Cruising the Eastern Seaboard

[Ocean Wave]

We are considering a southern Caribbean cruise starting from New York with 2 days at sea outbound/inbound traveling on a Voyager class ship with RCL. We are from the UK and have never been to New York before so would like to combine a short stay there at the same time. Our main worry is what the weather will be like in February/March sailing down to the Caribbean as the Atlantic can be unforgiving at times. Whilst we appreciate that the weather can be unpredictable it would be useful to have fellow travellers experiences on this route at this time of year. My wife has not got the best sealegs but survived some rough weather in the Med late last year albeit on a much smaller ship. Would the Voyager series with its sheer size dampen down any rough seas we were to experience?

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.:o

[Host Kat]

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Since you will have a short stay in New York, you will enjoy researching threads on the forum named East Coast Departures http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=415. You will find threads there concerning information about New York.

 

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We are considering a southern Caribbean cruise starting from New York with 2 days at sea outbound/inbound traveling on a Voyager class ship with RCL. We are from the UK and have never been to New York before so would like to combine a short stay there at the same time. Our main worry is what the weather will be like in February/March sailing down to the Caribbean as the Atlantic can be unforgiving at times. Whilst we appreciate that the weather can be unpredictable it would be useful to have fellow travellers experiences on this route at this time of year. My wife has not got the best sealegs but survived some rough weather in the Med late last year albeit on a much smaller ship. Would the Voyager series with its sheer size dampen down any rough seas we were to experience?

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.:o

 

I can't say specifically from New York, but know that people have said that sailing along the east coast can be a bit rough. We were on Explorer 2 years ago and had extremely rough water several nights and the ship handled them well. Some nights we had 25-30 foot swells and noticed the motion on those nights.

 

Feb/March is winter, so the weather can vary. This winter has been mild, which is great, but never a guarantee.