WE MISSED OUR CRUISE on Utopia of the Seas!!!

Super bummer! Thanks for sharing, though. We're planning a big anniversary cruise this winter and our flights were booked to arrive in the afternoon the day before the cruise, but we were notified a few weeks ago that we were rescheduled to arrive later in the night. Watching your video motivated me to change our flight to 2 days before our cruise and just get a hotel near the airport for the night. (Bonus, flights ended up cheaper and we saved more than the hotel room). A little more wiggle room seems like a good idea just in case since this one's a big deal to me!

Sometimes it’s nice to just be at home! Enjoy your downtime 🫶🏾

DAAAAANG! So very sorry. Glad we’re booked for the 1st flights out, the day before, for the next few cruises. I’m heartbroken for u!

So sorry about your cruise! I was on a plane stuck on the runway in Orlando that day! We sat for 1 1/2hrs waiting for weather to clear so we could take off. Missed my connection in Dallas too.

Definitely cool people. 😊

Now that was disappointing I am sure. Never cruise without the insurance.

Lovely to see you both 😊. You made the Right decision. Not worth risking your life for. Weather is out of our hands
Utopia she be Ready to welcome you both on Board safely to have the most wonderful time 🙏🤞🫶.
Have a lovely Weekend 🥰

We disembarked July 18th and have been stuck in Orlando because of “weather”. The lady at the airport told me it’s not because of bad weather in Orlando, it’s somewhere else. It has been beautiful weather here in Orlando. Not one drop of rain or anything. Like y’all it would take us 14 hrs to drive home, so we have been hanging out in a hotel until we can leave. Hopefully yall can get on Utopia soon!

Glad you took that as a sign! Although I'm "dying" to go on a cruise, there's nothing worth dying for

You also had the IT issue that hit flights

We total feel your pain and Andrea had tears too. We flew Thursday from STL to Charlotte and that was our final destination. The cyber shut down grounded all airports. No flights, no rentals for us to drive 8 hours to FL and no hotel vacancies. It was mad chaos and tempers flaring spending the night at the airport. Flights are still a mess today. Now seeing all the posts of Utopia is killing me.

I’d have done the same thing.

buy the travel insurance! you could have been flown on the next flight

We always buy travel insurance but I didn't know it would cover it if you couldn't make it to the port because of weather. Do you buy the insurance through the cruise line or another company?

If it was only a 3 day cruise....you really didn't miss anything.

Do all Americans wear their hats backwards? What about their underwear?

That sucks!! I heard it's a beautiful ship. Hopefully you'll get there and enjoy....KEEP ON SAILING!!

I live in Tampa sop BIG suggestion for flying anywhere into Florida in the summer.
Always fly into Florida in the morning (NOT the day of a cruise ever) Most of our summer weather is in the late afternoon and evening.

God have you guys a sign next cruise will be EPIC

Arriving 1 day before your cruise now is a bad decision. For our cruise in Dec we're arriving 2 days before.

I think you made a 😅 very good decision 👏🏾 👍🏼 better safe than sorry.
Better vibes next time adorable couple.

Sorry you missed your cruise, but glad you’re safe. Could you do a follow-up video on how you filed the claim for this with your travel insurer?

2=Dogs slammed into me at a dog park 10 days before a flight to Australia for a cruise. I broke my ankle in 2 places. Had surgery.Thank goodness for travel insurance. That cruise was 10k.

Bummered you missed the Utopia of the seas

I agree with Jason!

Inaugurals are not always the best. I went through Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 on its opening day with all the baggage issues and bags weren’t loaded to the flight and didn’t get them back for 3 months. Let the facility bed in and get established.

Oh well the ship is not much differen’t than Harmony or Wonder it is a little differen’t not by much,and far more expensive,no thanks!

I'm a 26 hour drive to Port Canaveral. Since I'm an 8-10 hour drive to an alternate airport. People think I'm nuts, but I plan to arrive in Florida 2 days before departure.

Sorry you missed it. My husband and son missed their flight, in the middle of winter from Toronto, and still got in a car and made it in 24 hours. No regrets! It's doable with two people driving for sure.

Hmm
I live 30 minutes from orlando
No storms here
Although we need the rain

Did travel insurance help you for this cruise? Wasn’t it a free media cruise? Didn’t you get your money back anyway from the airline?

In 2019 we almost missed because of Hurricane Nicole. Luckily I was watching the weather and flew in 2 days early instead of 1. Waited the storm out in the hotel & we managed to go! The airports and even the port were closed the day before & the morning of

I am SO SORRY that happened to you two. We had to cancel a cruise this year due to a death in our family the week we were supposed to sail. Luckily we had Travel Insurance! We have learned over the past 35 cruises, just like you, that ANYTHING can happen. Hopefully you will get on the next inaugural cruise so you can share with us!

I know the feeling. A couple of weeks ago I was returning from our cruise in Europe and we missed the connecting flight. We were placed on the 7 pm flight from Newark to Miami and after spending 3 hours inside the plane trying to leave Newark airport, we couldn't because of a storm nearby. I watched movies (it was not hot inside the plane) for 3 hours. Then the Captain said that we were going back to the gate because there were 24 planes waiting to take off and the crew had finished their shift. Fortunately, they sent another crew to assist the flight and we finally left Newark after 11 pm getting to Miami at 2:20 am. It was a very long day and the good thing was that it was after our cruise, not before. It is important to fly 2 days or more prior.

we had tickets booked on Delta from a city in Asia to our destination in US. Night time flight, it got cancelled, no help from Delta, so we scrambled and got a hotel room for 2 nights not too far away (taking uber to and from). Since Delta's app did not work at all and we badly needed to get back to the US, we just finished 24+ hours in the air on Qatar airways (nice airline, better than any US line). Do you (or anyone here) know if travel insurance will pay for the cost of the qatar tix? or maybe the difference between the cost of the qatar tix and our delta 'e credits'???

It just was not feasible for us to sit around 3-5 days trying to find 3 seats (ideally together) on a subsequent Delta flight.

Sorry to hear your story, but at least it was only a 3 nighter you missed out on.

how did you miss your cruise? Views and Queues had the same problem.

You live 13 hours and didn’t drive?

Omg you have us panicking now!!! We’re flying from Houston to Orlando next week!

So sorry this happened~

Always fly 2 days before cruise

Gave the video a thumbs up, but thumbs down that you had to miss the cruise!👎

Sorry this happened to you! We were looking forward to your review of the ship. My rule of thumb is to book our airfare ahead with enough time to drive to the port if something happens whenever possible. And for those times when it’s not possible, we have a blanket travel insurance policy. You are totally right saying that sometimes things are just going to happen and you have to be prepared to roll with it.

Greyhound bus lines is always my back up!

I would of drove Straight to Florida...but thats me. Ive made a 17hr straight by myself..the buffet looked out of this world!!!!

Such a bummer! I was really looking forward to possibly seeing ya'll on there. I totally understand though. The same thing happened to me the day before from Dallas but our flight was finally able to take off about a 4 hour delay.

What airline was this b/c there are no direct flights out of AEX to MCO? I usually enjoy your videos but would hate to think yall embellish your content to get ratings

We had something similar January of this year but we did drive practically all night. I don’t remember why flights were canceled but we jumped into the car at 7 pm and drove from Indiana down to port canaveral. I did make
My husband stop at 2 am and if it wasn’t that it was an important family reunion cruise, we would have canceled the cruise. I wish we had as it was a Disney cruise and awful. Never sail with them again!

glad y'all are safe

Who do you use for your travel insurance?