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garnet115

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Sailing out if NYC on the Breakaway Sunday and there are all sorts of storms going on in the Atlantic. Anyone experience something similar and can provide feedback on what to expect. I'm traveling with a 4 and 6 year old. Thanks

 

I think they are generally pretty good at avoiding the rough weather. I was on the presidents week cruise on Breakaway last year and if I remember, there was snow in NY. We had no issues on the cruise and by the middle of the first sea day we were in 60 degree weather. I think there tends to be rougher waters and a little more motion on the trip back because they are traveling at a higher speed. Breakaway is such a big ship, I wouldn't expect that you would have a lot of problems with motion. I will say, that in bad weather, it is not fun because many of the activities for kids are outdoors, and when the entire ship tries to crowd into the indoor venues, it can be a bit much.

 

All that said, relax and enjoy! Not much you can do to control the weather, so go with the flow and have a good time.

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luvtheships

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Forget the weather your real concern will be presidents week crowds

 

Advice..... If you want them to experience Nick activities.... Get there early and often and if you need to sign up do it ASAP Don't dawdle with that decision.

 

 

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I just got off the Gem Feb 9th and we had about 2 bad sea days out of the 10 night trip. One going down and one coming back. The ship was rocking a lot and many of things were broken. It wasn't unbearable though although I was seasick. By the second sea day I believe the weather was good.

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chengkp75

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The storm this weekend will be past NYC by Sunday. NYC not expected to get much snow out of it, and only 10 knot winds, last I saw. The storm is expected to strengthen as it heads out to sea and north, building in the Gulf of Maine, and WE are expected to get the jackpot with 1-2 feet of snow and 50 knot winds on Sunday.

 

By the time this heads down your way, you'll be headed south away from it. It will provide some swells, but they will be following ones, so should only provide some peaceful slow rolling.

 

The younger the child, the better they are handling motion, generally. Best thing is either to dose them with a non-drowsy medication for motion sickness, or have them stay outside or near the windows to watch the horizon. If your eyes tell your brain the same thing as your inner ear (hey, we're moving), much less motion sickness. The problem comes when your brain gets conflicting info from the eyes (I'm not moving with respect to that wall), and the inner ear.

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chengkp75

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According to the Atlantic wave model forecast, you'll probably be in for a rough ride. Better pack some ginger candy and/or Bonine.

 

http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display.cgi?a=natla_height

 

If you look at the individual buoy forecasts, the one SE of Ambrose forecasts 7.5 ft at 305 degrees, so a moderate swell from astern at sailaway, and decreasing. The Delaware bay buoy forecasts about 3.6 ft at 0300 Mon, from 323 degrees, and decreasing. Now, if you go to the buoy further out (Hotel), which is 250 miles east of the Delaware Bay buoy, and 300+ from the Long Island buoy, seas reach 18 feet. I think the Captain will hug the shore to minimize the seas and swell, and to get inside the Gulf Stream, at least for the first night. After that, he will probably cross the Stream, which may get a little bumpy for a couple hours.

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chengkp75

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Yikes!

 

You shouldn't be anywhere near the area of 18 ft seas, especially at the time they are peaking. Actually, forgot to change time zone from Zulu, but that just makes the seas further down the decreasing trend by 5 hours. Now, at sailaway, the Gulf of Maine will be seeing 17-18 ft seas. Again, the farther east you go into the Atlantic, the higher the seas will get, but along the coast it shouldn't be too bad. Depends on how good your sea legs are.

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nfglory1

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Did Norwegian Dawn out of Boston two years ago to Bermuda. We were leaving as a tropical storm was headed down the coast. One day/night, we had 18 foot swells which made for a very rocky ride that day and night. Crew were saying that it was the worst seas they had been on for that leg. No one was allowed on the outside decks and you drawers would slam open and closed. It was a new experience to say the least. Alcohol seemed to work as a counter weight to the ship movement though! Hopefully you don't hit too bad of seas.

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Ship captain will plot a course, using the latest weather & radar data, etc. and either sail around the roughest part of the ocean, sometimes hugging close to the coastline, or, if not possible, look for the best track to blast right into and out of the stormy weather. That's what we did "blasting" full speed ahead with a strong cross gale-force wind doing almost 25 knots - and, that was on the "smaller" Jewel class ship, the GEM.

 

What motion - the only movement on the BA in tough going was when Mrs. M disappeared into the casino and found her favorite "spot", LOL.

 

Seriously, for the BA - stay with the MDR's for dinner and/or O'Sheehans and Ocean 6-7-8 otherwise in general, the buffet up on deck 15 will definitely experience more swaying higher up above.

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In January on the breakaway we had 20-28' seas for two days with rain. We don't mind high seas, have been in way worse in the pacific. But we never get seasick so that's the difference.

We did notice they had the white bags all over the place tho, so I'm sure plenty of people did get sick.

 

Anyway, they have a huge kid center inside the ship. I'm sure your kids will have an awesome time. Just get to the atrium area at least an hour before the dora explorer shows etc because it's very small and it gets crazy crowded.

 

And for what it's worth, it's not true kids don't get seasick. They do. If your kid doesn't like rides or gets carsick be sure to bring whatever medication your pediatrician says is safe for them to take.

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Just got off the Breakaway yesterday. Had very rough seas going and returning from the Caribbean. On the way south had 30.8FT seas. Yes it was rough but tolerable. We all were walking like we were drunk. Just make sure you have meds. On the way back we had 24.1 ft. waves. The breakaway is a large ship and it was not as bad as I would have thought.

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mking8288 "Live from...." Rare

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OMG - don't panic, relax. More snow possible forecasted for this coming Saturday into Sunday for the BA gangs sailing in a few days, locals won't really have to worry too much - flying into/out of NY area airports have been "fun" in the past 5 weeks for some of the business flyers we know, delays & cancellations and rebookings, etc. - allow extra travel time & arrive the day ahead of; and, for some - trip interruption insurance are a must coming from a distance away.

Lucky for some of us with NY being our homeport :D Got about 4" around here NE of LGA airport, easy job with the sideway & driveway and the sun is out, getting ready for a blast of icy cold winter again ... heating bills are going to hit us :eek:

Safe travel to all - 32 days and it's our turn to call Carmel car service again, woo hoo !

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