Cruise News: Cruise Captain Sails into Major Hurricane?

Cruise News: Cruise Captain Sails into Major Hurricane?

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00:00 Introduction
00:15 Kicked Out!
01:26 Price Increase
03:13 Sail Into a Hurricane
05:40 Orlando Hurricane Update

[RICHFOW]

I am on that cruise (Harmony). The Captain was expecting the hurricane to move faster northward. When it stalled the Captain announced that he was turning around. I was glad that he tried his best to make it. He announced that he was staying at least 150 miles from the hurricane. It seemed all good to me.

[richardmaurer]

We’re on the Sun Princess, unable to dock so getting a few free days waiting for Milton to arrive.
Love our captain, lots of updates on progress of the storm, evacuated 3 ill passengers, and staying out of the storm’s effects.
❤

[jobee]

I’m tired of cruise lines constantly raising gratuities. Our last cruise on Celebrity this year our gratuities were almost $30 pp a day, for a 7 day cruise that’s over $400 on top of our fare and we are expected to tip everyone on top of this. We usually tip an extra $300 to $400 for all the people whom we see everyday. By the time it’s over we have spent an additional $1000 just for tips and gratuities. As gratuities continue to increase I think we will see people less likely to tip on top of the gratuities.

[Nicho_Ldn]

I think… that cruise lines should pay their crew a salary sufficient that gratuities don’t represent a significant portion of their income.

Let’s have some transparency here: how much are they getting paid and what increases have there been? These are multi-billion corporations, after all.

[trishaque]

Cruise lines need to include the tips in the fare

[Jbaxter]

The tips and service charges are included. It's one of the reasons why I go on cruises with P&O Cruises UK.

[MB-uykh]

My father-in-law was a navy ship captain, retired after 20 years at he helm of some big boys. he said if it was a fast moving storm, it was okay to sail “toward” the storm, which is different than sail “into” a hurricane/storm, as by the time the ship gets to storm location, it has moved on, leaving surprisedly calm waters after stormy seas. Originally Milton was much faster, then it slowed, then picked up speed again and made Florida landfall hours sooner than originally predicted. RCL has full time meteorologists on staff and they had to be monitoring all the ships in the gulf and making decisions on what was the safest course of action. The u-turn, I am sure came from corporate orders based on advice from operations & logistics landside staff

[jeffv]

The reasons the cruises (and hotels in regard to resort fees) don’t add gratuity and WiFi packages to the price of the cruises is because they have to pay a commission/percentage to third party people/company that sell bookings for their cruises. Let’s say they pay a 5 or 10% commission to travel agents that sell their cruises. Let’s say they currently have a cruise that costs $2k+300 in gratuity+175 for a WiFi package. By separating it—-they only pay the 5-10% commission on the $2k. If they made it all inclusive and charged $2475–they would have to pay the 5-10% commission on the entire thing. Not only that—by separating the charges—it also makes it so that their cruises appear to be priced lower—which is deceiving imo.

[TheresaKulikowsky]

If they are raising gratuities on Royal are they going back to cleaning rooms 2X a day??? We prepay gratuities!!

[MiriamHernandez-heuk]

Stay safe, we are praying for you all here in Ga.
Keep us posted!

[FrielFamilyFootball]

I don’t mind paying. Just include it in the price.

[ralphg]

Did you see Margaritaville, she went around Milton and joined up with harmony. Also a carnival hanging around.

[larsord]

Even in the Navy we didn't run into a typhoon. But a couple did run into us. Not nice on a Fletcher class destroyer.

[bethsilcox]

I’m with you and can;t believe a Captain would knowingly do this. Jason I love your channel and enjoy what you cover.😊

[dennisdemonceau]

I had a cruise about 6 years ago leave as the hurricane was coming to land. We went straight into it full speed instead of away from it. The boat was rocking very badly. Then it tilted and paused. Many things tipped over. The ship then slowed down drastically, and it was better after that. No clue how into the storm was better then away from it

[kbeats]

That’s really strange. We were sailing on Harmony of the Seas in 2019 late August during Hurricane Dorian. Our 7 day voyage was extended to an 11 day sailing due to the hurricane being in the Bahamas and blocking our path back to Port Canaveral. The port was actually closed. We just hung out in Cozumel for four days. Must be a different captain because ours was extremely cautious and kept us out of harms way. I even sent an email to RCCL headquarters after returning commending them on how well they handled the situation 🫤

[chrismoss]

I pray for you and all the other Floridians that are in the path of the storm. I always go to the late night comedian. Love it. If someone can't handle it, they shouldn't go. I agree with you in regards to the tipping situation, I wish it would just be rolled into our cruise fare so we wouldn't have to worry about it...maybe California can pass a law to include that too (not really)!!!! Stay safe!

[debracartier]

I enjoy the late night comedy shows. I just sit in the back! Lol…. I absolutely agree that cruise lines should just include the costs of the gratuity in the cost of the cruise!

[jameshom]

There is a big difference between heading into a hurricane vs heading towards a hurricane. The hurricane winds may not be affecting the ship though the choppy seas due to the hurricane may affect the ship. This was a relatively fast moving hurricane. So, going towards a hurricane that is moving away from you may not be as dangerous as you fear.

[meddyven]

Jayson, you and your wife, prayers to you. I went through Hurricane Fran, in 96, in NC. I was 2 hours inland, on a cat 2, and still got severe damage to trees and flooding;75 to 80 MPH.
Royal Caribbean should relieve the Capt. of his duties, for approaching a hurricane.