Carpe Diem Lady

Two years ago we did our first T-A from Barcelona; I wasn't sure how DH was going to manage during the 7 sea days. I need not have worried - there were so many activities and lectures that after day 2, he had to pace himself or he would fall into bed exhausted at night. Our weather was lovely (we sailed in October) - one day of rain, the rest of the time the ocean was calm to very mild wave action, certainly nothing for me to be concerned about (I tend to motion sickness very easily). We are just a little over 3 weeks from our next T-A and are both looking forward to it - in fact, it was DH who suggested we take another one because he enjoyed the first so much.

 

Smooth Sailing ! :) :) :)

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We love TAs but have only done them in Spring. Even then we've had a day or two of high winds and medium waves - nothing too exciting :eek: but definitely ship motion. On Mariner of the Seas in their inside "mall" I saw a group of people side by side walking towards us when the ship tilted to one side. Every one of them took a side step together - looked like line dancing. :D

 

One thing about Fall would be warmer water (hence hurricane support) and at sea air temperature follows the water temp pretty closely. Once south of the Grand Banks the Gulf Stream should make things a lot more pleasant than spring temps would be.

 

In the event of hurricanes most of the route would be outside their normal areas until actually in the Caribbean. Should be at least re-routable around any bad weather.

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Our first "real" cruise was a TA from Southampton to Miami with stops in St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Nassau... which we loved so much that we are going on a similar TA again this year (and it's fully booked and only had insides available for the last few months, I didn't even see a real price drop this time around).

 

There was plenty to do on sea days and weather was brilliant as soon as we had past the Azores. But yes, seas can be rough, we did come prepared and we would have lived, had the weather been horrible. We did it for the peace and quiet of the sea days, to disconnect. Lots of reading, catching up on sleep, watching the seas go by and then a week of snorkeling, swimming, beaches. Loved it.

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We've done 3 Transatlantics the other way and loved all of them. I'd love to do one in the fall but it doesn't work out well with our business..

 

We wondered about all the sea days as well, but learned to love them so much we now look for cruises with lots of sea days. All the ships we were on seemed to have more activities than usual (we mostly just lazed around thought) and for some reason better entertainment.

 

Weather just can't be predicted, of course, but our three TA's had mostly very good weather and seas. There were a few days with some swells, but nothing bad. Since it was spring we went from hot to cooler, but not really cold.

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Haven't done a ta from Southampton but did one from Dover to Caribbean.

Don't worry about hurricanes since captain will keep an eye on weather and change course if necessary.

 

Most ships have lots of optional activities to choose from that you can take part in for free if you choose, more activities than you can do.

 

We definitely would do it again. We are about to take our 7th transatlantic at the end of this month, this one from Barcelona to FL by way of Bermuda. Really looking forward to it.

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Thank you very much for the helpful comments and for taking the trouble to reply.

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Hi

Thank you very much for the helpful comments and for taking the trouble to reply.

Hi

Thank you very much for the helpful comments and for taking the trouble to reply.

Hi

Thank you very much for the helpful comments and for taking the trouble to reply.

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considering a transatlantic sailing from Southampton to the Caribbean but I am unsure as to what to expect - has anyone done this and would you do it again?

I am worried about rough sea's/hurricanes and what to do for 7 days on-board?????

thanks in advance for any views,advice or tips. :) :cool: