Cococay - Cat 5..

[Xceed 9]

I'm booked to leave on Navigator on the 9th. It looks like Nassau may be spared from the eye wall, although Cococay may be in the direct path of Dorian. Current forecast bumped up to Cat 5 wind speeds. I have a bad feeling that Cococay is not going to open back up on the 4th as planned. I could only imagine that it may take weeks to restore power to the islands. What are everybody's thoughts? 

[FManke 1,811]

1 minute ago, Xceed said:

I'm booked to leave on Navigator on the 9th. It looks like Nassau may be spared from the eye wall, although Cococay may be in the direct path of Dorian. Current forecast bumped up to Cat 5 wind speeds. I have a bad feeling that Cococay is not going to open back up on the 4th as planned. I could only imagine that it may take weeks to restore power to the islands. What are everybody's thoughts? 

From what I just saw on the Weather Channel, Dorian is slow moving and may be over the Bahamas for an entire day to a day and a half. 20ft storm surge and up to 30in of rain. Not good. Let's just hope for the best. The islands might be out of service for quite awhile.

[Xceed 9]

2 minutes ago, FManke said:

From what I just saw on the Weather Channel, Dorian is slow moving and may be over the Bahamas for an entire day to a day and a half. 20ft storm surge and up to 30in of rain. Not good. Let's just hope for the best. The islands might be out of service for quite awhile.

I'd hope that RC would reroute to a different destination if the Bahamas were to get severly damaged. Im a Florida local and I know from experience that any direct hit can destroy an area for months and be without power for several weeks. All of a sudden Hati, Jamacia, or Mexico sounds like a better iteninnary. 

[FManke 1,811]

1 minute ago, Xceed said:

I'd hope that RC would reroute to a different destination if the Bahamas were to get severly damaged. Im a Florida local and I know from experience that any direct hit can destroy an area for months and be without power for several weeks. All of a sudden Hati, Jamacia, or Mexico sounds like a better iteninnary. 

They most certainly will. You can see they are already doing it now.

[cdixon22 104]

I am more concerned about the local residents that work on the island and the clean up and sorting of their personal life they will have to do. This historic storm will change the northern Bahamas as we know it today. Prayers to all. 

[spiralqueen 702]

Besides the delay in reopening the island from repairing the damage to existing structures, I wonder what kind of delay this will inevitably have on the progress of their South Beach/Coco Beach Club construction. 

[Xceed 9]

Oh boy... I should have renewed my passport. If the itennirary changes to jamacia, hati, Mexico, etc. Will I still be able to get off the ship with birth certificate and DL? 

[WannaCruise 708]

All very scary.  They did evacuate most people who live on CoCo Cay (someone on Royal told us that a few stayed for security, but not sure if this is true).

Even when the storm passes and if everything "looks" ok, they would still need to do very thorough checks to ensure that slides, etc are safe.  Can't see it opening again on the 4th.

[Hoski 317]

39 minutes ago, Xceed said:

Oh boy... I should have renewed my passport. If the itennirary changes to jamacia, hati, Mexico, etc. Will I still be able to get off the ship with birth certificate and DL? 

Yes but I would renew it now for future travel.

[amanx 10]

1 hour ago, cdixon22 said:

I am more concerned about the local residents that work on the island and the clean up and sorting of their personal life they will have to do. This historic storm will change the northern Bahamas as we know it today. Prayers to all. 

Me too but at least they will have guaranteed employment to re set the island and then work there.  unlike those on other islands

[Brobbins246 216]

2 hours ago, Xceed said:

Oh boy... I should have renewed my passport. If the itennirary changes to jamacia, hati, Mexico, etc. Will I still be able to get off the ship with birth certificate and DL? 

Yes, just be very careful to make sure you get back on the ship on time.  If you get stranded on the island you'll be screwed without a passport. 

[Suzanne 88]

Not looking good for the Bahamas. That storm is a monster. We are supposed to go to Coco Cay the first week in October. I’m glad to hear they evacuated the island.

Prayers for those in the path.....

[Ndfan89 35]

31 minutes ago, Suzanne said:

Not looking good for the Bahamas. That storm is a monster. We are supposed to go to Coco Cay the first week in October. I’m glad to hear they evacuated the island.

Prayers for those in the path.....

 I have a group of 24 with two stops at Coco Cay first week in October.   So so worried for all in the path of this monster storm... 

 

 

 

 

[Pima1988 672]

From what I have read they stopped ships coming to Coco Cay this past Thursday so those that live on the island can evacuate.  We had a cabana there on Chill Island in July.  Our attendant stated that @95% of those that work on the island have family in the Bahamas.  As a matter of fact they have a boat that shuttles staff @6 pm. 11 pm and 6 am everyday for staff.  The staff on the island are not like the ship contracts.  It is 28 days, so there are many that are coming and going.  

I would also say that for ships like Anthem, Adventure and Grandeur would re-route to NE/Canada since they sail out of Baltimore and NJ.  We were suppose to do the Caribbean cruise 2 yrs ago on Anthem.  Hurricane Jose and Maria (?) came barreling in.  48 hrs prior we were told we were going to NE instead.  We were given the chance for full refund, or take the cruise with 50% off that cruise +$250 OBC pp, if you did not use the 250 pp OBC it would be refunded to your credit card.   There was no doubt we took the cruise.   It sailed 100% full.  In the end the 6 night cruise in a spacious outside balcony cost us...@$500 ---we pd @2000 for the cruise, minus, the 50% off =1000, minus the 500 OBC = 500.  

