castaway01 Posted February 13, 2019 #1 Share Posted February 13, 2019 We are booked for this Saturday 16th aboard the Legend , I have just discovered that tropical cyclone "Oma" is right over Vanuatu and then set to slam into New Caledonia, and then hang around the area for about ten days, the Legend will be sailing right into this damn cyclone, so I am very seriously considering cancelling our cruise , I've sailed in 6 metre seas and was very unwell , who knows what this damn cyclone will throw up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castaway01 Posted February 13, 2019 Author #2 Share Posted February 13, 2019 (edited) Edited February 13, 2019 by castaway01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDG 41 Posted February 13, 2019 #3 Share Posted February 13, 2019 The itinerary may change depending on the weather. They will probably change the itinerary to keep you safe. Please don't complain about this you agreed to this when you booked the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted February 13, 2019 #4 Share Posted February 13, 2019 P&O 's Arcadia is half way between Fiji and Vanuatu at the moment. As said above they will change the itinerary , the cruise lines don't want their ships thrown around or damaged either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castaway01 Posted February 14, 2019 Author #5 Share Posted February 14, 2019 6 hours ago, DDG 41 said: The itinerary may change depending on the weather. They will probably change the itinerary to keep you safe. Please don't complain about this you agreed to this when you booked the cruise. Dont tell me what to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell21 Posted February 14, 2019 #6 Share Posted February 14, 2019 If you cancel at this stage you will get SFA back. We've been on a ship when there was a cyclone in our path, the Captain simply took another course and avoided it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDG 41 Posted February 14, 2019 #7 Share Posted February 14, 2019 6 hours ago, castaway01 said: Dont tell me what to do Thanks for telling me what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted February 14, 2019 #8 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Big seas, all part of the adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted February 15, 2019 #9 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Just checked Marine Traffic AIS . P&O"s Arcadia is supposed to be in Port Vila today but has headed for Noumea instead. Looks like they are missing Port Vila and spending a few days in Noumea perhaps riding out the cyclone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kezza Posted February 15, 2019 #10 Share Posted February 15, 2019 if there's a threat the Captain will take you elsewhere...he will not sail into a cyclone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icat2000 Posted February 16, 2019 #11 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Got of Legend today. Little bit rocky. Had worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK Crazee Posted February 17, 2019 #12 Share Posted February 17, 2019 We are booked on Sea Princess for Sunday Feb 24 departing Brisbane for New Zealand. I'm a bit concerned but there is a lot of $$$ tied up in ship and public relations so I'm sure they will take steps to avoid too much nastiness. Its taken us 5 years to save for this trip so I hope the cyclone "bugs off" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 17, 2019 #13 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Hopefully the Captains will find better weather and calmer seas for all the cruises being affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elorac123 Posted February 19, 2019 #14 Share Posted February 19, 2019 On 2/17/2019 at 4:44 PM, HK Crazee said: We are booked on Sea Princess for Sunday Feb 24 departing Brisbane for New Zealand. I'm a bit concerned but there is a lot of $$$ tied up in ship and public relations so I'm sure they will take steps to avoid too much nastiness. Its taken us 5 years to save for this trip so I hope the cyclone "bugs off" Just make sure you have motion sick meds,you’ll be fine. We were on the Sea until 14 th this month,,,The cruise director Matt was fantastic as were the rest of the entertainment crew, Enjoy. Cheers Carole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelie Posted February 19, 2019 #15 Share Posted February 19, 2019 We were on the Royal Legend of the Seas 2 years ago yesterday. Cyclone Winston hit Vanuatu did an unheard of uturn and went back and hit it again. We were advised of the cyclone when we left and told they were keeping an eye on it. We made it to noumea ok. Photo at start of day the 3 of us smiling and bright sunny skies. At the end of the day dark skies and me lookig fake scared. As we left i was like mmm were going pretty fast. Yep. We were running away from the cyclone. Captain announced Mystery island the next day was cancelled as it was under water. And Pt Vila the day after as well as it had been hit and about to be again. We went further north to champagne bay. Showed us a map on the screens of where the cyclone was compared to us and we were heading to this tiny patch that "shouldn't" be effected. Heaps of people on the cruise were complaining. I'm got a bit snarky with a few and was like umm hello we are avoiding a cyclone. I prefer not to die on holiday. As soon as I got internet I googled the cyclone only to find out that 44 people did die on the islands. So yeah it's not an ideal situation but they do their best to keep you safe and hey it could be worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisin-m Posted February 19, 2019 #16 Share Posted February 19, 2019 They will keep you safe don’t worry, it’s also in their best interests for people to have a good holiday so they will come back to cruise again! Your itinerary might be a little different to originally planned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_cruiser Posted February 19, 2019 #17 Share Posted February 19, 2019 The cruise line will keep you safe ☺️, just your itinerary might be different to the one you originally booked! You might get to see different islands/ places you have never been to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porky55 Posted February 19, 2019 #18 Share Posted February 19, 2019 New Zealand cruises are the ones that will also be affected potentially by this cyclone if you have a look at wave height maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 21, 2019 #19 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Seems many cruises will be affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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