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Conference abbott::cruise_travel

Title:CRUISE TRAVEL
Moderator:XANADU::FAMULARO
Created:Thu Aug 04 1988
Last Modified:Thu Dec 12 1996
Last Successful Update:Tue Dec 31 1996
Number of topics:562
Total number of notes:2834

349.0. "When to cruise" by ICS::HOWE () Mon Mar 02 1992 12:09

    What is the best time of year to take a cruise?
    
    My husband wants to wait until Thanksgiving and pull our
    son out of school for that week.
    
    Are there still hurricanes? Is the weather decent?
     Ann
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349.1WeatherCSC32::M_LOWENBERGTue Mar 03 1992 14:0110
    Ann,
    
      My wife and I took a cruise in the carribean the week starting
    the day after Thanksgiving, and the weather was perfect.  The
    mornings started around 80 degrees and climbed to about 90.
    Occasionally there was a brief shower lasting about 5-10 minutes, 
    it was by no means a down pour.  In fact I'm thinking about taking
    another cruise starting the weekend after Thanksgiving.
    
    Mark 
349.2Thanksgiving good for CaribCOOKIE::SAMPLETue Mar 10 1992 19:333
We went 1 - 7 December with the same excellent results.

dls
349.3If you wait for the ideal, you'll never goVINO::FLEMMINGHave XDELTA, will travelWed Mar 11 1992 06:2310
    The hurricane season is roughly from late August until November but
    the chances of you actually encountering one are quite small. If one
    does come up, you'll be in no danger although it might be a little
    rough. Worst thing that would likely happen is that you skip a port
    or ports of call. I'd say planning a trip around the liklihood of a
    hurricane is about like planning a trip to the mid-west in the summer
    around the liklihood of a toronado. Unless you do encounter one, the
    weather will be great - its about the same all year around. I'd say
    go for it.
    
349.4should be good weatherLEDDEV::CULLISONWed Mar 11 1992 12:2814
    I've taken a cruise just  before Thanksgiving and just after. 
    Weather was fine. My main reason for taken one then was cost,
    it is generally hard to sell cruises just before Xmas. We always
    got great deals.
    Thanksgiving week itself will be the opposite, probably reasonably
    large demand. 
    
    Since Thanksgiving week has two school days  off there will  probably
    be others with kids on board. If you take a week off which is not
    a school vacation week then expect very few kids on  board. Probably
    the only exception to this is if you go on a Disney Cruise  which
    will probably have lots of kids any week of the year.
    
    				Harold