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Constellation stuck (for now) in Key West


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We were supposed to leave Key West at 1:30 for Cozumel. Ropes were tossed off roughly on schedule. After a few attempts to power away from the pier, the wind kept pushing us back and they just powered down. Wind is close to 25 with gusts to 35 mph.

 

30-40 minutes later the captain came on and said that until the force or direction of the wind changes, we are staying put. They have not bothered to tie us back up, as the wind is apparently doing a good job keeping us against the pier!

 

The shops are open... but here we sit. Not sure how long we can stay here and still have useful time in Cozumel (was to be 11:30 to 8:30 tomorrow).

 

Tom

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Hi Tom,

 

Thanks for letting us know. Hope you are able to get underway soon. Have a wonderful time on Constellation, and Happy Holidays !

 

Thanks Andy.

 

Listed in Michael's Club for tonight is Liz Strauss - so Perry is officially gone. Those are tough (nearly impossible) shoes to fill from what I understand!

 

Tom

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Thanks Andy.

 

Listed in Michael's Club for tonight is Liz Strauss - so Perry is officially gone. Those are tough (nearly impossible) shoes to fill from what I understand!

 

Tom

 

Hi Tom,

 

Even if she's fantastic, it's impossible shoes to fill indeed. Looking forward to seeing her in January.

 

When you have a chance, can you advise who the Cruise Director & Hotel Director is ? Thanks very much.

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That is one of the reasons that the ships charted course is never calciulated at full speed. They always try to have some in reserve if it is required to sail around a storm, hazard, emergency and etc. and still be on time.

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Still here. I believe the wind is scheduled

To ease around 6pm. I am sure it will be an abbreviated trip to Cozumel if we go. I am far from impressed to this point for a host of reasons. Hard to believe this is a celebrity ship. I will post my views when we get back.

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I'm "stuck" here too, and not happy about it. Before everyone gives the "cruise lines can alter at their digression" line.....it was known he winds were terrible today and Carnival cancelled their stop here today.

 

I'm assuming most are like me and would have preferred to skip our morning in Key West to make it to Cozumel. Now, it would appear we will have to go somewhere else.....since we will not have time to make it to Cozumel......maybe Nassau?

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While I noted earlier that the shops were open, now they are all locked up... odd!

 

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Since you are still in port, I'm thinking the shops were open by mistake.

 

I suspect you will also have to FL sales tax on all your purchases/drinks.

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I'm "stuck" here too, and not happy about it. Before everyone gives the "cruise lines can alter at their digression" line.....it was known he winds were terrible today and Carnival cancelled their stop here today.

 

I'm assuming most are like me and would have preferred to skip our morning in Key West to make it to Cozumel. Now, it would appear we will have to go somewhere else.....since we will not have time to make it to Cozumel......maybe Nassau?

 

Guest services called us a short time ago to make sure we were enjoying our cruise (never had that happen before)! She offered no updates or additional insight as to alternate plans. I did tell her if we don't get going soon we'll probably be looking at an extra sea day or Nassau!

 

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I'm "stuck" here too, and not happy about it. Before everyone gives the "cruise lines can alter at their digression" line.....it was known he winds were terrible today and Carnival cancelled their stop here today.

 

I'm assuming most are like me and would have preferred to skip our morning in Key West to make it to Cozumel. Now, it would appear we will have to go somewhere else.....since we will not have time to make it to Cozumel......maybe Nassau?

 

If the ship leaves at 7PM you should arrive in Cozumel at roughly 11-11:30AM their local time....assuming that you go through the Florida Straights at the ship's cruising speed of 24 KPH. Make that about 12:30 with docking time. Having said that, if it's windy, traversing the Florida Straights at 24KPH may be a bit rocky.

 

The stores and bars should not have been open....most likely they will just ignore the fact that they now owe Florida taxes. I'd be surprised if they charged the passengers the tax. Interesting point to ponder....what will they do about taxes on wine purchased with dinner.....

 

Each cruise is an adventure....so try to go with the flow and enjoy, wherever you wind up tomorrow.

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Guest services called us a short time ago to make sure we were enjoying our cruise (never had that happen before)! She offered no updates or additional insight as to alternate plans. I did tell her if we don't get going soon we'll probably be looking at an extra sea day or Nassau!

 

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Personally, I would prefer an extra sea day to Nassau. By the way, this is one of the problems with a short cruise. Our personal feeling is simply unless you live close to the port, they are really not worth the hassle.

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The service seems off on this cruise. It was a rough start yesterday with the evacuation of the terminal because of the fire alarm.

 

I'll just roll with whatever happens. At least I can still use my cell phone and there is LTE 4G in Key West.

 

 

Looks like cozumel has been scrubbed.

Don't we have to stop at an international country due to cabotag law.

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Personally, I would prefer an extra sea day to Nassau. By the way, this is one of the problems with a short cruise. Our personal feeling is simply unless you live close to the port, they are really not worth the hassle.

 

Well, those that would prefer the sea day can just stay on board....lets hope we get outta here soon, the wind does seem to be dying down. But, it's still very windy.

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We were in Key West on the Ryndam(:eek:) in December 2010 and the same thing happened to us. We had 40 knot winds blowing us back to the pier and it two two tugs an hour to pull us safely away. Of course the Ryndam is considerably smaller than the Constellation and those two tugs were working hard.

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Guest services called us a short time ago to make sure we were enjoying our cruise (never had that happen before)! She offered no updates or additional insight as to alternate plans. I did tell her if we don't get going soon we'll probably be looking at an extra sea day or Nassau!

 

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It's possible that someone from Celebrity HQ or from the ship is following cruise critic closely (which is great IMHO) and they figured out who you were....or perhaps they are just doing some proactive, good customer service which is excellent.

 

Sorry to hear you'll miss Cozumel, but my guess is that you would not have enjoyed the Florida Straights tonight, so maybe this is for the better. Enjoy dinner, have a few drinks and enjoy the evening. BTW, the casino will most likely be closed, but that would save me some money so I'd view it as a positive :)

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It's possible that someone from Celebrity HQ or from the ship is following cruise critic closely (which is great IMHO) and they figured out who you were....or perhaps they are just doing some proactive, good customer service which is excellent.

 

That's certainly possible, or they might just be contacting their suite and/or elite guests.

 

The CEO of Norwegian replied to me on a thread after we got off the Epic!

 

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