Very relieved...

20 out of 23 DCL cruises we have done were in January or February. Nothing is better than leaving 10 degree weather in New England and arriving to 70 degrees in MCO.
That's us. No value in a trip later than March/April down to the Caribbeans. December through February is the best - unless we are visiting the southern hemisphere instead.

April to October, it's west coast/Hawaii, Canada/Alaska, Europe, and more Europe.
 
A quick google search says Miami gets down into the 40s almost every year in Jan-Feb. yes it has average temps in the 70s in winter, but an average takes account of aome very high temps and some very low. I agree this cold front is unusually bad, but south florida does always get some cold days each year.
As I stated before, Miami is a much more reliably warm place to sail from in winter than Galveston. I know this from experience as a lifelong Texan who has been to Galveston many times, and as a cruiser who has also sailed out of Miami in winter multiple times. A "quick Google search" also supports the fact that Miami is regularly much warmer in winter than Galveston.

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As I stated before, Miami is a much more reliably warm place to sail from in winter than Galveston. I know this from experience as a lifelong Texan who has been to Galveston many times, and as a cruiser who has also sailed out of Miami in winter multiple times. A "quick Google search" also supports the fact that Miami is regularly much warmer in winter than Galveston.

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Yep, Texas is a bear. I can attest to that. Central Texas was 70 yesterday and looking at 38 on Thursday. Usually, it gets up to 80 before it turns that cold. I think mother nature is just spiteful towards Texas :rotfl2:
 
As I stated before, Miami is a much more reliably warm place to sail from in winter than Galveston. I know this from experience as a lifelong Texan who has been to Galveston many times, and as a cruiser who has also sailed out of Miami in winter multiple times. A "quick Google search" also supports the fact that Miami is regularly much warmer in winter than Galveston.

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Doesn't Galveston also get more fog than the other ports? I haven't been to that part of TX, but seem to remember posts from several years ago about cruises from there being delayed because of fog. We moved to north of Columbus, OH years ago. Every year my dd's school gets several days delayed starting due to heavy fog. This is the only place I've lived that delays school because of fog.
 

Doesn't Galveston also get more fog than the other ports? I haven't been to that part of TX, but seem to remember posts from several years ago about cruises from there being delayed because of fog. We moved to north of Columbus, OH years ago. Every year my dd's school gets several days delayed starting due to heavy fog. This is the only place I've lived that delays school because of fog.
We got delayed due to fog in February the only time we went out of Galveston. This was RCL. I suspect it's most common in the late Fall, Winter, and early Spring though.
 
Doesn't Galveston also get more fog than the other ports? I haven't been to that part of TX, but seem to remember posts from several years ago about cruises from there being delayed because of fog. We moved to north of Columbus, OH years ago. Every year my dd's school gets several days delayed starting due to heavy fog. This is the only place I've lived that delays school because of fog.
Yes, it's prone to fog in winter.
 

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