Itinerary Changes?

[BambiRumsey]

Was just reading on-line about Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico getting slammed by TS Olga.

 

Has anyone heard anything or seen information on ships being re-routed to other ports? We leave in just a few days.

 

I wish the folks on Fortuna NOW were using their internet minutes to post on Cruise Critic!!!!!

[njs]

I was wondering the same thing. Went on a few different sites but nothing about a change in port has been said yet ~ perhaps that would depend on whether or not the pier is damaged.

Hope they dont change since the only 2 excursions we have pre-booked are for both those ports (segway in p.r. and zipline in d.r.)

[BambiRumsey]

I don't know if the itineraries this week even called on those ports so hard to say.

 

Definitely nothing on any site I've googled about changes for next week...

[megnsamsgracie]

We did those last week, its not on the itinerary for this weeks cruise

[millineumwoman]

it says on the cruise critic news that costa and a few other ships are not changing their itenery this week(right now) and it tells of the few ships who have.

[millineumwoman]

it looks like its mostly on the west so it shouldn't effect us too much here is what was said on storm watch

 

000

WTNT42 KNHC 130233

TCDAT2

TROPICAL DEPRESSION OLGA DISCUSSION NUMBER 9

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL172007

1000 PM EST WED DEC 12 2007

 

ONCE AGAIN...I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TERMINATE ANOTHER TROPICAL

CYCLONE THIS SEASON. SATELLITE IMAGES AND RADAR FROM PILON CUBA

SHOW THAT THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION IS BECOMING LESS DEFINED.

THE LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION IS STILL ESTABLISHED...BUT THERE HAS NOT

BEEN ANY SIGNIFICANT PERSISTENT CONVECTION FOR ABOUT 12 HOURS OR

SO. THE CYCLONE IS INITIALIZED AS A 25-KNOT TROPICAL DEPRESSION BUT

FORECAST TO BECOME A REMNANT LOW VERY SOON...PERHAPS AS WE SPEAK.

THERE IS ALWAYS A CHANCE THAT SOME CONVECTION REDEVELOPS

INTERMITTENTLY DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...AS THE REMNANT LOW

MOVES WESTWARD ABOUT 10 TO 15 KNOTS ACROSS THE WARM WATERS OF THE

NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. HOWEVER...THE SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO BE

TOO STRONG TO ALLOW REINTENSIFICATION...FAMOUS LAST WORDS. THE

LOW WILL LIKELY BECOME ABSORBED BY AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IN 3

DAYS OR SO OVER THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.

 

THIS WILL BE THE LAST ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE

CENTER ON OLGA UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO

HEADER FZNT01 KWBC.

 

 

FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

 

INITIAL 13/0300Z 18.9N 77.6W 25 KT

12HR VT 13/1200Z 19.0N 80.0W 25 KT...REMNANT LOW

24HR VT 14/0000Z 19.0N 82.0W 20 KT...REMNANT LOW

36HR VT 14/1200Z 19.5N 83.5W 20 KT...REMNANT LOW

48HR VT 15/0000Z 20.0N 85.5W 20 KT...REMNANT LOW

72HR VT 16/0000Z 22.0N 86.5W 20 KT...REMNANT LOW

96HR VT 17/0000Z...DISSIPATED

[BambiRumsey]

It's on in the west now but CNN was saying 13 people died in DR and one in PR...

[Cruise4Andy]

We just came back from the Fortuna today and DID visit Puerto Rico, after sailing through parts of Olga... even tough it rained in San Juan, we docked as scheduled... no damages in that part of Puerto Rico.

 

So everybody sailing in the future should be just fine!