ALINA MACHADO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Ashleigh, a senior vice president from Royal Caribbean says captains typically have a number of forecast and weather tools available to them. In this particular case, the cruise line says they saw a storm forecast in the area they were headed to, and that forecast was predicting an intensity of 55 to 65 knots, not something they like to sail into, but conditions they say their ships can easily handle. We're told the captain, a 15-year veteran, plotted a course to avoid the worst of the storm. But the weather turned out to be much worse than what they had anticipated. Royal Caribbean now saying they simply did not expect wind speeds to be at 125-miles an hour. The company told us last night that the captain makes the ultimate decision on whether they will sail, because the captain is ultimately responsible for the safety of those on board. Moving forward, they are conducting a review of what happened, and they say they hope to use what they learned from this incident to enhance their storm avoidance policies, Ashleigh.</s>BANFIELD: Just real quickly. Here's a quick interview with one of the passengers. Have a listen to this.</s>MAUREEN PETERS, CRUISE SHIP PASSANGER: At one point I thought I wasn't going to see my family again. I held on to the mattress so I wouldn't fall off the bed. I was with two teenage boys. And it was just horrendous.</s>BANFIELD: Wow. Alina, thanks so much for the reporting. Keep us posted, especially if anybody launches any litigation after all of this. Because I'm sure that they -- once they get past to being scared, they may get a little more angry. Alina Machado, reporting live for us. Thanks. And thank you everyone for watching. Stay tuned, my colleague Wolf Blitzer, is going to take over the helm right now.
Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Hit by Storm.