Anthem of the Seas rocked by another massive storm
When it comes to weather Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas just can’t take a trick! For the second time this year the mega-ocean liner has been rocked by treacherous conditions, this time in the wake of Post-Tropical Cyclone Hermine.
Passengers took to Twitter to report dicey conditions after the ship departed Bayonne, New Jersey, as the ship was caught in whipping winds and thrashing waves. Some passengers complained of sea sickness, constant swaying and even flying dishes.
The storms unexpected movement threw the Anthem of the Seas’ crew off, who had changed the course days before departure in a bid to avoid the natural event.
Omar Torres, a spokesman for Royal Caribbean, told Mashable, “Our plan was to stay 240 nautical miles away from the storm."
But by the time the forecast was revised the ship wound out in the right front quadrant of the storm where the winds are generally considered to be the strongest.
The Anthem of the Seas is the same mega liner that endured damage in February when it sailed into hurricane force winds off the coast of North Carolina.
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