November Cruise

[stoneharborlady]

Seriously thinking about booking the CB November 2012. We have never sailed during hurricane season. Dont care if we book Southern Caribbean, and end up Western or Eastern, that does not matter to us, but I wonder, how chancy is it to not leave on time due to ships returning to port a day late because of storms, or something like that? Also, should all be fine, the southern route should be fairly warm at that time of year, right? Thank you.

 

Karen

[Rockymountainsparky]

There is a chance that embarckation or disembarckation would be delayed by storms but that chance is very slim. The southern caribbean should be quite warm then.

[kywildcatfanone]

Seriously thinking about booking the CB November 2012. We have never sailed during hurricane season. Dont care if we book Southern Caribbean, and end up Western or Eastern, that does not matter to us, but I wonder, how chancy is it to not leave on time due to ships returning to port a day late because of storms, or something like that? Also, should all be fine, the southern route should be fairly warm at that time of year, right? Thank you.

 

Karen

 

We have sailed a couple of times Thanksgiving week, which is at the end of November to the Caribbean and never had an issue with leaving/returning to port on the days planned, so I think that is unlikely to happen. Generally speaking if there is a hurricane in the area where the ship is heading, it will take a path to go around. You might miss ports, but unless a hurricane is bearing down on your disembarkation port the day you return, that should not be an issue.

 

Now, on our Thanksgiving cruises we have encountered poor weather and missed a port on the itinerary a couple of times, but not embarkation/disembarkation ports.

 

Mike

[Toto2Kansas]

We have only had one problem in the past sailing the end of the first week in November when it comes to Hurricanes. After sailing many times in the October/November time frame only once is pretty good odds that you will usually not have any problems. All weather when cruising, no matter what month, will depend on good ole Mother Nature. ;)

[Tralynn]

Our favorite time of year to cruise is the end of November. The water in the Southern Caribbean is still very warm and we've really never had any storm issues that bothered the cruise.

[stoneharborlady]

Thanks guys, we had to cancel our scheduled cruise a few weeks ago, I am going to book this one. At least we wont need to worry about spring break in November! This cruise isnt for awhile, but thats OK, at least it will be on the books.

 

Karen

[willysgrandma]

We almost always sail during hurricane season and have not hit one hurricane yet in 11 years. And you are at the tail end of the hurricane season in November anyway. Buy travel insurance and don't worry.

[jff50]

From what I've read, November is not a very risky month for hurricanes.

 

If you've heard this old mariner's poem about Caribbean hurricanes: June- too soon.

July-- stand by!

August-- look out you must.

September-- remember.

October, all over.

 

This Wikipedia link has some good information, including hurricane incidence by month.

http://travelwithkids.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=travelwithkids&cdn=travel&tm=77&gps=298_764_1260_868&f=00&su=p974.8.121.ip_&tt=13&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_hurricane

[caribill]

The main problem would be if the storm will be at the embarkation port when the ship is scheduled to be there.

 

A relative was on a cruise out of Fort Lauderdale a few years ago, but could not return on the scheduled day as that was the day the hurricane passed through the Fort Lauderdale area.

 

Instead, the ship headed for Cozumel (not a scheduled port fornthe cruise) and stayed there for two days until it could safely return to Fort Lauderdale. Those on the ship had a 9 day cruise for the price of a 7 day cruise.

 

The next group had a 7 day cruise shortened to a 5 day one. Of course, anyone flying in to be there for the scheduled start of the 7 day cruise would not have been able to get to Fort Lauderdale anyway.