Carnival Ecstasy update

[JustMeandeveryoneelse]

Passing along a link regarding carnival ecstasy.

 

http://www.postandcourier.com/20161008/161009489/carnivals-ecstasy-stuck-at-sea-passengers-irked-in-hurricanes-aftermath

[OCruisers]

Charleston is flooded. :(

Roads in & out of Charleston are "iffy".

Edited October 8, 2016 by OCruisers

[wrennies]

So what has anyone heard...we are on Ecstasy and we seem to be lay to find out

 

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[debster11]

So passengers wanting to board the next cruise are drawing a line in the sand? Really? You're traveling in hurricane season and that is the chance you take. Wow I just don't get people. Prayers to all affected by this storm.

[wrennies]

We have seem newspaper in charleston saying port opening on Monday... nobody has said anything to us

 

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[wrennies]

Update at 6pm....we are waiting.

 

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[wrennies]

Carnivals update states elation not leaving until Monday at earliest... shouldn't that be Ecstasy. Isn't Ecstasy the only ship out of charleston

 

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[wrennies]

Just updated. We r in board until Monday

 

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[jd10013]

just got the update. storm has passed Charleston but earliest port will open is mon. for those that still go will get prorated refund, $100 per person OBC, and 50% off another 2-7 day cruise.

 

out of curiosity, does anybody knows how that works? do they give you a voucher for the 50% off or what?

Edited October 8, 2016 by jd10013

[snooper1225]

I have been wondering about the cars that are already parked at the port in Charleston. Wouldn't that be considered zone A which was supposed to be evacuated? I hope the passengers don't come home and find their car flooded. That would be awful.

[wrennies]

We are getting off in morning. Everyone is concerned about cars.....we will see in few hours

 

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[debster11]

We are getting off in morning. Everyone is concerned about cars.....we will see in few hours

 

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Please let us know if all is well. I'm glad you made it home safe.

[jd10013]

Please let us know if all is well. I'm glad you made it home safe.

 

will definitely be a challenge for some. I had to cancel my booking cause I just couldn't get down there. North carolina is mess.

[ourcruiseyears]

We disembarked last Sunday (the 2nd) when you all boarded & you've been in our thoughts ever since. Please do let us know how everything goes. <3

[kaclmay]

Just bumping this thread to see if @wrennies made it out of Charleston ok. Was your car (or any other passengers cars) flooded/damaged? Do you know if they made the majority of cruisers park on higher levels in area parking garages before you even left Charleston, knowing a hurricane was headed towards the US? I was in downtown Charleston on Tuesday and noticed the big parking lot (used for cruises) near the terminal didn't have as many cars in it as I thought it would and wondered if they had parking elsewhere as a precaution. Hope you all made it home ok!

[k_immi_e]

I was on this cruise. We didn't park at the port, but when we left at 640am in our Uber, there were a lot of people coming out of the garage in their cars with no issues :)

[lilchief27]

Got off the Ecstasy yesterday morning, probably one of the FASTEST debarkations I have done in my limited cruising experience. We were walking off the ship at 7:40 & driving out of the warehouse by 8:10. BTW, we are simple cruisers, no liquor, no tobacco, etc.

 

I was one of the really worried people about our car. We parked in the warehouse a stone's throw from where the ship was docked. All cars looked fine including ours. Only indication of rain or a hurricane was a really big puddle right inside the warehouse.

 

As we were sailing through the Atlantic on Saturday, the more I thought about it (OR the more my hubby told me to stop worrying) I realized that if there was significant damage to the parking area at the port, it was feasible to assume we would not be able to dock at the port, due to damage to the port / docking area. We also decided if there was damage to the parking area at the port where sooooo many of Carnival's guests would be parked, surely Carnival would kindly let its guests know about problems & direct them to Port Authorities for assistance, once off of the ship. Since we never received any information like that, as we prepared to debark I was less anxious.

Edited October 11, 2016 by lilchief27
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