Bahamas cruise in July? - The DIS Discussion Forums

sunshineNJ · 10-23-2012, 07:16 PM

I am new to DCL but NOT new to WDW. We booked a late July 4 night Bahamas cruise. I am so worried about bad weather and not being able to get to Castaway Cay or the Atlantis excursion. Should I wait until my son is done with high school and go a different month or should I roll the dice. Who has had great luck with the weather in July or August? Thanks

dededisney · 10-23-2012, 07:19 PM

With the weather, you just never know. However, we were on the Dream from July 5 - 10, 2011 with a double dip at Castaway Cay and had perfect weather. We only cruise during school vacations, so we will always be rolling the dice with the weather. My feeling is that even if you have to detour around a storm, you are still on vacation on a great ship.

kcashner · 10-23-2012, 07:44 PM

There is no way to predict weather. As above, the captain will not take the ship anywhere near a storm. We've been on several cruises where we didn't go to our scheduled ports, but they were great cruises. Guess it depends on your perspective.

noahsmom · 10-23-2012, 08:21 PM

We've been on 9 DCL cruises all in July and we've never had bad weather or missed Castaway Cay.

10-23-2012, 07:16 PM	#1
sunshineNJ DIS Veteran Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,456	Bahamas cruise in July? I am new to DCL but NOT new to WDW. We booked a late July 4 night Bahamas cruise. I am so worried about bad weather and not being able to get to Castaway Cay or the Atlantis excursion. Should I wait until my son is done with high school and go a different month or should I roll the dice. Who has had great luck with the weather in July or August? Thanks

10-23-2012, 08:21 PM	#4
noahsmom 2002 - Poly & Wonder; 2004 - Poly & Wonder; 2006 - AKL & Magic; 2007 - SSR & Wonder; 2008 SSR only; 2009 Kidani, SSR & Magic to Tortola; 2010 Double dip Wonder & WDW road trip Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,280	We've been on 9 DCL cruises all in July and we've never had bad weather or missed Castaway Cay. __________________

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10-23-2012, 07:19 PM	#2
dededisney Mouseketeer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Northern Calif. Posts: 213	With the weather, you just never know. However, we were on the Dream from July 5 - 10, 2011 with a double dip at Castaway Cay and had perfect weather. We only cruise during school vacations, so we will always be rolling the dice with the weather. My feeling is that even if you have to detour around a storm, you are still on vacation on a great ship.

10-23-2012, 07:44 PM	#3
kcashner DIS Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 33,275	There is no way to predict weather. As above, the captain will not take the ship anywhere near a storm. We've been on several cruises where we didn't go to our scheduled ports, but they were great cruises. Guess it depends on your perspective.