Royal Caribbean is changing the way it monitors storms in the wake of the Anthem of the Seas fiasco, in which a packed cruise ship set sail into hurricane-force winds last Sunday. Barring further weather issues, the Anthem will embark on its next sailing on Saturday. But when it does, Royal Caribbean will have in place a new shoreside team, made up of captains and nautical experts, who will monitor weather conditions and communicate whether or not it is safe to sail.

“It is another double-check process,” said Vicki Freed, senior vice president of sales, in an exclusive interview with TMR, acknowledging that “it may have been beneficial to have another team of people to have another conversation” last week. “Now, if there’s a problem, they’ll have to check with them.”