Problem at port in Tampa?

Trying to get to the port and they won't let us near. Something has happened. Told to go back to hotel. Police even blocking employees from entering.

Just called the port authority and they answered very funny. Told me to go back to hotel and call them back in an hour.

Whatever is going on there hasnt made Channel 13 or any other Tampa news station yet.

Listening to a Tampa radio station now (isn't the internet great?) and they haven't said anything about any problems in the port area. :confused:

Listening to a Tampa radio station now (isn't the internet great?) and they haven't said anything about any problems in the port area. :confused:

Thanks for looking.

Taxi driver said she picked up her first load fine, dropped them at the airport, and when she went back for more police were there blocking entry.

Also the police were telling people who tried to walk up to get back in a taxi and leave.

Just got a text from my daughter who had one from her friend who wad at the terminal trying to check in when the terminal was evacuated.

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Wow, keep us posted. I live in New England, where we're all on edge this week! (Was on Boylston Street in Boston both Saturday and Sunday, but thankfully not on Monday.)

I hope it's not anything major. I guess unusually high caution is everywhere right now.

I'll let you know if we hear more. We are on Monday sailing.

Most all major cities are on pins and needles right now and security is at an all time high. I hope it wasnt a "suspicious" package or some idiot that called in a thread.

The ONLY thing I can find about the Port of Tampa is that Carnival Ectasy had a temporary power outage last night while at sea but it safely back in port.

Found this http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2013/4/18/suspicious_package_f.html

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies are on scene at the Port of Tampa in reference to a suspicious package that has been located.

The package was located on the dock near the Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship.

At this time, Terminal 3 and the staff of the Cruise ship have been evacuated.

Unconfirmed but reliable source states a suspicious package left on the jewel of the seas has initiated an evacuation of the ship.

Post from roll call.

Oh man....that would really be depressing to be all excited for your trip and then have this crap happen. I'm leaving in three weeks....please, please, please go smoothly!

Thanks everyone! I'm not cruising for nearly a year, but I'm on the Jewel!!! I hope this is just and example of extraordinary precaution, due to the current collective state of mind in the US.

Trying to get to the port and they won't let us near. Something has happened. Told to go back to hotel. Police even blocking employees from entering.

we're still at hotel when we got the news. Just called RCCL EMERGENCY DAY OF SAILING NUMBER AT 1-800-256-6649 AND WAS INFORMED IT IS INDEED A BOMB THREAT AND THE POLICE ARE SWEEPING THE TERMINAL, NOT THE SHIP AND TO CALL BACK FOR UPDATES.

Most all major cities are on pins and needles right now and security is at an all time high. I hope it wasnt a "suspicious" package or some idiot that called in a thread.

 

The ONLY thing I can find about the Port of Tampa is that Carnival Ectasy had a temporary power outage last night while at sea but it safely back in port.

Sorry for the post above, the Ecstacy is in Port Canaveral. Not Tampa.

Wow!!! So sorry for all the waiting pax!!!

Let someone mess with my upcoming cruise... And boy will I be ticked. :mad:

Stupid nut jobs :cool:

Apparently the aquarium next door is letting anybody in for free.

RCCL just told me to call back at 2:00 for an update.

Local TV just posted that a suspicious package was found on the ground near the ship and they have evacuated the ship and the terminal. More info will be made available as time goes on.

http://www.wfla.com/story/22013586/suspicious-package-found-at-port-of-tampa

Mike

Once, when embarking in Miami, a porter told us to drop our stuff and he would take care of it. We tipped him and got on the ship. We were summoned a little while later, to discover he had left half our bags lying on the sidewalk. :rolleyes: We're lucky the police didn't try to detonate them.

Well the lobby bar of my hotel is filled with a bunch of us drinking while waiting.

Keep us posted, Wrona....

I actually came over here to get an update because I knew you'd be faster at posting what was going on than the news...

Keep us posted, Wrona....

 

I actually came over here to get an update because I knew you'd be faster at posting what was going on than the news...

And more accurate!!

We sail on her on Monday. Please keep us posted. Crazy world!!

Abcactionnews has video on their wfts website showing the bomb squad checking out a pallet of boxes. Says a routine cargo screening by K-9 dog alerted personnel and a 2nd dog was brought in and also alerted.

Rhonda,

what station? all I'm finding is prayer service in Boston

Well we have two locals with us at the bar - one with a contact at the port, one with a contact at a news station.