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Originally posted by elenore:
Sorry for the delay but I have been travelling (work unfortunately)and must admit that I didn't check this forum on my last visit to Cruisetalk! So thanks for the interest - hopefully a few of you can shed some light on my next cruise? The cruise sails from Southhampton to France, Ireland, Scotland, Iceland, Canada (Nova Scotia and Newfoundland), before arriving in New York. I've never cruised the north Atlantic before and am particularly interested in hearing from anyone who's cruised to Iceland - especially in September? coming from winter in Downunder, I'd like to think the weather will still be warm and seas calm! Cheers. Elenore

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Hi There - Crossing the Atlantic at any time of the year can be smooth as glass, a bit choppy or downright rough - as for your other ports, September is a good month - it's our autumn and, particularly in Canada, the colours are beautiful.

Iceland - type Iceland into your favourite Search engine - hit Enter - it's all there, everything, and probably more, than you ever wanted to know. I tried it on Yahoo tonight - also see this board's Destinations.

Keep us posted as to how you are making out.

Happy Cruisin'

The weather was reasonably nice in Norway and Canada. It was not so nice elsewhere. When we arrived in England, it appeared that a number of the tropical storms that we encountered at home in Florida were set to arrive.

The weather on this cruise was exceptional. Did many people get seasick? Not that we saw; nor did the crew report many passenger problems.

We missed our stop at Lerwick, Shetland Islands. Boy, did the captain try to get us in. We were within 1000 feet of the pier. He tried to dock when tendering was impossible due to 40 knot winds. We then ran aground.

We did see the Faroe Islands. It was overcast and foggy. Still, it was very enjoyable.

We had a day or so at sea before we landed at Northern Iceland. It was a full gale and there were ice pellets. It also snowed. We "soldiered" on to see as much as we could. I wore every last sweater, sweatshirt and windbreaker I had.

Some place along the way, a rogue wave knocked in three cabin windows on deck 3. Nobody was hurt.

When we got to Rechyvic (sp?), there was a second smaller ship docked. The weather was pretty good but cold. It was a lifetime experience for us to take a tour on an old lava flow. We also went to the Blue Lagoon, even though it was very cold.

Heading for Canada, the smaller ship had to turn back. Our ship encountered 60' waves and 90 knot winds. Our verandah on deck 8 had sea foam on it. When we ate breakfast in the front-facing RCI grill, we could see mountainous wave and could tell when the ship wasn't going to land right.

On the worst night, the ship came to a stop, and, of course, our schedule got changed.

Both my husband and I have nothing but admiration for the navigational crew of Vision of the Seas. They did the best they could under very trying circumstances. We were told that the captain was up 48 hours straight.

The weather in England and Iceland was very bad that year.

We would not trade this experience in for anything. We loved Iceland and would like to see more of it.

We would also do another trans-Atlantic crossing.

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Originally posted by JUG:
I think severe storms in the north Atlantic in September are unusual. Hurricane season has begun then, I believe, but they stay in the southern part. Late November is another story, I crossed once long ago into three storms with 60-foot waves, and was too inexperienced to be worried. (I do not suffer from motion sickness!)

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