Bonus vacation or choppy nightmare? Here’s what it’s like on a cruise ship stuck at sea during a hurricane
There’s always a possibility of bad weather and rough seas when you go on a cruise, but cruise lines are well prepared to change course if an approaching storm could be too dangerous to navigate.
There are also contingencies if they are unable to return to port as scheduled. Right now, all those playbooks have been dusted off and are in use.
On Monday, Sept. 26, as Hurricane Ian was closing in on Florida, Disney Wish left Port Canaveral for a four-night Bahamas cruise with planned stops at Nassau and Castaway Cay, Disney Cruise Line’s private island, before a planned return to Port Canaveral on Friday, Sept. 30.
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