Bruise cruise a seasick sail
IF YOU think a coastal cruise was the place to be when last week’s “bomb cyclone” hit the East Coast, think again.
A Norwegian Cruise Line carrying 400 passengers on their way back to New York from the Bahamas ran smack into the storm at sea, and the experience was anything but a vacation.
“I’m completely traumatized,” passenger Emma Franzese told CBS New York once the ship docked.
“I’ll never go on any type of boat again in my life after this.”
Distressed passengers on the 14-day cruise described 30-foot ocean swells that sent water into rooms and elevators when the storm hit Thursday.
Vacationers filled social media with stories of seasickness and panic.
“There were people crying, everyone was throwing up. It was a nightmare,” Olivia Ross told CBS New York. “It was so tilted I was shaking.”
In a statement, Norwegian apologized to passengers, and said the ship encountered “stronger than forecasted weather conditions.”
The cruise ship, called the Breakaway, was supposed to embark on another cruise from the West Side on Friday, but instead left Saturday.
Dallas natives Ree and Chuck Tredo were in good spirits before boarding the Norwegian cruise ship Saturday after their flight leaving Texas was delayed Friday due to the storm.
“We were supposed to be here yesterday and we knew it was going to be delayed,” Ree Tredo said.
“It really did work out well. I think Norwegian did a great job of handling the communications and just making sure we were informed.”
The two-week voyage through the Caribbean will stop at Aruba, Curacao, Barbados and St. Lucia before redocking in Manhattan.