In the end, though, he said the winds were a lot “stronger than what it was forecast” and that “in eight or nine hours, [the storm] goes from being nothing to a full-blown storm”. “This was not a surprise to anyone watching the weather on a daily basis”. “The storm was well-forecast by many different weather models from every agency”. Waves crashed at the bow with such force that the weather literally slowed us down, but I never felt unsafe.
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Bill Baumgartner, a senior vice president with Royal Caribbean, said the ship’s passengers and crew had “a terrifying weather experience”. “So he’s slowed down his speed to smooth it out”, the spokesperson said. Four passengers were injured, but not seriously, according to USA Today.
Royal Caribbean said in a statement that the ship would turn around and sail back to Cape Liberty where it was scheduled to arrive at 7 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Glackin agreed the captain often seemed nervous when he would address the passengers, and some on board wished he had sounded more confident when he told everyone things would be OK. “Airlines take exceptional care to route traffic around areas of turbulence or rough air to avoid preventable injuries or damage to the aircraft”.
In a video feed piped into passengers’ staterooms, the captain claims the storm was not as bad when the ship left port.
One passenger on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship that was rocked by hurricane-force winds said she was afraid for her life as the boat tipped side to side and she lay in bed shaking.
Nelson is the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees the NTSB. The storm was the most powerful in the western Atlantic this winter.
“Everyone was out and about until about 3:30”, Grammenos said. By Saturday afternoon, forecasts were calling for 65 knot winds and seas to 11.5 meters (about 38 feet) by noon Sunday. She said she and her father were a little disappointed the ship was turning around, but she called it “the best thing for the safety of everyone”.
The captain made numerous announcements throughout the roughly 12-hour ordeal.
Four injuries were reported among the 6,000 passengers and crew members, the cruise line said. “It was out of my worst nightmare/horror movie”, said Moskovitz.
But Driscoll doesn’t expect the fallout to be huge.
This all happened on Super Bowl Sunday so the family tried to watch the game take their minds off the situation at hand.
Nelson compared this incident and the deadly El Faro incident, where 33 people died as the ship sailed into the path of Hurricane Joaquin. “None of us really expected an adventure like this”, Huschka wrote.
Christened in April 2015, Anthem is tied with sister vessel Quantum of the Seas as the third-largest cruise ship ever built.
According to FOX News New York, the whole experience was very frightening for the ships 4,500 passengers and 1,600 crews.
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“We normally fly out of Philadelphia to Florida and then leave from Miami port on a cruise”.