I will say that sailing was probably the best cruise, most likely because everybody walked on with a WOOO WOOO   7 days on a cruise for dirt cheap is a win win.  Than again, the Jets, Eagles and Giants all won that weekend so that made them happy too.

[tonyfsu21 599]

Cat 5 construction or not, Coco Cay might be wiped off the map w/ this monster rolling through! We dodged a bullet in Fort Lauderdale, that’s for sure. It has been a mostly sunny day here today. Hope this storms turns North sooooon!

[Fairlynew 284]

I hope it turns out to sea.   Eastern N.C. is still suffering from the hard hit it took last year.   The flooding was truly devastating.

[Kurtp13 42]

Saw this on another site 'Sean and Stef Cruise Buddies.'   Appears that the storm  isn't centered on Coco cay.

[bhageerah 439]

Last major thing that rolled through our area was Katrina and by the time it hit here it was officially listed as a tropical storm.  Due to the heavy amount of rain that had happened leading up to the storm hitting us there was a astronomical amount of downed trees that in return caused downed power lines.  It was absolutely crazy here for about two weeks until they got most of the power grid back up.  That being said that was just a tropical storm, God forbid we have a Cat 5 storm hit us, I would hate to imagine the impact, which in turn makes my heart go out to all those people in the Bahamas that have to put up with this thing as it stalls over the area for 24-36 hours.  I know that it is going to be absolutely UNBELIEVABLE the damage that it is going to cause that area.  

[Fairlynew 284]

I’m not a sophisticated computer user and couldn’t figure out how to quote the post on Dorian missing coco cay but here is my response:

Honestly, I’d rather see it centered on a currently uninhabited island!  Vacation structures can be replaced over time.  People and their dwellings not as easily.  N.C. is not a tropical paradise but we still have homes with tarps a year after a relatively minor hurricane flooded our eastern area.  Please show some compassion for the humans suffering in this horrific storm and stop worrying about coco cay. 

[Xceed 9]

1 hour ago, Fairlynew said:

I’m not a sophisticated computer user and couldn’t figure out how to quote the post on Dorian missing coco cay but here is my response:

Honestly, I’d rather see it centered on a currently uninhabited island!  Vacation structures can be replaced over time.  People and their dwellings not as easily.  N.C. is not a tropical paradise but we still have homes with tarps a year after a relatively minor hurricane flooded our eastern area.  Please show some compassion for the humans suffering in this horrific storm and stop worrying about coco cay. 

Well I made this thread to get some possible information regarding Cococay and how this is going to affect my vacation. Afterall this is a cruise blog.. am I right? I live in Florida, we are also affected by this mess. Yes, its unfortunate that the bahamas is getting nailed with the worst from the storm, we can all agree on that. 

[RCIfan1912 191]

Well this is really scary stuff. Watching this storm turn into a freaking massive monster slowly all week. The few videos coming out already are heartbreaking. This might be something we have never seen before, at least in my lifetime. I pray for all in its path. PLEASE miss all of the US. 

We are on Anthem next month to Bermuda and it wouldn't bother me at all to end up in Halifax or New Brunswick. Thank goodness to me the ship is the vacation. 

[RCIfan1912 191]

5 minutes ago, Xceed said:

Well I made this thread to get some possible information regarding Cococay and how this is going to affect my vacation. Afterall this is a cruise blog.. am I right? I live in Florida, we are also affected by this mess. Yes, its unfortunate that the bahamas is getting nailed with the worst from the storm, we can all agree on that. 

This idea that it is wrong to think about Coco Cay or worry about a vacation is wrong. Its ok to worry about Coco Cay and your vacation in my opinion. Unless you are saying boy I hope everything gets destroyed but spares Coco Cay for my vacation, that would be wrong. People on cruise critic which can be a TOXIC message board at times are screaming at people that they shouldn't worry about Coco Cay and a vacation. I don't agree with that. I don't think anyone here is saying I hope everyone's lives are ruined so I can have a nice vacation. 

[spiralqueen 702]

2 hours ago, RCIfan1912 said:

This idea that it is wrong to think about Coco Cay or worry about a vacation is wrong. Its ok to worry about Coco Cay and your vacation in my opinion. Unless you are saying boy I hope everything gets destroyed but spares Coco Cay for my vacation, that would be wrong. People on cruise critic which can be a TOXIC message board at times are screaming at people that they shouldn't worry about Coco Cay and a vacation. I don't agree with that. I don't think anyone here is saying I hope everyone's lives are ruined so I can have a nice vacation. 

Agreed. I think there’s nothing wrong with a reminder of the devastation that families and communities are suffering from right now, but it’s also possible to be concerned about multiple things at the same time. Worrying and wondering about vacation plans isn’t mutually exclusive from being concerned about the effect this storm has on people both in the United States and abroad. I appreciate that for the most part this board is keeping things positive and not jumping at throats as much as CC. Who needs that much negativity??? Too stressful.   

[tonyfsu21 599]

12 hours ago, Kurtp13 said:

Saw this on another site 'Sean and Stef Cruise Buddies.'   Appears that the storm  isn't centered on Coco cay.

It probably doesn’t need to be centered to completely destroy anything in the Bahamas. Let’s face it, island construction is sub par at best.

[Priss 0]

22 hours ago, Xceed said:

Oh boy... I should have renewed my passport. If the itennirary changes to jamacia, hati, Mexico, etc. Will I still be able to get off the ship with birth certificate and DL? 

I"m in the same boat, no pun intended.  There are 6 of us sailing with birth certificates only.....I don't think they will let us off the ship 😞