Do they cancel the cruise? if so what then?
been watching the weather alot and im worried..
leaving New Orleans aug.28th through sept.1st and i was curios.
chatty cathy

Read your contract and all associated literature.

Buy travel insurance.

Pay attention during the lifeboat drill.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

One important point. Ships can travel around 20 knots or more. Hurricanes
go slower. When they do get up to those kinds of speeds they burn
themselves out. So ships can avoid hurricanes... they go in a different
direction than the storm. If a storm is in the Western Caribbean... they
ships will just go Eastern... and vice versa. Places like Bermuda are a bit
more tricky... since there's no place else to go nearby, so ships go to
places like Halifax or the Bahamas if Bermuda is closed.

If on the other hand it's the embarkation port that's under attack by a
storm... that's a different matter. The ship will probably remain at sea or
relo to a different port. Then flights become the bigger issue.

--Tom



"chatty cathy" wrote in message
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just curious about what will happen if when i go on my cruise at the end
of august if there is a Tropical storm..
Do they cancel the cruise? if so what then?
been watching the weather alot and im worried..
leaving New Orleans aug.28th through sept.1st and i was curios.
chatty cathy

(Tom*K) wrote:

If on the other hand it's the embarkation port
that's under attack by a storm... that's a
different matter. The ship will probably remain
at sea or relo to a different port. Then flights
become the bigger issue.

We once had a hurricane keep us from getting back to port. We were out
to sea two extra days. Obviously, this affected the next cruise since it
was supposed to start on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend and the ship
did not return until Monday, Labor Day.

I spoke with one of the Royal Caribbean people at the airport who was
supposed to get passengers to the transfer buses. She had no idea how
many would show up. I remember later reading that instead of having the
normal two seatings scheduled for dinner. They had just one. I'm
guessing the ship was less than half full for the next cruise.

"chatty cathy" wrote in message
...
just curious about what will happen if when i go on my cruise at the end
of august if there is a Tropical storm..
Do they cancel the cruise? if so what then?
been watching the weather alot and im worried..
leaving New Orleans aug.28th through sept.1st and i was curios.
chatty cathy

It's not just the storm but the oil spill cleanup in the Mississippi River
so your cruise on Carnival Fantasy is scheduled to be departing and
returning from Mobile, Alabama.
http://www.carnival.com/cms/fun/crui...s_Update2.aspx

To me, it's just not the same as cruising down the Mississippi River from
New Orleans. If you had never cruised out of New Orleans before, here are
pictures of what you would have seen. It takes the ship about 7 hours to
reach the mouth of the Mississippi River at Southwest Pass.
http://public.fotki.com/apjung/vacat...val_fantasy/1/

http://public.fotki.com/apjung/vacat...l_sensation/1/

http://public.fotki.com/apjung/vacat.../ms_holiday/1/


--
Andy P. Jung
Metairie, Louisiana U.S.A.
(on the Western side of the now infamous 17th Street Canal)
http://www.JungWorld.com/

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thank you for the wonderful photos i enjoyed seeing them and im sad
that i wont see it first hand..
but at least i did with your prints..
thanks again..
chatty cathy

waiting on news from carnival to find out if they are going to
accomidate taking my scooter or if i will just drive myself..