Poor decisions in bad weather
Carnival Imagination Cruise Review to Mexico
4 Night Catalina & Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)
Sail date: March 06, 2016
Ship: Carnival Imagination
Cabin type: Oceanview
Cabin number: M156
Traveled as: Family (older children)
Reviewed: 8 years ago
Review summary
The first few days the ship was tossed around by foul weather. The cruise line opted to make the first day at sea, since rain was predicted for a scheduled port stop. Good decision. However, instead of going to Ensenada on the next day, the cruise line opted to go to Catalina first. Bad decision. Ensenada is a port where the ship docks. Catalina is a port where passengers need to be tendered to the island. Though the weather was sunny, the sea was still very choppy. Because the cruise line stopped at Catalina first, we were unable to get off the ship and the port call was canceled. If the ship had gone to Ensenada first, it could have docked regardless of the weather. We lost a day in port because of poor decisions by cruise line.
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Long Beach (Los Angeles), California
5 Comments
CrusinTim 8 years ago
You need to understand, porting a cruise ship is not like parking a car. You just can't pull in! Arrangements have to be made for things like pilot, supply and dock services. There is also the matter of availability. Just because Ensenada is a dock port has nothing to do with viability. If the winds were too high and the seas too rough, the Captain has the right for passenger & vessel safety to change the itinerary (READ YOUR CONTRACT). This was not a
"poor" decision by the cruise line but a smart, safety conscious decision by the Captain.
cruzelady777 8 years ago