A father on the boat said passengers were informed of the storm early in their journey.
The ship ended up turning around and returned Wednesday to Bayonne.
So is Peters right? Of more than 6000 people on board, only four minor injuries were reported.
The company hasn’t released the name of the captain.
He added that the captain, who has more than 15 years of experience, is “very concerned” about what happened.
Where Anderson got that forecast is unknown.
When William Gibbs and his wife Donna of New Haven boarded a Royal Caribbean ship Saturday in New Jersey, they had relaxation and sunshine on their minds, but what they found was chaos.
Did Royal Caribbean make a calculated decision to take a chance with the lives and welfare of more than6,000 passengers and crew?
Royal Carribbean exec Bill Baumgartner: “We simply didn’t anticipate what the true strength of the storm would be”.
Passengers say they were stuck in their rooms for 12 hours, rationing snacks from their mini bars as huge waves tossed them around. He said he “saw some of the staff hugging and crying” after the ship returned to New Jersey.
“You can’t underscore how few people were hurt”, he said.
The general public must understand that weather on the sea can shift in a matter of minutes.
“We were probably in the room for 20 minutes if that and then we left”, she said.
The ship’s January 15 cruise to the southern Caribbean was extended by one day as the crew attempted to avoid the massive Winter Storm Jonas, which hammered the East Coast and dumped record-breaking snow in some areas. A jet carrying hundreds of passengers wouldn’t just go up “and ride it out”, so why should the cruise industry be excused for doing it? Nelson said from the Senate floor Monday.
“Ships aren’t built to stay in port”, he said. “I fully understand that but you also have to appreciate that we were safe at all times aboard”.
The Coast Guard says the ship sustained largely cosmetic damage, including broken glass, china and balcony doors.
Even if passengers could have gotten into the lifeboats, this class of Royal Caribbean ships does not have enough lifeboats for both passengers and crew member.
“The Anthem of the Seas incident may provide us an additional opportunity to learn best practices that cruise line operators employ for operating in heavy weather”, the NTSB said.
Does it matter that Anthem is flagged in the Bahamas?
Royal Caribbean has said the winds that the Anthem of the Seas encountered were higher than what were forecast.
NTSB authority was quoted by marinelog as saying: “The incident occurred in global waters and involved a Bahamian-flagged vessel, and we are actively engaged with our U.S. and worldwide partners to determine what would be the best course of action, in accordance with established global protocols. I couldn’t have eaten much”, Kim said. There are worldwide standards that must be maintained for all vessels globally.
And despite her own worries, Strand said her daughter, eight-month-old Alexa, slept through the entire episode.
“The suitcases came out from underneath the bed”, she said. El Faro was operated by TOTE Maritime Services.
But Huschka was among passengers who found a silver lining in the storm.
Garth Materie, host of CBC Radio’s The Afternoon Edition, asked Kumaran if she would ever be going on a cruise again.
