UPDATE: It seems mainstream media are picking up this story. The ship is turning around and heading back to New Jersey. The current cruise is canceled and Royal Caribbean is refunding everyone.
Here are two more videos:
#Lockdown To avoid cannibalism, cabin minibars are free during 100mph+ wind storm. #anthemoftheseas @RoyalCaribbean pic.twitter.com/CIIhbJ9Ztk
— Maggie Kulbokas (@maggiekulbokas) February 8, 2016
When your bf sends you the video when his cabin window became a washing machine #anthemoftheseas #50ftwaves #greek pic.twitter.com/fvsAYOwuVy
— Angelikoula (@angelgrk) February 8, 2016
Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas was hit by a freak squall over the weekend. The storm sprang up quickly and caught the ship off guard. While sailing down to Florida on her weekly cruises out of Bayonne, New Jersey, she encountered 100kt wind gusts and 30ft seas yesterday evening.
You may recall that the Anthem, and her sister Quantum, are designed to have the quickest and most stable internet access at sea. This of course can be a problem when it comes to occurrences like this with people quickly sharing photos of the insides of the Anthem almost instantaneously with the rest of the world. The result is this:
Among my nightmares. Passengers on #anthemoftheseas trapped in 100mph winds last night: https://t.co/fe9PqFvAiF pic.twitter.com/EuUDKSVxeB
— Tim Elfrink (@timelfrinkmia) February 8, 2016
Significant damage reported on board @RoyalCaribbean #anthemoftheseas in storm off US coast- https://t.co/oTEGDVCZIE pic.twitter.com/68vy0Xnlfn
— Marcus (@Sparkx) February 8, 2016
Apparently the antennas can still keep a signal in rough seas.