zenoland

MPalmer,

 

I have saved one thread here:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=400046&highlight=valor

[quote name='golfpccc']Has anybody sailed on the Conquest during hurricane season? I know that everyone lost their cars at port during Ike (hopefully, that was a one time occurrence), but how does it take high seas. Did you miss ports? What happened? Thinking about booking a cruise in August! Would you do it?[/quote]

Snoozeman (Hi Snoozeman!) and I were on the cruise the week before Hurricane Ike. (8/31/08 to 9/7/08.) Another hurricane had hit Jamaica the previous week so the Conquest went to Progresso instead. The ship followed a line towards the SW leaving Galveston in order to avoid the weather that was passing the Gulf closer to Florida. If I recall, there was some slight movement the 2nd morning, but nothing to write home about for me. The rest of the week was smooth sailing.

The cruise that went out the day we returned is the one that ended up in New Orleans for a couple of days and returned to Houston 4 days late. Those are the folks that lost cars in Galveston.

Once again I'm booked for the 8/30/09 cruise. Maybe it will make it to Jamaica this year. :) I don't let hurricane season scare me from booking.

Olga

You can find internet fees here:

 

http://www.carnival.com/CMS/FAQs/On_Board_Internet_Cafes.aspx

 

Basically it's $3.95 for user activation and $.75 per minute.

 

I recommend you have a backup plan. When I was on the Conquest last year, there was a whole day when the internet was down.