We were tracked by a major storm along the coast and skipped two ports to avoid even poorer weather than we were bouncing through.

This is one of my major hesitations about cruising. We have done one cruise, about 29 years ago, me pregnant with Youngest and a 3 year old in tow. It was fine, but then again we paid something like $500 for the 3 of us for a 7 day cruise and flights. I am sure that we did not get a full picture of what cruising is like, as we minimized time that our son spent in kids camp and did very few adult things on board. It was a last minute cruise, so pretty good idea of what weather would be like. Booking in advance gives me pause, particularly after hearing about the impact of drought on Sis' Viking cruise, and now rain on yours. If we were in an apartment somewhere, we could, and have, dealt with poor weather.

I have pretty good sea legs, but DH would be retching in the conditions you describe. I am not a hotel person, so the idea of being trapped by bad weather on what is essentially a crowded floating hotel makes me panic. What am I missing? What biases should I challenge? The concept of cruising is lovely, with the ability to see many places without unpacking. I think it would be a great overview of an area of the world I am not familiar with so that we could decide where to head back to for an extended visit, but even with the sales we see regularly hitting the internet, we find ourselves unable to pull the trigger and buy tickets.

Any advice?

IP