September Cruising

[tjkraz]

Need some help...

I realize that September is hurricane season. I also know that the weather that hit Central Florida in '04 was pretty atypical. But how about at sea? Do cruises frequently get cancelled due to weather, or do they simply get routed to different ports?

Could we expect rougher seas during hurricane season than any other time?

What are temps like that time of year? We've been to WDW in September and it's usually hot (80s-90s) and humid. Will it be similar at sea and in the ports? Higher / lower temps? Higher / lower humidity?

Thanks!

 

[missyoh8]

We have cruised the past two years in September and have had a ball......ok, we did get a little side tracked last year by hurricane Jeanne! Great story to tell though. The weather is hot and we have 2 more booked in 05 and 06. Not only is it hurricane season which is also part of the summer months, but the schools go back in session and the cruises bottom out in price! Well worth it to us to take the kids out of school for a week.

I think the cruises getting completely cancelled is quite rare. Never really noticed if the seas are rougher or not because we have nothing to compare it too. None of us were ever sea sick though.

Missyoh8

 

[CaribGirl]

This past year was a very unussual year as far as hurricanes goes. And hurican season is from June to November! For those of us who live here we kind of have become used to hear on oncoming huricanes and live with it.
As far as cruises, during last Sept neither one of the cruises that were schedule when the huricanes hit were cancelled, they were just re-routed. I should know because I was scheduled to go on both! (The latter one as a re-schedule from the first one). And of course the prices are the lowest in the season.
Even though the media has said that a similar season is expected (I hope not!) we are again scheduled to go on DCL in Sept!!!