Halloween Cruise questions

[Tigger2ntinkerbell]

DH is wanting to go, so how is it weather in late part of October??.

 

[Trera]

typically pretty nice but you are in the middle of hurricane season so the risk of bad weather is there. Get trip insurance.

 

[Tigger2ntinkerbell]

I always get trip insurance, but is it rough sailing. I notice when the ship changes course, I get queasy.

 

[LizGirl]

We sailed this past October and felt that the ocean was calmer than when we sailed in March 2016.

But it is the luck of the draw. If a weather system comes in, you'll have rough seas.

 

[Laughfreely]

In 2016 we went late Sept. and never had rough waters on the Dream.

 

[anricat]

You never know! One week it might be amazing, the next it's a hurricane. We loved our Halloween cruise (there's a link to my trip report in my signature). Highly recommended if you're a Halloween fan.

 

[Uncleromulus]

Weather is always unpredictable. That said, we've done Halloween on The HIGh Seas 5 times now (Fantasy) and weather has always been just fine.

 

[crichardson11]

I think they said it best above, "it's the luck of the draw." We did our first and only Halloween cruise this year. Now granted it was a rough hurricane year but I thought the seas were still terribly rough. I have been on 3 May cruises with no issues but I about lost it in October. I had to skip dinner one night because I was so dizzy. There were times when I had to brace myself in the hallways. And watching the curtain sway back in forth in the theater made me really uneasy. We will never cruise October again because I won't chance it. With that being said, I realize we may have bad luck one May but I'd rather take my chances on the familiar going forward.