These are the weather conditions at sea, you do NOT see in the cruise line commericals
You can pay for a great cabin, you can pay for a great meal, you can pay for a great drink. But, you can 't pay for great weather.
It is called, "Rough Seas Ahead".
Rough seas during Hurricane Jeanne in 2004 on a five day Carnival Fantasy cruise, cheesey contests and lame rounds of middle age people acting out the song YMCA just isn't very thrilling for a young couple. Add sea sickness, closed shops aboard the ship, and an empty swimming pool because the line chose to paint it during this couple's cruise, and the cruise becomes what they call, "Worst Cruise Ever."
This is from the incident aboard the P & O Pacific Sun on July 30, 2008 off the coast of New Zealand during rough seas. Some passengers said the incident was a minor bump. Injuries reported were broken arms, legs, ribs, pelvis, and cuts requiring stitches.
Crossing from Hawaii to Japan on the Crystal Harmony, encountering some rough seas that delayed the cruise around 14 hours. It was early 2005
Between Denmark and Norway with M/F Color Festival in January 2007, 17 meter hig waves.
60 Foot Rogue Wave slams ship in the Bering Sea. You can book this excursion through a cruise aboard a NCL, RCCI, Princess, Holland America or Carnival Cruise to Alaska.
In this video, the action is slow in the beginning. But, keep your eye on that palm tree in the pot, about center of the screen in the video. When the leaves begin to sway, this is when it really begins to heat up in the cruise ship dining room. There are numerous waves of destruction here, each more severe than the one before. Just when you think it can't get any worst, it does.
Carnival Splendor vs Mother Nature, Very high winds and rough seas kept Carnival Splendor from docking at Grand Turk on 11/19/08
MSC Fantasia Friday March 6, 2009, Palma de Mallorca, Spain - Cruise ship passengers have been rescued from the sea after strong winds broke a gangway linking the vessel to its dock.
This is a selection of rough weather conditions on Grand Cayman. They are sorted by date, so you can see what the weather might be during the season your cruise ship visits this port of call.