high seas winter vs summer

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Stew

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I am new to the site and took a cruise during Sept. in 1995 on the Fantasy. A group of us are going in January 2007 on the Fantasy again. 5 day Cozumel and Costa Maya. I was talking to a friend today that said she had cruised a lot but only once in winter. Her's too was a Cozumel trip. Said that the waves were very high, shut down the uppper decks for the entire cruise, and only were able to dock once in 5 days. She believed that it was due to it being January and would never take another in our winter. Is there a difference in the seas say January vs. June

thanks, I have gotten a lot of good info from this site and I value the experiences of those that have cruised a lot.
 
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SandyBeach

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We've traveled out of New Orleans twice...outside of the air being really chilly in NO for the sail away I don't remember anything else that bothered me. However, we traveled in April and October. I wonder if there was some sort of "freak" storm or something your friend "ran" into. I would think the worst time for traveling in those waters would be hurricane season. I've always thought the waters off the west coast (California/Mexico) more choppy ...and the first day out and the day coming back from/to Port Canaveral is usually choppy too.

Hopefully, someone with personal experience will answer your post, too.
 
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