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CruisingWalter - Thanks for taking some time out of your vacation to provide input on possible reasons for the MSC decision. Winds are out of the south right now gusting at 37 knots sustained, but by 1-2PM I see them changing more westerly, which should realign with the port entry. One good thing is this system was oddly very predictable and the winds were forecast to be westerly off the back side of the low as it moved north by 3pm (might be why they elected that). So it is looking like an easy landfall if that pans out... Seems like that has been their locked in plan, and your arrival will not be significantly before 2:15PM. COME ON WINDS!!!! Entering port with a crosswind near gale is not what we all need right now. Just make sure all of you get off the ship in like 5 to 10 minutes if you don't mind!!!!!! Easy as she goes.

The RCCL Wonder just pulled into Port Canaveral tonight (12/16/23) at 10:10PM... wish that would have been the MSC Seashore... NCL Epic is already docked for tomorrow. What skills or forecasting help did the NCL and RCCL Captains have that MSC did not? This just does not seem like this was a Captain's call...

We are scheduled to depart MSC SEASHORE from Port Canaveral tomorrow 12/17/23 during this Gulf low pressure that is impacting the Florida area with strong winds and a significant weather threat. This is our first time on MSC having sailed RCCL, Celebrity, Carnival, and NCL in the past. I am surprised MSC made the call to hold the Seashore south. The winds on Saturday were clearly forecast to be easterly (directly in line with the PC channel which would make moving into and out of the channel much less dangerous). This would have the ship in port on time for Sunday disembark and embark. Other cruise lines all left PC on Saturday while winds where lined up correctly. Was it the correct call by other cruise lines to regularly depart Saturday and bring their Sunday arrival ships (both NCL and RCCL) back tonight to get into port for tomorrow? If so, why did MSC make the opposite call? They kept the Seashore on its itinerary and thus not come back to PC until Sunday, but by then the winds are going to be from the south and that seems to be more dangerous to get into the channel. Likely a mess with disembark and embark being much later... and I am predicting a missed day at Ocean Cay to boot. We're going to have to eat this in the name of safety, but was it really the right call by MSC?