April...October is still hurricane season!
"Rosalie B." wrote in message
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> "Easy News" wrote:
>
>>I have always wanted to do a Trans Atlantic crossing.
>>I know the two times of the year are usually in April and October when the
>>ships are either going to Europe or coming back for repositioning. I
>>realize we will have to fly one way and take a cruise the other way.
>>
>>I was thinking that it would be the best thing to fly over and then take
>>the
>>ship back. That way we would be able to bring back gifts without
>>worrying
>>about the weight. and lost baggage. That would be in October.
>>
>>I have been looking at the different cruise lines and the ports in Europe
>>where they go and where one needs to fly too to catch the ships and NCL
>>seems to have the best schedule of ports for us. They would be leaving
>>from Barcelona and arriving in Fort Lauderdale.
>>
>>My questions are these;
>>Would October be a good time to do the Trans Atlantic crossing, weather
>>wise, or would April be safer?
>>
>>Has anyone done the crossing and if so, would you comment about it?
>>
>>Are there any specials one can find for the crossings like you find for
>>the
>>Eastern and Western Caribbean?
>>
>>Other than Carnival, would there be any cruise lines cheaper than NCL?
>>Carnival doesn't have enough stops to make it worth while, for me.
>>
>>Any other information will certainly be appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks for any and all replies.
>>
> We are currently on our own boat in the Chesapeake, so I don't know
> where I will get to send this. But..
>
> I've done two TAs but they were both in July and it was 50 years ago
> when the ships were used for transportation. My husband has done a
> number of Atlantic cruises courtesy of the USNavy - sometimes on a
> destroyer or submarine but mostly on aircraft carriers. He was on one
> North Atlantic cruise (in the winter) where the green water was
> crashing over the flight deck and the ship broke the keel. It wasn't
> scrapped for several years after that so I guess they fixed it.
>
> We were on the NCL Crown in the middle of November to Bermuda and back
> - this was at the time the smallest NCL ship and had no stabilizers.
> On the way over it was rough, but we are not prone to seasickness so
> it didn't bother us. On the way back it was like glass. My BIL went
> on the same cruise the week before and it was rough both ways. The
> following year, the Crown did a repositioning cruise in October-
> November. We had to avoid Hurricane Wilma, but it was not as rough as
> it was going to Bermuda the year before.
>
> It makes a great deal of difference at what angle the ship takes the
> waves. Going downwind, it's fairly comfortable. A ship will pound
> going into the waves (depending on how far apart they are - if they
> are closer together than the length of the ship, the bow will bury at
> the bottom of the trough, but if they are farther apart, you will
> hardly notice). If the waves are coming from the side the ship will
> roll.
>
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