I'm on a Bahamas cruise with several friends.(Milan Hurricane)

They are currently in the Bahamas on a Disney Wish cruise; they were supposed to return to Port Canaveral on Friday, October 11, but due to the storm, they have been pushed back to October 13. I looked up information from the National Hurricane Center and I’m shocked at the wave heights I’m seeing for Thursday through Saturday! Am I reading this correctly?

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Gonna have some lumps

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As an added measure of comfort, the captain of the cruise ship will have been aware of the situation and will have made plans to ensure the ship is not affected by the storm. The ship also has access to weather monitoring, which is far more advanced than what we receive.

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A day’s delay in returning to Tampa from my folks’ last cruise was caused by Hurricane Helene. They are currently on another cruise, but this one is currently near Cancun. The only thing to worry about is if the pier will still be there when they get back.

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20 to 30 feet of sea. What is meant by that? Waves can reach heights of up to thirty feet; where do they crest?

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Right now, my girlfriend and I are around 25 miles off the coast of Cuba on a Royal Caribbean cruise. Due to Milton, we are now returning on Friday morning instead of Tuesday as planned. Originally, we were going to travel to Cozumel on Tuesday but ended up deviating to the Dominican Republic and returning to the port of Miami on Thursday early.

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My wife and I were in this exact situation back in 2022 for Hurricane Ian on the Disney Wish. We were supposed to be back on a Friday but didn’t get back in until Sunday, so 2 extra sea days. They took the ship out to open waters to avoid the storm completely, it was probably one of the smoothest cruises we had ever been on. Disney added a ton of onboard activities, gave everyone free WiFi to be able to make flight changes/ keep in touch with what was going on with the storm.

Once the storm passes they’ll need to evaluate the port conditions then all of the ships that were supposed to be back in on Friday slowly start trickling back in. Disney only has 1 place to park their ships at Port Canaveral, so, for us, they brought the Disney Fantasy in on Saturday, to get that ship’s 7 night cruise out as scheduled, and then brought us in on Sunday, canceling a 3 night cruise on the Wish in the process.

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@Jemmy What, a five-night cruise?

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@Jayden From a four-night trip, it extended to six nights. Although DCL promised to reimburse the crew for the additional days’ gratuity, many of the people I spoke with onboard added gratuities on top of what had already been paid because we thought the crew deserved it.

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The ship is staying at sea and dodging the storm in order to make this happen, after all. When the Wish returns to port, the waters will have calmed down.

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@Hudson Correct? Seems appropriate for a storm. It’s not a 25-foot boat.

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Your pals are fortunate. As the cruise ship will be staying well clear of the storm, being on one is pretty much the greatest spot for everyone in that general vicinity to be. Not so much for anyone stranded anywhere along the hurricane’s course or close to Tampa!

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@Gordon With the exception of Harmony of the Seas. In ~13’ seas, they were heading directly towards the cyclone. At last, they gave up.

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We were in 20 to 30 ft seas off the Chilean Coast last year and it is no joke.

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@Dacosta Dealt with this in Alaska last year. It was…not fun.

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Was it a hurricane you experienced where the waves hitting your cruise boat were 20-30 feet high?

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@Camilla Not a hurricane just high seas.

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@Dacosta Cool, thanks for replying.

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Not that I agree with it but people might be down voting you since hurricanes don’t form off the coast of the Chilean Coast.

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I just went thru 30ft seas during Hurricane Francine on a drillship in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. That was a fun ride.

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