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Eastern Caribbean for Thanksgiving!--hows the water/weather?
We will be first time cruisers! Just starting the process of booking a cruise. I looked at all the dates my 4 kids will be out of school, (Spring Break, summer and Thanksgiving) and the least expensive time for a Caribbean 7 day cruise for 2 rooms with verandah is over Thanksgiving Break--($3000 less than summer! and $1700 less than spring!) Sounds like a no-brainer, but I was wondering what the catch was--is the water at Castaway Cay too chilly to swim in? Really need some good advice from all you wonderful DIS-ers
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07-07-2012, 06:51 PM
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I believe you are talking about our cruise. You should join the others on this cruise with you.
Here's the link. http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2660745
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07-07-2012, 07:34 PM
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 And we are planning a Caribbean cruise--the link was for a cruise to Turkey. Thanks anyways 
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07-08-2012, 04:23 PM
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Anybody?.....
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07-08-2012, 05:02 PM
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07-08-2012, 05:45 PM
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We were in Castaway Cay the week of Thanksgiving in 2009. The water was a little warm and the weather was nice...not too hot and not too cold. We travel the same times as you due to school and I wouldn't hesitate to go back in November.
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07-08-2012, 05:51 PM
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The Bahamas--including CC--should be OK at Thanksgiving, but there's no guarantee. The rest of the itinerary will be great. (All of that barring a rare late-season tropical weather event.)
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07-10-2012, 09:59 PM
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Glad to hear the water will be warm. We get chilly easily
 Is there a special dinner or event for thanksgiving day?
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07-11-2012, 09:47 AM
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We sailed the week after Thanksgiving in 2010 (Western) and the first week in December in 2009 (Bahamas). We had some nice warm days and some windy/chilly days on both.
On CC the sun was warm, but the water was a bit chilly (and we are from CT, so are used to cold ocean waters up here). It was cooler than I had anticipated, but we still swam, snorkeled and had a blast. We did have one rainout day on the Western (in Cozumel) and I often wore capris while on board the ship due to the chilly winds, but it didn't make us not have a blast. On our trip back to Port Canaveral we did have very rough seas as there was a storm coming up the Eastern seaboard, but again, nothing to ruin our vacation. Can't tell you if they do anything special for Thanksgiving Day, but I would imagine that they do offer the traditional meal at dinner that night! Enjoy!
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07-15-2012, 02:48 PM
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Thanks for the info. Perhaps we should get some chilly water swim wear--any suggestions?
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07-15-2012, 03:16 PM
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Thanks for the great information. My family will be sailing the week before Thanksgiving in 2013 and we were just discussing what the weather would be like.
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