Good time to go to Caribbean during Thanksgiving?

Question

Friends and I are planning to take "Freedom of the Sea" during Thanksgiving week because we heard many wonderful things about the cruiseship. However, I heard it rains often during that season. Is it true? What is the temprature like?

PS. There are two excursions for Freedom of the Sea. We are thinking of going to Grand Cayman and Jamaica side~

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Temperatures in the Caribbean don't vary all that much through the year, although there are rainy seasons.  And Thanksgiving is getting toward the end of hurricane season, so there's always that risk.  Thanksgiving is one of the more-expensive times of year to cruise, because that's when many people can get vacation time.  There will be many families with children - might be good or bad, depending on your perspective.

Don't know what excursions you are referring to, as there are many more than two in Cayman and Jamaica.  Cayman is an easy port to do on your own - very little crime, no street people hassling you every step of the way, etc.  Jamaica is another story - don't do it on your own [unless you're just going to walk over to Margaritaville, and even then you'll need to steel yourself to fend off the people trying to sell you stuff].

For more info on ports, go to CruiseCritic.com, click on "Boards" at the top of the page, then "Ports of Call" and your ports.  In Cayman, especially for first-time visitors, the "must-do" is swimming with the stingrays, and it's easy to book on your own - just make sure you leave plenty of time to get the tender back to the ship ON TIME!.

Answer 2

We have friends that travel to St Maarten every year around Thanksgiving and they say the weather is great and the Caribbean isn't as crowded during Thanksgiving week.

I would relax and enjoy the cruise. Your traveling in the tropics, you will see rain. Weather is so unpredictable, who knows what kind of weather you will have. Most likely it will be lovely.

Good Luck and enjoy)