HazzaGrazza

Thanks everyone. It sounds like it may be a bit hit and miss. We're booked on to the below;

Great Bay Beach - St Maarten

Stingray & Kayak Adventure - Antigua

La soufriere Volcano - St Lucia

4 x 4 Island Safari & Beach - St Kitts

Hi, 

My partner and I are booked on to the Anthem of the Seas in January for an 11 night Caribbean cruise. Turns out it's my time of the month smack bang when we reach our ports. We have excursions booked in most ports and some are water based, some all day, some half day etc. They are all booked through Royal Caribbean. What should I expect in terms of toilet facilities while on the excursion? Will there be adequate breaks and facilities to use? 

It's worrying me a bit that I will be caught without facilities to use. 😟

Thank you for all the replies, they've definitely helped settle the nerves!

Hi All, 

I'm in my 30's and have just booked my first cruise with partner, departing Jan 2020. We're doing an 11 night from NJ to the Caribbean, 5 ports and 5 cruising days. 

I started off watching all the fun videos of cruises and was really excited. We chose NJ, as we're from London and it's easier and cheaper to travel and depart from NJ, rather than Miami. It was an impulse buy and didn't research too much into it.

I'm now going into a bit of panic though, reading about the rough seas in the north atlantic. I then found the video from Anthem of Seas, where they were stuck in hurricane winds, after leaving NJ (in Jan) and also the Norwegian ship that was caught in a storm, heading back to NY (in Jan). I have always suffered with travel anxiety and hate flying (another reason we chose NJ, for the short flight time). After watching the videos of cruises in storms though, I'm terrified we're going to have really rough seas and start listing badly and capsize in the middle of the ocean. 

I feel like I have chosen a really bad route for our first time and freaking out. I have a whole year to wait too and hoping the anxiety doesn't get worse due to the long wait. 

Has anyone traveled this route in the winter, that could offer advice?