FAA Ground Stop Hits Cruise Ports 21 Ships Sail Today. Will Any Wait?

The FAA grounded every departing flight in the United States on Friday 13 November, and 21 cruise ships are due to sail on Saturday from Miami, Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Port Canaveral and Galveston. This video goes port by port: which ships sail, how badly each airport was hit, which cruise lines have held a ship before, and what to do if you are still trying to reach yours. What the cruise lines' own flight programmes promise in writing is on The Unhurried Cruiser → https://youtu.be/Z67bnfHPl_Q ✈️ What Happened The ground stop began at 3:54 pm Eastern on Friday and was lifted at about 8:15 pm. The FAA blamed communication issues at multiple air traffic control centers. Flightradar24 counted more than 4,700 flights cancelled and 10,000 delayed on Friday, and FlightAware figures reported by CNN showed more than 2,000 flights already cancelled for Saturday. 🚢 The Ports and the Ships PortMiami (7): Icon of the Seas, Freedom of the Seas, Carnival Magic, Carnival Sunrise, MSC World America, Norwegian Luna, Scarlet Lady. Port Canaveral (6): Harmony of the Seas, Carnival Mardi Gras, Carnival Vista, Disney Treasure, Celebrity Apex, MSC Grandiosa. Port Everglades (4): Regal Princess, Star Princess, Legend of the Seas, Eurodam. Galveston (4): Carnival Jubilee, Carnival Dream, Norwegian Viva, Liberty of the Seas. Also sailing: Discovery Princess from Los Angeles and Radiance of the Seas from Tampa. 🛳️ Who Has Said What Virgin Voyages posted a notice on Friday: guests who miss Scarlet Lady in Miami can join at her first port, Grand Turk, and anyone who cannot get a flight at all gets a Future Voyage Credit. As far as we could find when this was made, no other line had said anything publicly. In January, when airspace around Puerto Rico closed, Princess held Grand Princess in San Juan for a day and Norwegian delayed Norwegian Epic by two and a half hours. 🎯 If You Are Still Trying to Get There Call your cruise line now and tell them where you are. If the line sold you the flight, say so. Ask the airline for any airport near your port: Orlando, Sanford or Melbourne for Port Canaveral; Fort Lauderdale, Miami or Palm Beach for South Florida; Hobby or Bush Intercontinental for Galveston. ❓ COMMON QUESTIONS Will a cruise ship wait if flights are grounded? Usually not. Cruise Hive reported on Friday night that no line had changed a departure time. Royal Caribbean tells guests to be on board 90 minutes before sailing, and Carnival and Norwegian set the cut-off at one hour. Which cruise ports are affected by the FAA ground stop? Any port people fly to. On Saturday the busiest were PortMiami with seven ships, Port Canaveral with six, and Port Everglades and Galveston with four each. What is Virgin Voyages doing for guests who miss Scarlet Lady? Its notice says late guests can join at Grand Turk with a passport, or receive a Future Voyage Credit if they cannot get a flight at all. Which airport is closest to the Galveston cruise port? Houston Hobby, roughly 40 miles away. Bush Intercontinental is nearer 70. Has a cruise line ever held a ship for late passengers? Yes. In January, Princess kept Grand Princess in San Juan for an extra day after airspace over Puerto Rico was closed. Made it on board? Local tours are good value, run in smaller groups and are built around your ship's timing. Our recommended Miami options are linked at the top. 🎬 MORE CRUISE PORT GUIDES Miami Cruise Port Travel Guide → https://youtu.be/14QTIjW7lMU Nassau Bahamas Cruise Port Guide → https://youtu.be/cmYyWpA6Rvk Sailing this weekend? Tell us which port, and whether you made your ship. #FAAGroundStop #FlightsGrounded #CruiseNews #PortMiami #PortCanaveral #CruisePort ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 FAA Ground Stop: 21 Ships Sail Today 1:05 What Is Official and What Is Rumour 2:19 The Lines That Held a Ship in January 2:51 Miami: Seven Ships 3:27 Port Canaveral and Fort Lauderdale 4:34 Galveston, Los Angeles and Tampa 5:35 What Passengers Are Saying 6:10 Why Ships Do Not Wait 7:02 What to Do Now, and Our Call

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