Sapphire skips Ketchikan
Currently on Sapphire heading back to Vancouver. Apparently a storm is heading our way so we are skipping Ketchikan today and going straight back. That would be acceptable except the much smaller Volendam who trails us went into Ketchikan as scheduled. If this storm is so serious, why don't they head home as well? This is not the first time I've been on a Princess ship that skips ports while other cruise lines don't. I appreciate not having a bumpy ride but it doesn't make sense that we are
Another consideration not mentioned so far is that while docking in Ketchikan may be feasible, the impact of the storm on the next port following the scheduled itinerary may be the bit that's causing concern. Thus, skipping a port and arriving early at the next.
This happened to us a couple of years ago. Skipped Victoria and headed straight back to SF. The docking in SF during a severe storm was the problematic part, not Victoria.
Sorry you're "irked" but this sort of thi
