Hurricane Matthew

We have all been reading and hearing about hurricane Matthew and what its done, the people its killed and the damage its done to many people’s homes and lives it’s just devastating, it make’s my think long and hard how lucky we are in the UK that things don’t  happen like this. I know here in the UK that we have floods and that can devastate you i’m a person this has happened to I had my home flooded back in 2007 and it took everything that i’d worked hard for away and I was devastated but one thing i can be thankfully for is it didn’t take my life or any of my family members and that’s something that I will always be grateful for.

Now many people complain when there holiday has been cancelled or if they miss a port that they should be stopping at but do you think that cruise lines or holiday companies  would really like to not visit or let you not travel just because they decided they didn’t want to, NO, I’m gratefully that travel companies make the decision that they would not travel to a place that are at risk as why would you want to go there and potentially loose your life or the life’s of other’s, I know it’s disappointing that one of the places that you really wanted to go and it might have been the only reason that you booked the cruise is to go to that place but would you really want to go when things like this has happened or when something worse could happen I know I wouldn’t, Many cruise lines get bad reviews for not stopping at the ports they should have but when Hurricane Matthew hit cruise lines have been excellent in what they have offered customer’s in place of the port they have missed, please see below how good the cruise lines have been, in changing these itinerary’s and how they have kept people informed

Itinerary Changes

Grandeur of the Seas which departed October 8 from Boston on a Bermuda cruise, instead is visiting Cape Liberty, New Jersey, until midnight, October 11. The decision was made to avoid Post-Tropical Cyclone Matthew.

Allure of the Seas which departed October 9 from Fort Lauderdale, has been rerouted to avoid Tropical Storm Nicole. The ship will skip St. Thomas and St. Maarten, instead visiting San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, and Labadee, Haiti, the cruise line’s private port, on Friday.

Carnival Ecstasy originally was scheduled to depart Charleston on Sunday, but the was closed until today. The ship will sail a five-day cruise with its only stop being an overnight visit to Nassau.

Passengers can cancel and receive a full refund. Those who still wish to sail will receive a two-day prorated refund of their cruise fare as well as any prepurchased shore excursions. Gratuities will be adjusted to reflect the shorter itinerary. Passengers will also receive a $100 per person credit to be spent onboard. They’ll also receive a 50 percent cruise discount, to be applied to a future cruise of two to seven days.

Passengers on Ecstasy can get the latest news via text from Carnival by texting “CCL7” to “CRUISE” (278473).

Norwegian Breakaway‘s departure from New York has been delayed from today until tomorrow. Because Matthew and Tropical Storm Nicole are moving toward Bermuda, the ship’s itinerary has changed. Breakaway will not visit Bermuda. Instead, it will stop Wednesday at Port Canaveral and Thursday at Nassau. Each cabin will receive a $200 credit to spend onboard.

Norwegian Sky, which departs Miami today on a four-night cruise, will skip its scheduled Tuesday visit to Freeport, which was damaged by Matthew, and instead visit Key West Thursday.

Disney Dream‘s October 10 sailing from Port Canaveral is expected to go off as planned, with visits to Nassau and Castaway Cay.

How do you feel do you thing the cruise lines have been fair in what they have offered let me know your comments please.