Sailing through thunderstorms?

[kmflutist]

16 foot swells. That would be something! I would love to see some video or photos if anyone has any! I've always been a weather nut - although I'm afraid of most of it. :D

[sbnuggie]

Well, the Freedom of the Seas is a huge (160,000 gross tons) ship, so I don't think anything could "rock" it!:D;)

 

Hahahaha...there is a Titanic joke here somewhere....I'm just not that witty to come up with one.

[CruiseAdict218]

This sounds interesting, I wouldnt mind bumping into one on my next cruise :D

[nybumpkin]

We sailed through a thunderstorm on Carnival Victory three years ago enroute to Canada. It wasn't rough, but the twist with this storm was that we had hail. Large hail, in fact. The size of hail that could have filled our ice bucket. We had an aft wrap balcony and could watch the storm from the cabin - at one point I tried to open the balcony door and ice pellets came flying in. The crew had to close the Lido deck to clean up afterward - the hail broke a lot of light bulbs. However, after the storm passed we had the coolest sunset we've ever seen at sea:

 

[rae.holmes]

we were suppose to go outta new orleans the week that Katrina hit, so our cruise got diverted to galveston. and although we didnt have storms our boat rocked like crazy. made me really sick but once i put on a patch i was fine.

[Frank12]

Sailing through thunderstorms is not really scary. It's kinda cool actually.

[Delnatha]

I agree that there is something that is fundamentally pure and awe-inspiring about going through a thunderstorm on the open ocean. Find an open area with a roof over your head, kick back, and enjoy the show.

[mjl1960]

I love thunderstorms, and think it would be awesome to experience one in the blackness of a night at sea. :)

[zqvol]

We will be taking our first cruise in May and I was just wondering if cruise ships sail through thunderstorms or if they try to go around them (kinda like airplanes). Has anyone been on a cruise ship out at sea during a storm? Is it scary? Thank you in advance! :)

 

It is just like driving through a thunderstorm on the Interstate at home.

[kmflutist]

We sailed through a thunderstorm on Carnival Victory three years ago enroute to Canada. It wasn't rough, but the twist with this storm was that we had hail. Large hail, in fact. The size of hail that could have filled our ice bucket. We had an aft wrap balcony and could watch the storm from the cabin - at one point I tried to open the balcony door and ice pellets came flying in. The crew had to close the Lido deck to clean up afterward - the hail broke a lot of light bulbs. However, after the storm passed we had the coolest sunset we've ever seen at sea:

 

 

What a GORGEOUS sunset!

[cruise_girl2002]

when i sailed the destiny last june for 2-3 nights we had thunderstorms. the one i remember it was about 2am and i heard a whislt coming through the balcony door so i got up to check outside and it was storming. couldnt feel the ship rock or anything but it was very cool and exciting. i sat on the couch and watched the storm from inside the room for about an hour. but i'll never forget my first cruise on the sensation back in 1999. my family and i were in the atrium and all of a sudden there were about 4 people by the windows in the atrium on the empress deck and we heard them being excited about something so we went to check to see what was going on....sure enough a water spout. nothing big enough to worry about but that was exciting to see

[G'ma]

Daughter and I cruised on the Pride in January....it was sooooo cold, almost all the way to Florida and beyond. On the first day, it snowed like heck for a couple hours. We saw something I've never experienced before: steam rising from the ocean. The air temp was something like 35 degrees and the water was in the 50-60's range which cause great twisters of steam to rise... Awesome.

 

 

 

 

 

Couple of folks enjoying the hot tub anyway.......