Hurricane Jose Diverts Regal Princess

We are currently aboard the Regal Princess on the Trans-Atlantic crossing. The Captain announced this morning that we will now not be calling at Boston and Newport as we will be taking a more southerly direction to avoid Hurricane Jose. At present we have very calm seas.

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Thanks for the update. We will be on the Regal in a few weeks. Sounds like the captain is making the right decision and keeping everyone safe. Will you ship go straight to New York?

Thanks for the update Kiwi! We are boarding in NY on the 23rd, and have been tracking Jose with great interest. I'm sorry to hear that Jose has thrown a wrench in your plans, but I hope you have a great trip regardless of the change.

Stay safe.

Thanks for the update. We will be on the Regal in a few weeks. Sounds like the captain is making the right decision and keeping everyone safe. Will you ship go straight to New York?

Yes, the current plan is to go to NY arriving Saturday morning. More news as it is announced.

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Jose has been an unpredictable storm. Hopefully it doesn't cause any further disruptions for you! Wish we could all just will hurricane season to be over.

Thank you for the update as the webcam says the ship is still in St. Petersburg! :mad: Sorry it's making a detour but hoping you will get some new interesting ports instead of Boston & Newport.

Webcam says ENROUTE from Cork to Boston

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What was your original itinerary

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Webcam says ENROUTE from Cork to Boston

It does?

Looks like its bound for Belfast.

We're on the Regal TA too. We're enjoying the ship and the cruise. We're sorry to miss Boston and Newport RI but we've been to both before and I'm sure will visit them again. We love the variety of music played around the ship and some of the shows. Love having the International Cafe ... wish NCL had something similar.

Love our deck 8 larger angled "obstructed" balcony. Pretty happy that we changed from the forward facing L101 because our central lower location will be much better if we run into rough seas.

Going to read the boards for a few minutes then sign off because internet is very slow and need to conserve minutes.

It does?

Looks like its bound for Belfast.

Never mind.....now I see the date of Sept 13th on the webcam.......:o

Still showing Sept 16th......

Changes in itinerary can happen on transatlantic cruises even due to unnamed storms.

In April 2015 on the Regal from Ft Lauderdale our eastbound crossing was modified from a North Atlantic crossing via Halifax to a more southern route via the Azores due to a storm.

We are currently aboard the Regal Princess on the Trans-Atlantic crossing. The Captain announced this morning that we will now not be calling at Boston and Newport as we will be taking a more southerly direction to avoid Hurricane Jose. At present we have very calm seas.

 

 

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Did they offer any onboard credit for the loss of two ports?

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It's that time of the year.

A Little Off Topic

kiwi or kj

Do you know if Zivka is working in the Wheelhouse?

Ship tracker shows the Regal currently heading in a straight line towards the Canadian coast around Nova Scotia. That would position her safely above Hurricane Jose.

Any update on Regal Princess and the hurricanes?

Regal is now scheduled to get to NY a day early to avoid Jose (Friday instead of Saturday). By my count, that just puts the Regal *more* in the way of Jose, but I'm sure Princess knows better than me :)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2017/09/18/princess-cruises-ship-races-new-york-ahead-jose/677905001/

Regal is now scheduled to get to NY a day early to avoid Jose (Friday instead of Saturday). By my count, that just puts the Regal *more* in the way of Jose, but I'm sure Princess knows better than me :)

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2017/09/18/princess-cruises-ship-races-new-york-ahead-jose/677905001/

Jose is supposed to hit Massachusetts tomorrow night into Wednesday so the Regal should be safe on Saturday :)

Thanks for the update. I live in Boston and it's going to get very bad (Weather) for the next few days.

Stay safe and in joy your cruise.

Tony

Regal is now scheduled to get to NY a day early to avoid Jose (Friday instead of Saturday). By my count, that just puts the Regal *more* in the way of Jose, but I'm sure Princess knows better than me :)

 

NYC forecast for Friday and Saturday:

Friday

Partly cloudy today with a high of 79 °F (26.1 °C) and a low of 65 °F (18.3 °C).

Saturday

Partly cloudy today with a high of 82 °F (27.8 °C) and a low of 64 °F (17.8 °C).

We're on the Regal TA too. We're enjoying the ship and the cruise. We're sorry to miss Boston and Newport RI but we've been to both before and I'm sure will visit them again. We love the variety of music played around the ship and some of the shows. Love having the International Cafe ... wish NCL had something similar.

Love our deck 8 larger angled "obstructed" balcony. Pretty happy that we changed from the forward facing L101 because our central lower location will be much better if we run into rough seas.

Going to read the boards for a few minutes then sign off because internet is very slow and need to conserve minutes.

Would love to hear more about your obstructed balcony. We have just booked E 701 for a Feb cruise and are wondering how obstructed!

Would love to hear more about your obstructed balcony. We have just booked E 701 for a Feb cruise and are wondering how obstructed!

This helpful website created by CC participant Renmar shows obstructed balcony photos that passengers have submitted to him & E701 shows no obstructions when looking out from the balcony.

https://sites.google.com/site/royalregalprincess/home/8-emerald

Thanks! Great site which I have book marked!