NicoleT87 Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 Is it safe to travel in Western Caribbean in October? We have a cruise booked for October 13th on Symphony of Seas and i am nervous about hurricanes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L454S Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 Actually, October is generally when things BEGIN to ease up down here. I would have no qualms about booking a sailing in October, BUT, there are no guarantees. Every year is different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 Not quite sure what you mean by "safe". A hurricane might alter a ship's itinerary, but they won't sail into one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrznTxn Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 We have sailed the Western Caribbean September through December and other than a few rain showers it is quite nice. Was there last October (Cozumel, Grand Cayman's & Jamaica) and it was great. Growing up the weather service always touted May through November as hurricane season so you would be on the tail end with little activity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 It's safe in the sense if there is a hurricane, your ship will not go near the storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew72681 Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 12 hours ago, NicoleT87 said: Is it safe to travel in Western Caribbean in October? We have a cruise booked for October 13th on Symphony of Seas and i am nervous about hurricanes. As others have mentioned, if you’ve spent a billion dollars on vessel that moves, you are going to take it elsewhere. So if you have a western Caribbean itinerary they may move it to an Eastern Caribbean. Or they may flip ports so that things outside of the storm are done first allowing the storm to pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 Your cruise is actually October 10. (I’m on Symphony on the 17th) The actual cruise should be fine. We have had early October hurricanes here in Florida and Dorian last year wreaked havoc on the ports here. Some ships got extra days at sea, some cruises were shortened because ships couldn’t get back in. Dorian was late August though. Matthew and Micheal were the 2 most recent October storms. So they can happen but *generally* they don’t cause too much trouble for ships unless the home ports are in the path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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