Symphony in Red Sea

[Whipsnade]

Symphony is in Red Sea near Houthi base from which missiles were fired. Any news?

[Stickman1990]

I assume you mean the response to the missles fired from Yemen a few hours ago?

 

Folks on board Symphony report all is well and they’re cruising with armed guards onboard 

[Whipsnade]

Thank you. 

[Keith1010]

They are actually skipping a port due to weather and will have another day in Muscat instead which is good. 
 

Armed guards won’t help against a missile but will help with the pirates which is why they were brought on according to friends on board right now. 
 

Keith

 

 

[Whipsnade]

I think armed guards have been on every cruise ship traveling there for years. 

[Stickman1990]

3 hours ago, Keith1010 said:

Armed guards won’t help against a missile but will help with the pirates which is why they were brought on

I don’t think any one was suggesting the armed guards would stop a missile 

 

The reality is that any thing or person can be attacked anywhere in the world (including from a great distance) - terrorists don’t play by the rule book 

[Keith1010]

2 hours ago, Whipsnade said:

I think armed guards have been on every cruise ship traveling there for years. 

You are correct. In recent years they have had armed guards. 

When we sailed in this area a few times we had a lot of extra security but not armed guards.  
 

They are now there for pirates. 
 

At the present time we are on high alert for terrorism activity and that includes the USA. When we flew out of JFK one week ago today there was added security at the airport with personnel having their fingers on the triggers of assault rifles.  Hadn’t seen this for many years. 
 

Keith

[Whipsnade]

This event surely is not going to get more cruisers interested in this itinerary. Same for cruise companies. Really too bad as now that Saudi has opened up there are a lot of new places to see that none of us have visited. 
Luxor, Aqaba, and now Jeddah available for us not to mention the canal itself. Fingers crossed. 

[Stickman1990]

5 minutes ago, Whipsnade said:

This event surely is not going to get more cruisers interested in this itinerary. Same for cruise companies. Really too bad as now that Saudi has opened up there are a lot of new places to see that none of us have visited. 

You’re certainly right about that - there’s a lot of us booked on Symphony’s Athens to Mumbai holiday cruise in December 2024 - hopefully things settle down by then 

[Whipsnade]

Including me. 

[Whipsnade]

For us in 25 not 24. 

[Keith1010]

December 2024 and whatever dates in  2025 are a very long time from now.

 

In the world we live in that's like years away.