Weather aboard ship in January?

[Fourfam]

We will be on the Dream in a few weeks. Never cruised in the winter months. Any suggestions about what to wear on board? Is it chilly during the day? Long sleeves or shorts and T-shirts? Thanks!

 

[jrabbit]

been there in January when it's low to mid 80's, minimal wind and absolutely lovey. One trip we did a "back to back" - well we had 3 days inbetween sailings ... the first day in Nassau was that lovely weather, 7 days later, the temps were still near 80, but it was overcast and windy and after 7 hours at the Atlantis water park we were getting chilly (but yea, we were still in the water - so it wasn't that bad!!).

Have also been there with Wind, Rain (heavy) and low 70's and totally miserable. We had a 12 hours to kill after getting off the ship and Orlando was in the low 50's and no coats for us so it was a cold day in Disney Springs!!

Weather Happens!! and Disney still cannot control it! (Disneyland New Years Eve Fireworks got cancelled)

I would watch the Orlando / Port Canaveral weather in the days leading up to your cruise along with what the weather is doing in Nassau.

And remember, there will be Air Conditioning on ALL of the Time onboard - so you might need warmer than expected clothing for INSIDE the ship!! Especially Dinners and Shows - if they don't keep the temps down before / early on, with all of those hot bodies (by hot I mean 98.2 degrees ) there's no catching up and cooling the room down.

 

[kiford]

We usually go in early December, not January although I don't think it's hugely different, but I can say that you definitely need something warmer for inside. The theatres can be positively Arctic and the MDRs are often quite cool. If I'm just sitting around in my room, even if I raise the temperature, I still find it cool. On deck after dark, especially when you're sailing, it can be very cold and windy (very windy). Usually during the day it's fine because there is some shelter but I've been at CC when the air temperature was in the 80's but it felt like 60's, again because of wind. So it can vary between day and night, day to day, location to location. I usually look at the averages for the time and bring something for slightly warmer and slightly cooler with definitely something warmer for inside.