Bahamas Cruise - Would you go?

[rockytopva]

CHARLESTON

Carnival Sunshine 09/02/19 – No change to itinerary, we plan to operate as scheduled. Please sign up for text alerts by texting CCL3 to CRUISE (278473).

Hurricane Dorian Weather Update | Carnival Cruise Line

 

[Steven Yeadon]

That is madness. Apart from the potential for real injuries from high waves and lightning, the threat of constant rain and choppy seas would make me ask for my money back.

 

[rockytopva]

They are going to the Bahamas. Look at that hurricane and that well developed eyewall! Just about ready to hit their destination!

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/category-5-donian-begins-to-move-over-the-bahamas

 

[Reynolds]

CHARLESTON

Carnival Sunshine 09/02/19 – No change to itinerary, we plan to operate as scheduled. Please sign up for text alerts by texting CCL3 to CRUISE (278473).

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If they will sail, I would go. They won't put the cruise ships into bad weather. If it actually sails, it will go somewhere other than Bahamas.

 

[rockytopva]

If they will sail, I would go. They won't put the cruise ships into bad weather. If it actually sails, it will go somewhere other than Bahamas.

I would look forward to a wild ride!

 

[Deacon]

I don’t like going to the mall, too noisy and too crowded.
A Cruise ship would be like being locked at the mall for a week.

Rob

 

[Reynolds]

I don’t like going to the mall, too noisy and too crowded.
A Cruise ship would be like being locked at the mall for a week.

Rob

I agree. They are torture.

 

[rockytopva]

My gosh they are going!

CHARLESTON

Carnival Sunshine 09/02/19 – Departing on Monday as scheduled. Our call to Half Moon Cay will be canceled. Please sign up for text alerts by texting CCL3 to CRUISE (278473).

 

[Steven Yeadon]

My gosh they are going!

CHARLESTON

Carnival Sunshine 09/02/19 – Departing on Monday as scheduled. Our call to Half Moon Cay will be canceled. Please sign up for text alerts by texting CCL3 to CRUISE (278473).

Man, the private island sounds like the best part of a Bahamas cruise. To cancel that portion would get me to ask for my money back immediately, especially if I had to be in Miami awaiting a CAT 5 hurricane that might hit just a few hours after departing. If they refused a refund, I'd sue them in a heartbeat in a class action with a lot of angry passengers.

 

[Benjamin]

I don’t like going to the mall, too noisy and too crowded.
A Cruise ship would be like being locked at the mall for a week.

I agree. They are torture.

I usually say, I wouldn't take my vacation on a crowded germ infested ship for a week if they paid me to do so. ...But I'd take a nice yacht with a good captain.

 

[rockytopva]

Carnival Sunshine...

Currently sitting in Charleston Harbor...

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:368198/mmsi:308017000/vessel:CARNIVAL%20SUNSHINE

 

[rockytopva]

While the hurricane devastates her destination...

https://weather.com/weather/radar/interactive/l/ea7dc2efe643d6a93e1fce873a1f513c0b933976586661c0278170c6ce0f03b5

 

[rockytopva]

8:30 PM - Carnival Sunshine 50 miles southeast of Charleston headed southeast. Winds at 19 knots or 20 mph.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:368198/mmsi:308017000/vessel:CARNIVAL%20SUNSHINE

 

[rockytopva]

Carnival Sunshine, the blue boat in the middle, heading east looking as if she will go more to Bermuda than the Bahamas.

MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic

Vessel details for: CARNIVAL SUNSHINE (Passenger Ship) - IMO 9070058, MMSI 308017000, Call Sign C6FN4 Registered in Bahamas | AIS Marine Traffic

 

[rockytopva]

Looks like she is about 400 miles east of Daytona beach and 300 miles east of the hurricane in gentle waters.

Vessel details for: CARNIVAL SUNSHINE (Passenger Ship) - IMO 9070058, MMSI 308017000, Call Sign C6FN4 Registered in Bahamas | AIS Marine Traffic