TenaciousB

Well, for anyone who might find this post helpful, I wanted to follow up and say we ended up having some pretty miserable weather/movement. The captain addressed it before one of the shows one evening, saying we had 12 foot seas, high winds and were following a cold front so to expect the motion to continue for most of our voyage.

It was rocky enough that there was one day/night when the pools were all closed and we had a couple of heavy rain showers that kept everyone indoors. It was also impossible to enjoy eating on the rear decks or walking around on deck much because it was so terribly windy. On the wind side of the ship the push doors would feel like they weighed 100s of pounds they were so hard to open and taking the stairs was an adventure. One minute you'd be climbing and feel so heavy and the next you'd feel like you were able to float up off the stairs. I found it most uncomfortable in the dining and entertainment facilities which are all forward or aft on the 3rd and 4th decks.

Overall, it was a pretty sad outcome for a vacation that cost about $6000 and took us almost two years to pay for. Hard way to learn a lesson about traveling in mid-November I guess. If the movement doesn't bother you, I'm sure you'd have enjoyed yourself more than I did....but all transportation makes me nervous and that heavy rocking motion made it very difficult for me to relax.

Thank you all so much! I did find/read the Beaufort scale this morning...along with lots of weather forecasts and the NOAA wave map :D The version with the pictures was super helpful loubetti! The image of the Beaufort 6/7 in my mind after reading the scale initially was definitely not even close to what it will actually look like! I appreciate the info...this is probably the last Disney cruise we'll take where our kids are still buying into the "magic" and interested in hanging out with mom and dad. I wanna be able to treasure it!

We are embarking on a seven night Disney cruise out of Galveston tomorrow. We are headed to Castaway Cay, Nassau and Key West. There are winds from 15-28mph forecast for our entire journey. I get really scared the moment the ship starts rolling. Wondering if these wind speeds will equate to rough seas or if I have nothing to worry about. Thank you!