So you want to go on a cruise during hurricane season?

Question

Think again...watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byLCUnDAhl4

The hurricane changed course after we left. It headed north to cut us off. When the ship started rolling, all of the stores were trashed as if they were ransacked. The craps table I was at had all the stacks of chips fall over and the table itself started to sliding toward me. It was not just rough seas. People got hurt because the bar stools were bolted to the floor and they fell out of them onto the floor. The portable x-ray machine went for joy ride, smashed through a glass wall and crushed itself into the side of the ship.

Answer 1

Nothing better then a ship that can rock and roll! Bring it on!!

Answer 2

I have cruised for over 30 years and have over 100 cruises under my belt. I cruise 3-4 times a year. Usually to the Caribbean.

I cruise during September, October and November because the prices are better and the kids are back in school so the ship isn't full of children.

I have never encountered a problem with hurricanes. The good thing about a ship is it can move away from the storm. Cruiselines keep a close eye on tropical storms and hurricanes and will change a ships itinerary to avoid nasty weather.

The Youtube clip you refer to is nothing more than rough weather and seas which is obviously due to being on the outer fringes of the hurricane. The trip between NY and Bermuda can be rough anytime - especially as the ship nears the Outer Banks of the Carolinas. The ship would never cruise into the storm itself. What you are seeing is high seas and wind. Nothing unusual about that in the Bermuda passage.

Later......your experience, while unsettling, is NOT unusual. Especially to/from Bermuda. You are on a floating ship in the ocean - when waves and weather are rough, things get tossed around. If the waves are bad enough, they will actually reset the stabilization in order for the ship to more easily withstand the motion. When waves are high, it is not unusual for glasses to fall off shelves and for tables to move or slide.

I'm always amazed at folks who put themselves on the sea and then are surprised when it is not "glass-like". Back in the day (the 80's and earlier) before computerized stabilizers, they used to run ropes from side to side across the ship in the public areas so folks could hang on to them when crossing the room. They would serve drinks in the dining room in plastic glasses so if they slid off the table, there wouldn't be broken glass all over the place.

Ships can withstand almost all weather possibilities....passengers, on the other hand, usually cannot.

Later still.........dontcha love the little kiddies who like to come on and thumbs down everyone? As if the numbskulls have ever been anywhere outside Podunk anyway.

Answer 3

That hurricane must not have been too bad if people were walking around decks and the person was able to stand there and video.

I have been on many cruises but most of them have been between November and June, outside the hurricane season. Its a crap shoot when you book during hurricane season, you never know. A couple years ago we did a Mexico cruise and a hurricane came across Mexico and sat in the Pacific for a day causing us to alter our route and miss one port stop.

Answer 4

I always cruise during hurricane season, its fine! Actually when you're following a hurricane the weather is usually really hot & beautiful. I just went to Mexico, Jamaica, Grand Cayman & other islands that were allegedly destroyed by the hurricane 2 weeks ago, there was no visible damage & great weather. Once when Hurricane Francis his (2 or 3 yrs ago) FLA. got hit so we stayed at sea for 2 free days w/ amazing sun & heat... Cruising during hurricane season is great!

Answer 5

most of the time cruise lines avoid the hurricanes by going out of the way and or changing ports (in the way of the hurricane) DO you want to go on a cruise on that cruise liner (the youtube site you mentioned?) have a good day.